Events from the year 1930 in Argentina
Incumbents President: Hipólito Yrigoyen (until 6 September) José Félix Uriburu (from 6 September)"Partidos, ideologías e intereses", vol. 7 of Historia Integral Argentina (El sistema en crisis), pages 88-89 Vice President: Enrique Martínez (until 6 September); Enrique Santamarina (6 September-20 October)
Governors Buenos Aires Province: until 1 May: Valentin Vergara 1 May-11 September: Nereo Crovetto from 11 September: Carlos Meyer Pellegrini Cordoba: José Antonio Ceballos; Basilio Pertiné; Carlos Ibarguren Mendoza Province: Carlos A. Borzani (until 7 September); Ergasto Saforcada (until 25 September); José María Rosa (from 25 September)
Events 10 March – Goodbye Argentina (Adiós Argentina), the first Argentine film with a (musical) soundtrack, is released, giving Ada Cornaro her first starring role and Libertad Lamarque her film debut. 12 July – A streetcar accident occurs near Buenos Aires, when the vehicle's operator fails to notice that the moveable bridge for the tracks has been raised to allow a crossing of the Río de la Plata. The car plunges into the river and its passengers are drowned. 6 September – 1930 Argentine coup d'état: José Félix Uriburu leads troops into Buenos Aires and carries out a military coup, ousting incumbent president Hipólito Yrigoyen.Daniel K. Lewis. The history of Argentina. 2nd edition. New York, New York, USA; Hampshire, England, UK: Palgrave Macmillan, 2003. pp. 83–84.
Births January 6 January – Oscar Camilión, lawyer and diplomat (d. 2016)
February 8 February – Alejandro Rey, film and TV actor and television director (d. 1987)
March 3 March - Alfredo Alcón, theatre and film actor (d. 2014)
April 6 April – Pampero Firpo, Argentinian/American professional wrestler (d. 2020)
May 3 May – Juan Gelman, poet and author (d. 2014)
July 2 July – Carlos Menem, President of Argentina 1989-1999 (d. 2021)
See also List of Argentine films of 1930
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