1957 in Chile

Decades:	1930s; 1940s; 1950s; 1960s; 1970s;
See also:	Other events of 1957; Timeline of Chilean history;

The following lists events that happened during 1957 in Chile.

Incumbents

2 April and 3 April - The so-called "battle of Santiago" takes place. Due to the economic crisis in the country, protests took place that left more than 20 dead and serious clashes with the police. In the last hours of April 3, President Carlos Ibáñez del Campo is forced to declare a state of siege and take the army out into the streets

24 July - Influenza outbreak in the port of Valparaíso. Between August and September it would expand to all of Chile.
28 July - Christian Democratic Party is founded.

5 October - In Valparaíso, UCV Televisión, the first Chilean television channel, begins its transmissions.

^ "Chilean Buses Collide, 21 Die". New York Times. 22 December 1957. ProQuest 113932044.
^ Gazarian-Gautier, Marie-Lise (2003). "The Walking Geography of Gabriela Mistral". In Agosín, Marjorie (ed.). Gabriela Mistral: The Audacious Traveler. Athens: Ohio University Press. p. 270. ISBN 978-0-89680-230-8.

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