1943 in Argentina explained

Events from the year 1943 in Argentina.

Incumbents

• President: Ramón Castillo, Arturo Rawson, Pedro Pablo Ramírez
• Vice President: Sabá Sueyro, Edelmiro Julián Farrell

Governors

• Buenos Aires Province: Rodolfo Moreno, Edgardo J. Míguez, Oscar Cazalas (de facto), Armando Verdaguer, Faustino J. Legón
• Cordoba: Santiago del Castillo
• Mendoza Province: Adolfo Vicchi, Humberto Sosa Molina, Luis Elías Villanueva, Aristóbulo Vargas Belmonte

Vice Governors

• Buenos Aires Province: Edgardo J. Míguez (until 12 June); vacant thereafter (starting 12 June)

Events

May

• The Radical Civic Union, the Socialist Party and the Democrat Progresist Party join forces to create the Democratic Union
• The CGT gets divided in two factions, led by J. Domenech and F. Pérez Leiroz

June

• Revolution of '43 – President Ramón Castillo is deposed by a military coup. Arturo Rawson takes the presidency, but he is removed immediately and replaced by Pedro Pablo Ramírez
• A laboral strike in Jujuy causes four deaths

August

• Laboral strike of the meat industry unions.

October

• Juan Domingo Perón signs the first collective laboral agreement
• Hugo Wast, ministry of education, outlaws lunfardo and forces many tango artists to rewrite the lyrics of their songs.

November

• Juan Domingo Perón is appointed for the Secretary of Labour and Welfare.
• Many communist leaders, as José Peter, are jailed.

Ongoing

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

Births

• January 6 – Osvaldo Soriano, journalist and writer (died 1997)
• January 16 – Jorge Sobisch, politician^[1]
• February 9 – Santiago Soldati, entrepreneur^[2]
• March 4 – Aldo Rico, soldier and politician
• April 6 – Omar Vergara, Olympic fencer
• April 7 – Ángel Marcos, footballer
• April 8 – Víctor Bó, film actor and producer
• May 1 – Carlos Trillo, comic book writer (died 2011)^[3]
• May 24 – Héctor Aguer, Archbishop of La Plata
• May 30 – Víctor Laplace, actor
• June 5 – Hermes Binner, physician and politician
• June 14 – Jeanine Meerapfel, German-Argentine film director and screenwriter^[4]
• July 13
  • Carlos Borcosque Jr., film director and screenwriter
  • Juan Carlos Sconfianza, footballer
• July 23 – Hugo Arana, film, television and theatre actor
• August – Norberto Ceresole, sociologist and political scientist (died 2003)^[5]
• August 1 – Carlos Roffé, film and television actor (died 2005)^[6]
• August 2 – Emilio Disi, actor
• August 3 – Elio Roca, singer
• August 4 – Angel Balzarino, writer
• August 18 – Norma Pons, actress (died 2014)
• September 17 – Carlos Sampayo, writer
• October 6 – Luis Alberto, footballer
• October 18 – Andrej Bajuk, Slovene politician and economist brought up in Argentina (died 2011)^[7]
• October 19 – Adolfo Aristarain, film director and screenwriter
• November 1 – José Ignacio García Hamilton, writer, historian, lawyer and politician (died 2009)^[8]
• November 5 – Mariano Etkin, composer
• November 6 – Roberto Telch, footballer
• November 12 – Claudio Slon, jazz drummer (died 2002)^[9]
• November 16
  • Juan Giménez, comic book artist
  • Rodolfo Terragno, politician, lawyer and journalist
• November 18 – Leonardo Sandri, Roman Catholic cardinal^[10]
• November 25 – Dante Caputo, academic, diplomat and politician
• December 6 – Miguel Lunghi, politician
• December 12 – Miguel Ángel Raimondo, footballer
• date unknown
  • Guillermo Vargas Aignasse, politician (disappeared 1976)^[11]
  • Liliana Heker, writer
  • Carlos Santiago Nino, philosopher (died 1993)
  • Miguel Angel Varvello, bandoneon player
  • Horacio Vaggione, composer
  • Barylka Yerahmiel, rabbi, educator, journalist and lecturer

Deaths

• January 11 – Agustín Pedro Justo, President of Argentina 1932–1938 (born 1876)
• January 29 – José A. Ferreyra, film director and screenwriter (born 1889)
• August 24 – Antonio Alice, painter (born 1886)^[12]
• October 15 - Sabá Sueyro, politician (born 1876)
• October 25 - Hubert Duggan, Argentine-born British soldier and politician (born 1904; tuberculosis)^[13]
• December 7 – Collier Twentyman Smithers, Argentine-born British painter (born 1867)

See also

• List of Argentine films of 1943

Bibliography

• Book: Romero , Luis Alberto . 1940–1949. 2010. Clarín. Buenos Aires. 978-987-07-0874-2.

Notes and References

1. http://www.sobischpresidente.com/ Sobisch 2007 official site
2. http://www.swissinfo.ch/spa/index.html?cid=6982986 Swiss Info: Villa Lugano
3. Web site: MURIO CARLOS TRILLO, EL AUTOR DEL LOCO CHAVEZ Y CLARA DE NOCHE . https://web.archive.org/web/20110513094756/http://noticias.terra.com.ar/sociedad/murio-carlos-trillo-el-autor-del-loco-chavez-y-clara-de-noche,5750401a6f2df210VgnVCM4000009bf154d0RCRD.html . dead . May 13, 2011 . . May 9, 2011 . es .
4. Web site: Berlinale: 1984 Juries . November 21, 2010 . berlinale.de.
5. Web site: Venezuela Analítica – Otra exclusiva de Analitica.com: Ceresole visto por él mismo . April 29, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131014173458/http://www.analitica.com/va/entrevistas/1867848.asp . October 14, 2013 . dead .
6. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0736534/ Carlos Roffé
7. News: Former Prime Minister Andrej Bajuk Dies . . August 16, 2011 . August 16, 2011 . Slovenian . September 13, 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120913225738/http://www.sta.si/en/vest.php?s=a&id=1665828 . dead .
8. http://www.pagina12.com.ar/diario/elpais/1-126900-2009-06-19.html Murió el historiador y diputado García Hamilton
9. http://bjbear71.com/Slon/main.html The Official Claudio Slon Website
10. News: Pope: Runners and riders. BBC News. BBC.
11. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/7587199.stm Argentine chiefs jailed for life
12. Book: Parker, William Belmont . Argentines of today . 2 . The Hispanic Society of America. New York. 1920. Digitized May 22, 2008. Volume 5 of Hispanic Notes and Monographs. 637–640. 9780722295779 .
13. Selina Hastings, "Evelyn Waugh: A Biography" (Sinclair-Stevenson, London, 1994), p. 454.