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1969 in Chile

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1969
in
Chile

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The following lists events that happened during 1969 in Chile.

Incumbents

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Events

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February

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March

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April

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  • 28 April - Crash of LAN Chile Flight 160. A Boeing 727 from Buenos Aires crashed in a field near Colina. There were no deaths or injuries.

May

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June

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  • 15 June - The Huanchaca street scandal occurs, when 9 young homosexuals were detained in a house located at number 352 of said street in the city of Antofagasta and arrested until 2 July, in which they suffered mistreatment and abuse.

August

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  • A binational commission sets the maritime limits between Chile and Peru through two lighthouses on each side of the border.

September

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  • 18 September - Official broadcasts of Chile's National Television begin in Santiago.

October

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November

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  • 12 November - Flight 87 of LAN Chile was hijacked, considered the first air piracy attack in national history
  • 22 November - The Radical Democracy political party was founded.

December

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  • 3 December - An Air France Boeing 707 exploded in midair and fell into the sea two minutes after taking off at 7:03 p.m. from Maiquetía bound for Lisbon and Paris. 62 people died. The plane had arrived in Venezuela from Santiago de Chile and the flight was 24 hours late due to strikes in France.

Births

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Deaths

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References

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  1. ^ "Eduardo Frei". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 8 February 2024.