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Events on Sunday 23 September 1973 2
1904 – 1973Pablo Neruda (1904-1973)Died 23 September 1973, aged 69Chilean poet and diplomat Pablo Neruda, winner of the 1971 Nobel Prize in Literature, died in Santiago days after the military coup that overthrew his close ally Salvador Allende. His work remains among the most widely translated poetry in the world.
1973Juan Perón returns to power in ArgentinaExiled leader wins election and is inaugurated presidentJuan Perón, in exile since being overthrown in 1955, won the Argentine presidential election with his wife Isabel as vice president. He was inaugurated for a third term on 12 October 1973, but died less than a year later.