• Source: 1952 in Chile

      • The following lists events that happened during 1952 in Chile.


      Incumbents


      President of Chile: Gabriel González Videla (until 3 November), Carlos Ibáñez del Campo


      Events




      = January

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      3 January – Election violence begins in Chile when supporters of del Campo threw tear gas bombs into a theater where right-wing candidate Arturo Matte was addressing a meeting.
      13 January – Foreign Minister Cristiano E. Irrarrazaval resigns.
      26 January - The Paipote foundry is inaugurated, located in the Atacama Region


      = April

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      24 April - The National Statistics Institute (INE) carries out the XII National Population Census and the I Housing Census.


      = August

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      18 August - Alberto Hurtado SJ dies, priest of the Society of Jesus, apostle of Catholic trade unionism and charitable works, leader of Chilean Catholic Action, first doctor in Education, lecturer and author of numerous books, founder, among others, of the Faculty of Theology of the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, of the Chilean Trade Union Action (ASICH), of the Revista Mensaje and of the Hogar de Cristo. Alberto Hurtado was canonized on October 23, 2005 by Benedict XVI.


      = September

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      4 September – Chilean presidential election, 1952


      = December

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      31 December - The first Trolleybuses in Valparaíso is inaugurated, a transportation system that continues to this day.


      Births


      9 February – Gunther Uhlmann
      21 April – Jorge Pizarro
      10 October – Miguel Ángel Neira
      21 November – Pedro Lemebel (d. 2015)
      4 December – Álvaro Fillol
      27 December – Álvaro Salas


      Deaths


      18 August – Alberto Hurtado (b. 1901)


      References

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