1973 in Chile

← 1972 1971 1970 1973 in Chile → 1974 1975 1976
Decades:	1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s
See also:	Other events of 1973 Timeline of Chilean history

Events in the year 1973 in Chile.

Incumbents

• President: Salvador Allende until September 11, Augusto Pinochet as President of the Government Junta of Chile
• Commander-in-Chief of the Chilean Army: Carlos Prats until August 23, Augusto Pinochet
• Minister of Foreign Affairs: Clodomiro Almeyda, Orlando Letelier, Clodomiro Almeyda, Ismael Huerta
• Minister of the Interior: Carlos Prats until August 23, Gerardo Espinoza, Orlando Letelier
• Minister of National Defense: Jose Toha, Clodomiro Almeyda, Carlos Prats, Orlando Letelier, Patricio Carvajal

Events

• March 4 - Chilean parliamentary election, 1973
• June 27 - Alejandrina Cox incident
• June 29 - Tanquetazo
• September 11 - 1973 Chilean coup d'etat
• September 15 - General Prats leaves Chile for exile in Argentina

Births

• date unknown - Néstor Cantillana
• February 14 - Sebastián Keitel
• March 12 - Pablo Illanes
• December 12 - Rodrigo Peñailillo

Deaths

• September 11 - Salvador Allende, President
• September 15 - Victor Jara, singer-songwriter
• September 19 - Charles Horman, American journalist documentary filmmaker
• September 24 - Arnoldo Camu
• October 1 - Carlos Schneeberger
• October 3 - José Gregorio Liendo
• October 13 - Carlos Fariña

References