1995 Carlos Menem Jr, son of Argentine pres, dies at 26
1994 Roberto Viola, Argentine general/president (1981), dies at 69
1994 Roberto Goyeneche, [El Polaco], Argentine tango singer (Maria), dies
1994 Sebastian Piana, Argentine pianist/tango composer, dies at 91
1992 Astor Piazzolla, Argentine composer (Tango Nuevo), dies at 71
1992 Atahualpa Yupanqui, Argentine singer/composer/poet/guitarist, dies
1991 Italian/Argentine Soccer star Diego Maradona retires
1991 Argentine soocer star Diego Maradona suspended for 15 month by Italian League for testing positive for cocaine use
1986 Argentine ex-president Galtieri sentenced to 12 years
1985 Argentine President Alfonsins Radical Burgerunie wins elections
1984 Argentine ex-president/general Bignone arrested
1983 Raul Alfonsin wins Argentine presidential election
1983 Alberto Evaristo Ginastera, Argentine composer (Panambi), dies at 67
1983 Argentine government declares all 15-30,000 missing persons dead
1982 Britain announces it is returning 593 Argentine POWs
1982 Falklands War: Argentine cruiser General Belgrano sunk by British submarine Conqueror, killing more than 350 men
1981 Argentine general Leopoldo Galtieri sworn in as president
1981 Argentine president/gen Roberto Viola flees
1981 Argentine ex-president Isabel Peron sentenced to 8 years
1976 Argentine military junta bans leftist political parties
1976 Argentine President Isabel Peron deposed by country's military
1975 Argentine government falls
1974 Worst fire in Argentine history destroys 1.2 million acres
1973 Former Argentine President Juan Peron returns to power
1973 Argentine Peronist Hector Campora installed as president
1970 Argentine milt junta under lt-gen Lanusse drives out President Ongania
1969 Gunther Weisenborn, German/Argentine writer (Illegals), dies at 66
1962 Argentine President Frondizi flees from the army
1961 Enrique Larreta, [E Rodriguez Maza], Argentine diplomat/writer, dies
1960 Nick della Casa, British/Brazillian/Argentine cameraman, Emmy Award
1960 Argentine government demands release of Adolf Eichmann
1955 Argentine government disbands Peronistic party
1955 Argentine gen Pedro Aramburu succeeds E Lonardi as president
1955 Argentine ex-president Peron arrives in Nicaragua
1955 Argentine peso devalued
1955 Argentine president Juan Peron, resigns and flees
1955 Carmen Miranda, singer and actress (Down Argentine Way), dies at 42
1955 Argentine state of siege ends
1955 Pope Pius XII ex-communicates Argentine President Juan Peron
1955 Argentine parliament accepts separation of church and state
1953 Osvaldo Ardiles, Argentine soccer player
1952 Alberto Williams, Argentine composer (Etrerno Reposo), dies at 89
1951 Benito Lynch, Irish/Argentine writer (Palo Verde), dies at 66
1938 Alfonsina Storni, Argentine poet (El dulce dano/suicide), dies at 45
1927 Ricardo Guiraldes, Argentine poet and writer (Don Segundo Sombra), dies
1926 Raul Alfonsin, Argentine President, 1983-89
1923 Eduardo Falu, Argentine guitarist, Zamba de Vargas
1920 Rafael Obligado, Argentine writer (Santos Vega), dies at 69
1913 Carmen Miranda, singer and actress, 4 Jills in a Jeep, Down Argentine Way
1902 Gunther Weisenborn, German/Argentine writer
1895 Juan Peron, Argentine President, 1946-55, 1973-74
1892 Alfonsina Storni, Argentine poet, La inquietud del rosal
1887 Bernardo A. Houssay, Argentine physiologist, Nobel 1947
1886 Jose Hernandez, Argentine poet (La vuelta the Martin Fierro), dies
1885 Benito Lynch, Irish/Argentine writer, Caranchos de la Florida
1875 Enrique Larreta, [E R Maza], Argentine diplomat, Gloria de Don Ramiro
1856 Argentine and Brazilian sign a navigation pact
1821 Bartolome Mitre, Argentine general
1536 Pedro de Mendoza finds Argentine city of Buenos Aires
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