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The following lists events that happened during 1943 in Chile.
Incumbents
Events
January
- 20 January - After pressure from the United States in the context of World War II, the President of the Republic, Juan Antonio Rios, in agreement with the Senate, decided to break relations with the Axis countries, Germany, Italy and Japan.
April
- 6 April - At 12:07 p.m. there is a Earthquake 8.2 degrees in the Richter magnitude scale whose epicenter was located in the city of Ovalle, Coquimbo Region. It had a balance of 12 dead, 49 wounded and 23,250 victims.
July
- 9 July - The Organic Code of Courts enters into force, a legal body that regulates the organization and powers of the courts of justice as well as the statute and functions of those in charge of the administration of justice.
October
- 15 October - The first edition of the newspaper Las Noticias de Última Hora circulates.
December
- 1 December – Endesa (Chile) is created as a subsidiary of CORFO.
- 30 December - The latest edition of the newspaper El Progreso de Coquimbo circulates.
Births
- 16 March – Manuel Astorga
- 19 March – Francisco Valdés (d. 2009)
- 26 March – Guillermo Yávar
- 7 May – Orlando Ramírez (footballer) (d. 2018)
- 2 June – José Miguel Insulza
- 13 September – Adolfo Zaldívar (d. 2013)
- 23 September – Ignacio Prieto
- 3 October – Adriana Valdés
Deaths
- 26 July – Luis Barros Borgoño (b. 1858)
References
- "Miguel Adolfo Zaldívar Larraín" (in Spanish). Library of the National Congress of Chile. Retrieved 8 February 2024.
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