On this day in tango

24 December

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 December 1945

On this day

1886
✶ Born
Salvador Merico · Born in Andria, Italy.
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1893
✶ Born
Salvador Grupillo · Born.
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1915
✶ Born
Héctor Stamponi · Born in Campana.
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1916
✶ Born
Héctor Stamponi · Born in Campana, Buenos Aires Province.
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1927
Alfredo Le Pera · His first revue, La sorpresa del año, written with Humberto Cairo, opens at the Teatro Sarmiento.
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1927
Héctor María Artola · Arrives in France to join the Bianco-Bachicha orchestra in Paris.
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1939
✶ Born
Clara Raquel Lamdan · Born.
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1945
Alfredo Malerba · Marries Libertad Lamarque.
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1982
† Died
Rafael Rossi · Dies in Buenos Aires.
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2002
† Died
Tita Merello · Dies in Buenos Aires.
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