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List of events
Events from the year 1940 in
Argentina
Incumbents
Governors
Vice Governors
- Buenos Aires Province:
Aurelio Amodeo (until 7 March); vacant thereafter (starting 7 March)
Events
January
February
March
April
May
June
- President Ortiz takes leave from work because of
diabetes
July
August
- Construction of the first airplane made in Argentina, a
curtiss 75
- Ortiz, during his leave from work, offers his resignation to the Congress amid a political controversy. The Congress does not accept it.
September
October
November
- The Congress discusses a proposal for economic reactivation made by minister
Federico Pinedo
December
Date unknown
- Radio El Mundo starts the radio drama
Los Pérez García, which would last up to 1969
Ongoing
- Argentina keeps a neutral stance in
World War II, amid foreign pressure to join the war
Births
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April 9 -
Chunchuna Villafañe, model, actress and architect
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April 30 -
Ermindo Onega, footballer (died
1979)
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May 15 -
Carlos Bielicki, chess master
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July 7 -
Dora Baret, actress
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August 17 -
Eduardo Mignogna, film director and screenwriter (died
2006)
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September 24 -
Amelita Baltar, tango singer
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October 17 -
Carlos Heller, executive, cooperative banking leader, and politician
- date unknown
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Esther Norma Arrostito
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Graciela Paraskevaidis
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Guillermo José Garlatti
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Guillermo Saucedo
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Gustavo Bergalli
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Horacio Usandizaga
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Jesús Taboada
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Jorge Ginarte
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Jorge Kissling
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José Rubinstein
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Juan Carlos Maccarone
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Juan Paletta
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Juan Rosai
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Leonardo Henrichsen
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Luis Brandoni
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Luis Cubilla
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Maria Teresa Luengo
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Mario Acuña
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María Cristina Laurenz
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Miguel Ángel Loayza
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Nacha Guevara
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Nestor Combin
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Osvaldo Lamborghini
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Osvaldo Álvarez Guerrero
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Raúl Zaffaroni
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Roberto Matosas
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Rodolfo Mederos
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Román Quinos
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Silvio Marzolini
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Wálter Machado da Silva
Deaths
See also
Bibliography