1960 in Chile

The following lists events that happened during 1960 in Chile.

Incumbents

 * President of Chile: Jorge Alessandri

January

 * 1 January – The Chilean escudo is placed in circulation.

February

 * 18 February - Chile signs the Montevideo Treaty, which creates the Latin American Free Trade Association (ALALC).
 * 21 February - The first version of the Viña del Mar International Song Festival.

April

 * 3 April - Municipal elections are held.

May

 * 22 May – occurs the 1960 Valdivia earthquake With a magnitude of 9.5 MW, it is the largest recorded in the history of mankind Its epicenter was the city of Valdivia and mainly affected the area between Talca and Chiloé Archipelago The earthquake was felt in different parts of the planet and produced both a tidal wave —which affected various locations throughout the Pacific Ocean such as Hawaii and Japan, such as the eruption of the Puyehue-Cordón Caulle, which covered the Puyehue Lake with ashes Between 1,655 and 2,000 people died, and more than 2 million were affected by this disaster.

June

 * 5 June - Diario Clarín reports that Valdivia is being evacuated due to the imminent overflow of Lake Riñihue.

September

 * 18 September - The National Democratic Party was founded.

October

 * 3-18 October - The 1960 Ibero-American Games are held in the city of Santiago.

November

 * 4 November - The Television Corporation of the University of Chile, Channel 9, begins its transmissions from the city of Santiago
 * 29 November - The National Institute of Statistics (INE) carries out the XIII National Population Census and the II Housing Census.

Births

 * 2 February – Daniel Ahumada
 * 16 February – Alfredo Nuñez (d. 2008)
 * 3 July – Jorge Contreras
 * 5 July – Hugo Rubio
 * 2 August – Paulina Nin de Cardona
 * 30 August – Andrés Velasco
 * 30 November – Pamela Jiles
 * 17 December – Pedro Rebolledo

Deaths

 * 28 April – Carlos Ibáñez del Campo (b. 1877)