1956 in Chile

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The following lists events that happened during 1956 in Chile.

Incumbents

  • President of Chile: Carlos Ibáñez del Campo

Events

January

  • 3 January – Foreign Minister Kaare Olsen Nielsen resigns to return to active service. José Serrano Palma is appointed successor.[1]

February

  • 14 February – 1956 Santiago rail crash

April

  • 21 April – At least 38 people are killed when a bus plunges off a bridge near Calama.[2]

June

  • 10 June - At the FIFA congress held in Lisbon, Chile is chosen to host the 1962 FIFA World Cup.

August

  • 2 August - The National Party (1956-1958) is created, product of the merger of the National Independent Movement, the National Agrarian Party and the Agrarian Labor Recoveryist Party.

Births

  • 2 January – Andrés Chadwick, politician
  • 2 January – Eduardo Fournier, footballer
  • 24 January – Samy Benmayor, painter
  • 7 February – Andrés Allamand, politician
  • 19 July – Tomás Hirsch, politician
  • 4 August – Alfredo Moreno Charme, politician
  • 31 August – Cristián Campos, actor
  • 23 September – Juan Núñez, tennis player
  • 4 November – Alberto Espina, politician
  • 8 December – Iván Moreira, politician
  • 30 December – Claudia di Girolamo, actress

Deaths

  • 6 August – Adelqui Migliar (b. 1891)

References

  1. ^ "Chile's Foreign Minister Quits". New York Times. 4 January 1956. ProQuest 113921834.
  2. ^ "38 Die in Chilean Truck Crash". New York Times. 22 April 1956. ProQuest 113884838.
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