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Jorge Zorreguieta

Buenos Aires, 18 Jan 1928 – Buenos Aires, 8 Aug 2017

10 facts3 sources

Facts and their sources

  • Born18 Jan 1928, Buenos Airesor 28 Jan 1928Records disagree1 source
  • MarriedMaría del Carmen Cerruti Carricartnot verified1 source
  • Titlesecretary of statenot verified1 source
  • Died8 Aug 2017, Buenos Airesnot verified1 source

A life in time

  1. 18 Jan 1928

    Born in Buenos Aires

  2. 17 May 1971

    A daughter is born

  3. 8 Aug 2017

    Dies in Buenos Aires, aged 89

Family

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Children · 1

During his lifetime

He lived through 10 decades. Pick one to hear and see what it was like around Buenos Aires.

General history, not a record about the family: each item says where it comes from.

The 1920s · Jorge is born in Buenos Aires

What people wore

Around 1940–1959

The Divito fashion for men

In the 1940s and 1950s, a popular masculine style known as moda Divito featured baggy trousers with 10-centimeter-high cuffs and a wide sash, 15 to 20 centimeters tall, worn to secure the pants above the waist.

Getting around

Around 1945–1960

Train travel times between towns

The "Expreso Epecuen" train service between Puente Alsina and Carhué operated with a travel time of 10 hours between 1945 and 1960.

At the table

Around 1875–1899

Street food sold for under five centavos

Workers and passersby could buy fried fish from street vendors for slightly less than five centavos.

The Great Depression. The Wall Street Crash of 1929 set off a world depression: banks failed, work vanished and coffee prices collapsed in Brazil.Around the world · 1929–1939

The Great Depression. The Wall Street Crash of 1929 set off a world depression: banks failed, work vanished and coffee prices collapsed in Brazil.

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Music

Around 1947–1950

Folk music record hits

In 1947, the rasguido doble El rancho 'e la Cambicha became a massive hit, selling three million copies and helping kickstart a cultural shift toward folk music in Argentine homes.

Daily life

Around 1950–1960

Inequity in water access across regions

While nearly all homes in Buenos Aires city had running water by 1960, only 42 percent of homes in the wider province of Buenos Aires enjoyed the same service. Many households relied on manual water pumps until infrastructure improvements expanded access.

What it cost

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.