List of events
The following lists events that happened during 1956 in Chile .
Incumbents
Events
January
3 January – Foreign Minister Kaare Olsen Nielsen resigns to return to active service. José Serrano Palma is appointed successor.[1]
February
April
21 April – At least 38 people are killed when a bus plunges off a bridge near Calama .[2]
June
August
2 August - The National Party (1956-1958) is created, product of the merger of the National Independent Movement, the National Agrarian Party and the Agrarian Labor Recoveryist Party.
Births
2 January – Andrés Chadwick , politician
2 January – Eduardo Fournier , footballer
24 January – Samy Benmayor , painter
7 February – Andrés Allamand , politician
19 July – Tomás Hirsch , politician
4 August – Alfredo Moreno Charme , politician
31 August – Cristián Campos , actor
23 September – Juan Núñez , tennis player
4 November – Alberto Espina , politician
8 December – Iván Moreira , politician
30 December – Claudia di Girolamo , actress
Deaths
References
^ "Chile's Foreign Minister Quits". New York Times . 4 January 1956. ProQuest 113921834.
^ "38 Die in Chilean Truck Crash". New York Times . 22 April 1956. ProQuest 113884838.
1956 in South America
Sovereign states
Argentina
Bolivia
Brazil
Chile
Colombia
Ecuador
Guyana
Paraguay
Peru
Suriname
Uruguay
Venezuela
Falkland Islands
French Guiana
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands