2010 Event Mario Vargas Llosa is announced the winner of the 2010 Nobel Prize in Literature 1977 Birthday Fernando Vargas, Oxnard California, welterweight boxer 1996 Olympics 1974 Birthday Nelson Vargas, born in Holoyoke, Massachusetts, soccer forward, 1996 Olympics gold 1971 Birthday Chris Vargas, CFL quarterback for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers 1962 Birthday Elizabeth Vargas, American Journalist 1954 Death Getulio D Vargas, president/dictator Brazil: 1930 - 1945, 1951 - 1954, suicide at 71 1954 Event President Getulio Vargas of Brazil resigns temporarily 1937 Event Brazilian dictator Getulio Vargas proclaims "Estado novo" 1936 Birthday Mario Vargas Llosa, born in Peru, writer, Aunt Julia, and President candidate 1933 Event Brazilians president Getulio Vargas names himself dictator 1923 Birthday Eduardo Falu, Argentine guitarist, Zamba de Vargas 1921 Birthday Virgilio Barco Vargas, president of Colombia, 1986-90 1883 Birthday Getulio Vargas, president of Brazil, 1930-45, 1951-54, modernizer
