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The following lists events that happened during 1953 in Chile.

Incumbents

President of Chile: Carlos Ibáñez del Campo

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

6 May – 1953 Concepción earthquake

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)

References

^ "Antecedentes del Movimiento Sindical Chileno" (PDF) (in Spanish). Archivo Chile. p. 7. Retrieved August 28, 2022.
^ "7 Chileans Die in Air Crash". New York Times. 16 June 1953. ProQuest 112760737.

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