Events from the year 1940 in Argentina

Incumbents

* President: Roberto María Ortiz (UCR-A – Concordancia) * Vicepresident: Ramón Castillo

Governors

Buenos Aires Province Buenos Aires (), officially the Buenos Aires Province (''Provincia de Buenos Aires'' ), is the largest and most populous Argentine province. It takes its name from the city of Buenos Aires, the capital of the country, which used to be part of th ...

: ** until 7 March: Manuel Fresco ** 7 March-13 March: Luis Cassinelli ** 13 March-27 May: Octavio R. Amadeo ** 27 May-4 June: Carlos Herrera ** from 4 June: Octavio R. Amadeo * Cordoba:

Amadeo Sabattini Amadeo Tomás Sabattini (May 29, 1892 – February 29, 1960) was an Argentine politician. He served as Governor of Córdoba from May 17, 1936, to May 17, 1940. Sabattini was born in Buenos Aires to immigrant parents: His mother was Uruguayan, ...

then

Santiago del Castillo Santiago (, ; ), also known as Santiago de Chile, is the capital and largest city of Chile as well as one of the largest cities in the Americas. It is the center of Chile's most densely populated region, the Santiago Metropolitan Region, whose ...

* Mendoza Province: Rodolfo Corominas Segura

Vice Governors

* Buenos Aires Province: Aurelio Amodeo (until 7 March); vacant thereafter (starting 7 March)

Events

January

February

* Intervention of the

Catamarca Province Catamarca () is a province of Argentina, located in the northwest of the country. The province had a population of 334,568 as per the , and covers an area of 102,602 km2. Its literacy rate is 95.5%. Neighbouring provinces are (clockwise, fr ...

March

* Intervention of the

Buenos Aires province Buenos Aires (), officially the Buenos Aires Province (''Provincia de Buenos Aires'' ), is the largest and most populous Argentine province. It takes its name from the city of Buenos Aires, the capital of the country, which used to be part of th ...

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 ''Los Pérez García'' is a 1950 Argentine film A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, st ...

'', 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 Ermindo Ángel Onega (30 April 1940 – 21 December 1979) was an Argentine footballer, attacking midfielder and forward from River Plate. He played for River Plate from 1957 to 1968, scoring 98 goals in 222 matches. In 1972, he played for ...

, footballer (died

1979 Events January * January 1 ** United Nations Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim heralds the start of the ''International Year of the Child''. Many musicians donate to the ''Music for UNICEF Concert'' fund, among them ABBA, who write the song ...

) * May 15 - Carlos Bielicki, chess master * July 7 - Dora Baret, actress * August 17 -

Eduardo Mignogna Eduardo Mignogna (August 17, 1940 – October 6, 2006) was an Argentinian film director and screenwriter. Filmography * 1975 - ''La Raulito en libertad'' (writer) * 1983 - ''El Desquite'' (writer) * 1983 - ''Evita, quien quiera oír que oiga'' ...

, film director and screenwriter (died

2006 File:2006 Events Collage V1.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2006 Winter Olympics open in Turin; Twitter is founded and launched by Jack Dorsey; The Nintendo Wii is released; Montenegro 2006 Montenegrin independence referendum, votes to declare ...

) * September 24 -

Amelita Baltar Amelita Baltar (September 24, 1940) is an Argentine singer, one of the leading voices of tango, that appeared in the 60's to be considered, along with Susana Rinaldi, as a modern counterpart of older divas such as Libertad Lamarque and Tita Merel ...

, tango singer * October 17 - Carlos Heller, executive, cooperative banking leader, and politician *''date unknown'' ** Cacho Espíndola, actor ** Alicia Dujovne Ortiz, journalist*

Esteban Courtalon Pablo Esteban Courtalon (born July 21, 1940) is an Argentine cinematographer. From Santa Fe in Argentina, Courtalon was worked on some 20 films in the Cinema of Argentina since 1965 such as ''El Acomodador'' (1975), ''Eversmile, New Jersey'' (19 ...

Esther Norma Arrostito Esther Norma Arrostito (January 17, 1940 – January 15, 1978) was an Argentine political far-left militant, initially close to communist ideology. In 1970, she became one of the founders of the Peronist revolutionary movement Montoneros alon ...

* Graciela Paraskevaidis * Guillermo José Garlatti * Guillermo Saucedo *

Gustavo Bergalli Gustavo Bergalli (born December 14, 1940 in Buenos Aires Buenos Aires ( or ; ), officially the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires ( es, link=no, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires), is the capital and primate city of Argentina. The city is locate ...

* Horacio Usandizaga *

Jesús Taboada Jesús Taboada (born 12 July 1940) is an Argentine fencer. He competed in the team and individual foil and épée events at the 1964 Summer Olympics The , officially the and commonly known as Tokyo 1964 ( ja, 東京1964), were an interna ...

Jorge Ginarte Jorge Ginarte (1940 – 7 June 2010) was an Argentine professional football player and coach. Career Playing career Born in Buenos Aires, Ginarte played club football as a central defender for teams including Sarmiento and Los Andes. Ginarte wo ...

Jorge Kissling Jorge Kissling (March 10, 1940 – April 28, 1968) was a former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer from Argentina. He won in his first Grand Prix race at the 1961 500cc Argentine Grand Prix. He ended the season ranked seventh overall. He died ...

* José Rubinstein * Juan Carlos Maccarone *

Juan Paletta Juan Paletta is a retired Argentinian football (soccer) forward who played in the North American Soccer League and American Soccer League who shared the ASL scoring title in 1970. In 1967, Paletta signed with the Ukrainian Nationals of the Ame ...

Juan Rosai Juan Rosai (August 20, 1940 – July 7, 2020) was an Italian-born American physician who contributed to clinical research and education in the specialty of surgical pathology. He was the principal author and editor of a major textbook in that fi ...

* Leonardo Henrichsen * Luis Brandoni * Luis Cubilla *

Maria Teresa Luengo Maria Teresa Luengo (born 25 November 1940) is an Argentine composer and musicologist. Life Luengo was born in Quilmes, Buenos Aires, Argentina, and graduated from the Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina in Buenos Aires in 1969, where s ...

Mario Acuña Mario Acuña (March 12, 1940 – March 5, 2009), born in Córdoba, Argentina, was a research scientist at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in the Space Plasmas and Planetary Magnetospheres Branches, and then as a Senior Astrophysicist. H ...

María Cristina Laurenz María Cristina Laurenz (born 1940) is a retired Argentine Argentines (mistakenly translated Argentineans in the past; in Spanish (masculine) or (feminine)) are people identified with the country of Argentina. This connection may be res ...

* Miguel Ángel Loayza * Nacha Guevara * Nestor Combin *

Osvaldo Lamborghini Osvaldo Lamborghini (April 12, 1940 – November 18, 1985) was an Argentine writer of the 1960s and 70s avant-gardes. His work is not easily lumped into traditional generic categories, as it spans and combines elements of poetry, prose fiction ...

Osvaldo Álvarez Guerrero Osvaldo Álvarez Guerrero (1940 – 27 July 2008) was an Argentine Radical Civic Union (UCR) politician. He served as Governor of Río Negro Province and as a National Deputy. Born in Florida (a suburb of Buenos Aires, Álvarez Guerrero joined ...

* Raúl Zaffaroni * Roberto Matosas * Rodolfo Mederos * Román Quinos * Silvio Marzolini * Wálter Machado da Silva

Deaths

* Enrique Mosconi *

Manuel Musto Manuel Musto (born September 16, 1893) was an Argentinian impressionist painter. He was born in Rosario. In 1914 Musto traveled to Florence, Italy. He returned to Argentina after hearing of his father's death. His style was influenced by the Ita ...

Bibliography

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