2012 Event Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, President of Argentina, announces she will switch her personal savings from the U.S. dollar to the Argentine peso 2012 Event Jose Garc�a-Margallo y Marfil, Spain's foreign minister, attacks Argentina's decision to nationalize the Argentine oil company YPF 2012 Event Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, President of Argentina, introduces a bill to nationalize 51% of YPF, the Argentine oil company, to Congress 1995 Death Carlos Menem, Jr., son of Argentine president, dies at 26 1994 Death Roberto Viola, Argentine general/president (1981), dies at 69 1994 Death Roberto Goyeneche, El Polaco, Argentine tango singer (Maria), dies 1994 Death Sebastian Piana, Argentine pianist/tango composer, dies at 91 1992 Death Astor Piazzolla, Argentine composer (Tango Nuevo), dies at 71 1992 Death Atahualpa Yupanqui, Argentine singer/composer/poet/guitarist, dies 1991 Event Italian/Argentine Soccer star Diego Maradona retires 1991 Event Argentine soocer star Diego Maradona suspended for 15 month by Italian League for testing positive for cocaine use 1986 Event Argentine ex-president Galtieri sentenced to 12 years 1985 Event Argentine President Alfonsins Radical Burgerunie wins elections 1984 Event Argentine ex-president/general Bignone arrested 1983 Event Raul Alfonsin wins Argentine presidential election 1983 Death Alberto Evaristo Ginastera, Argentine composer (Panambi), dies at 67 1983 Event Argentine government declares all 15-30,000 missing persons dead 1982 Event Britain announces it is returning 593 Argentine POWs 1982 Event Falklands War: Argentine cruiser General Belgrano sunk by British submarine Conqueror, killing more than 350 men 1981 Event Argentine general Leopoldo Galtieri sworn in as president 1981 Event Argentine president/general Roberto Viola flees 1981 Event Argentine ex-president Isabel Peron sentenced to 8 years 1976 Event Argentine military junta bans leftist political parties 1976 Event Argentine President Isabel Peron deposed by country's military 1975 Event Argentine government falls 1974 Event Worst fire in Argentine history destroys 1.2 million acres 1973 Event Former Argentine President Juan Peron returns to power 1973 Event Argentine Peronist Hector Campora installed as president 1970 Event Argentine military junta under Lieutenant-general Lanusse drives out President Ongania 1969 Death Gunther Weisenborn, German/Argentine writer (Illegals), dies at 66 1962 Event Argentine President Frondizi flees from the army 1961 Death Enrique Larreta, E Rodriguez Maza, Argentine diplomat/writer, dies 1960 Birthday Nick della Casa, British/Brazillian/Argentine cameraman, Emmy Award 1960 Event Argentine government demands release of Adolf Eichmann 1955 Event Argentine government disbands Peronistic party 1955 Event Argentine General Pedro Aramburu succeeds E Lonardi as president 1955 Event Argentine ex-president Peron arrives in Nicaragua 1955 Event Argentine peso devalued 1955 Event Argentine president Juan Peron, resigns and flees 1955 Death Carmen Miranda, singer and actress (Down Argentine Way), dies at 42 1955 Event Argentine state of siege ends 1955 Event Pope Pius XII ex-communicates Argentine President Juan Peron 1955 Event Argentine parliament accepts separation of church and state 1953 Birthday Osvaldo Ardiles, Argentine soccer player 1952 Death Alberto Williams, Argentine composer (Etrerno Reposo), dies at 89 1951 Death Benito Lynch, Irish/Argentine writer (Palo Verde), dies at 66 1938 Death Alfonsina Storni, Argentine poet (El dulce dano/suicide), dies at 45 1927 Death Ricardo Guiraldes, Argentine poet and writer (Don Segundo Sombra), dies 1926 Birthday Raul Alfonsin, Argentine President, 1983-89 1923 Birthday Eduardo Falu, Argentine guitarist, Zamba de Vargas 1920 Death Rafael Obligado, Argentine writer (Santos Vega), dies at 69 1913 Birthday Carmen Miranda, singer and actress, 4 Jills in a Jeep, Down Argentine Way 1902 Birthday Gunther Weisenborn, German/Argentine writer 1895 Birthday Juan Peron, Argentine President, 1946 - 1955, 1973 - 1974 1892 Birthday Alfonsina Storni, Argentine poet, La inquietud del rosal 1887 Birthday Bernardo A. Houssay, Argentine physiologist, Nobel 1947 1886 Death Jose Hernandez, Argentine poet (La vuelta the Martin Fierro), dies 1885 Birthday Benito Lynch, Irish/Argentine writer, Caranchos de la Florida 1875 Birthday Enrique Larreta, E R Maza, Argentine diplomat, Gloria de Don Ramiro 1856 Event Argentine and Brazilian sign a navigation pact 1821 Birthday Bartolome Mitre, Argentine general 1536 Event Pedro de Mendoza finds Argentine city of Buenos Aires
