The following lists events that happened during 1950 in Chile.
Incumbents
President of Chile: Gabriel González Videla
Events
January
24 January – The Chilean Government orders troops to their garrisons in response to strikes.[1]
March
18 March – The Chilean Government abolishes 'emergency zones' created around vital economic areas created in 1947 to deter strikes.[2]
June
19 June – Empresa Nacional del Petróleo is created.
July
7 July - The newspaper La Tercera de La Hora, edited in Santiago and owned by Copesa, is founded.
December
9 December - An intraplate earthquake of magnitude 8.2 occurs inside the Department of Loa, near Calama
29 December – Admiral Carlos Torres accepts the transfer of USS Brooklyn and USS Nashvilleto the Chilean Navy under the Mutual Defense Assistance Act.[3]
Births
4 February – Teresita Reyes
9 March – Jorge Marchant Lazcano
21 March – Julio Crisosto
24 April – Rafael González (Chilean footballer)
25 June – Paco Saval
5 July – Carlos Caszely
11 July – Hernán Rivera Letelier
14 July – Mario Osbén (d. 2021)
17 September – Patricia Maldonado Aravena
26 October – Jorge Socías
Deaths
27 January – Augusto d'Halmar (b. 1882)
24 August -Arturo Alessandri (b. 1868)
References
^"A State of Alert in Chile". New York Times. 25 January 1950. ProQuest 111535326.
^"Chile Ends Emergency Zones". New York Times. 19 March 1950. ProQuest 111496438.
^"CHILE ACCEPTS 2 CRUISERS: Names Admiral to Transfer U.S. Craft to Valparaiso". New York Times. 30 December 1950. ProQuest 111461787.
