The following lists events that happened during 1975 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 r ...

Augusto Pinochet Augusto José Ramón Pinochet Ugarte (, , , ; 25 November 1915 – 10 December 2006) was a Chilean general who ruled Chile from 1973 to 1990, first as the leader of the Military Junta of Chile from 1973 to 1981, being declared President of ...

Events

January

*January 11 - Clodomiro Almeyda, Jorge Tapia and three other personalities from the government of former Chilean president

Salvador Allende Salvador Guillermo Allende Gossens (, , ; 26 June 1908 – 11 September 1973) was a Chilean physician and socialist politician who served as the 28th president of Chile from 3 November 1970 until his death on 11 September 1973. He was the fir ...

, are released and expelled to

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February

*February 4 - The XVI International Song Festival of Viña del Mar is held. Hosted by César Antonio Santis, Juan La Rivera, Gabriel Muñoz, Nelson Hoffman and Rubén del Castillo, one per night. *February 8 - The generals of Bolivia and

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 ...

Hugo Banzer Hugo Banzer Suárez (; 10 May 1926 – 5 May 2002) was a Bolivian politician and military officer who served as the 51st president of Bolivia. He held the Bolivian presidency twice: from 1971 to 1978 in a military dictatorship; and then a ...

and

respectively, sign the Charaña Accords in the highland country, which restores diplomatic relations between both countries. *February 20 –

Operation Colombo Operation Colombo was an operation undertaken by the DINA (the Chilean secret police) in 1975 to make political dissidents disappear. At least 119 people are alleged to have been abducted and later killed. The magazines published a list of 119 de ...

March

*March 13 -

Coquimbo Coquimbo is a port city, commune and capital of the Elqui Province, located on the Pan-American Highway, in the Coquimbo Region of Chile. Coquimbo is situated in a valley south of La Serena, with which it forms Greater La Serena with more than ...

earthquake. An earthquake measuring 6.9 on the Richter scale shakes the cities of La Serena,

and

Vicuña The vicuña (''Lama vicugna'') or vicuna (both , very rarely spelled ''vicugna'', its former genus name) is one of the two wild South American camelids, which live in the high alpine areas of the Andes, the other being the guanaco, which live ...

, leaving three dead and 18 injured.

April

*April 1 - The Minimum Employment Program (PEM) begins.

May

May 15 - The first trip of the

Santiago Metro The Santiago Metro ( es, Metro de Santiago) is a rapid transit system serving the city of Santiago, the capital of Chile. It currently consists of seven lines (numbered 1-6 and 4A), 136 stations, and of revenue route. The system is managed by th ...

is made on Line 1 of the Santiago Metro

June

July

*July 24 - In the framework of

, the newspaper La Segunda headlined on its front page "exterminated like mice", falsely stating that 59 Miristas had died in combat abroad, when in fact they had been assassinated by the Military Regime of

such a situation occurred due to the false information given by the Brazilian magazines O Dia de Curitiba and the Lea magazine of

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about supposed confrontations and purges of the MIR abroad.

August

*August 4 - According to Decree Law 1123, the official currency of the country becomes again the Chilean Peso, with the equivalence $ 1 (peso) = Eº 1000 (escudos). *August 20 - El Diario de Aysén is founded, edited in the city of

Coyhaique Coyhaique (), also spelled Coihaique in Patagonia, is the capital city of both the Coyhaique Province and the Aysén Region of Chile. Founded by settlers in 1929, it is a young city. Until the twentieth century, Chile showed little interest in ex ...

. *August 31 - The latest edition of the newspaper La Patria circulates.

September

*September 8 - The newspaper El Cronista, successor to La Nación and La Patria, is founded. *September 11 - On the 2nd Anniversary of the Coup d'etat

lights the "Flame of Freedom" in Bulnes Square. Said monument was extinguished and removed from the site during the government of

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 dic ...

. *September 15 - : The first section of Line 1 of the Santiago Metro is inaugurated. It includes the stations from San Pablo to La Moneda. *September 24 - The Nahueltoro bridge, which connected La Rivera ( San Carlos) and Nahueltoro (

Coihueco Coihueco () is a Chilean commune and city in Punilla Province, Ñuble Region. It is located near Chillán, the provincial capital. Coihueco borders San Carlos and San Fabián on the north, Argentina on the east, Pinto on the South, and Chillá ...

), falls, resulting in 28 deaths and 94 injuries. 3 people died during the transfer to the hospital or upon arrival at the care center.

October

*6 October –

Leighton case On October 6, 1975, an assassination attempt in Rome, Italy, was carried out against Bernardo Leighton, a former Chilean Christian Democratic vice-president, then in exile. The assassination attempt seriously injured Bernardo Leighton, and his wi ...

November

*November 8 - The National Tourism Service is created, in order to control, coordinate, promote, investigate, plan and promote tourism activity, replacing the Tourism Directorate. *November 19 - The DINA executes three members of the Gallardo family at the La Rinconada farm in Maipú, together with militants of the Communist Party of Chile Pedro Cortés Jelves and the MIR Manuel Lautaro Reyes and Luis Andres Ganga. The event is known as the Rinconada de Maipú montage and journalists from TVN participated in it and it is still being investigated by the justice system. *November 22 - General

travels to

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to attend the funeral of the head of state of that country, Francisco Franco.

December

Births

*8 February – Clarence Acuña *15 March – Marco Villaseca *21 April –

Martín Cárcamo Martín Andrés Cárcamo Papic (born April 21, 1975) is a Chilean television presenter, actor and former host of ''Pasiones'' and ''El Último Pasajero''. He debuted in television on the Chilean TV channel Rock & Pop where he was the host of '' ...

*25 May – Raúl Muñoz *2 June –

Paz Bascuñán María Paz Bascuñán Aylwin (, 2 June 1975), commonly known as Paz Bascuñán, is a Chilean theatre, film and television actress. Daughter of politician Mariana Aylwin and granddaughter of Chile's former president Patricio Aylwin, and has more ...

*1 July –

Íngrid Cruz Ingrid Elena Cruz Toro (born 1 July 1975 in Antofagasta) is a Chilean actress, known for her roles in '' Brujas'' (2005), '' Somos los Carmona'' (2013-2014), '' Pituca sin Lucas'' (2014-2015) and ''Demente'' (2021). Biography Born as Ingri ...

*19 July –

Néstor Cantillana Néstor Igor Cantillana (born July 19, 1975 in Santiago, Chile, Santiago) is a Chilean actor in theater, movies and TV. Life and career Cantillana's grandmother was a communist and later she practiced the evangelic religion and he grew up under ...

*21 July –

DJ Méndez Leopoldo Jorge Méndez Alcayaga (born 21 July 1975 in Valparaíso) is a Chilean-Swedish DJ, singer and producer, known by his stage name Méndez, formerly DJ Méndez. He won the 2002 MTV Video Music Awards Latinoamérica for ''Best Southwest N ...

*8 August – Christián Yantani *2 September –

Fernando Martel Fernando Patricio Martel Helo (born 2 October 1975) is a Chilean former footballer who played as a midfielder. International career Martel represented Chile at under-20 level in the 1995 FIFA World Youth Championship. At senior level, he made 1 ...

*15 September –

Francisco López Contardo Francisco "Chaleco" López Contardo (born 15 September 1975 in Curicó, Maule Region, Chile) is a rally raid, motocross and enduro motorcycle rider and Off-road racing driver. He's a veteran of the Dakar Rally, having made his first start on a ...

*16 October –

Claudio Núñez Claudio Patricio Núñez Caamaño (born October 16, 1975 in Valparaiso) is a Chilean former footballer who played as a striker. He is nicknamed "El Diablo", which means, "the Devil". He made his name playing for Tigres UANL, where he had his ...

*30 October – Marco Antonio Arriagada Quinchel *27 November – Rodrigo Valenzuela *26 December –

Marcelo Ríos Marcelo Andrés Ríos Mayorga (; born 26 December 1975) is a Chilean former world No. 1 tennis player. Nicknamed ''"El Chino"'' ("The Chinese") and ''"El zurdo de Vitacura"'' ("The Lefty from Vitacura"), he became the first Latin American play ...

Deaths

*30 August –

Roberto Cortés (Chilean footballer) Roberto Cortés González (2 February 1905 – 30 August 1975) was a Chilean football goalkeeper. He was part of Chile's team at the 1928 Summer Olympics The 1928 Summer Olympics ( nl, Olympische Zomerspelen 1928), officially known as the Gam ...

(b. 1905)

References

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