1950 in Chile

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

24 January – The Chilean Government orders troops to their garrisons in response to strikes.

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

7 July - The newspaper La Tercera de La Hora, edited in Santiago and owned by Copesa, is founded.

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.

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

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)

↑ "A State of Alert in Chile". New York Times. 25 January 1950. ProQuest 111535326.
↑ "Chile Ends Emergency Zones". New York Times. 19 March 1950. ProQuest 111496438.
↑ "CHILE ACCEPTS 2 CRUISERS: Names Admiral to Transfer U.S. Craft to Valparaiso". New York Times. 30 December 1950. ProQuest 111461787.
↑ "Augusto D'Halmar (1882-1950)". Memoria Chilena (in Spanish). Santiago, Chile: Digital National Library of Chile. Retrieved 12 March 2026.

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