1999 in Argentina

Events from the year 1999 in Argentina

Incumbents

• Presidents: Carlos Menem (1 January – 10 December), Fernando de la Rúa (10–31 December)^[1]
• Vice president: Carlos Ruckauf (1 January – 10 December), Carlos Álvarez (10 December 10–31)

Events

• 31 August – A Líneas Aéreas Privadas Argentinas flight crashes during takeoff from Aeroparque Jorge Newbery
• 17 September – Armed robbers take hostage six Banco de la Nación Argentina employees
• 24 October – Fernando de la Rúa wins the Argentine general election

Deaths

• 8 March – Adolfo Bioy Casares, writer, journalist, and translator (b. 1914)^[2]

See also

• List of Argentine films of 1999

References

1. Mendelevich, Pablo (2010). El Final (in Spanish). Buenos Aires: Ediciones B. pp. 247–262. ISBN 978-987-627-166-0.
2. "Argentine literary great Adolfo Bioy Casares, dead at 84". CNN. 9 March 1999. Retrieved 11 December 2012.

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