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Jorge Zorreguieta

1928–2017

Born
18 Jan 1928, Buenos Aires
Country of birth
Argentina
Died
8 Aug 2017, Buenos Aires
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  • Birth18 Jan 1928, Buenos AiresProbableDisputed2 competing claims1 source
  • Death8 Aug 2017, Buenos AiresProbable1 source
  • Titlesecretary of stateConfirmed1 source
  • UnionMaría del Carmen Cerruti CarricartConfirmed1 source

A life in time

  1. Born · Buenos Aires

    Birth, Buenos Aires

  2. Child born: Queen Máxima of the Netherlands

    Birth, Buenos Aires

  3. Died · Buenos Aires

    Death, Buenos Aires

What was it like?

The world around Buenos Aires, 1928: who ruled, who else was alive, how people lived. This is general history, not a record about the family, and every item shows where it comes from.

Jorge was born the same year as Che Guevara, Andy Warhol, and Stanley Kubrick.

Known for

Jorge Horacio Zorreguieta Stefanini was an Argentine politician who served as Secretary of Agriculture in the regime of General Jorge Rafael Videla. Zorreguieta was the father of Queen Máxima of the Netherlands.

Titles held

  • secretary of state
Born the same year

  • Che Guevara

    Argentine Marxist revolutionary (1928–1967)

  • Andy Warhol

    American artist, film director, and producer (1928–1987)

  • Stanley Kubrick

    American filmmaker and photographer (1928–1999)

  • Maya Angelou

    American poet, author, and civil rights activist (1928–2014)

  • Elie Wiesel

    Romanian-born American writer, professor, political activist, Nobel laureate, and Holocaust survivor (1928-2016)

  • Noam Chomsky

    American linguist and activist (born 1928)

Prices and wages
Around 1937–1954

Rising wages for Argentine workers

In the late 1930s, an Argentine worker earned half the income of an English laborer, but by 1954, wages reached 58 percent of national income, the highest in history.

During their lifetime

  1. 1955

    Major polio epidemic strikes Argentina

    A massive polio epidemic broke out between late 1955 and early 1956, causing widespread fear and prompting the introduction of Salk and Sabin vaccines into the childhood immunization calendar.

  2. 1976

    The Noche de los Lápices persecution

    The Noche de los Lápices in 1976 involved the kidnapping and persecution of secondary school students in La Plata, marking a period of intense state violence.

  3. 1982

    Falklands War begins and ends

    Argentina occupied the British-held Falkland Islands in 1982, initiating a 10-week war that resulted in significant loss and accelerated the end of the military junta.

  4. 1987

    Civil divorce law approved

    The civil divorce law was approved in 1987, representing a significant change in social rights for Argentine society.

  5. 1991

    Peso pegged to the US dollar

    In 1991, the government established a fixed exchange rate, pegging the peso to the U.S. dollar to control hyperinflation.

  6. 1994

    AMIA terrorist bombing kills 86

    A terrorist bombing at a Jewish community center in Buenos Aires killed 86 people in 1994, marking the country's worst terrorist atrocity.

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