Permanent historical factsheet

Earthquake

Argentina · Government / Government of Argentina. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

1Records
1945Date range
1Named people
1Places

Chronological records

1945

Juan Domingo Peron1945

San Juan · Government / Government of Argentina

An earthquake occurred in the town of San Juan, Argentina, killing six thousand people, in response, Peron, who was then the Secretary of Labour, established a fund to raise money to aid the victims

Names involved

Juan Domingo Peron

Provenance

This factsheet is generated from stored World History Database records matching the country, broad category, detailed category and exact Event value shown above. Duplicate display records are collapsed; database wording is otherwise preserved. Source provenance varies by record, so formal academic citation should be checked against the relevant primary source, archive or specialist historical reference.