1954 in Chile

1954
in
Chile

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

The following lists events that happened during 1954 in Chile.

Incumbents

  • President of Chile: Carlos Ibáñez del Campo

Events

March

  • 17 March - The young Argentine dancer Nélida Lobato performs at the theatre Bim-Bam-Bum in Santiago.

September

  • 3 September – 50,000 workers in Chile strike, leading the government to threaten measures against the strikers.[1]
  • 21 September - Clarin is founded, edited in Santiago and directed by Darío Sainte Marie.

Births

  • date unknown – Humberto Nilo
  • 14 January – Cecilia Morel
  • 26 April – Sonia Tschorne
  • 13 May – Jorge Garcés
  • 7 June – Jaime Mañalich
  • 13 June – Manuel Rojas (footballer)
  • 30 June – Alastair MacGregor Martin
  • 6 July – Francisco Reyes Morandé
  • 9 August – Vladimir Bigorra
  • 9 August – Kike Morandé
  • 15 October – Miguel Piñera
  • 22 October – Emilio Ulloa
  • 3 November – Carlos Conca
  • 14 November – Eliseo Salazar

Deaths

  • 28 January – Abraham Oyanedel (b. 1874)
  • 15 May – Marmaduke Grove (b. 1878)
  • 25 October – Manuel Trucco (b. 1875)

References

  1. ^ "50,000 on Strike in Chile". New York Times. 4 September 1954. ProQuest 112966324.