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  • 1764 Esteban Agustín Gazcón, statesman and lawyer and a representative to the Congress of Tucumán is born in Oruro, Bolivia.
  • 1816 Argentina declares its independence from Spain.
  • 1879 The city of Choele Choel is founded in what at the time was the National Territory of Rio Negro (today's Rio Negro Province).
  • 1935 Mercedes Sosa, popular singer is born in San Miguel de Tucumán.
  • 1956 Club Deportivo Laferrere is founded in La Matanza, Buenos Aires.