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* 1920s
* 1930s
* 1940s
* 1950s
* 1960s

See also:| Other events of 1942
List of years in Argentina

Events from the year 1942 in Argentina

## Incumbents

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* 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

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* 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

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* Buenos Aires Province:
* Vacant (until 7 January)
* Edgardo J. Míguez (from 7 January)

## Events

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### January

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### February

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### March

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* 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

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### May

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### June

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* 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.[citation needed]

### July

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### August

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* Gillette and Helena Rubinstein start working in the country[citation needed]

### September

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### October

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* The port of Rosario is nationalized
* Gaseoduct La Plata-Buenos Aires

### November

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### December

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* Agustín Pedro Justo announces his intention to run for the presidency.

### Unknown date

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### Ongoing

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* Argentina keeps a neutral stance in World War II, amid foreign pressure to join the war

## Births

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### January

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* January 1 – Lita Stantic, film director, producer and screenwriter
* January 22 – Juan Carlos Sarnari, footballer

### February

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* February 10 – Roberto Aguirre, footballer
* February 11 – Horacio Verbitsky, investigative journalist[1]
* February 27 – Miguel Ángel Santoro, footballer

### March

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* 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[2]
* May 13 – Adolfo Bisellach, Olympic fencer
* May 18 – Juan Carlos Carone, footballer
* May 23 – José Omar Pastoriza, footballer (died 2004)[3]
* May 25 – Marcos Mundstock, musician and comedian
* June 11 – Cacho Castaña, singer and actor[4]
* June 27 – Jérôme Savary, Argentine-French theatre director and actor (died 2013)[5]
* July 10
* Francisco Escos, footballer
* José Antonio Muñoz, artist
* July 19 – Agustín Irusta, footballer
* August 7 – Carlos Monzón, boxer (died 1995)[6]
* August 13 \- Jorge Altamira, politician[7]
* September 1 \- Daniel Willington, footballer
* September 8 \- Marcelo Sánchez Sorondo, Roman Catholic bishop
* September 25 \- Oscar Bonavena, boxer (died 1976)[8]
* October 3
* Roberto Perfumo, footballer
* Margherita Zimmermann, operatic mezzo-soprano[9]
* October 8 – María Julia Alsogaray, politician[10]
* 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)[11]
* 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

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* March 23 – Marcelo Torcuato de Alvear, politician (born 1868)[12]
* 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)[13]
* July 26 – Roberto Arlt, writer (born 1900)[14]
* August 31 – Teddie Gerard, actress and entertainer (born 1890; lung infection)[15]
* September 23 – Alfredo Carricaberry, footballer (born 1900)[16]
* October 8 – Julio Argentino Pascual Roca, politician and diplomat (born 1873)

## See also

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* List of Argentine films of 1942

## Bibliography

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* Romero, Luis Alberto (2010). 1940-1949. Buenos Aires: Clarín. ISBN 978-987-07-0874-2.

## References

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1. ^ "Verbitsky, Horacio 1942-". Contemporary Authors. January 1, 2009. Archived from the original on May 13, 2013. Retrieved September 16, 2012.
2. ^ "Ariel Dorfman Interview". by Danny Postel for The Progressive. December 13, 1998.
3. ^ Murió José Omar Pastoriza (in Spanish)
4. ^ "Cacho Castaña at the Academia". Todo Tango. Archived from the original on 2014-01-04.
5. ^ Staff (based on AFP report) (5 March 2013). "Le metteur en scène et comédien Jérôme Savary est mort". Le Monde (in French). Retrieved 5 March 2013.
6. ^ "Boxing: 15 year Anniversary of Carlos Monzon's Death". Theboxinghistorian.com. Archived from the original on 2013-08-26. Retrieved 2013-08-23.
7. ^ "Jorge Altamira". La Nación (in Spanish). 24 October 1999. Retrieved 20 December 2010.
8. ^ Rogers, Thomas (May 23, 1976). "Bonavena Is Slain; A Top Heavyweight". The New York Times. Retrieved 2009-06-11.
9. ^ Dictionnaire des interprètes, Alain Pâris, (Éditions Robert Laffont, 1989). ISBN 2-221-06660-X
10. ^ "Liberan a única ex funcionaria de Menem condenada por corrupción". Emol.
11. ^ Clarin article (in Spanish)
12. ^ «Marcelo T. de Alvear» (en español). Portal Planeta Sedna. Consultado el 4 de mayo de 2010.
13. ^ Short biography and music sheets
14. ^ Biography of Roberto Arlt at Biblioteca Virtual Miguel de Cervantes
15. ^ Teddie Gerard Seriously Ill, New York Times, March 26, 1929, pg. 41.
16. ^ "Alfredo Carricaberry". IOC. Retrieved 22 January 2021.

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