1950 in Chile

1950 Calama earthquake

← 1949 1948 1947 1950 in Chile → 1951 1952 1953
Decades:	1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s
See also:	Other events of 1950 Timeline of Chilean history

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.

March

• 18 March – The Chilean Government abolishes 'emergency zones' created around vital economic areas created in 1947 to deter strikes.

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.

Births

• 4 February – Teresita Reyes, actress (died 2025)
• 9 March – Jorge Marchant Lazcano, writer, playwright, screenwriter, novelist and journalist
• 21 March – Julio Crisosto, former footballer
• 24 April – Rafael González, former footballer
• 25 June – Paco Saval, keyboard player, producer, composer and singer
• 5 July – Carlos Caszely, former footballer
• 7 July – Mónica Briones, painter and sculptor (died 1984)
• 11 July – Hernán Rivera Letelier, novelist
• 14 July – Mario Osbén, former footballer (died 2021)
• 17 September – Patricia Maldonado Aravena, singer and television presenter
• 26 October – Jorge Socías, former footballer

Deaths

• 27 January – Augusto d'Halmar, writer, art critic and diplomat (born 1882)
• 24 August – Arturo Alessandri, politician and the 18th and 22nd President of Chile (born 1868)