1928 in Argentina
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Incumbents
- President:
- Marcelo Torcuato de Alvear (until 11 October)
- Hipólito Yrigoyen (from 12 October)
- Vice President:
- Elpidio González (until 11 October)
- Enrique MartÃnez (from 12 October)
Governors
- Buenos Aires Province: Valentin Vergara
- Cordoba: Ramón J. Cárcano then Enrique MartÃnez then José Antonio Ceballos
- Mendoza Province:
- Alejandro Orfila (until 4 December)
- Carlos A. Borzani (from 4 December)
Vice Governors
- Buenos Aires Province: Victoriano de Ortúzar
Events
- April 1 â 1928 Argentine general election: Hipólito Yrigoyen replaces Marcelo Torcuato de Alvear, whom he had chosen as his successor, as presidential candidate and defeats his opponent Leopoldo Melo.[1]
- May 23 â The Italian consulate in Buenos Aires, Argentina, is bombed. The explosion kills 22 people and injures 43.[2]
Births
January
- January 28 â Jorge Zorreguieta, businessman and politician (died 2017)
March
- March 6 â Zoe Ducós, actress (died 2002)
June
- June 14 â Che Guevara, Marxist revolutionary (died 1967)
July
- July 8 â Ãngel Tulio Zof, footballer and coach (died 2014)
Deaths
May
- May 22 â Francisco López Merino, poet (b. 1904)[3]
July
- July 22 â Francisco Beiró, politician, vice president-elect (born 1876)[4]
