1956 in Argentina

Incumbents

• President: Pedro Eugenio Aramburu
• Vice President: Isaac Rojas

  Events

• January 22 - The Argentine Grand Prix is held in Buenos Aires and is won by Luigi Musso and Juan Manuel Fangio.
• March 5 - enactment of Decree Law 4161/56
• June 9 - Juan Jose Valle launches a revolt against the government of President Aramburu. He and 26 others are executed after its failure.

  Films

• La pícara soñadora, starring Alfredo Alcón and Mirtha Legrand
• El Último perro, directed by Lucas Demare and starring Hugo del Carril and Gloria Ferrandiz

  Births

• April 6 - Sebastian Spreng, artist
• August 23 - Cris Morena, television producer, actress, television presenter, composer, musician, songwriter, writer, former fashion model and entrepreneuse

  Deaths

• April 3 - Carlos Ibarguren, academic, historian and politician
• June 12 - Juan Jose Valle, Peronist military officer, firing squad