1950 in Chile

The following lists events that happened during 1950 in Chile.

Incumbents

 * President of Chile: Gabriel González Videla

January

 * 24 January – The Chilean Government orders troops to their garrisons in response to strikes.

March

 * 18 March – The Chilean Government abolishes 'emergency zones' created around vital economic areas created in 1947 to deter strikes.

June

 * 19 June – Empresa Nacional del Petróleo is created.

July

 * 7 July - The newspaper La Tercera de La Hora, edited in Santiago and owned by Copesa, is founded.

December

 * 9 December - An intraplate earthquake of magnitude 8.2 occurs inside the Department of Loa, near Calama
 * 29 December – Admiral Carlos Torres accepts the transfer of USS Brooklyn and USS Nashville to the Chilean Navy under the Mutual Defense Assistance Act.

Births

 * 4 February – Teresita Reyes
 * 9 March – Jorge Marchant Lazcano
 * 21 March – Julio Crisosto
 * 24 April – Rafael González (Chilean footballer)
 * 25 June – Paco Saval
 * 5 July – Carlos Caszely
 * 11 July – Hernán Rivera Letelier
 * 14 July – Mario Osbén (d. 2021)
 * 17 September – Patricia Maldonado Aravena
 * 26 October – Jorge Socías

Deaths

 * 27 January – Augusto d'Halmar (b. 1882)
 * 24 August -Arturo Alessandri (b. 1868)