7 April - Municipal elections are held, which largely favored the Christian Democrats.
21 April - The first prize of Miss World Chile is given to Maria Pilar Aguirre Gómez.
30 April - The Jackal of Nahueltoro is murdered under Capital punishment , convicted of murdering his former partner and his five children (only hers).
May[]
6 May - an explosion of a cyclopropane balloon in the San Borja Arriaran Hospital in Santiago caused the death of 6 people (2 surgeons, 2 patients and 2 anesthesiologists) and left another 2 surgeons and 12 assistants seriously injured.
July[]
3 July - The first edition of the Juan Pinto Duran Cup is held.
December[]
16 December - The statutes and regulations of Rugby in Chile, founded 10 years before, were made official.
