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1942 In Chile
The following lists events that happened during 1942 in Chile. Incumbents *President of Chile: Jerónimo Méndez (until 2 April), Juan Antonio Ríos Events February *1 February – Chilean presidential election, 1942 is held giving Juan Antonio Rios elected as President of the Republic. March *7–17 March – The 1942 South American Basketball Championship is held in Santiago. May *12 May - The Catholic University rugby team of the city of Santiago, Santiago Metropolitan Region, is founded. July *24 July - The College of Pharmacists of Chile is founded under Law No. 7,205, constituting itself as a Trade association. September *6 September - At 9:43 p.m. there was an Earthquake of 7.3 degrees on Richter magnitude scale and whose epicenter was located in the vicinity of Caldera, Atacama Region . It left a balance of 5 dead, 16 injured and 705 homeless; It also caused a medium intensity Tsunami between Lima, Peru and Puerto Saavedra in the Araucania Region. November ...
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President Of Chile
The president of Chile ( es, Presidente de Chile), officially known as the President of the Republic of Chile ( es, Presidente de la República de Chile), is the head of state and head of government of the Republic of Chile. The president is responsible for both the Government of Chile and state administration. Although its role and significance has changed over the history of Chile, as well as its position and relations with other actors in the national political organization, it is one of the most prominent political offices. It is also considered one of the institutions that make up the "Historic Constitution of Chile", and is essential to the country's political stability. Under the current Constitution (adopted in 1980), the president serves a four-year term, with immediate re-election being prohibited. The shorter period (previously the term was six years) allows for parliamentary and presidential elections to be synchronized. The official seat of the president of Chile ...
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Tsunami
A tsunami ( ; from ja, 津波, lit=harbour wave, ) is a series of waves in a water body caused by the displacement of a large volume of water, generally in an ocean or a large lake. Earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and other underwater explosions (including detonations, landslides, glacier calvings, meteorite impacts and other disturbances) above or below water all have the potential to generate a tsunami. Unlike normal ocean waves, which are generated by wind, or tides, which are in turn generated by the gravitational pull of the Moon and the Sun, a tsunami is generated by the displacement of water from a large event. Tsunami waves do not resemble normal undersea currents or sea waves because their wavelength is far longer. Rather than appearing as a breaking wave, a tsunami may instead initially resemble a rapidly rising tide. For this reason, it is often referred to as a tidal wave, although this usage is not favoured by the scientific community because it might give ...
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Carlos Cardoen
Carlos Remigio Cardoen Cornejo (born 1 May 1942, Santa Cruz, Chile) is a Chilean arms dealer, metallurgical engineer, weapons scientist and agricultural businessman. Cardoen rose to prominence amidst the United States arms embargo against Chile, when he became in the 1980s "Pinochet's favourite arms manufacturer". When Saddam Hussein fell out of favor with the United States in connection with the 1990 invasion of Kuwait Cardoen, who had weapon dealings with Iraq, was accused by the US of zirconium trafficking. Since then he has been on the Interpol wanted list. On various occasions Cardoen has received support from National Congress and the Minister of Foreign Affairs to end the Interpol arrest warrant. Weapons industry 250px, Carlos Cardoen meeting with former President of Iraq, Iraqi President Saddam Hussein As a weapons expert he ran FAMAE in the late 1980s. He allegedly illegally sold zirconium supplemented armaments to Iraq under the Saddam Hussein, Saddam Regime, expo ...
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Pedro Araya Toro
Pedro Damián Araya Toro (born 23 January 1942), known as Pedro Araya, is a Chilean former football player who played as a right winger. Career Toro represented the Chile national team at the 1966 World Cup The 1966 FIFA World Cup was the eighth FIFA World Cup, a quadrennial football tournament for men's senior national teams. It was played in England from 11 July to 30 July 1966. The England national football team defeated West Germany 4-2 in the ..., and played all three matches for the squad. Between 1964 and 1972, he was capped 65 times and scored 14 goals for his country. A very skillful and fast player, Araya played as a classic "number 7" (the shirt number associated with an "outside" forward). Along with Campos and Carlos Leonel Sanchez formed the great offensive triplet of the 'Ballet Azul'. His career also continues in Mexico playing for the San Luis de Potosi and Atlas de Guadalajara (even in a friendly it was a goal at Real Madrid at the Santiago Bernabeu himsel ...
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Quinta Normal
Quinta Normal is a commune of Chile located in Santiago Province, Santiago Metropolitan Region. It is named after a large park in the area. Demographics According to the 2002 census of the National Statistics Institute, Quinta Normal spans an area of and has 104,012 inhabitants (50,509 men and 53,503 women), and the commune is an entirely urban area. The population fell by 10.6% (12337 persons) between the 1992 and 2002 censuses. Stats *Population: 95,597 (2006 projection)Sistema de Información Regional
Ministry of Planning of Chile.
*Average annual household income: US$17,919 ( PPP, 2006) *Population below poverty line: 10.8% (2006) *Regional quality of life index: 77.01, mid-high, 19 out ...
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Communes Of Chile
A commune ( es, comuna, ) is the smallest administrative subdivision in Chile. It may contain cities, towns, villages, hamlets as well as rural areas. In highly populated areas, such as Santiago, Valparaíso and Concepción, a conurbation may be broken into several communes. In sparsely populated areas, conversely, a commune may cover a substantial rural area together with several settled areas which could range from hamlets to towns or cities. The term "commune" is ambiguous in English, but the word is commonly used in translation for "comuna", although with some controversy among translators. A comuna is similar to a "county" in Anglo-American usage and practice, and may be more universally understood as a "municipality". Each commune or municipality is governed by a directly elected body known as a municipal council (''concejo municipal'') consisting of a mayor (''alcalde'') and a group of councillors (''concejales''), for a period of four years. The communal civil service a ...
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18 December
Events Pre-1600 * 1271 – Kublai Khan renames his empire "Yuan" (元 yuán), officially marking the start of the Yuan dynasty of Mongolia and China. * 1499 – A rebellion breaks out in Alpujarras in response to the forced conversions of Muslims in Spain. 1601–1900 *1622 – Portuguese forces score a military victory over the Kingdom of Kongo at the Battle of Mbumbi in present-day Angola. * 1655 – The Whitehall Conference ends with the determination that there was no law preventing Jews from re-entering England after the Edict of Expulsion of 1290. *1777 – The United States celebrates its first Thanksgiving, marking the recent victory by the American rebels over British General John Burgoyne at Saratoga in October. * 1787 – New Jersey becomes the third state to ratify the U.S. Constitution. * 1793 – Surrender of the frigate ''La Lutine'' by French Royalists to Lord Samuel Hood; renamed , she later becomes a famous treasure wreck. *1833 ...
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1944
Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January * January 2 – WWII: ** Free French General Jean de Lattre de Tassigny is appointed to command French Army B, part of the Sixth United States Army Group in North Africa. ** Landing at Saidor: 13,000 US and Australian troops land on Papua New Guinea, in an attempt to cut off a Japanese retreat. * January 8 – WWII: Philippine Commonwealth troops enter the province of Ilocos Sur in northern Luzon and attack Japanese forces. * January 11 ** President of the United States Franklin D. Roosevelt proposes a Second Bill of Rights for social and economic security, in his State of the Union address. ** The Nazi German administration expands Kraków-Płaszów concentration camp into the larger standalone ''Konzentrationslager Plaszow bei Krakau'' in occupied Poland. * January 12 – WWII: Winston Churchill and Charles de Gaulle begin a 2-day conference in Marrakech. * January 14 – WWII: Sovi ...
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National Prize Of Art Of Chile
The National Prize of Art of Chile, was created on November 9, 1942. It was awarded yearly since 1944 and alternated the mention among Painting or Sculpture, Music and Theatre. In 1992, it was replaced by the National Prizes of Plastic Arts, Musical Arts and Arts of the Representation and Audiovisual, respectively. List of prizewinners with the National Prize of Art: * 1944 - Pablo Burchard Eggeling - Painting * 1945 - Pedro Humberto Allende - Music * 1946 - Alejandro Flores Pinaud - Theatre * 1947 - Pedro Reszka Moreau - Painting * 1948 - Enrique Soro Barriga - Music * 1949 - Rafael Frontaura de la Fuente - Theatre * 1949 - Laura Rodig - Painting * 1950 - Camilo Mori Serrano - Painting * 1951 - Domingo Santa Cruz Wilson - Music * 1952 - Pedro de la Barra - Theatre * 1953 - José Perotti Ronzoni - Sculpture * 1954 - Próspero Bisquertt Prado - Music * 1955 - Américo Vargas Vergara - Theatre * 1956 - José Caracci Vignatti - Painting * 1957 - Alfonso Leng - Music * 195 ...
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National Prize For Literature (Chile)
{{Use dmy dates, date=October 2020 In Chile, the National Prize for Literature ''(Premio Nacional de Literatura)'' was created by Law No. 7,368 during the presidency of Juan Antonio Ríos on 8 November 1942. It consists of a lump-sum monetary prize (16 million Chilean pesos, about US$30K) and a lifetime monthly stipend (20 UTM, about US$17K/year). It was originally awarded every year until the amendments introduced by Law No. 17,595 of 1972, when it became biennial. It's regarded as one of the National Prizes in their homeland. Winners are selected on the overall quality of their works, regardless of genre. Winners of the National Prize for Literature * 1942: Augusto d'Halmar * 1943: Joaquín Edwards Bello * 1944: Mariano Latorre * 1945: Pablo Neruda * 1946: Eduardo Barrios * 1947: Samuel Lillo * 1948: Angel Cruchaga * 1949: Pedro Prado * 1950: José Santos González Vera * 1951: Gabriela Mistral * 1952: Fernando Santiván * 1953: Daniel de la Vega * 1954: Víctor Domingo Si ...
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20 November
Events Pre-1600 * 284 – Diocletian is chosen as Roman emperor. * 762 – During the An Shi Rebellion, the Tang dynasty, with the help of Huihe tribe, recaptures Luoyang from the rebels. *1194 – Palermo is conquered by Henry VI, Holy Roman Emperor. *1407 – John the Fearless, Duke of Burgundy, and Louis of Valois, Duke of Orléans, agree to a truce, but Burgundy would kill Orléans three days later. *1441 – The Peace of Cremona ends the war between the Republic of Venice and the Duchy of Milan, after the victorious Venetian enterprise of military engineering of the Galeas per montes. 1601–1900 *1695 – Zumbi, the last of the leaders of Quilombo dos Palmares in early Brazil, is executed by the forces of Portuguese bandeirante Domingos Jorge Velho. *1739 – Start of the Battle of Porto Bello between British and Spanish forces during the War of Jenkins' Ear. *1776 – American Revolutionary War: British forces land at the Palisades ...
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Araucania Region
Arauco or Araucanía may refer to: Places * Araucanía Region, an administrative region of Chile, the heartland of the historic region of Araucania * Araucanía (historic region), a historical region of Central Chile also called Arauco * Arauco, Chile, a city and municipality in Arauco Province, Chile * Arauco Peninsula * Arauco Province, a province in the Biobío Region of Chile * Arauco Department, Chile * Arauco, La Rioja, Argentina * Arauco Department, La Rioja, an administrative entity in La Rioja Province, Argentina * Gulf of Arauco, a body of water on the coast of Chile Biology * ''Arauco'' (moth) * ''Araucania'' (wasp) * ''Araucaria araucana'', the Arauco pine Other uses * Celulosa Arauco y Constitución (CELCO), a wood pulp and forestry enterprise in Chile See also * Arauco War The Arauco War was a long-running conflict between colonial Spaniards and the Mapuche people, mostly fought in the Araucanía. The conflict began at first as a reaction to the Spanish ...
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