1950 in Chile

Incumbents

• President of Chile: Gabriel González Videla

  Events

January

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

  March

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

  June

• 19 June – Empresa Nacional del Petróleo is created.

  December

• 29 December – Admiral Carlos Torres accepts the transfer of USS Brooklynand USS Nashville to the Chilean Navy under the Mutual Defense Assistance Act.

  Births

• 4 February – Teresita Reyes
• 9 March – Jorge Marchant Lazcano
• 21 March – Julio Crisosto
• 24 April – Rafael González
• 25 June – Paco Saval
• 5 July – Carlos Caszely
• 11 July – Hernán Rivera Letelier
• 17 September – Patricia Maldonado Aravena
• 26 October – Jorge Socías

  Deaths

• 27 January – Augusto d'Halmar
• 24 August -Arturo Alessandri