The following events occurred in Argentina in the year 1958.
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Incumbents
edit- President: Pedro Eugenio Aramburu (until April 30); Arturo Frondizi (from May 1)[1]
- Vice President: Isaac Rojas (until April 30); Alejandro Gómez (until November 18)
Governors
edit- 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
edit- Buenos Aires Province: vacant (until 2 May); Arturo Crosetti (starting 2 May)
Events
edit- 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.[2]
- April 3 – Bill Haley & His Comets play the first of a series of concerts in Buenos Aires.[3]
- May 1 – Arturo Frondizi is inaugurated as President of Argentina.[1]
- 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.[4]
Films
editBirths
edit- July 21 – Liliana Bodoc, fantasy writer (d. 2018)
Deaths
edit- August 9 – Felipe Boero, composer (b. 1884)[5]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b Foreign Relations of the United States, 1958-1960: American republics. U.S. Government Printing Office. 1986. p. 18.
- ^ Nohlen, Dieter. Elections in the Americas. Oxford University Press, 2005.
- ^ Bill Haley. Wagner Verlag sucht Autoren. p. 461. ISBN 978-3-86279-537-6.
- ^ "Alejandro Gómez". Diccionario Biográfico nacional de la Unión Cívica Radical.
- ^ Nicolas Slonimsky (21 October 1972). Music Of Latin America. Da Capo Press. p. 325. ISBN 978-0-306-71188-6.
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