The following lists events that happened during 1987 in Chile.

Incumbents

Dictator A dictator is a political leader who possesses absolute power. A dictatorship is a state ruled by one dictator or by a small clique. The word originated as the title of a Roman dictator elected by the Roman Senate to rule the republic in times ...

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

October

*10–25 October –

1987 FIFA World Youth Championship The 1987 FIFA World Youth Championship took place in Chile from 10 to 25 October 1987. The 1987 championship was the 6th contested and won for the first time by Yugoslavia. Remarkably, in the course of the tournament the Yugoslavs defeated each of ...

Births

*23 February –

Hugo Díaz (footballer, born 1987) Hugo Andrés Díaz Fernández (born 23 February 1987) is a Chilean footballer, who currently plays as a midfielder for Fernández Vial Fernández () is a Spanish surname meaning "son of Fernando". The Germanic name that it derives from (Gothi ...

*30 May – Rodrigo Paillaqueo *19 June -

Oliver Elliot Oliver Eduardo Elliot Bañados (born June 19, 1987) is a Chilean people, Chilean freestyle swimmer. He Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 metre freestyle, competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics. In 2008, he joined the Pontifical Cat ...

*29 June –

Jena Lee Sylvia Elva Garcia (born 29 June 1987 in Chile), more commonly known under the stage name as Jena Lee, is a French singer, songwriter, and composer. Biography Born in Chile, Sylvia Elva Garcia was adopted by a French family at the age of nine m ...

*24 July –

José Luis Muñoz José Luis Muñoz Muñoz (born 24 July 1987) is Chilean former footballer who played as a forward. Career In 2022, he joined Fernández Vial in the Primera B de Chile. He scored an important goal against Lanús in the 2009 Copa Libertadores ...

*1 August –

Diego Paulsen Diego Alfredo Paulsen Kehr (born 1 August 1987) is a Chilean politician who served as the President of the Chamber of Deputies from 2020 to 2022, and as has been a member of the Chamber of Deputies since 2020, representing District 22 of Ara ...

*3 August –

Daniel Zamudio Daniel Mauricio Zamudio Vera (3 August 1987 – 27 March 2012) was a Chilean man whose murder in 2012 became a symbol against homophobic violence in Chile. Zamudio, who identified as gay, was beaten and tortured for several hours in San Borja P ...

*5 November –

Alejandro Fuentes Alejandro Javiero Fuentes (born 5 November 1987 in Chile) is a Norwegian singer. He rose to prominence after finishing third in Norwegian Idol's third season in 2005. Later in 2005, he released the album ''Diamonds and Pearls'', which reached ...

Deaths

*27 July – Hernán Olguín

References

{{South America topic, 1987 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 ...