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1976 in Chile

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1976
in
Chile

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The following lists events that happened during 1976 in Chile.

Incumbents

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Events

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January

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  • January 5 - The Archbishop of Santiago, Raúl Silva Henríquez, creates the Vicariate of Solidarity.
  • January 25 - Operation Tucán begins, in which the aim was to organize a group of sympathetic Human Rights activists, and to incite the United Nations to generate negative press against the military government of General Augusto Pinochet.

February

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  • February 8 - The newspaper La Estrella de Arica is founded.
  • February 9 - The XVII International Song Festival of Viña del Mar is held. Hosted by Antonio Vodanovic, his debut, and Ana María Thieman.
  • February 18 - United States suspends military aid to Chile.

March

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  • March 25 - San Pablo Hospital is inaugurated in the city of Coquimbo.
  • March 30 - Polla Gol officially begins, a game of chance by Polla Chilena de Beneficencia that is based on guessing the results of the week's soccer matches.

April

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May

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June

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July

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August

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  • August 6 - The Ministry of the Interior expels from the country the Christian Democrat lawyers and political leaders Jaime Castillo Velasco and the radical Eugenio Velasco Letelier.

September

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  • The Social Democratic Labor Movement is constituted.
  • September 12 - On a beach in Los Molles (Valparaíso Region) the body of the communist teacher Marta Ugarte, arrested on August 9, 1976, is found.
  • 21 September – Letelier assassination

October

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  • October 14 - The first issue of Cosas magazine appears with the French singer Sylvie Vartan on its cover.
  • October 19 - The first Santa Isabel supermarket is inaugurated in Valparaíso.
  • October 30 - Chile leaves the Andean Pact, due to differences regarding foreign investments.

November

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  • November 18 - The broadcasts of the informative El Diario de Cooperativa begin through Radio Cooperativa.

December

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Births

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Deaths

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References

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  1. ^ "Augusto Pinochet". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 8 February 2024.
  2. ^ "Orlando Letelier". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 8 February 2024.