1958 in Argentina

The following events occurred in Argentina in the year 1958.

Incumbents

President:
*Pedro Eugenio Aramburu
*Arturo Frondizi
[Vice President of Argentina|President of Argentina|Vice President]:
*Isaac Rojas
*Alejandro Gómez

Governors

Buenos Aires Province:
*Emilio A. Bonnecarrére
*Oscar Alende
Cordoba: Arturo Zanichelli
Chubut Province: Jorge Galina
Mendoza Province:
*Isidoro Busquets
*Ernesto Ueltschi
Santa Fe Province:
*Luis Cárcamo
*Carlos Sylvestre Begnis

Vice Governors

Buenos Aires Province: vacant ; Arturo Crosetti

Events

February 14 – Prince Heinrich of Bavaria is killed in a car accident at San Carlos de Bariloche in the Andes. His body is returned to Bavaria for burial.
February 23 – In the 1958 Argentine general election, the Intransigent Radical Civic Union wins 47% of the vote, on a record turnout of 90.9%, while its leader, Arturo Frondizi, is elected to the presidency.
April 3 – Bill Haley & His Comets play the first of a series of concerts in Buenos Aires.
May 1 – Arturo Frondizi is inaugurated as President of Argentina.
June 27 – The Peronist Party becomes legal again in Argentina, three years after being outlawed.
November 18 – Alejandro Gómez resigns as vice president after being expelled from his party.

Films

See List of Argentine films of 1958

Births

July 21 – Liliana Bodoc, fantasy writer

Deaths

August 9 - Felipe Boero, composer