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1950 in Chile 
Summary
The following lists events that happened during 1950 in Chile.
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Incumbents edit
Events edit
January edit
- 24 January – The Chilean Government orders troops to their garrisons in response to strikes.[1]
March edit
- 18 March – The Chilean Government abolishes 'emergency zones' created around vital economic areas created in 1947 to deter strikes.[2]
June edit
- 19 June – Empresa Nacional del Petróleo is created.
July edit
- 7 July - The newspaper La Tercera de La Hora, edited in Santiago and owned by Copesa, is founded.
December edit
- 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 edit
- 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 edit
- 27 January – Augusto d'Halmar (b. 1882)
- 24 August -Arturo Alessandri (b. 1868)
References edit
- ^ "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.