Events from the year 1942 in Argentina
Incumbents President: Roberto María Ortiz (officially up to June 26), Ramón Castillo (acting up to June 26, officially since then) Vice President: Ramón Castillo (up to June 26)
Governors Buenos Aires Province: Dimas González Gowland (up to January 7) Rodolfo Moreno (from January 7) Cordoba: Santiago del Castillo Mendoza Province: Adolfo Vicchi
Vice Governors Buenos Aires Province: Vacant (until 7 January) Edgardo J. Míguez (from 7 January)
Events
January
February
March The Concordancia wins the national elections for deputies in most provinces. The Socialist party prevails in Buenos Aires, and the UCR in Corrientes and Tucuman Corrientes and Tucuman are intervened
April
May
June Roberto Ortiz, ill of diabetes, resigns as president. Ramón Castillo, acting president since 1941, becomes official president. The chamber of deputies votes to break relations with Nazi Germany, the chamber of senators does not discuss the project.
July
August Gillette and Helena Rubinstein start working in the country
September
October The port of Rosario is nationalized Gaseoduct La Plata-Buenos Aires
November
December Agustín Pedro Justo announces his intention to run for the presidency.
Unknown date
Ongoing Argentina keeps a neutral stance in World War II, amid foreign pressure to join the war
Births January January 1 – Lita Stantic, film director, producer and screenwriter January 22 – Juan Carlos Sarnari, footballer
February February 10 – Roberto Aguirre, footballer February 11 – Horacio Verbitsky, investigative journalist February 27 – Miguel Ángel Santoro, footballer
March March 4 – Juan Carlos Oleniak, footballer March 22 – Leo Dan, composer and singer March 24 – Roberto Lavagna, economist and politician April 12 – Carlos Reutemann, racing driver and politician April 27 – Carlos Enrique Gavito, tango dancer April 29 – Horacio Iglesias, swimmer (died 2004) May 6 – Ariel Dorfman, Argentine-Chilean novelist, playwright, essayist, academic, and human rights activist May 13 – Adolfo Bisellach, Olympic fencer May 18 – Juan Carlos Carone, footballer May 23 – José Omar Pastoriza, footballer (died 2004)Murió José Omar Pastoriza May 25 – Marcos Mundstock, musician and comedian June 11 – Cacho Castaña, singer and actor June 27 – Jérôme Savary, Argentine-French theatre director and actor (died 2013) July 10 Francisco Escos, footballer José Antonio Muñoz, artist July 19 – Agustín Irusta, footballer August 7 – Carlos Monzón, boxer (died 1995) August 13 - Jorge Altamira, politician September 1 - Daniel Willington, footballer September 8 - Marcelo Sánchez Sorondo, Roman Catholic bishop September 25 - Oscar Bonavena, boxer (died 1976) October 3 Roberto Perfumo, footballer Margherita Zimmermann, operatic mezzo-sopranoDictionnaire des interprètes, Alain Pâris, (Éditions Robert Laffont, 1989). October 8 – María Julia Alsogaray, politician October 15 – Carlos Núñez Cortés, musician November 8 – Fernando Sorrentino, writer November 15 – Daniel Barenboim, pianist and conductor November 19 – Moris, rock musician November 27 – Néstor Togneri, footballer (died 1999)Clarin article December 9 – Marcos Conigliaro, football player and coach December 12 – Guillermo Jaim Etcheverry, physician and academic date unknown Pocho Lapouble, jazz musician (died 2009) Beatriz Sarlo, literary and cultural critic. Oscar Zarate, comic book artist and illustrator
Deaths March 23 – Marcelo Torcuato de Alvear, politician (born 1868)«Marcelo T. de Alvear » (en español). Portal Planeta Sedna. Consultado el 4 de mayo de 2010. May 3 – Elías Isaac Alippi, actor, director and impresario (born 1883) June 3 – Vicente Gallo, lawyer, academic and politician (born 1873) July 15 – Roberto María Ortiz, politician (born 1886; diabetes) July 20 – Julio Salvador Sagreras, guitarist and composer (born 1879) July 26 – Roberto Arlt, writer (born 1900)Biography of Roberto Arlt at Biblioteca Virtual Miguel de Cervantes August 31 – Teddie Gerard, actress and entertainer (born 1890; lung infection)Teddie Gerard Seriously Ill, New York Times, March 26, 1929, pg. 41. September 23 – Alfredo Carricaberry, footballer (born 1900) October 8 – Julio Argentino Pascual Roca, politician and diplomat (born 1873)
See also List of Argentine films of 1942
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