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Timeline of Chilean history

The following lists events that happened during 1956 in Chile.

Incumbents

President of Chile: Carlos Ibáñez del Campo

Events

January

3 January – Foreign Minister Kaare Olsen Nielsen resigns to return to active service. José Serrano Palma is appointed successor.^[1]

February

14 February – 1956 Santiago rail crash

April

21 April – At least 38 people are killed when a bus plunges off a bridge near Calama.^[2]

June

10 June - At the FIFA congress held in Lisbon, Chile is chosen to host the 1962 FIFA World Cup.

August

2 August - The National Party (1956-1958) is created, product of the merger of the National Independent Movement, the National Agrarian Party and the Agrarian Labor Recoveryist Party.

Births

2 January – Andrés Chadwick, politician
2 January – Eduardo Fournier, footballer
24 January – Samy Benmayor, painter
7 February – Andrés Allamand, politician
19 July – Tomás Hirsch, politician
4 August – Alfredo Moreno Charme, politician
31 August – Cristián Campos, actor
23 September – Juan Núñez, tennis player
4 November – Alberto Espina, politician
8 December – Iván Moreira, politician
30 December – Claudia di Girolamo, actress

Deaths

6 August – Adelqui Migliar (b. 1891)

References

^ "Chile's Foreign Minister Quits". New York Times. 4 January 1956. ProQuest 113921834.
^ "38 Die in Chilean Truck Crash". New York Times. 22 April 1956. ProQuest 113884838.

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