1942 in Argentina

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)
• Vicepresident: Ramón Castillo (up to June 26)

Events

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

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.

August

• Gillette and Helena Rubinstein start working in the country

October

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

December

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

Ongoing

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

Births

• January 1 - Lita Stantic, film director, producer and screenwriter
• January 22 - Juan Carlos Sarnari, footballer
• February 10 - Roberto Aguirre, footballer
• February 11 - Horacio Verbitsky, investigative journalist^[1]
• February 27 - Miguel Ángel Santoro, footballer
• 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

• 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)
• October 8 - Julio Argentino Pascual Roca, politician and diplomat (born 1873)

Bibliography

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

References

1. "Verbitsky, Horacio 1942-". Contemporary Authors.  – via HighBeam Research (subscription required) . January 1, 2009. Retrieved September 16, 2012.
2. "Ariel Dorfman Interview". by Danny Postel for The Progressive. December 13, 1998.
3. Murió José Omar Pastoriza (Spanish)
4. "Cacho Castaña at the Academia". Todo Tango.
5. Staff (based on AFP report) (5 March 2013). "Le metteur en scène et comédien Jérôme Savary est mort" (in French). Le Monde. Retrieved 5 March 2013.
6. "Boxing: 15 year Anniversary of Carlos Monzon's Death". Theboxinghistorian.com. 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 (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.