1940 in Argentina
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Events from the year 1940 in Argentina
Incumbents
- President: Roberto María Ortiz (UCR-A – Concordancia)
- Vicepresident: Ramón Castillo
Events
January
February
- Intervention of the Catamarca Province
March
- Intervention of the Buenos Aires province
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
- Juan Tonazzi is appointed minister of War. He rearranges the top military personnel, promoting supporters of Agustín Pedro Justo
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
- April 9 - Chunchuna Villafañe, model, actress and architect
- April 30 - Ermindo Onega, footballer (died 1979)
- May 15 - Carlos Bielicki, chess master
- July 7 - Dora Baret, actress
- August 17 - Eduardo Mignogna, film director and screenwriter (died 2006)
- September 24 - Amelita Baltar, tango singer
- October 17 - Carlos Heller, executive, cooperative banking leader, and politician
- date unknown
- Cacho Espíndola, actor
- Alicia Dujovne Ortiz, journalist* Esteban Courtalon
- Esther Norma Arrostito
- Graciela Paraskevaidis
- Guillermo José Garlatti
- Guillermo Saucedo
- Gustavo Bergalli
- Horacio Usandizaga
- Jesús Taboada
- Jorge Ginarte
- Jorge Kissling
- José Rubinstein
- Juan Carlos Maccarone
- Juan Paletta
- Juan Rosai
- Leonardo Henrichsen
- Luis Brandoni
- Luis Cubilla
- Maria Teresa Luengo
- Mario Acuña
- María Cristina Laurenz
- Miguel Ángel Loayza
- Nacha Guevara
- Nestor Combin
- Osvaldo Lamborghini
- Osvaldo Álvarez Guerrero
- Raúl Zaffaroni
- Roberto Matosas
- Rodolfo Mederos
- Román Quinos
- Silvio Marzolini
- Wálter Machado da Silva
Deaths
See also
Bibliography
- Romero, Luis Alberto (2010). 1940-1949. Buenos Aires: Clarín. ISBN 978-987-07-0874-2.
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