Events relating to argentina

Perón, with the orchestrated support of gangs of thugs, is elected president of Argentina

Argentinian driver Juan Manuel Fangio wins the first of five Grand Prix world championship titles

Eva Perón dies of cancer and achieves the status of a popular saint in Argentina

A military uprising in Argentina forces Perón to resign and go into exile

A military coup in Argentina brings to an end the two-year presidency of Juan Perón's widow, Isabelita

British troops recapture Port Stanley, after which the Argentinian forces in the Falklands surrender

The leader of the Argentinian junta, Leopoldo Galtieri, resigns three days after the Falklands defeat

Argentinian footballer Diego Maradona is sold to Barcelona for a new record fee of £5 million, almost double the highest previous figure

A civilian government, voted into power in Argentina, prosecutes members of the military junta for civil rights abuses

Argentina wins the World Cup quarter final against England with help from Maradona and 'the hand of God'

Argentina submits a claim for large areas of the South Atlantic, including the Falkland Islands, under the 1982 Law of the Sea Convention

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