The following lists events that happened during 1979 in Chile.

Incumbents

Events

January

*9 January – The 1979 Treaty of Montevideo is signed.

February

*February 3 - The XX 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, conducted by Antonio Vodanovic and María Graciela Gómez.

March

April

*April 18 - Relatives of disappeared detainees are chained in the building of the former National Congress, where the Ministry of Justice worked. Again they get no response.

May

*May 3 - The newspaper La Estrella del Loa is founded, edited in Calama. *May 5 - The Cobresal soccer team of El Salvador is founded.

June

*June 3 - The minor Rodrigo Anfruns is kidnapped. The fact causes great commotion in the country. His body appears eleven days later, sowing doubt about the culprits. *June 5 - The Center-Left Social Democratic Movement between

1979 Events January * January 1 ** United Nations Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim heralds the start of the ''International Year of the Child''. Many musicians donate to the ''Music for UNICEF Concert'' fund, among them ABBA, who write the song ...

and

1985 The year 1985 was designated as the International Youth Year by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 ** The Internet's Domain Name System is created. ** Greenland withdraws from the European Economic Community as a result of a ...

is founded. *June 29 - Finance Minister Sergio de Castro announces that the exchange rate of the peso against the dollar will be fixed, establishing it at 39 pesos.

July

*July 1 - The first personal stereo arrives in Chile.

August

*August 22 - The Fausto nightclub opens its doors, the first venue of its kind for the LGBT public in Chile.

September

*September 18 - General Augusto Pinochet signs the decree declaring the cueca "national dance of Chile".

October

*October 23 - Coihuín tragedy: intense rains cause the collapse of a hill in the coastal town of Coihuín, in the commune of

Puerto Montt Puerto Montt (Mapuche: Meli Pulli) is a port city and commune in southern Chile, located at the northern end of the Reloncaví Sound in the Llanquihue Province, Los Lagos Region, 1,055 km to the south of the capital, Santiago. The commune spa ...

, crushing ten people, all algae collectors. *October 26 - Decree Laws 2867 and 2868 are published in the Official Gazette, redrawing provincial and communal boundaries throughout Chile. New communes are created such as Ollagüe in the province of El Loa, Antofagasta Region, and

Hualaihué Hualaihué () is a Chilean commune located in Palena Province, Los Lagos Region. The communal capital is the town of Hornopirén. Demographics According to the 2002 census of the National Statistics Institute, Hualaihué spans an area of and has ...

in the Los Lagos Region.

November

*November 13 - The Vicaría de la Solidaridad denounces the burial of nearly 3,000 corpses in Patio 29 of the General Cemetery of Santiago, corresponding mostly to disappeared detainees. *November 29 - The latest edition of El Tarapacá de Iquique circulates. *30 November-1 December –

1979 Chilean telethon The 1979 Chilean telethon was the second version of the solidarity campaign held in Chile, which took place on November 30th and December 1st, 1979. The theme of this version was ''"Let's repeat the unbelievable."'' The symbolic girl was Valer ...

Births

*12 February –

Patricio Ormazábal Luis Patricio Ormazábal Mozó (born February 12, 1979), known as Patricio Ormazábal, is a Chilean football manager and former footballer who played as a midfielder. Club career As a child, Ormazábal was with Escuela de Fútbol Municipal de C ...

*27 July – Rodolfo Moya *30 July –

Roberto Bruce Roberto Andrés Bruce Pruzzo (; 30 July 1979 in Talagante – 2 September 2011 in Juan Fernández Archipelago) was a Chilean television journalist, mainly known for his work on Televisión Nacional de Chile's breakfast programme ''Buenos Días ...

(d. 2011) *9 August –

Matías Bize Matías Bize (born Santiago, Chile, 9 August 1979) is a Chilean film director, producer and screenwriter. He has won important independent film awards including the Espigo de Oro for ''In Bed'' at the 2005 Valladolid International Film Festival i ...

*25 August –

Cristián Reynero Cristián Eduardo Reynero Cerda (born August 25, 1979 in Chile) is a Chilean footballer, who currently plays defender for Barnechea. Career He started his career with Huachipato, where he played from 1999 to 2006. In the last four seasons wit ...

*11 September –

David Pizarro David Marcelo Pizarro Cortés (born 11 September 1979) is a Chilean former professional footballer who last played as a midfielder for Chilean Primera División club Universidad de Chile. He is usually deployed as a central midfielder, althoug ...

*12 September – Denisse van Lamoen *6 October –

Gonzalo Miranda Gonzalo Sabas Miranda Figueroa (born October 6, 1979) is a Chilean track and road cyclist, who currently rides for Chilean amateur team U.C. Curicó. He won a gold medal in the team pursuit at the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, Bra ...

*10 October – Nicolás Massú *14 October –

Rodrigo Tello Rodrigo Álvaro Tello Valenzuela (born 14 October 1979) is a Chilean former professional footballer. He operated mainly as a left midfielder, but could also appear in the middle and as an attacking left back. He spent the better part of his e ...

Deaths

*21 July – Juan Guzmán Cruchaga (b. 1895)

References

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