January 7, 1919 (Wu Wu twelfth lunar month sixth days), Argentina "bloody week" began, 6,000 people were killed.

Argentina's working class and the people under the influence of the Russian Revolution, to revolutionize the climax. In January 1919, Buenos Aires, workers went on strike. That day, Watson metallurgical plant workers on strike were employers hired thugs shot dead. January 7, 1919, the city to protest against the general strike, 20 million people in the funeral procession for the victims, again the police shooting, sparking workers uprising. The government sent the the regular army crackdown.
15 day uprising and general strike failed. Within a week the casualties about 6,000 workers, hundreds of thousands of people were arrested.