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  1. Buenos Aires4 days agoDescribed as Wall Street crash reaches Argentina: Falling export prices hit the economy.
  2. Casa Rosada, Buenos Aires4 days agoDescribed as Coup of 6 September 1930: Uriburu overthrows Yrigoyen: the first military coup of the century.
  3. Estadio Centenario, Montevideo4 days agoDescribed as First FIFA World Cup final: Uruguay v Argentina: Argentina lose 4-2 to Uruguay in Montevideo.
  4. Buenos Aires4 days agoDescribed as Yrigoyen's second presidency: Yrigoyen returns to office.
  5. Buenos Aires4 days agoDescribed as Argentina at the Amsterdam Olympics: Argentina takes part in the Amsterdam Olympic games and reaches the football final.
  6. Buenos Aires4 days agoDescribed as Alvear takes office: Radical president during the golden age of tango.
  7. Palacio Barolo, Buenos Aires4 days agoDescribed as Palacio Barolo inaugurated: The Dantean skyscraper on Avenida de Mayo.
  8. Polo Grounds, New York4 days agoDescribed as Firpo-Dempsey fight: The Wild Bull of the Pampas knocks Dempsey out of the ring.
  9. Teatro Cervantes, Buenos Aires4 days agoDescribed as Teatro Cervantes opens: The Spanish-founded national theatre.
  10. Santa Cruz (Patagonia)4 days agoDescribed as Rebellious Patagonia: The army shoots striking rural workers in Santa Cruz.
  11. Teatro Coliseo, Buenos Aires4 days agoDescribed as First radio broadcast: Los locos de la azotea broadcast Parsifal from the Teatro Coliseo.
  12. Buenos Aires4 days agoDescribed as Tragic Week: A metalworkers' strike ends in massacre and the pogrom of Russian Jews.
  13. Universidad Nacional de Córdoba4 days agoDescribed as University Reform of Córdoba: Students take the university and start the Latin American reform movement.
  14. Torre Monumental, Buenos Aires4 days agoDescribed as Torre Monumental inaugurated: The British community gives the tower.
  15. Buenos Aires4 days agoDescribed as Yrigoyen elected president: The first president elected under secret suffrage.
  16. Estación Retiro, Buenos Aires4 days agoDescribed as Retiro railway station opens: The Mitre terminus is inaugurated.
  17. Estación Plaza de Mayo (Línea A), Buenos Aires4 days agoDescribed as Buenos Aires subway opens (Line A): The first metro in Latin America opens.
  18. Buenos Aires4 days agoDescribed as Sáenz Peña Law: Secret and compulsory male suffrage.
  19. Plaza de Mayo, Buenos Aires4 days agoDescribed as Centenary of the May Revolution: Celebrations of the first hundred years of independence.
  20. Esquina de Callao y Quintana, Buenos Aires4 days agoDescribed as Assassination of Ramón Falcón: The police chief is killed by the anarchist Simón Radowitzky.
  21. Teatro Colón, Buenos Aires4 days agoDescribed as Teatro Colón opens (present building): The current Teatro Colón opens with Aida.
  22. Conventillos de La Boca y San Telmo, Buenos Aires4 days agoDescribed as Tenants' strike: The conventillo tenants' strike over rents.
  23. Palacio del Congreso, Buenos Aires4 days agoDescribed as Palacio del Congreso inaugurated: The Congress building opens.
  24. La Boca, Buenos Aires4 days agoDescribed as River Plate founded: The club is founded in La Boca and later moves north.
  25. Buenos Aires4 days agoDescribed as Racing Club founded: Racing Club is founded in Avellaneda.
  26. La Boca, Buenos Aires4 days agoDescribed as Boca Juniors founded: Italian immigrant boys found the club in La Boca.
  27. Buenos Aires4 days agoDescribed as Ley de Residencia: The law lets the state expel foreign agitators.
  28. Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores, Buenos Aires4 days agoDescribed as Doctrina Drago: Foreign minister Luis María Drago condemns armed debt collection.
  29. Puerto Madero, Buenos Aires4 days agoDescribed as Puerto Madero opens: The first dock of Madero's port opens; the port is completed in 1898.
  30. Casa Rosada, Buenos Aires4 days agoDescribed as Casa Rosada completed: The government house takes its present shape.