Hundreds killed in Bombing of Plaza de Mayo in Buenos Aires 60 years ago this hour (June 16 1955)


Video: 'Bombing and Coup 1955 Argentina'

(Thursday, June 16, 1955, 12:40 p.m. ART) — Members of Argentina’s military bombarded the Plaza de Mayo today in Buenos Aires in a failed attempt to assassinate President Juan Domingo Peron and his Cabinet, causing hundreds of civilian deaths, the same day Peron was excommunicated by Pope Pius XII for expelling two bishops from his country.