Tango in 1919

Toto Rodríguez: Born in Buenos Aires.[1]

Manuel Romero: His first play, Teatro breve, written with Ivo Pelay, opens at the Teatro Comedia.[2]

José Basso: Born in Pergamino, Buenos Aires Province.[3]

Roberto Lambertucci: Born in Buenos Aires.[4]

Oscar Serpa: Born in Luján de Cuyo, Mendoza.[5]

Elvino Vardaro gives his debut violin recital at the salón La Argentina, Rodríguez Peña 361.[6]

Guillermo Vilar: Born in Buenos Aires.[7]

Ismael Spitalnik: Born in Buenos Aires.[8]

Juan D'Arienzo: His orchestra with Ángel D'Agostino replaces Roberto Firpo's in the play El cabaret Montmartre at the Teatro Nacional.[9]

Ángel Villoldo: Died in Buenos Aires.[10][11]

Donato Racciatti: Born in Guilmi.[12]

Francisco Rotundo: Born in Belgrano, Buenos Aires.[13]

Roberto Carlés: Born in Buenos Aires.[14]

Jesus Ventura: Composed “A la gran muñeca” (1919).[15]

Eduardo Arolas: Composed “El Marne” (1919).[16]

José Ricardo: Composed “Margot” (1919).[17]

Carlos Di Sarli forms his first orchestra to play in a Bahía Blanca tearoom; Wikipedia names the Café Express and Café Moka.[18]

Rodolfo Biagi: Aged thirteen, starts playing piano for silent films at a neighbourhood cinema without his parents knowing.[19]

Edgardo Donato plays in Carlos Warren's band, Uruguay's first jazz orchestra, where he meets Roberto Zerrillo.[20]

Ángel D'Agostino plays in the house orchestra of the Teatro Nacional with Juan D'Arienzo.[21]

Pintín Castellanos: At fourteen writes his first composition, the tango El pirata.[22]

Gabino Coria Peñaloza meets Juan de Dios Filiberto on Florida street through Quinquela Martín.[23]

Dante A. Linyera begins in journalism at the daily La Argentina.[24]

Juan Bautista Abad Reyes: His first play, El lobizón, wins La Noche's contest and is staged at the Teatro Artigas, Montevideo.[25]

Luis Petrucelli plays at Bar Castilla on Corrientes in Carlos Vicente Geroni Flores's first orchestra.[26]

Ada Falcón appears as a child in the silent film El festín de los caranchos.[27]

Eugenio Cárdenas joins the traditionalist group Gloria, patria y tradición in Parque Patricios.[28]

José María Rizzuti plays with Eduardo Arolas's orchestra at the Parque Hotel in Montevideo.[29]

Adolfo Avilés: As YMCA instructor and pianist, befriends Carlos Gardel.[30]

Anselmo Aieta plays bandoneon in Francisco Canaro's orchestra, until about 1922-1923.[31]

Carlos Vicente Geroni Flores forms his first orchestra, debuting at the Bar Castilla on Corrientes.[32]

Enrique Delfino plays at the salón Parisiana and the teatro Esmeralda; forms the Cuarteto de Maestros.[33]

El Cachafaz dances in Paris at the cabaret El Garrón (TestimoniosBA says 1920).[34]

Julio De Caro leaves Arolas and forms a quartet with Pedro Maffia at the Café El Parque.[35]

Rafael Iriarte leads a group at the old Luna Park with Marcucci, Servidio, Aieta and Bernstein.[36]

A. Bardi publishes El baquiano and El paladín.[37]

Francisco Canaro writes the music for the sainete Nobleza de arrabal, premiered at the Teatro Variedades.[38]

Juan de Dios Filiberto publishes Quejas de bandoneón.[39]

Esposito Genaro joins Eduardo Arolas's orchestra in Montevideo at Café Zunino.[40]

FRANCISCO PRACÁNICO plays piano in Augusto Berto's group at Bar Domínguez.[41]

Juan Carlos Cobian does his military service in the 2nd Infantry Regiment, much of it under arrest, and writes A pan y agua.[42]

Roberto Firpo plays in Alberto Novión's play El cabaret Montmartre at the Teatro Nacional.[43]

Max Glücksmann — Impresario of the Gran Splendid (opened May 1919); the English article says he started the station in 1924.1919[44]

Plaza Miserere (Once) — Pogromo de la Semana Trágica: the violence of January 1919 included the only recorded pogrom in the Americas, centred on the Once neighbourhood, and attacksJan 1919[45]

Buenos Aires — Tragic Week: A metalworkers' strike ends in massacre and the pogrom of Russian Jews.1919[46]

Talleres Vasena, Nueva Pompeya/San Cristóbal, Buenos Aires — Semana Trágica: the Vasena agreement collapses: The strike and shootings at the Vasena metalworks start the week.Jan 1919[47]

Puerto Nuevo (Nuevo Puerto) — Port opened in stages: the first stage was inaugurated in 1919 and the dársenas (A to F, behind the Antepuerto Norte) entered service until 1928,1919[48]

Talleres Vasena — Semana Trágica: on 7 January 1919 police and firemen fired about two thousand shots at the union hall linked to the strike, killing at leastJan 7, 1919[45]

Indio manso — 1919[49]

José Basso — Born.Jan 30, 1919[50][51]

Chola Luna — Born.Feb 12, 1919[52][53]

Armando Guerrico — Born.Jun 2, 1919[54]

Oscar Serpa — Born.Jun 7, 1919[55][56]

Roberto Pérez Prechi — Born.Sep 12, 1919[58]

Roberto Taibo — Born.Oct 16, 1919[59]

Héctor Juncal — Born.Oct 30, 1919[60]

Alberto Lago — Born.Nov 2, 1919, Nov 25, 1919[61][64]

Francisco Rotundo — Born.Nov 4, 1919[62]

Atilio Bruni — Born.Nov 13, 1919[63]

Roberto Giménez — Born.Nov 28, 1919[65]

El motivo — Premiered at Teatro Nacional.Jul 25, 1919[57]