January 29–February 4 -Buenos Aires suffers its worst heat wave for 20 years.[1] In the first two weeks of February, 403 deaths are certified from "heat apoplexy and sunstroke". TheBuenos Aires Herald speculates that some of these are actually caused by plague.
March 30 - By presidential decree, lyrics considered offensive to Spanish immigrants are omitted from future public performances of theArgentine National Anthem.[2]
^Buch, Esteban (January 1994). O juremos con gloria morir: historia de una épica de estado [Or swear to die gloriously: history of a state epic] (in Spanish). Buenos Aires: Editorial Sudamericana.ISBN978-950-07-0964-4. pp. 87–92.
^John Hay (June 15, 1900). "ARGENTINA. Republic declared free from plague".Public Health Reports.15 (24): 1504.JSTOR41455481.
^Arturo Illia, su vida, principios y doctrina, by Ricardo Illia, Ediciones Corregidor
