1953 in Chile

1953
in
Chile

Decades:
  • 1930s
  • 1940s
  • 1950s
  • 1960s
  • 1970s
See also:

The following lists events that happened during 1953 in Chile.

Incumbents

  • President of Chile: Carlos Ibáñez del Campo

Events

January

  • 1 January - A fire in a barracks in Valparaíso causes an explosion that kills 50 people, including 36 firefighters. The incident was caused by a flare launched at the New Year's celebrations.

February

  • 13 February - The Central Unitaria de Traballadores(CUT) is created, which brings together the majority of the country's trade union centrals, and that day it celebrates its constituent congress.[1]
  • 16 February - The evening newspaper Los Tiempos returns to circulation after 21 years.

March

  • 1 March – Chilean parliamentary election, 1953
  • 23 March - The Ministry of Mining is created, being its prime minister Eduardo Paredes.

May

  • 6 May – 1953 Concepción earthquake

June

  • 15 June – Seven people were killed when a Chilean airliner exploded and crashed at the Copiapo airport.[2]

July

  • 24 July - Carlos Ibáñez del Campo signs the DFL 126 of 1953 of the Ministry of Finance that creates the Banco del Estado de Chile.

December

  • 6 December - The Calama Earthquake occurs. With a magnitude of 7.4 degrees on the Richter scale, it affects the Antofagasta Region. The earthquake leaves 3 dead and 15 injured.

Births

  • 3 January – Nicolás Eyzaguirre
  • 2 June – Osvaldo Andrade
  • 6 June- Mauricio Redolés
  • 28 April – Roberto Bolaño (d. 2003)
  • 16 August – Sebastián Edwards
  • 11 September – Rodolfo Dubó
  • 23 October – Joaquín Lavín
  • 11 November – Evelyn Matthei
  • 18 December – José Antonio Gómez
  • 22 December – Coca Guazzini

Deaths

  • 7 March – Juan Brüggen (b. 1887)

References

  1. ^ "Antecedentes del Movimiento Sindical Chileno" (PDF) (in Spanish). Archivo Chile. p. 7. Retrieved August 28, 2022.
  2. ^ "7 Chileans Die in Air Crash". New York Times. 16 June 1953. ProQuest 112760737.