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Argentine President Isabel Martínez de Perón is deposed in a military coup headed by Jorge Rafael Videla

Isabel Martínez de Perón is an Argentine politician who served as the president of Argentina from 1974 to 1976.

Isabel Martínez de Perón is an Argentine politician who served as the president of Argentina from 1974 to 1976. She was one of the first female republican heads of state in the world, and the first woman to serve as president of a country. Perón was the third wife of President Juan Perón. During her husband's third term as president from 1973 to 1974, she served as both the vice president and first lady of Argentina. From 1974 until her resignation in 1985, she was also the second President of the Justicialist Party. Isabel Perón's politics exemplify right-wing Peronism and Orthodox Peronism.

Historical Significance

Isabel Martínez de Perón is an Argentine politician who served as the president of Argentina from 1974 to 1976.

Key People

Jorge Rafael Videla

Events Before

  1. TV game show "Wheel of Fortune" debuts on NBC

    Wheel of Fortune (often known simply as Wheel) is an American television game show created by Merv Griffin. The show has aired continuously since January 6, 1975.

  2. Actress Zsa Zsa Gabor (57) weds toy inventor Jack Ryan (48) (div. 1976)

    Actress Zsa Zsa Gabor (57) weds toy inventor Jack Ryan (48) (div. 1976)

  3. Margaret Thatcher defeats Edward Heath for leadership of the British Conservative Party

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  4. Colour television transmission begins in Australia

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  5. "Mirror," a Russian film directed by Andrei Tarkovsky and starring Margarita Terekhova and Ignat Daniltsev, is released

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Events After

  1. Erroll Garner dies

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  2. Belgium undergoes a major municipal reorganization and reapportions 2,359 communities into 596

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  3. Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs incorporate Apple Computer, Inc.

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  5. Miniseries "Roots" premieres on ABC

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Isabel Martínez de Perón is an Argentine politician who served as the president of Argentina from 1974 to 1976. She was one of the first female republican heads of state in the world, and the first woman to serve as president of a country. Perón was the third wife of President Juan Perón.
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Isabel Martínez de Perón is an Argentine politician who served as the president of Argentina from 1974 to 1976.
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Key figures include Jorge Rafael Videla.

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