1942 in Argentina
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Events from the year 1942 in Argentina
Incumbents[edit]
- President: Roberto María Ortiz (officially up to June 26), Ramón Castillo (acting up to June 26, officially since then)
- Vice President: Ramón Castillo (up to June 26)
Governors[edit]
- Buenos Aires Province: Dimas González Gowland (up to January 7), Rodolfo Moreno (starting January 7)
- Cordoba: Santiago del Castillo
- Mendoza Province: Adolfo Vicchi
Vice Governors[edit]
- Buenos Aires Province: vacant (until 7 January); Edgardo J. Míguez (starting 7 January)
Events[edit]
January[edit]
February[edit]
March[edit]
- The Concordancia wins the national elections for deputies in most provinces. The Socialist party prevails in Buenos Aires, and the UCR in Corrientes and Tucuman
- Corrientes and Tucuman are intervened
April[edit]
May[edit]
June[edit]
- Roberto Ortiz, ill of diabetes, resigns as president. Ramón Castillo, acting president since 1941, becomes official president.
- The chamber of deputies votes to break relations with Nazi Germany, the chamber of senators does not discuss the project.[citation needed]
July[edit]
August[edit]
- Gillette and Helena Rubinstein start working in the country[citation needed]
September[edit]
October[edit]
- The port of Rosario is nationalized
- Gaseoduct La Plata-Buenos Aires
November[edit]
December[edit]
- Agustín Pedro Justo announces his intention to run for the presidency.
Unknown date[edit]
Ongoing[edit]
- Argentina keeps a neutral stance in World War II, amid foreign pressure to join the war
Births[edit]
- January 1 – Lita Stantic, film director, producer and screenwriter
- January 22 – Juan Carlos Sarnari, footballer
- February 10 – Roberto Aguirre, footballer
- February 11 – Horacio Verbitsky, investigative journalist[1]
- February 27 – Miguel Ángel Santoro, footballer
- March 4 – Juan Carlos Oleniak, footballer
- March 22 – Leo Dan, composer and singer
- March 24 – Roberto Lavagna, economist and politician
- April 12 – Carlos Reutemann, racing driver and politician
- April 27 – Carlos Enrique Gavito, tango dancer
- April 29 – Horacio Iglesias, swimmer (died 2004)
- May 6 – Ariel Dorfman, Argentine-Chilean novelist, playwright, essayist, academic, and human rights activist[2]
- May 13 – Adolfo Bisellach, Olympic fencer
- May 18 – Juan Carlos Carone, footballer
- May 23 – José Omar Pastoriza, footballer (died 2004)[3]
- May 25 – Marcos Mundstock, musician and comedian
- June 11 – Cacho Castaña, singer and actor[4]
- June 27 – Jérôme Savary, Argentine-French theatre director and actor (died 2013)[5]
- July 10
- Francisco Escos, footballer
- José Antonio Muñoz, artist
- July 19 – Agustín Irusta, footballer
- August 7 – Carlos Monzón, boxer (died 1995)[6]
- August 13 - Jorge Altamira, politician[7]
- September 1 - Daniel Willington, footballer
- September 8 - Marcelo Sánchez Sorondo, Roman Catholic bishop
- September 25 - Oscar Bonavena, boxer (died 1976)[8]
- October 3
- Roberto Perfumo, footballer
- Margherita Zimmermann, operatic mezzo-soprano[9]
- October 8 – María Julia Alsogaray, politician[10]
- October 15 – Carlos Núñez Cortés, musician
- November 8 – Fernando Sorrentino, writer
- November 15 – Daniel Barenboim, pianist and conductor
- November 19 – Moris, rock musician
- November 27 – Néstor Togneri, footballer (died 1999)[11]
- December 9 – Marcos Conigliaro, football player and coach
- December 12 – Guillermo Jaim Etcheverry, physician and academic
- date unknown
- Pocho Lapouble, jazz musician (died 2009)
- Beatriz Sarlo, literary and cultural critic.
- Oscar Zarate, comic book artist and illustrator
Deaths[edit]
- March 23 – Marcelo Torcuato de Alvear, politician (born 1868)[12]
- May 3 – Elías Isaac Alippi, actor, director and impresario (born 1883)
- June 3 – Vicente Gallo, lawyer, academic and politician (born 1873)
- July 15 – Roberto María Ortiz, politician (born 1886; diabetes)
- July 20 – Julio Salvador Sagreras, guitarist and composer (born 1879)[13]
- July 26 – Roberto Arlt, writer (born 1900)[14]
- August 31 – Teddie Gerard, actress and entertainer (born 1890; lung infection)[15]
- September 23 – Alfredo Carricaberry, footballer (born 1900)[16]
- October 8 – Julio Argentino Pascual Roca, politician and diplomat (born 1873)
See also[edit]
Bibliography[edit]
- Romero, Luis Alberto (2010). 1940-1949. Buenos Aires: Clarín. ISBN 978-987-07-0874-2.
References[edit]
- ^ "Verbitsky, Horacio 1942-". Contemporary Authors. January 1, 2009. Archived from the original on May 13, 2013. Retrieved September 16, 2012.
- ^ "Ariel Dorfman Interview". by Danny Postel for The Progressive. December 13, 1998.
- ^ Murió José Omar Pastoriza (in Spanish)
- ^ "Cacho Castaña at the Academia". Todo Tango. Archived from the original on 2014-01-04.
- ^ Staff (based on AFP report) (5 March 2013). "Le metteur en scène et comédien Jérôme Savary est mort". Le Monde (in French). Retrieved 5 March 2013.
- ^ "Boxing: 15 year Anniversary of Carlos Monzon's Death". Theboxinghistorian.com. Archived from the original on 2013-08-26. Retrieved 2013-08-23.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "Jorge Altamira". La Nación (in Spanish). 24 October 1999. Retrieved 20 December 2010.
- ^ Rogers, Thomas (May 23, 1976). "Bonavena Is Slain; A Top Heavyweight". The New York Times. Retrieved 2009-06-11.
- ^ Dictionnaire des interprètes, Alain Pâris, (Éditions Robert Laffont, 1989). ISBN 2-221-06660-X
- ^ "Liberan a única ex funcionaria de Menem condenada por corrupción". Emol.
- ^ Clarin article (in Spanish)
- ^ «Marcelo T. de Alvear» (en español). Portal Planeta Sedna. Consultado el 4 de mayo de 2010.
- ^ Short biography and music sheets
- ^ Biography of Roberto Arlt at Biblioteca Virtual Miguel de Cervantes
- ^ Teddie Gerard Seriously Ill, New York Times, March 26, 1929, pg. 41.
- ^ "Alfredo Carricaberry". IOC. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
