1973 in Chile
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Events in the year 1973 in Chile.
Incumbents
- President: Salvador Allende until September 11, Augusto Pinochet as President of the Government Junta of Chile
- Commander-in-Chief of the Chilean Army: Carlos Prats until August 23, Augusto Pinochet
- Minister of Foreign Affairs: Clodomiro Almeyda, Orlando Letelier, Clodomiro Almeyda, Ismael Huerta
- Minister of the Interior: Carlos Prats until August 23, Gerardo Espinoza, Orlando Letelier
- Minister of National Defense: Jose Toha, Clodomiro Almeyda, Carlos Prats, Orlando Letelier, Patricio Carvajal
Events
- March 4 – Chilean parliamentary election, 1973
- June 27 – Alejandrina Cox incident
- June 29 – Tanquetazo
- September 11 – 1973 Chilean coup d'etat
- September 15 – General Prats leaves Chile for exile in Argentina
Births
- February 14 – Sebastián Keitel
- March 12 – Pablo Illanes
- May 9 – Francisca Merino
- June 12 – Marco Enríquez-Ominami
- October 16 – María Eugenia Larraín
- December 12 – Rodrigo Peñailillo
Deaths
- September 11 – Salvador Allende, President
- September 15 – Victor Jara, singer-songwriter
- September 19 – Charles Horman, American journalist documentary filmmaker
- September 24 – Arnoldo Camu
- October 1 – Carlos Schneeberger
- October 3 – José Gregorio Liendo
- October 13 – Carlos Fariña
