Events from the year 1940 in Argentina
Incumbents President: Roberto María Ortiz (UCR-A – Concordancia) Vice President: Ramón Castillo
Governors Buenos Aires Province: until 7 March: Manuel Fresco 7 March-13 March: Luis Cassinelli 13 March-27 May: Octavio R. Amadeo 27 May-4 June: Carlos Herrera from 4 June: Octavio R. Amadeo Cordoba: Amadeo Sabattini then Santiago del Castillo Mendoza Province: Rodolfo Corominas Segura
Vice Governors Buenos Aires Province: Aurelio Amodeo (until 7 March); vacant thereafter (starting 7 March)
Events
January
February Intervention of the Catamarca Province
March Intervention of the Buenos Aires province
April
May
June President Ortiz takes leave from work because of diabetes
July
August Construction of the first airplane made in Argentina, a curtiss 75 Ortiz, during his leave from work, offers his resignation to the Congress amid a political controversy. The Congress does not accept it.
September
October
November The Congress discusses a proposal for economic reactivation made by minister Federico Pinedo
December Juan Tonazzi is appointed minister of War. He rearranges the top military personnel, promoting supporters of Agustín Pedro Justo
Date unknown Radio El Mundo starts the radio drama Los Pérez García, which would last up to 1969
Ongoing Argentina keeps a neutral stance in World War II, amid foreign pressure to join the war
Births April 9 - Chunchuna Villafañe, model, actress and architect April 30 - Ermindo Onega, footballer (died 1979) May 15 - Carlos Bielicki, chess master July 7 - Dora Baret, actress August 17 - Eduardo Mignogna, film director and screenwriter (died 2006) September 24 - Amelita Baltar, tango singer October 17 - Carlos Heller, executive, cooperative banking leader, and politician November 18 - Susana Ruiz Cerutti, lawyer and politician (died 2024) date unknown Cacho Espíndola, actor Alicia Dujovne Ortiz, journalist* Esteban Courtalon Esther Norma Arrostito Graciela Paraskevaidis Guillermo José Garlatti Guillermo Saucedo Gustavo Bergalli Horacio Usandizaga Jesús Taboada Jorge Ginarte Jorge Kissling José Rubinstein Juan Carlos Maccarone Juan Paletta Juan Rosai Leonardo Henrichsen Luis Brandoni Luis Cubilla Maria Teresa Luengo Mario Acuña María Cristina Laurenz Miguel Ángel Loayza Nacha Guevara Nestor Combin Osvaldo Lamborghini Osvaldo Álvarez Guerrero Raúl Zaffaroni Roberto Matosas Rodolfo Mederos Román Quinos Silvio Marzolini Wálter Machado da Silva
Deaths Enrique Mosconi Manuel Musto
See also List of Argentine films of 1940
Bibliography