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Queen Máxima of the Netherlands

Born Buenos Aires, 17 May 1971

5 facts1 source

Living person. The family sees only the name, dates and photo; everything else stays private unless they choose to share it.

Facts and their sources

A life in time

  1. 17 May 1971

    Born in Buenos Aires

  2. 2003–2007

    3 children are born

Family

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Parents

Partner

Children · 3

During her lifetime

She has lived through 6 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 1970s · Queen is born in Buenos Aires

In the news1976

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.

At the table

Dining out and smoking were common rituals

Dining out was a significant social ritual for middle-class families, who commonly enjoyed meals accompanied by wine, soda water, and bread, while smoking at the table was a widely accepted and common practice.

In South America1975–1983

Operation Condor

The military dictatorships of the Southern Cone, Brazil’s among them, hunted down each other’s opponents across borders.

Work

Rotating Factory Shifts During Harvest Season

During the sugar harvest season, factory workers followed a rotating schedule with shifts from 4 to 12, 12 to 8, and 20 to 4 to ensure continuous production.

What people wore

Cost of maintaining a professional appearance

By the late 1920s, working women such as cashiers and typists spent approximately 30 percent of their salary on their appearance, including clothing, footwear, accessories, and cosmetics.

Music

Afro-Argentine social clubs

At the Afro-Argentine Shimmy Club, dances like candombe and open rumba were performed in the basement to the sound of conga drums and percussion, often lasting from midnight until dawn.

News and letters

FonoPostal vinyl audio message service

People used a service called FonoPostal to send audio messages on vinyl records, which cost 1.18 to 1.50 pesos compared to only 0.05 pesos for a regular letter.