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1942 in Chile
Summary
The following lists events that happened during
1942 in Chile
.
←
1941
1940
1939
1942
in
Chile
→
1943
1944
1945
Decades:
1920s
1930s
1940s
1950s
1960s
See also:
Other events of 1942
Timeline of Chilean history
Incumbents
edit
President of Chile
:
Jerónimo Méndez
(until 2 April),
Juan Antonio Ríos
Events
edit
February
edit
1 February
–
Chilean presidential election, 1942
is held giving
Juan Antonio Rios
elected as
President of the Republic
.
March
edit
7–17 March – The
1942 South American Basketball Championship
is held in
Santiago
.
May
edit
12 May
- The Catholic University rugby team of the city of
Santiago
,
Santiago Metropolitan Region
, is founded.
[
citation needed
]
July
edit
24 July
- The College of Pharmacists of Chile is founded under Law No. 7,205, constituting itself as a
Trade
association.
September
edit
6 September
- At 9:43 p.m. there was an
Earthquake
of 7.3 degrees on
Richter magnitude scale
and whose epicenter was located in the vicinity of
Caldera
,
Atacama Region
. It left a balance of 5 dead, 16 injured and 705 homeless; It also caused a medium intensity
Tsunami
between
Lima
,
Peru
and
Puerto Saavedra
in the
Araucania Region
.
November
edit
20 November
- The
National Prize of Literature
the country's largest literature award, is created; This under Law No. 7,368, which also creates the
National Prize of Art of Chile
that begins to be awarded since
1944
.
December
edit
18 December
- the Quinta Normal Fire Department is founded in the
Commune
of
Quinta Normal
in
Santiago
.
Births
edit
23 January –
Pedro Araya Toro
1 May –
Carlos Cardoen
1 June –
Honorino Landa
(d.
1987
)
24 June –
Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle
9 August –
Miguel Littín
10 August –
Augusto Parra Muñoz
, diplomat
[1]
8 September –
Beatriz Allende
(d. 1977)
6 December –
Rubén Marcos
(d.
2006
)
27 December –
Juan Inostroza
Deaths
edit
9 August –
Juan Subercaseaux
(b.
1896
)
References
edit
^
"Rectores" (in Spanish).
University of Concepción
. Archived from the original on 7 March 2009
. Retrieved
2009-03-04
.