The following lists events that happened during 1938 in Chile.

Incumbents

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 re ...

Arturo Alessandri Arturo Fortunato Alessandri Palma (; December 20, 1868 – August 24, 1950) was a Chilean political figure and reformer who served thrice as president of Chile, first from 1920 to 1924, then from March to October 1925, and finally from 1932 to 1 ...

(until 25 December),

Pedro Aguirre Cerda Pedro Abelino Aguirre Cerda (; February 6, 1879 – November 25, 1941) was a Chilean political figure, educator, and lawyer who served as the 22nd president of Chile from 1938 until his death in 1941. A member of the Radical Party since 1906, ...

Events

September

*5 September –

Seguro Obrero massacre The Seguro Obrero massacre ( es, Matanza del Seguro Obrero, lit=Workers Insurance's Massacre) occurred on September 5, 1938, and was the Chilean government's response to an attempted coup d'état by the National Socialist Movement of Chile (MNSCh ...

October

*25 October –

Chilean presidential election, 1938 Presidential elections were held in Chile on 25 October 1938.Dieter Nohlen (2005) ''Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II'', p262 The result was a narrow victory for Pedro Aguirre Cerda of the Radical Party, who received 50.5% o ...

Births

*date unknown –

Óscar Hahn Óscar Arturo Hahn Garcés (born 5 July 1938) is a Chilean writer and poet, and a member of the literary generation of the 1960s. Hahn has won multiple distinguished awards, notably the National Prize for Literature (Chile) and the Pablo Neruda ...

*18 January –

Manuel Rodríguez (footballer) Manuel Rodríguez Araneda (18 January 1939 – 26 September 2018) was a Chilean football defender who played for Chile in the 1962 FIFA World Cup.Sergio Ortega (d. 2003) *2 March –

Ricardo Lagos Ricardo Froilán Lagos Escobar (; born 2 March 1938) is a Chilean lawyer, economist and social-democratic politician who served as president of Chile from 2000 to 2006. During the 1980s he was a well-known opponent of the Chilean military di ...

*21 May –

Luis Hernán Álvarez Luis Hernán Álvarez Hernández (21 May 1938 – 23 January 1991) was a Chilean footballer who played in clubs in Chile and El Salvador. Teams * Colo-Colo 1958-1965 * Magallanes 1966 * Alianza 1967 * Green Cross Temuco 1968 * Antofagasta P ...

(d. 1991) *7 June –

Armando Tobar Armando Segundo Tobar Vargas (7 June 1938 – 18 November 2016) was a Chilean football forward who played for Chile in the 1962 Events January * January 1 – Western Samoa becomes independent from New Zealand. * January 3 &ndash ...

(d. 2016) *7 October –

Carlos Contreras (footballer, born 1938) Carlos Raúl Contreras Guillén (7 October 1938 – 17 April 2020) was a Chilean football defender who played for Chile in the 1962 FIFA World Cup.Humberto Donoso Humberto Donoso Bertolotto (9 October 1938 – 4 May 2000) was a Chilean football defender who played for Chile in the 1966 FIFA World Cup.

(d. 2000) *7 November –

Eugenio Pizarro Eugenio Pizarro Poblete (born November 7, 1938, in San Antonio, Chile) is a Chilean Catholic priest, and politician. Pizarro was also a candidate for the presidency of Chile for the ''Movimiento de Izquierda Democrática Allendista'' that included ...

*25 November – Alberto Valentini (d. 2009) *20 December –

Patricio Rodríguez Patricio (Pato) Rodríguez (20 December 1938 — 23 June 2020) was a professional tennis player from Chile. He was active from 1956 until 1979 and won 23 career singles titles. In addition he won 2 doubles titles. Career Rodríguez was born in S ...

(d. 2020)

Deaths

*22 May –

Víctor Morales (Chilean footballer) Víctor Morales Salas (10 May 1905 – 22 May 1938) was a Chile Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in the western part of South America. It is the southernmost country in the world, and the closest to Antarctica, occupy ...

*25 July –

Luis Altamirano Luis Altamirano Talavera (July 5, 1867 – July 25, 1938) was a Chilean military officer, minister, Vice President of the Republic and finally president of the Government Junta of Chile between 1924 and 1925. He was born in Concepción on th ...

References

{{South America topic, 1938 in Years of the 20th century in Chile

Chile Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in the western part of South America. It is the southernmost country in the world, and the closest to Antarctica, occupying a long and narrow strip of land between the Andes to the east a ...