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- 1806 The British land and army in Quilmes during the British invasions of the Río de la Plata.
- 1824 Esteban Agustín Gazcón, statesman and lawyer and a representative to the Congress of Tucumán dies.
- 1865 Juan Bautista Justo, physician, journalist, politician, and writer, is born in Buenos Aires.
- 1919 Pelagio Luna, Vice president of Argentina dies.
- 1929 Paul Groussac, writer, literary critic, historian, and librarian dies.
- 1978 Argentina beats The Netherlands 3-1 in the final and wins its first FIFA World Cup.
- 1983 Alberto Ginastera, composer, dies.
