1978 in Chile

← 1977 1976 1975 1978 in Chile → 1979 1980 1981
Decades:	1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s
See also:	Other events of 1978 Timeline of Chilean history

The following lists events that happened during 1978 in Chile.

Incumbents[]

• President of Chile: Augusto Pinochet

Events[]

January[]

• 4 January – Chilean national consultation, 1978

December[]

• 8–9 December – 1978 Chilean telethon
• 22 December – Operation Soberanía

Births[]

• 9 February – Mark Tullo
• 12 March – Joel Estay
• 30 March – Mauricio Rojas Toro
• 9 April – Patricio Acevedo
• 10 May – Reinaldo Navia
• 25 May – Adrián García
• 1 September – Arturo Corvalán
• 11 September – Pablo Contreras
• 17 September – Sergio Valdés
• 19 October – Nicolás Peric
• 21 November – Richard Rodríguez
• 29 November – Benjamín Vicuña
• 24 December – Marianne Berndt

Deaths[]

• 21 May – Enrique Gebhard (b. 1909)

References[]