1944 in Argentina
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Events from the year 1944 in Argentina.
Incumbents
- President: Pedro Pablo Ramírez (until 25 February); Edelmiro Julián Farrell (from 25 February)
- Vice president: vacant (until 8 July); Juan Perón (from 8 July)
Governors
- Buenos Aires Province:
- until 5 January: Faustino J. Legón
- 5 January-5 May: Julio O. Ojea
- 5 May-19 July: Luis García Mata
- 19 July-27 December: Juan Carlos Sanguinetti
- from 27 December: Roberto M. Vanetta
- Mendoza Province: Aristóbulo Vargas Belmonte
Vice Governors
- Buenos Aires Province: vacant
Events
January
- 15 January – 1944 San Juan earthquake, produces nearly 7000 deaths, 12000 injured and destroyed the 90% of building in the city
- 22 January – Juan Perón and Eva Perón met during a fundraising for the aforementioned earthquake.
February
- Pedro Ramírez resigns as president, being replaced by Edelmiro Farrell
March
- Bernardo Houssay, Juan Lewis and Eduardo Menendez establish the Instituto de Biología y Medicina Experimental
April
May
June
- Juan Perón is appointed vice president.[1]
- The United States and Britain remove their ambassadors from Argentina.[2]
July
August
- The United States confiscate Argentine gold located in the US, and forbid commerce with Argentina.
September
October
- Sanction of the Rural laborer statute
November
- 16 November: First issue of the Rico Tipo comic book
December
Unknown date
Ongoing
- Argentina keeps a neutral stance in World War II, amid foreign pressure to join the war
Births
- 9 May – Paulina Vinderman, poet and translator
- 2 July – Vicente de la Mata, footballer[3]
- 25 September – Susana Viau, journalist
- date unknown – Susana Giménez, model, actress and TV presenter
Deaths
- 15 November - Cayetano Santos Godino, serial killer (born 1896)
See also
References
- ^ Raanan Rein (1993). The Franco-Perón Alliance: Relations Between Spain and Argentina, 1946-1955. University of Pittsburgh Press. p. 21. ISBN 978-0-8229-3751-7.
- ^ Daniel Balderston; Mike Gonzalez; Ana M. Lopez (7 December 2000). Encyclopedia of Contemporary Latin American and Caribbean Cultures. Routledge. p. 1139. ISBN 978-1-134-78852-1.
- ^ 1944 in Argentina at National-Football-Teams.com
Bibliography
- Romero, Luis Alberto (2010). 1940-1949. Buenos Aires: Clarín. ISBN 978-987-07-0874-2.
