1958 in Argentina

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President: Pedro Eugenio Aramburu (until April 30); Arturo Frondizi (from May 1)^[1]
Vice President: Isaac Rojas (until April 30); Alejandro Gómez (until November 18)

Buenos Aires Province: Emilio A. Bonnecarrére (until 2 May); Oscar Alende (from 2 May)
Cordoba: Arturo Zanichelli (from month unknown)
Chubut Province: Jorge Galina (from month unknown)
Mendoza Province: Isidoro Busquets (until 1 May); Ernesto Ueltschi (from 1 May)
Santa Fe Province: Luis Cárcamo (until month unknown); Carlos Sylvestre Begnis (from month unknown)

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.^[2]
April 3 – Bill Haley & His Comets play the first of a series of concerts in Buenos Aires.^[3]
May 1 – Arturo Frondizi is inaugurated as President of Argentina.^[1]
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.^[4]

^ ^a ^b Foreign Relations of the United States, 1958-1960: American republics. U.S. Government Printing Office. 1986. p. 18.
^ Nohlen, Dieter. Elections in the Americas. Oxford University Press, 2005.
^ Bill Haley. Wagner Verlag sucht Autoren. p. 461. ISBN 978-3-86279-537-6.
^ "Alejandro Gómez". Diccionario Biográfico nacional de la Unión Cívica Radical.
^ Nicolas Slonimsky (21 October 1972). Music Of Latin America. Da Capo Press. p. 325. ISBN 978-0-306-71188-6.

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