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1996 Cesar Mendoza, general of Military junta of Chile (1973-85), dies

1996 Jose Toribio Merino, admiral/milt junta of Chile (1973-80), dies at 80

1994 Erich Honecker, president of German DR (1971-89), dies in Chile at 81

1994 Eduardo Frei succeeds Patricio Aylwin as president of Chile

1993 Eduardo Frei elected president of Chile

1991 Mud storm in Antofagasta Chile, kills 80

1989 Chile amends its constitution

1989 NASA closes down tracking stations in Santiago, Chile and Guam

1987 Michael Pruffer of France skis 135.26 MPH at Portillo, Chile

1987 Cecilia Bolocco, 22, of Chile, crowned 36th Miss Universe

1986 General strike against Pinochet regime in Chile

1982 Eduardo Frei Montalva, president of Chile (1964-70), dies at 71

1981 10,000 copper workers in Chile strike

1981 Chile constitution takes effect, Augusto Pinochet 2nd term begins

1980 Chile adopts its constitution

1979 Argentina and Chile sign Beagle Canal accord

1977 Claudia Delpin, Miss Chile Universe 1997

1977 Chile president Pinochet bans Christian-Democratic Party

1976 Soviet dissident Viktor Bukovskiexchanged for Chile CP-leader Corvalan

1976 Orlando Letelier, minister Chile, dies

1975 Marcelo Rios, Santiago Chile, tennis star, 1995 Amsterdam

1974 General Pinochet becomes president of Chile

1973 Chile's President, Salvador Allende, deposed in a military coup

1973 Salvador Allende Gossens, president Chile (1970-73), dies at 65

1972 Uruguay to Chile plane crashes in Andes Mountain, (12 of 23 rescue)

1972 Chile president Allende forms new government

1971 Chile president Allende nationalizes banks/copper mines

1970 Salvador Allende inaugurated as president of Chile

1970 Salvador Allende Gossens elected president of Chile

1970 Salvador Allende wins presidential election in Chile

1965 Christian-democrats win parliament in Chile

1964 Eduardo Frei elected president of Chile

1958 Ricardo Acuna, Chile, tennis star

1953 Record 537-kg swordfish is caught by LE Marron, in Chile

1952 General Carlos Ibanez elected president of Chile

1947 Brazil and Chile break diplomatic relations with U.S.S.R.

1945 Peru, Paraguay, Chile and Ecuador joins UN

1943 Chile breaks contact with Germany and Japan

1941 Raul Ruiz, born in Puerto Mott, Chile, actor, Lexot, Capitolo 66

1939 Heavy aftershocks destroy some of Chile

1939 Earthquake hits Chillan Chile, 10,000 killed

1939 30,000 killed by earthquake in Concepcion Chile

1932 Arturo Alessandri wins presidental election in Chile

1932 Military coup in Chile under Arturo Alessandri

1932 Carlos Davila coup against President Juan Montero of Chile

1931 Juan Esteban Montero becomes president of Chile

1929 Chile, Peru and Bolivia sign accord about Tacna-Arica-area

1919 Juan Antonio Orrego-Salas, Santiago Chile, composer

1918 Patricio Aylwin, president of Chile, 1990-94

1915 Augusto Pinochet, general/president, Chile

1915 German cruiser Dresden blows itself up near coast of Chile

1914 German-British fleet battle at Coronel, Chile

1911 Eduardo Frei Montalva, president of Chile, 1964-70

1909 Kenneth W. Howell, English Anglican bishop, Chile/Bolivia/Peru

1908 Salvador Allende Gossens, Chile's last elected president, 1970-73

1906 8.6 earthquake destroys Valparaiso Chile, fire kills 20,000

1904 Pablo Neruda, born in Chile, poet, Residence on Earth-Nobel 1971

1903 Vincente F Lopez, historian (Historia the Chile), dies at 87

1903 Claudio Arrau, Chile, composer/pianist, Boston Symphony Orchestra

1896 David Alfaro Siqueiros, Mexico, painter/muralist, Lib of Chile

1896 Manuel Rojas Sepulveda, Chile, writer, Men of the South

1884 Eduardo Barrios, Chile, novelist, The Love-Crazed Boy

1883 Treaty of Ancon, Peru cedes Tarapaca to Chile

1868 Quake destroyes Arica, Chile

1863 2,500 reported killed at Church of La Compana, Santiago Chile

1863 Jesuit church in Chile catches fire, 2,500 die in panic

1836 Chile declares war on Bolivia and Peru

1835 Charles Darwin reaches Coquimbo in Northern Chile

1835 Charles Darwin visits copper mines in North Chile

1835 Charles Darwin returns to Santiago, Chile

1835 Charles Darwin departs Santiago Chile on his way to Portillo Pass

1835 HMS Beagle anchors off Valparaiso, Chile

1835 HMS Beagle/Charles Darwin leave Valdivia Chile

1835 Concepcion, Chile destroyed by earthquake; 5,000 die

1834 Charles Darwins celebrates Christmas on Beagle at Tres Montes, Chile

1834 HMS Beagle anchors at Bay of San Carlos, Chile

1834 Charles Darwins company passes Tagua-tagua-more Chile

1834 Charles Darwins reaches top of Campana Chile

1834 Charles Darwin climbs Mt. Campana in Chile

1818 Chile gains independence from Spain

1810 Chile declares independence from Spain (National Day)

1785 Jose Miguel Carrera, president of Chile, 1811-14

1778 Bernardo O'Higgins, won independence for Chile

1778 Jose Francisco de San Martin, liberated Argentina, Chile and Peru

1643 Heavy earthquake strikes Santiago, Chile; kills 1/3 of population

1577 Sir Francis Drake aboard Pelican travels from Chile to Washington

1541 Santiago, Chile founded by Pedro de Valvidia (or 2/12)

1541 Santiago, Chile founded (or Feb 24)

1538 Diego de Almagro, Spanish conquistador (Chile/Peru), dies at about 63



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