1996 in Argentina

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The following are events from the year 1996 in Argentina .

Incumbents

• President : Carlos Menem
• Vice President : Carlos Ruckauf

Governors

• Governor of Buenos Aires Province : Eduardo Duhalde
• Governor of Corrientes Province : Raúl Rolando Romero Feris
• Governor of Entre Ríos Province : Jorge Busti
• Governor of Misiones Province : Ramón Puerta
• Governor of Santa Cruz Province : Nestor Kirchner
• Governor of Tucumán Province : Antonio Domingo Bussi

Events

May

• 23 May : The sports newspaper Olé is launched by the Clarín Group in Buenos Aires. ^[1]
• 30 May : The airline Baires Fly is established. ^{[2] [3]}

December

• 5 December : President Carlos Menem meets with U.S. President Bill Clinton at the White House. During the meeting, President Menem extended an invitation to President Clinton to visit Argentina. President Clinton expressed his intention to visit the region early in his second term. ^[4]

Births

April

• 9 April - Giovani Lo Celso, footballer

May

• 11 May - Andrés Cubas, footballer

August

• 23 August - Alejo Igoa, YouTuber ^[5]

Deaths

January

• 11 January - Tato Bores, comedian (b. 1927)
• 18 January - Leonor Fini, painter (b. 1907)

February

• 16 February - Roberto Aizenberg, painter and sculptor (b. 1928)

March

• 18 March - Niní Marshall, comedian (b. 1903)

May

• 29 May - Isidro B. Maiztegui, composer (b. 1905)

December

• 11 December - Juan Carlos Barbieri, actor (b. 1932)

See also

• Argentina portal
• History portal

• List of Argentine films of 1996

References

1. Se acabó El Gráfico on Página/12 by Por Pablo Vignone, 17 Mar 2002
2. La curiosa historia del dueño del avión on Perfil, 12 Oct 2007
3. Marcelo Tinelli y el polémico vuelo: esta es la historia detrás del escándalo de la valija on iProfesional.com, 14 Apr 2020
4. on Clinton White House Archives, 5 December 1996
5. "Quién es Alejo Igoa: el youtuber argentino que conquistó el mundo con más de 71 millones de suscriptores" [Who is Alejo Igoa: the Argentine YouTuber who conquered the world with more than 71 million subscribers]. La Gaceta (in Spanish). 3 July 2025. Archived from the original on 29 July 2025. Retrieved 29 July 2025.