2013 Event Argentinian Vice President Amado Boudou takes over the duties of President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner when she undergoes surgery to remove a subdural hematoma 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 Argentina's Senate passes President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner's bill to nationalize 51% of oil company YPF with overwhelming majority 2012 Event Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, President of Argentina, introduces a bill to nationalize 51% of YPF, the Argentine oil company, to Congress 2012 Event Vice-President of Argentina Amado Boudou assumes temporary power as President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner has surgery for thyroid cancer 2011 Event In a second consecutive mandate, Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner is sworn in as President of Argentina 1950 Birthday Nestor Kirchner, Argentinian Statesman 1938 Death Ernst L Kirchner, German painter, dies at 58 1919 Birthday Leon Kirchner, born in Brooklyn, New York, opera composer, Lily 1903 Death Theodore Furchtegott Kirchner, composer, dies at 79 1902 Birthday Heinrich Kirchner, German sculptor 1880 Birthday Ernst L. Kirchner, German painter, Die Brucke 1823 Birthday Theodore Furchtegott Kirchner, composer
