1950 in Chile

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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 Nashville to 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.

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Dependencies and other territories	Falkland Islands French Guiana South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

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