- 1822 José de San Martín met with Simón Bolívar at Guayaquil to plan the future of Latin America.
- 1890 The Revolution of the Park, an uprising against the national government of Argentina, takes place in Buenos Aires.
- 1925 Ana María Campoy, actress, is born in Bogotá, Colombia.
- 1942 Roberto Arlt, writer, dies.
- 1952 Eva Perón, second wife of Juan Perón, dies in Buenos Aires.
