1928 in Argentina

← 1927 1926 1925 1928 in Argentina → 1929 1930 1931
Decades:	1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s
See also:	Other events of 1928 List of years in Argentina

Events from the year 1928 in Argentina

Incumbents

• President :
  • Marcelo Torcuato de Alvear (until 11 October)
  • Hipólito Yrigoyen (from 12 October)
• Vice President :
  • Elpidio González (until 11 October)
  • Enrique Martínez (from 12 October)

Governors

• Buenos Aires Province : Valentin Vergara
• Cordoba : Ramón J. Cárcano then Enrique Martínez 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 – 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 – The Italian consulate in Buenos Aires, Argentina, is bombed. The explosion kills 22 people and injures 43. ^[2]

Births

January

• January 28– Jorge Zorreguieta, businessman and politician (died 2017)

March

• March 6– Zoe Ducós, actress (died 2002)

June

• June 14– Che Guevara, Marxist revolutionary (died 1967)

July

• July 8– Ángel Tulio Zof, footballer and coach (died 2014)

Deaths

May

• May 22– Francisco López Merino, poet (b. 1904) ^[3]

July

• July 22– Francisco Beiró, politician, vice president-elect (born 1876) ^[4]

References

1. Nohlen, Dieter. Elections in the Americas. Oxford University Press, 2005.
2. Annual Register. J. Dodsley. 1929. p. 291.
3. Notice de personne "López Merino, Francisco (1904-1928)" [Person notice "López Merino, Francisco (1904-1928)"] (in French). Bibliothèque nationale de France. 28 June 2007. Retrieved 27 July 2022.
4. Annual Register. J. Dodsley. 1929. p. 291.