The following lists events that happened during 1995 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 ...

Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle Eduardo Alfredo Juan Bernardo Frei Ruiz–Tagle (; born 24 June 1942) is a Chilean politician and civil engineer who served as president of Chile from 1994 to 2000. He was also a Senator, fulfilling the role of President of the Senate from 2006 ...

Events

Hypermarket A hypermarket (sometimes called a hyperstore, supercentre or superstore) is a big-box store combining a supermarket and a department store. The result is an expansive retail facility carrying a wide range of products under one roof, including ...

Líder Líder (Spanish for ''Leader'') is a Chilean hypermarket chain originally owned and operated by Distribución y Servicio (DyS) but sold to US American corporation Walmart in 2009.

is founded.

July

*30 July –

1995 Antofagasta earthquake The 1995 Antofagasta earthquake occurred on July 30 at 05:11 UTC (01:11 local time) with a moment magnitude of 8.0 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of VII (''Very strong''). The Antofagasta Region in Chile was affected by a moderate tsunami, with ...

August

*August –

White Earthquake image:Terremotoblanco.jpg, 400px, Map of Chile showing communes in state of catastrophe during the White Earthquake in red. Communes in pink were declared zones of "agrarian emergency". Communes in both state of catastrophe and agrarian emergency a ...

September

*5–7 September – 1995 South American Junior Championships in Athletics

December

*1–2 December – 1995 Chilean telethon

Sport

* 1995 Movistar Open *

1995 Primera División de Chile File:1995 Events Collage V2.png, From left, clockwise: O.J. Simpson is acquitted of the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman from the year prior in "The Trial of the Century" in the United States; The Great Hanshin earthquake strik ...

1995 Canada Cup The Canada Cup (aka Maple Cup) of 1995 was an international football (soccer) tournament, played at the Commonwealth Stadium in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories exte ...

1995 Copa Chile The Copa Chile 1995 was the 25th edition of the Chilean Cup tournament. The competition started on February 11, 1995, and concluded on September 14, 1995. Universidad Católica won the competition for their fourth time, beating Cobreloa 4–2 in ...

* Chile national football team 1995 * Chile at the 1995 Pan American Games

Births

*19 October –

Sammis Reyes Sammis Daniel Reyes Martel (born October 19, 1995) is a Chilean-born former professional American football tight end. He was the first player from Chile to play in the NFL. Reyes grew up playing basketball as a youth member of the Chile nati ...

, American football player

Deaths

*11 January –

Roque Esteban Scarpa Roque Esteban Scarpa Straboni (March 26, 1914 in Punta Arenas - January 11, 1995 in Santiago) was a Chilean writer, literary critic and scholar. He won the Chilean National Prize for Literature in 1980. He was of Croatian and Italian descent. Sca ...

(born 1914) *12 April –

Alberto Larraguibel Colonel Alberto Larraguibel Morales (May 30, 1919 – April 12, 1995) was a Chilean Army officer born in Angol, Chile. He remains as the record holder for highest jump, one of the longest-running unbroken sport records in history – yea ...

(born 1919) *1 October – Felipe Rivera (born 1971) *27 October –

Marta Colvin Marta Colvin Andrade (1907–1995) was a sculptor from Chillán, Chile. Biography Marta Colvin Andrade was the daughter of James Colvin of Irish descent and Elvira Andrade of Portuguese descent. After the 1939 Chillán earthquake, she lived i ...

(born 1907)

References

{{South America topic, 1995 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 ...