1944 in Argentina

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See also:	Other events of 1944 List of years in Argentina

Events from the year 1944 in Argentina.

Incumbents

• President: Pedro Pablo Ramírez (until 25 February); Edelmiro Julián Farrell (from 25 February)
• Vice president: vacant (until 8 July); Juan Perón (from 8 July)

Governors

• Buenos Aires Province:
  • until 5 January: Faustino J. Legón
  • 5 January-5 May: Julio O. Ojea
  • 5 May-19 July: Luis García Mata
  • 19 July-27 December: Juan Carlos Sanguinetti
  • from 27 December: Roberto M. Vanetta
• Mendoza Province: Aristóbulo Vargas Belmonte

Vice Governors

• Buenos Aires Province: vacant

Events

January

• 15 January – 1944 San Juan earthquake
  , produces nearly 7000 deaths, 12000 injured and destroyed the 90% of building in the city
• 22 January – Juan Perón and Eva Perón
  met during a fundraising for the aforementioned earthquake.

• Bernardo Houssay, Juan Lewis and Eduardo Menendez establish the Instituto de Biología y Medicina Experimental

April

May

June

• Juan Perón is appointed vice president.^[1]
• The United States and Britain remove their ambassadors from Argentina.^[2]

July

August

• The United States confiscate Argentine gold located in the US, and forbid commerce with Argentina.

September

October

• Sanction of the Rural laborer statute

November

• 16 November: First issue of the Rico Tipo
  comic book

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

Births

• 9 May – Paulina Vinderman
  , poet and translator
• 2 July – Vicente de la Mata, footballer^[3]
• 25 September – Susana Viau
  , journalist
• date unknown – Susana Giménez, model, actress and TV presenter

Deaths

• 15 November - Cayetano Santos Godino, serial killer (born 1896
  )

• List of Argentine films of 1944

References