The following lists events that happened during 1976 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 ...

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 5 - The Archbishop of Santiago,

Raúl Silva Henríquez Raúl Silva Henríquez SDB (27 September 1907 – 9 April 1999) was a Chilean prelate of the Catholic Church, a cardinal from 1962. He served as Archbishop of Santiago de Chile from 1961 to 1983 and as Bishop of Valparaíso from 1959 to 1961. ...

, creates the Vicariate of Solidarity. *January 25 - Operation Tucán begins, in which the aim was to organize a group of sympathetic

Human Rights Human rights are Morality, moral principles or Social norm, normsJames Nickel, with assistance from Thomas Pogge, M.B.E. Smith, and Leif Wenar, 13 December 2013, Stanford Encyclopedia of PhilosophyHuman Rights Retrieved 14 August 2014 for ce ...

activists, and to incite the

United Nations The United Nations (UN) is an intergovernmental organization whose stated purposes are to maintain international peace and international security, security, develop friendly relations among nations, achieve international cooperation, and be ...

to generate negative press against the military government of General

February

*February 8 - The newspaper La Estrella de Arica is founded. *February 9 - The XVII International Song Festival of

Viña del Mar Viña del Mar (; meaning "Vineyard of the Sea") is a city and commune on central Chile's Pacific coast. Often referred to as ("The Garden City"), Viña del Mar is located within the Valparaíso Region, and it is Chile's fourth largest city w ...

is held. Hosted by Antonio Vodanovic, his debut, and Ana María Thieman. *February 18 -

United States The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 states, a federal district, five major unincorporated territorie ...

suspends military aid to

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 ...

March

*March 25 - San Pablo Hospital is inaugurated in the city of

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 ...

. *March 30 - Polla Gol officially begins, a game of chance by Polla Chilena de Beneficencia that is based on guessing the results of the week's soccer matches.

April

May

June

*June 4 - The VI Assembly of the

Organization of American States The Organization of American States (OAS; es, Organización de los Estados Americanos, pt, Organização dos Estados Americanos, french: Organisation des États américains; ''OEA'') is an international organization that was founded on 30 April ...

begins, held in the Diego Portales Building 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 ...

. All OAS member countries are presented with the exception of

Mexico Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guatema ...

. The meeting lasted for 10 days.

July

*July 12 - It snows over part of the country, between the

Santiago Metropolitan Region Santiago Metropolitan Region ( es, link=no, Región Metropolitana de Santiago) is one of Chile's 16 first-order administrative divisions. It is the country's only landlocked administrative region and contains the nation's capital, Santiago. Mos ...

and the

Araucanía Region The Araucanía ( ), La Araucanía Region ( es, Región de La Araucanía ) is one of Chile's 16 first-order administrative divisions, and comprises two provinces: Malleco in the north and Cautín in the south. Its capital and largest city is Te ...

. *July 30 - Apsi magazine begins to circulate, opposing the Military Government.

August

*August 6 - The Ministry of the Interior expels from the country the Christian Democrat lawyers and political leaders Jaime Castillo Velasco and the radical Eugenio Velasco Letelier.

September

*The Social Democratic Labor Movement is constituted. *September 12 - On a beach in Los Molles (

Valparaíso Region The Valparaíso Region ( es, Región de Valparaíso, links=no, ) is one of Chile's 16 first order administrative divisions.Valparaíso Region, 2006 With the country's second-highest population of 1,790,219 , and fourth-smallest area of , ...

) the body of the communist teacher Marta Ugarte, arrested on August 9, 1976, is found. *21 September –

Letelier assassination On 21 September 1976, Orlando Letelier, a leading opponent of Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet, was assassinated by car bombing, in Washington, D.C. Letelier, who was living in exile in the United States, was killed along with his work collea ...

October

*October 14 - The first issue of Cosas magazine appears with the French singer

Sylvie Vartan Sylvie Vartan (; born Sylvie Georges Vartanian; hy, Սիլվի Ժորժ Վարդանյան. on 15 August 1944) is an Armenian-Bulgarian-French singer and actress. She is known as one of the most productive and tough-sounding yé-yé artists. ...

on its cover. *October 19 - The first Santa Isabel supermarket is inaugurated in

Valparaíso Valparaíso (; ) is a major city, seaport, naval base, and educational centre in the commune of Valparaíso, Chile. "Greater Valparaíso" is the second largest metropolitan area in the country. Valparaíso is located about northwest of Santiago ...

. *October 30 -

leaves the Andean Pact, due to differences regarding foreign investments.

November

*November 18 - The broadcasts of the informative El Diario de Cooperativa begin through Radio Cooperativa.

December

*December 15 - Luis Werner discovers the archaeological site of

Monte Verde Monte Verde is an archaeological site in the Llanquihue Province in southern Chile, located near Puerto Montt, Southern Chile, which has been dated to as early as 18,500 cal BP (16,500 BC). Previously, the widely accepted date for early occup ...

. *December 18 - The exchange of political prisoners

Luis Corvalán Luis Nicolás Corvalán Lepe (14 September 1916, in Puerto Montt – 21 July 2010) was a Chilean politician. He served as the general secretary of the Communist Party of Chile (PCCh). Corvalán joined the Communist Party of Chile at the age of f ...

and Vladímir Bukovski reestablish diplomatic relations between

and the

Soviet Union The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen national ...

. *December 28 -

appoints Sergio de Castro as the new Minister of Finance, who will replace Jorge Cauas.

Births

*4 February –

Carlos Toro Carlos Antonio Toro Coronado (born 4 February 1976) is a Chilean former football goalkeeper. Club career He reached his better season with Santiago Wanderers in 2001, being called up to the Chile national team. International career He represe ...

*12 February – Moisés Villarroel *2 March – Mario Núñez *9 March –

Mauricio Aros Mauricio Fernando Aros Bahamonde (born 9 March 1976) is a Chilean former professional footballer who played as a left-back. Club career Aros began his career in the youth squads of Deportes Concepción and debuted as a professional in 1995. In ...

*19 March –

Cristóbal Cobo Cristóbal Cobo (full name Juan Cristóbal Cobo Romani: born March 19, 1976) is a senior education and technology specialist at the World Bank. Previously he was professor and researcher in new and educational technologies, who worked on projects ...

*31 May –

Tonka Tomicic Tonka Tomicic Petric ( hr, Tonka Tomičić Petrić, ; born 31 May 1976) is a Chilean model and television presenter of Croatian origin. Best known for televisions shows on TVN and Canal 13 as Buenos Dias A Todos, Viña's International Festiv ...

*27 July –

Soledad Onetto Maria Soledad Onetto (born July 27, 1976 in Santiago, Chile) is a Chilean TV presenter. She is a journalism graduate from the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, news reader and TV host Chile Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, ...

*1 September –

Sebastián Rozental Sebastián Rozental Igualt ( he, סבסטיאן רוזנטל; born 1 September 1976) is a Chilean former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder or striker. At club level, Rozental played for Universidad Católica (1992� ...

*24 September – Alejandro Osorio *31 December – Patricio Galaz

Deaths

*16 July –

Carmelo Soria Carmelo Soria (Madrid, 5 November 1921 – Santiago de Chile, 16 July 1976) was a Spanish-Chilean United Nations diplomat. A member of the CEPAL (United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean) in the 1970s, he was assassin ...

(b. 1921) *12 August – Carlos Frödden (b. 1887) *21 September –

Orlando Letelier Marcos Orlando Letelier del Solar (13 April 1932 – 21 September 1976) was a Chilean economist, politician and diplomat during the presidency of Salvador Allende. A refugee from the military dictatorship of General Augusto Pinochet, Letelier ...

(b. 1932) *28 November – Humberto Elgueta (b. 1904)

References

{{South America topic, 1976 in Years of the 20th century in Chile