On this day in tango

24 June

Who was born and who died on this date, what happened, and what was recorded. Every line has its source.

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Record of the day

Juan D'Arienzo · Alberto Echagüe

Recorded 24 June 1955

On this day

1929
✶ Born
Argentino Ledesma · Born in Santiago del Estero.
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1935
† Died
Carlos Gardel · Dies in an air crash in Medellín, Colombia, during a tour of the Caribbean and Latin America.
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1935
† Died
Alfredo Le Pera · Dies with Gardel in the air crash at Medellín.
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1935
† Died
Guillermo Barbieri · Dies in the Medellín air crash with Gardel.
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1935
José María Aguilar · Survives the Medellín air crash, badly burned; his playing career ends.
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1973
† Died
Rodolfo Sciammarella · Dies in Buenos Aires.
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