1959 in Chile

List of events

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1959
in
Chile

  • 1960
  • 1961
  • 1962
Decades:
  • 1930s
  • 1940s
  • 1950s
  • 1960s
  • 1970s
See also:
  • Other events of 1959
  • Timeline of Chilean history

The following lists events that happened during 1959 in Chile.

Incumbents

  • President of Chile: Jorge Alessandri

Events

January

  • 16 January - The 1959 FIBA World Championship is held in the country. The tournament takes place in the cities of Antofagasta, Valparaíso, Santiago, Concepción and Temuco.
  • 19 January – Interior Minister Enrique Ortuzar resigns on health grounds.[1]

March

June

  • 13 June - The IANSA Linares plant is inaugurated.

July

  • 31 July - The D.F.L. No. 2. It is established as the deadline in which the building can be regularized as old according to the General Ordinance of Urban Planning and Construction.

August

  • August 21 - The Television Corporation of the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, the second Chilean television channel, currently known as Canal 13, begins its transmissions.
  • August 22 - Regular broadcasts of UCV Television begin in the city of Valparaíso.

November

  • November 7 - Radio Andrés Bello begins its broadcasts.

December

Births

Deaths

References

  1. ^ "Chilean Minister Resigns". New York Times. 20 January 1959. ProQuest 114724227.
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1959 in South America
Sovereign states
  • Argentina
  • Bolivia
  • Brazil
  • Chile
  • Colombia
  • Ecuador
  • Guyana
  • Paraguay
  • Peru
  • Suriname
  • Uruguay
  • Venezuela
Dependencies and
other territories
  • Falkland Islands
  • French Guiana
  • South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands