The following lists events that happened during 1959 in Chile.
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Incumbents edit
Events edit
January edit
- 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 edit
- 6 March - It is inaugurated St.Matthew's College in the city of Osorno.
June edit
- 13 June - The IANSA Linares plant is inaugurated.
July edit
- 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 edit
- 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 edit
- November 7 - Radio Andrés Bello begins its broadcasts.
December edit
- December 1 - In Washington D.C., (United States), Chile signs the Antarctic Treaty. Through its provisions, the treaty prevents the denial or affirmation of sovereignty over the white continent.
Births edit
- 1 January – Cecilia Serrano
- 13 February – Luis Hormazábal
- 20 May – Juan Carlos Letelier
- 30 June – Rodrigo Jordan
- 30 July – Sergio Pacheco
- 1 October – Leo Caprile
- 3 October – Luis Mosquera
- 20 October – Ricardo J. Caballero
- 1 December – Omar Aguilar
Deaths edit
- 14 June – Jerónimo Méndez (b. 1887)