1945 in Chile

The following lists events that happened during 1945 in Chile.

Incumbents

 * President of Chile: Juan Antonio Ríos

January

 * 14 January - The 1945 South American Championship begins, with headquarters in the Estadio Nacional de Chile of Santiago.

February

 * 28 February - The 1945 South American Championship current Copa América, ends; Argentina is crowned champion, second place goes to Brazil, followed by Chile in third place, and Uruguay in fourth place.

March

 * 4 March – Chilean parliamentary election, 1945

April

 * 20 April - The 3rd edition of the Championship of Champions begins.

May

 * 14 May - The President of the Republic, Juan Antonio Rios, forms a new cabinet made up of the Radical, Democratic, Authentic Socialist and National Falange parties.
 * 15 May - The senators and deputies elected in the election of March 4 take office for the period May 15, 1945 - May 15, 1949.
 * 20 May - The 3rd edition of the Championship of Champions ends, Colo-Colo is crowned champion of the championship.

June

 * 19 June – 1945 El Teniente mining accident;355 workers die from carbon monoxide emissions. It is considered the largest accident in a metallurgical mine in the world.
 * 26 June - Chile is one of the 51 founding states of the United Nations Organization when signing the Charter of the United Nations in San Francisco, United States.

October

 * 12 October - The Independencia Stadium is inaugurated in the commune of Independencia, Santiago and belonging to the Club Deportivo Universidad Catolica.

December

 * 10 December - Professor Gabriela Mistral receives the Nobel Prize for Literature awarded by the Swedish Academy.

Births

 * 18 January – Isabel Allende (politician)
 * 26 February – Pedro Carcuro
 * 18 April – Guillermo Páez
 * 3 September – Leonardo Véliz
 * 15 October – Florcita Motuda

Deaths

 * 26 June – Javier Ángel Figueroa (b. 1862)
 * 19 July – Luis Claro Solar (b. 1857)