• President of Chile: Carlos Ibáñez del Campo

January edit

• 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 edit

• 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 edit

• 1 March – Chilean parliamentary election, 1953
• 23 March - The Ministry of Mining is created, being its prime minister Eduardo Paredes.

May edit

• 6 May – 1953 Concepción earthquake

June edit

• 15 June – Seven people were killed when a Chilean airliner exploded and crashed at the Copiapo airport.^[2]

July edit

• 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 edit

• 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.

• 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

• 7 March – Juan Brüggen (b. 1887)