The following lists events that happened during 1950 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 ...

Gabriel González Videla Gabriel Enrique González Videla (; November 22, 1898 – August 22, 1980) was a Chilean politician and lawyer who served as the 24th president of Chile from 1946 to 1952. He had previously been a member of the Chamber of Deputies from 193 ...

Events

January

24 January Events Pre-1600 * 41 – Claudius is proclaimed Roman emperor by the Praetorian Guard after they assassinate the previous emperor, his nephew Caligula. * 914 – Start of the First Fatimid invasion of Egypt. *1438 – The Counc ...

– The Chilean Government orders troops to their garrisons in response to strikes.

March

18 March Events Pre-1600 * 37 – Roman Senate annuls Tiberius' will and proclaims Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus ''(aka Caligula = Little Boots)'' emperor.Tacitus, ''Annals'' V.10. *1068 – An earthquake in the Levant and the Ar ...

– The Chilean Government abolishes 'emergency zones' created around vital economic areas created in 1947 to deter strikes.

June

19 June Events Pre-1600 * 325 – The original Nicene Creed is adopted at the First Council of Nicaea. *1179 – The Battle of Kalvskinnet takes place outside Nidaros (now Trondheim), Norway. Earl Erling Skakke is killed, and the battle chang ...

–

Empresa Nacional del Petróleo Empresa Nacional del Petróleo, or ENAP (English: ''National Petroleum Company'') is a state-owned company in Chile, based in Las Condes. The company is engaged in the exploration, production, refining, and marketing of hydrocarbons and their deri ...

is created.

July

7 July Events Pre-1600 *1124 – The city of Tyre falls to the Venetian Crusade after a siege of nineteen weeks. *1456 – A retrial verdict acquits Joan of Arc of heresy 25 years after her execution. *1520 – Spanish '' conquistadore ...

- The newspaper La Tercera de La Hora, edited in

Santiago Santiago (, ; ), also known as Santiago de Chile, is the capital and largest city of Chile as well as one of the largest cities in the Americas. It is the center of Chile's most densely populated region, the Santiago Metropolitan Region, whose ...

and owned by

Copesa Copesa (Consorcio Periodístico de Chile) is one of the more important Chilean media conglomerate. Copesa is controlled by Álvaro Saieh, a Chilean business man. Overview Copesa was launched during the mid-1950s by the wealthy Pico-Cañas fami ...

, is founded.

December

9 December Events Pre-1600 * 536 – Gothic War: The Byzantine general Belisarius enters Rome unopposed; the Gothic garrison flees the capital. * 730 – Battle of Marj Ardabil: The Khazars annihilate an Umayyad army and kill its commander, al- ...

- An intraplate earthquake of magnitude 8.2 occurs inside the Department of Loa, near Calama *

29 December Events Pre-1600 *1170 – Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury, is assassinated inside Canterbury Cathedral by followers of Henry II of England, King Henry II; he subsequently becomes a saint and martyr in the Anglican Communion and the ...

– Admiral Carlos Torres accepts the transfer of USS ''Brooklyn'' and USS ''Nashville'''' ''to the Chilean Navy under the

Mutual Defense Assistance Act The Mutual Defense Assistance Act was a United States Act of Congress signed by President Harry S. Truman on 6 October 1949. For US Foreign policy, it was the first U.S. military foreign aid legislation of the Cold War era, and initially to Eur ...

Births

*4 February –

Teresita Reyes María Teresita de Jesús Reyes Aleuanlli (born 4 February 1950 in Osorno), known as Teresita Reyes, is a Chilean actress. She is of Palestinian ancestry on her mother's side. Filmography Movies * ''Sussi'' (film) (1987) * '' Te amo'' (2 ...

*9 March –

Jorge Marchant Lazcano Jorge Marchant Lazcano (born March 9, 1950, in Santiago, Chile) is a Chilean writer, playwright, screenwriter, novelist and journalist.Julio Crisosto *24 April –

Rafael González (Chilean footballer) Rafael González Córdova (born 24 April 1950) is a Chilean football midfielder who played for Chile in the 1974 FIFA World Cup. He also played for Colo-Colo Club Social y Deportivo Colo-Colo () is a Chilean professional football club bas ...

*25 June – Paco Saval *5 July –

Carlos Caszely Carlos Humberto Caszely Garrido (born 5 July 1950 in Santiago, Chile) is a Chilean former footballer, nicknamed "Rey del metro cuadrado" ( en, King of the square meter, pt, O Rei do Metro Quadrado), who played as a forward. Regarded as one o ...

*11 July –

Hernán Rivera Letelier Hernán Rivera Letelier (born 11 July 1950 in Talca, Chile) is a Chilean novelist. Until the age of 11 he lived in the Algorta saltpeter mining town, in the north of Chile. When it was closed down, he and his family moved to Antofagasta, where h ...

*14 July – Mario Osbén (d. 2021) *17 September –

Patricia Maldonado Aravena Clorinda Érika Patricia Maldonado Aravena (born September 17, 1950), better known as just Patricia Maldonado, is a Chilean singer and television presenter. In the 1970s to the late 1990s, she was active as a singer and political activist. Maldo ...

*26 October –

Jorge Socías Jorge Luis Socías Tuset (born 26 October 1951)Jorge Socías
FBref is a Augusto d'Halmar Augusto Goemine Thomson, who adopted the pseudonym Augusto d’Halmar (April 23, 1882 – January 27, 1950) was a Chilean writer who earned the ''National Prize for Literature'' in 1942. D’Halmar was the son of Auguste Goemine, a French navi ...

(b. 1882) *24 August -

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 ...

(b. 1868)

References

{{South America topic, 1950 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 ...