1. While Eva toured Spain as the first lady of Argentina, she was awarded with a supreme gift from the Pope, The Grand Cross of Isabella the Catholic. Because Eva was Roman Catholic, this award was of extreme importance to her.
2. In 1955, Evita's corpse disappeared, stolen by the military after they had deposed Juan Peron. It was carried to Germany and then Italy, where it was interred for 16 years under another name. After negotiations, it was finally returned to her husband in Spain.