2013 Event Chilean voters elect President Michelle Bachelet in the country's presidential election; Bachelet served as the first female Chilean president in 2006 2011 Event In Santiago, the Chilean capitol, tens of thousands of students protest for increased education expenditure 2010 Event Wild celebrations occur as a drill reaches an underground chamber with 33-trapped Chilean miners inside 2010 Event A drill reaches 33 Chilean miners who remain trapped underground after the 2010 Copiapo mining accident August 5, 2010 1997 Death Clodomiro Almeyda Medina, Chilean external minister (1970-73), dies 1993 Death Nemesio Antunes, Chilean painter, dies at 75 1992 Death Radomiro Tomic, Chilean president (1970), dies 1991 Death Luis Aravena Munoz, Chilean singer/exiled to Netherlands, dies at 45 1989 Event FDA orders recall of all Chilean fruit in U.S. 1989 Event 2 cyanide-contaminated Chilean grapes found in Philadelphia 1988 Event Chilean population agrees at referendum against Pinochet regime 1986 Event Failed assassination attempt on Chilean dictator Pinochet, 5 killed 1973 Event Chilean parliament accuses President Allende violating laws 1973 Event ITT pleads guilty to asking CIA to affect Chilean President election 1973 Death Manuel Rojas Sepulveda, Chilean writer (Hijo de Ladron), dies at 77 1971 Event Chilean parliament nationalizes U.S. copper mines 1970 Event President Allende nationalizes Chilean coal mines 1970 Death Rene Schneider, Chilean general/supreme commander, murdered 1969 Event Chilean Association of Librarians created 1969 Death Manuel Plaza Reyes, Chilean marathoner (Olympic-gold 1928), dies at 68 1961 Death George de las Cuevas Bustillo y Teheran, Chilean marquis, dies at 75 1959 Death Pedro Humberto Allende Saron, Chilean composer (Tonados), dies at 74 1957 Death Gabriela Mistral, Chilean poet (Nobel Prize 1945), dies at 67 1945 Birthday Luis Aravena Munoz, Chilean singer/exiled in Netherlands 1943 Event Augusto Pinochet Ugarte (Chilean gen/dictator) marries Lucia Hiriart 1943 Birthday Fernando Flores, Chilean Politician 1931 Event Chilean president Carlos Ibanez forced out 1927 Event Chilean General Carlos Ibanez names himself president 1917 Birthday Miguel Serrano, Chilean Diplomat 1914 Birthday Nicanor Parra, Chilean poet, Defense of Violeta Parra 1889 Birthday Gabriela Mistral, Chilean poet, Desolacion, Tenderness and Nobel 1945 1879 Event Chilean troops occupy Antofagasta
