1977 in Chile

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See also:	Other events of 1977 Timeline of Chilean history

The following lists events that happened during 1977 in Chile.

Incumbents

• President of Chile: Augusto Pinochet

Events

January

• January 1 - The tax on books begins to govern.
• January 5 - The Government intervenes in Banco Osorno and La Unión.
• January 7 - In Calama the Sports Club Cobreloa is founded.
• January 28 - The Government closes Radio Balmaceda, belonging to the Christian Democracy.

February

• February 4 - The XVIII International Song Festival of Viña del Mar is held. Conducted by Antonio Vodanovic and María Graciela Gómez.
• February 8 - Two interprovincial buses collide near the city of Calama, resulting in 17 deaths and 20 injuries.

March

• March 12 - Augusto Pinochet decrees the dissolution of all political parties, with the exception of the National Party of Chile and others from the Right.
• March 30 - Unknown persons set fire to the studios of the radio station La Voz de la Costa in Osorno, belonging to the Catholic Church.
• March 31 - The extension of Line 1 of the Santiago Metro is inaugurated, which includes the section between La Moneda and Salvador stations.

April

• April 4 - The Ministry of the Interior prohibits the importation of the books by Gabriel García Márquez, Mario Vargas Llosa and Julio Cortázar

May

• 2 May – Beagle Channel Arbitration

July

• 9 – Acto de Chacarillas

Births

• 19 January – Nicole (Chilean singer)
• 23 January – Javier di Gregorio
• 5 February – Rodrigo Núñez
• 20 February – María José Prieto
• 31 May – Hermes Gamonal
• 12 June – Ana Tijoux
• 12 July – David Henríquez
• 30 July – Diana Bolocco
• 7 August – Francisco Arrué
• 30 September – Héctor Tapia
• 3 October – Rodrigo Meléndez
• 12 October – Manuel Neira
• 18 November – Manuel Ibarra
• 24 December – Américo

Deaths

• 9 March – Ulises Poirier (b. 1897)
• 2 September – Felipe Iturriaga (b. 1899)