1900 in Argentina
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Incumbents
Governors
- Buenos Aires Province: Bernardo de Irigoyen
- Cordoba: Donaciano del Campillo
- Mendoza Province: Jacinto Ãlvarez
Vice Governors
- Buenos Aires Province: Alfredo Demarchi
Events
- January 25 - Plague is officially declared in Rosario.[1]
- January 29âFebruary 4 - Buenos Aires suffers its worst heat wave for 20 years.[1] In the first two weeks of February, 403 deaths are certified from "heat apoplexy and sunstroke". The Buenos Aires Herald speculates that some of these are actually caused by plague.
- March 30 - By presidential decree, lyrics considered offensive to Spanish immigrants are omitted from future public performances of the Argentine National Anthem.[2]
- May 14âOctober 28 - Argentina participates for the first time in the Olympic Games.
- June 8 - The Argentine Republic is officially declared free of plague.[3]
Births
April
- April 2 - Roberto Arlt, writer (died 1942)
June
- June 11 - Leopoldo Marechal, writer (died 1970)
July
- July 15 â Enrique CadÃcamo, tango lyricist, poet and novelist (died 1999)
August
- August 4 - Arturo Umberto Illia, President of Argentina 1963â66 (died 1983)[4]
October
- October 8 - Alfredo Carricaberry, footballer (died 1942)
December
- December 14 - Juan d'Arienzo, tango musician (died 1976)
