January 4 – The Supreme Court of Justice rejects the thesis of the Executive in the appeal of the requisition of the Yarur Industry, arguing the Commercial Court was competent to hear the appeal filed by the company.
January 16 – Complementary elections of a senator for O'Higgins and Colchagua and a deputy for Linares . The opposition candidates won.
March[]
11 March – Cuban packages
October[]
13 October – Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571
November[]
November 2 – President Allende takes the oath in La Moneda to his new government, which includes some members of the Armed Forces. Army General Carlos Prats as Interior Minister, Admiral Ismael Huerta as Minister of Public Works and Transportation, and Air Force General Claudio Sepúlveda as Minister of Mining.
November 10 – In Viña del Mar, a bomb is thrown into the garden of Admiral Ismael Huerta's house, which is found by his wife the next day. However it did not explode.
