1958 in Chile

Incumbents

• President of Chile: Carlos Ibáñez del Campo, Jorge Alessandri

Events

• January–June – Snipe incident

March

• 3 March - The national identity card is created. To avoid fraud, the document must always bear all the names, the surnames of both parents, nationality, date of birth and the Unique National Role or RUN.

August

• 5 August – The Law of Permanent Defense of Democracy is repealed.

September

• 4 September – Chilean presidential election, 1958 and The Las Melosas earthquake occurs in Cajón del Maipo, with an intensity of 7.3 degrees on the Richter scale. There were 4 people dead, 35 injured and 175 homeless.

November

• 1 November - Ladeco, an airline established at the Los Cerrillos Airport, in Santiago, is inaugurated.
• 3 November - Assumes as President of Chile, Jorge Alessandri, whose term will last until November 3, 1964.

Births

• 10 January – Fernando Santis
• 13 January – Ricardo Acuña
• 22 April – Jorge Orlando Aravena Plaza
• 29 April – Carlos Ramos (Chilean footballer)
• 21 June – Raúl Ormeño
• 28 July – Alejandro Silva (athlete)
• 12 August – Pablo Longueira
• 18 August – Edgardo Fuentes
• 12 September – Sergio Salgado
• 15 November – Oscar Rojas (Chilean footballer)
• 8 December – Alejandra Ramos

Deaths

• 11 November – Germán Ignacio Riesco