1837 Juan Aguirre y López, Argentine revolutionary and politician dies. In 1820, he briefly served as interim Supreme Director of the United Provinces of the Río de la Plata, and was the last official to hold that title.
1843 Julio Argentino Roca, army general and twice president of Argentina, is born.
1932 Joaquín Salvador Lavado, cartoonist better known as Quino and the creator of Mafalda is born in Guaymallén.
1995 Juan Manuel Fangio, race car driver who dominated the first decade of Formula One racing, and won five Formula One World Driver's Championships — a record which stood for 46 years, dies.
