1944 in Argentina
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Events from the year 1944 in Argentina.
Incumbents
- President:
- Vice president:
Events
January
- January 15: 1944 San Juan earthquake, produces nearly 7000 deaths, 12000 injured and destroyed the 90% of building in the city
- January 22: 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
- The United States and Britain remove their ambassadors from Argentina
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
- November 16: 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
- 25 September – Susana Viau, journalist
- Susana Giménez, TV presenter Argentina
- Vicente de la Mata
Deaths
- November 15 - Cayetano Santos Godino, serial killer (born 1896)
See also
Bibliography
- Romero, Luis Alberto (2010). 1940-1949. Buenos Aires: Clarín. ISBN 978-987-07-0874-2.
