Jorge "George" Newbery, born Jorge Alejandro Newbery Malagarie, was an Argentine aviator, civil servant, engineer and scientist with ancestry from the United States of America. His father, Ralph Lamartine Newbery Purcell was a dentist who emigrated from Long Island, New York, and settled in Argentina after the American Civil War, in which he fought on the Union side of the Battle of Gettysburg and was recognized for his courage. Along with Alberto Braniff and Jorge Chávez, Jorge Newbery was one of the first Latin American aircraft pilots. He was also an engineer, and is considered to be the architect and founder of the Argentine Air Force.
Buenos Aires, autonomous city and capital of Argentina, is composed of forty-eight neighborhoods. Since 2008, the city is also legally divided into communes, each one including one or more barrios. Among the most visited and populated barrios are Palermo, Recoleta, Puerto Madero, Belgrano, San Telmo, La Boca, Monserrat and Caballito. Sectors of the city are also traditionally known as neighborhoods by the inhabitants of Buenos Aires, but not officially by the authorities of the city; some examples include Chinatown, Barrio Norte and the Microcentro.
The following is an alphabetical list of topics related to the Argentine Republic.
The Buenos Aires Rugby Union, usually referred as URBA, is the Argentine governing body that organises and controls the rugby union in the Buenos Aires Province. The remaining clubs from the province are distributed amongst four other unions: Unión de Rugby del Oeste de Buenos Aires in the west, Unión de Rugby del Centro de la Provincia de Buenos Aires in the centre, Unión de Rugby de Mar del Plata in the east, and Unión de Rugby del Sur in the south.
Retiro Station is the name given to three railway termini located in the Retiro district of Buenos Aires: Retiro Mitre, Retiro Belgrano and Retiro San Martín. The stations are the termini of the Mitre, Belgrano and San Martín Railways respectively. It is near Retiro bus station, the largest bus terminal in the country.
Buenos Aires is a former passenger railway station in the city of Buenos Aires, Argentina. The station was terminus of the Belgrano Sur line that runs trains along Greater Buenos Aires region.
The General Manuel Belgrano Railway (FCGMB), named after the Argentine politician and military leader Manuel Belgrano, is a 1,000 mmmetre gauge railway and the longest of the Argentine system. It was one of the six State-owned Argentine railway companies formed after President Juan Perón's nationalisation of the railway network in 1948.
The General San Martín Railway (FCGSM), named after the former Argentine general José de San Martín, was one of the six state-owned Argentine railway companies formed after President Juan Perón's nationalisation of the railway network in 1948. The six companies were managed by Ferrocarriles Argentinos which was later broken up during the process of railway privatisation beginning in 1991 during Carlos Menem's presidency.
There are a number of major football rivalries in Argentina.
Dolores is a town in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. It is the administrative centre for Dolores Partido. The town settlement was officially founded by Ramón Lara on 21 August 1817.
The Belgrano Norte line is a commuter rail service in Buenos Aires, Argentina run by the private company Ferrovías since 1 April 1994, with some services operated by the state-owned company Trenes Argentinos from 2015. This service had previously been run by the state-owned General Belgrano Railway since nationalisation of the railways in 1948. Ferrovías also formed part of the consortium UGOFE which operated other commuter rail services in Buenos Aires.
Austrian Argentines are Argentine citizens of Austrian descent or Austrian-born people who emigrated to Argentina. Many Austrian descendants in Argentina arrived in the country from other parts of Europe when Austria was a unified kingdom with Hungary.
Alumni Athletic Club, or simply Alumni, was an Argentine football team active during the first years of the sport in that country. Although officially founded in 1898, the team had been formed in 1893 when a group of students from the Buenos Aires English High School joined Alexander Watson Hutton to form a team in order to participate in the championship organized by the Argentine Association Football League.
The Argentine Hockey Confederation is the official governing body of field hockey in Argentina. It governs the men's and the women's national teams and club competitions "Liga Nacional de Hockey" (LNH) and "Argentino de Clubes".
Club Atlético y Social Defensores de Belgrano, mostly known as Defensores de Belgrano de Villa Ramallo, is an Argentine sports club located in the Ramallo Partido of Buenos Aires Province. The football team currently plays in the Torneo Argentino A, the regionalised third division of Argentine football league system.
The 1946 Campeonato Argentino de Rugby was won by the selection della Buenos Aires Province ("Provincia") that beat in the final the selection of Capital.
The 1947 Campeonato Argentino de Rugby was won by the selection of Buenos Aires Province ("Provincia") that beat in the final 18-4 the selection of Capital.
The 1997–98 Argentine Primera B Nacional was the 12th season of second division professional of football in Argentina. A total of 32 teams competed; the champion and runner-up were promoted to Argentine Primera División.
Avenida Presidente Julio Argentino Roca better known as Diagonal Sur, is an important avenue in the Monserrat neighborhood of Buenos Aires, Argentina. It is oriented north-east/south-west, diagonally bisecting the city blocks (manzanas) which give the city centre a checkerboard plan. It is named after President Julio Argentino Roca, who held power from 1880 to 1886, and from 1896 to 1904.
Retiro Station is a railway terminus located in the district of Retiro of the city of Buenos Aires. The station is located just opposite Plaza San Martín, a large public square. It is part of the Retiro station complex.
