January 29–February 4 - Buenos Aires suffers its worst heat wave for 20 years.[1] In the first two weeks of February, 403 deaths are certified from "heat apoplexy and sunstroke". The Buenos Aires Herald speculates that some of these are actually caused by plague.
March 30 - By presidential decree, lyrics considered offensive to Spanish immigrants are omitted from future public performances of the Argentine National Anthem.[2]
^Buch, Esteban (January 1994). O juremos con gloria morir: historia de una épica de estado [Or swear to die gloriously: history of a state epic] (in Spanish). Buenos Aires: Editorial Sudamericana. ISBN978-950-07-0964-4. pp. 87–92.
^John Hay (June 15, 1900). "ARGENTINA. Republic declared free from plague". Public Health Reports. 15 (24): 1504. JSTOR41455481.
^Arturo Illia, su vida, principios y doctrina, by Ricardo Illia, Ediciones Corregidor