Loyalty Day is a commemoration day in Argentina. It remembers 17 October 1945, when a large labour demonstration at the Plaza de Mayo, in downtown Buenos Aires, demanded the liberation of Juan Domingo Perón, who was jailed in Martín García island. It is considered the foundational moment of the Peronist movement.

Headlines from October 17, 1945

Eisenhower Fears Reich Inflation; Says Berlin Vote Would Oust Reds; EISENHOWER FEARS GERMAN INFLATION

HUNGARY DECLARES A STATE OF SIEGE; Action Laid to Spreading of Murder and Robbery--Nation in Grip of Inflation

CIO PROPOSES CUT OF $6,675,000,000 IN PERSONAL TAXES; Spokesman Tells Senate Group House Bill Denies Relief to Those Needing It Most EXCESS PROFITS LEVY HIT Small Business Men Ask for Its Repeal to Aid Employment and Reconversion

7,000 BACK AT PIERS, DEFYING PICKETS; BIG POLICE GUARD; Longshoremen's Strike: Activity Off and On the Piers Along the Waterfront Yesterday

SOVIET AMITY MOVE IS SEEN AS ENVOY DEPARTS HASTILY; Gromyko Sees Truman, Races Home in U.S. Army Plane Day After Arrival From London STALIN LETTER INDICATED Ambassador's Return in Time for Far East Commission Meeting Is in Doubt

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