# 1942 in Argentina

Events from the year 1942 in Argentina

## Incumbents

* President: Roberto María Ortiz (officially up to June 26), Ramón Castillo (acting up to June 26, officially since then)
* Vice President: Ramón Castillo (up to June 26)

### Governors

* Buenos Aires Province:
** Dimas González Gowland (up to January 7)
** Rodolfo Moreno (from January 7)
* Cordoba: Santiago del Castillo
* Mendoza Province: Adolfo Vicchi

### Vice Governors

* Buenos Aires Province:
** Vacant (until 7 January)
** Edgardo J. Míguez (from 7 January)

## Events
### March

* The Concordancia wins the national elections for deputies in most provinces. The Socialist party prevails in Buenos Aires, and the UCR in Corrientes and Tucuman
* Corrientes and Tucuman are intervened

### June

* Roberto Ortiz, ill of diabetes, resigns as president. Ramón Castillo, acting president since 1941, becomes official president.
* The chamber of deputies votes to break relations with Nazi Germany, the chamber of senators does not discuss the project.

### August

* Gillette and Helena Rubinstein start working in the country

### October

* The port of Rosario is nationalized
* Gaseoduct La Plata-Buenos Aires

### December

* Agustín Pedro Justo announces his intention to run for the presidency.

### Ongoing

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

## Births
### January

* January 1 – Lita Stantic, film director, producer and screenwriter
* January 22 – Juan Carlos Sarnari, footballer

### February

* February 10 – Roberto Aguirre, footballer
* February 11 – Horacio Verbitsky, investigative journalist
* February 27 – Miguel Ángel Santoro, footballer

### March

* March 4 – Juan Carlos Oleniak, footballer
* March 22 – Leo Dan, composer and singer
* March 24 – Roberto Lavagna, economist and politician
* April 12 – Carlos Reutemann, racing driver and politician
* April 27 – Carlos Enrique Gavito, tango dancer
* April 29 – Horacio Iglesias, swimmer (died 2004)
* May 6 – Ariel Dorfman, Argentine-Chilean novelist, playwright, essayist, academic, and human rights activist
* May 13 – Adolfo Bisellach, Olympic fencer
* May 18 – Juan Carlos Carone, footballer
* May 23 – José Omar Pastoriza, footballer (died 2004)
* May 25 – Marcos Mundstock, musician and comedian
* June 11 – Cacho Castaña, singer and actor
* June 27 – Jérôme Savary, Argentine-French theatre director and actor (died 2013)
* July 10
** Francisco Escos, footballer
** José Antonio Muñoz, artist
* July 19 – Agustín Irusta, footballer
* August 7 – Carlos Monzón, boxer (died 1995)
* August 13 - Jorge Altamira, politician
* September 1 - Daniel Willington, footballer
* September 8 - Marcelo Sánchez Sorondo, Roman Catholic bishop
* September 25 - Oscar Bonavena, boxer (died 1976)
* October 3
** Roberto Perfumo, footballer
** Margherita Zimmermann, operatic mezzo-soprano
* October 8 – María Julia Alsogaray, politician
* October 15 – Carlos Núñez Cortés, musician
* November 8 – Fernando Sorrentino, writer
* November 15 – Daniel Barenboim, pianist and conductor
* November 19 – Moris, rock musician
* November 27 – Néstor Togneri, footballer (died 1999)
* December 9 – Marcos Conigliaro, football player and coach
* December 12 – Guillermo Jaim Etcheverry, physician and academic
* date unknown
** Pocho Lapouble, jazz musician (died 2009)
** Beatriz Sarlo, literary and cultural critic.
** Oscar Zarate, comic book artist and illustrator

## Deaths

* March 23 – Marcelo Torcuato de Alvear, politician (born 1868)
* May 3 – Elías Isaac Alippi, actor, director and impresario (born 1883)
* June 3 – Vicente Gallo, lawyer, academic and politician (born 1873)
* July 15 – Roberto María Ortiz, politician (born 1886; diabetes)
* July 20 – Julio Salvador Sagreras, guitarist and composer (born 1879)
* July 26 – Roberto Arlt, writer (born 1900)
* August 31 – Teddie Gerard, actress and entertainer (born 1890; lung infection)
* September 23 – Alfredo Carricaberry, footballer (born 1900)
* October 8 – Julio Argentino Pascual Roca, politician and diplomat (born 1873)