1942 in Chile

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1942
in
Chile

Decades:
  • 1920s
  • 1930s
  • 1940s
  • 1950s
  • 1960s
See also:
  • Other events of 1942
  • Timeline of Chilean history

The following lists events that happened during 1942 in Chile.

Incumbents[]

Events[]

February[]

  • 1 FebruaryChilean presidential election, 1942 is held giving Juan Antonio Rios elected as President of the Republic.

March[]

May[]

  • 12 May - The Catholic University rugby team of the city of Santiago, Santiago Metropolitan Region, is founded.[1]

July[]

  • 24 July - The College of Pharmacists of Chile is founded under Law No. 7,205, constituting itself as a Trade association.

September[]

  • 6 September - At 9:43 p.m. there was an Earthquake of 7.3 degrees on Richter magnitude scale and whose epicenter was located in the vicinity of Caldera,Atacama Region . It left a balance of 5 dead, 16 injured and 705 homeless; It also caused a medium intensity Tsunami between Lima,Peru and Puerto Saavedra in the Araucania Region.

November[]

  • 20 November - The National Prize of Literature the country's largest literature award, is created; This under Law No. 7,368, which also creates the National Prize of Art of Chile that begins to be awarded since 1944.

December[]

  • 18 December - the Quinta Normal Fire Department is founded in the Commune of Quinta Normal in Santiago.

Births[]

Deaths[]

  • 9 August – Juan Subercaseaux (b. 1896)

References[]

  1. ^ "Club Deportivo Universidad Católica (rugby)". Second.wiki. 2022-02-13. Retrieved 2022-02-13.
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