- 1821 General José de San Martín proclaims the independence of Peru.
- 1800 Charles Pellegrini, French Argentine engineer, lithographer, painter, and architect., and the father of future president Carlos Pellegrini, is born in Chambéry, Savoie, France.
- 1903 Silvina Ocampo Argentine poet and fiction writer is born.
- 1977 Emanuel Ginóbili, basketball player is born in Bahía Blanca.