1945 in Chile
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The following lists events that happened during 1945 in Chile.
Incumbents
- President of Chile: Juan Antonio Ríos
Events
January
- 14 January - The 1945 South American Championship begins, with headquarters in the Estadio Nacional de Chile of Santiago.
February
- 28 February - The 1945 South American Championship current Copa América, ends; Argentina is crowned champion, second place goes to Brazil, followed by Chile in third place, and Uruguay in fourth place.
March
- 4 March – Chilean parliamentary election, 1945[1]
April
- 20 April - The 3rd edition of the Championship of Champions begins.
May
- 14 May - The President of the Republic, Juan Antonio Rios, forms a new cabinet made up of the Radical, Democratic, Authentic Socialist and National Falange parties.
- 15 May - The senators and deputies elected in the election of March 4 take office for the period May 15, 1945 - May 15, 1949.
- 20 May - The 3rd edition of the Championship of Champions ends, Colo-Colo is crowned champion of the championship.
June
- 19 June – 1945 El Teniente mining accident;355 workers die from carbon monoxide emissions. It is considered the largest accident in a metallurgical mine in the world.
- 26 June - Chile is one of the 51 founding states of the United Nations Organization when signing the Charter of the United Nations in San Francisco, United States.
October
- 12 October - The Independencia Stadium is inaugurated in the commune of Independencia, Santiago and belonging to the Club Deportivo Universidad Catolica.
December
- 10 December - Professor Gabriela Mistral receives the Nobel Prize for Literature awarded by the Swedish Academy.[2]
Births
- 18 January – Isabel Allende (politician)
- 26 February – Pedro Carcuro
- 18 April – Guillermo Páez
- 3 September – Leonardo Véliz
- 15 October – Florcita Motuda
Deaths
- 26 June – Javier Ángel Figueroa (b. 1862)
- 19 July – Luis Claro Solar (b. 1857)
References
- ^ Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p262 ISBN 978-0-19-928358-3
- ^ Peers, E. Allison (1946). "Gabriela Mistral A tentative evaluation". Bulletin of Spanish Studies. 23: 101–116. doi:10.1080/14753825012331359810 – via Taylor & Francis Online.