1944 in Argentina

Events from the year 1944 in Argentina

Incumbents

• President:
• Vicepresident:

Events

January

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

February

• Pedro Ramírez resigns as president, being replaced by Edelmiro Farrell

March

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

June

• Juan Perón is appointed vicepresident
• The United States and Britain remove their ambassadors from Argentina

August

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

October

• Sanction of the Rural laborer statute

November

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

Ongoing

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

Deaths

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

Bibliography

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