- 1833 Gervasio Antonio de Posadas member of Argentina's Second Triumvirate and Supreme Director dies.
- 1896 Quirino Cristiani, Argentine animation director and cartoonist is born.
- 1920 Fernando Ayala, film producer, director, and screenwriter, is born in Gualeguay, Entre Rios.
- 1930 Carlos Saúl Menem, President of Argentina from 1989 to 1999, is born in La Rioja Province.
- 2003 The Quebrada de Humahuaca is made a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
