1940 in Argentina

Events from the year 1940 in Argentina

1940
in
Argentina

Decades:
  • 1920s
  • 1930s
  • 1940s
  • 1950s
  • 1960s
See also:Other events of 1940
List of years in Argentina

Incumbents

Governors

Vice Governors

  • Buenos Aires Province: Aurelio Amodeo (until 7 March); vacant thereafter (starting 7 March)

Events

February

March

June

  • President Ortiz takes leave from work because of diabetes

August

  • Construction of the first airplane made in Argentina, a curtiss 75
  • Ortiz, during his leave from work, offers his resignation to the Congress amid a political controversy. The Congress does not accept it.

November

  • The Congress discusses a proposal for economic reactivation made by minister Federico Pinedo

December

  • Juan Tonazzi is appointed minister of War. He rearranges the top military personnel, promoting supporters of Agustín Pedro Justo

Date unknown

Ongoing

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

Births

Deaths

See also

Bibliography

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