1953 in Chile
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The following lists events that happened during 1953 in Chile.
Incumbents
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
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)