The following events occurred in Argentina in the year 1958.
Incumbents President: Pedro Eugenio Aramburu (until April 30) Arturo Frondizi (from May 1) Vice President: Isaac Rojas (until April 30) Alejandro Gómez (from November 18)
Governors Buenos Aires Province: Emilio A. Bonnecarrére (until 2 May) Oscar Alende (from 2 May) Cordoba: Arturo Zanichelli (from month unknown) Chubut Province: Jorge Galina (from month unknown) Mendoza Province: Isidoro Busquets (until 1 May) Ernesto Ueltschi (from 1 May) Santa Fe Province: Luis Cárcamo (until month unknown) Carlos Sylvestre Begnis (from month unknown)
Vice Governors Buenos Aires Province: vacant (until 2 May); Arturo Crosetti (starting 2 May)
Events February 14 – Prince Heinrich of Bavaria is killed in a car accident at San Carlos de Bariloche in the Andes. His body is returned to Bavaria for burial. February 23 – In the 1958 Argentine general election, the Intransigent Radical Civic Union wins 47% of the vote, on a record turnout of 90.9%, while its leader, Arturo Frondizi, is elected to the presidency.Nohlen, Dieter. Elections in the Americas. Oxford University Press, 2005. April 3 – Bill Haley & His Comets play the first of a series of concerts in Buenos Aires. May 1 – Arturo Frondizi is inaugurated as President of Argentina. June 27 – The Peronist Party becomes legal again in Argentina, three years after being outlawed. November 18 – Alejandro Gómez resigns as vice president after being expelled from his party.
Films See List of Argentine films of 1958
Births July 21 – Liliana Bodoc, fantasy writer (d. 2018)
Deaths August 9 – Felipe Boero, composer (b. 1884)
See also 1958 in Argentine football
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