1966 in Chile

Incumbents

• President of Chile: Eduardo Frei Montalva

Events

January

• 13 January - Archipiélago de Juan Fernández National Park receive new names: Robinson Crusoe and Alexander Selkirk
• 16 January - At the initiative of Senator Salvador Allende, the 27 Latin American delegations decide to create OLAS, which calls on the Latin American peoples to "make the Andes mountain range a gigantic tricontinental Sierra Maestra."

February

• 11 February - The seventh version of the Viña del Mar International Song Festival is held.

March

• 13 March - Through the publication of Law 16441, the department of Easter Island is created.

May

• 2 May - The newspaper La Estrella del Norte is founded in the city of Antofagasta.

July

• 12-22 July - The FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 1966 is held in the town of Portillo, 80 km east of the Los Andes..

August

• 29 August- The President of the Republic, Eduardo Frei Montalva, and the Secretary General of the United Nations, U Thant, inaugurate the ECLAC Building, headquarters of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, in the Vitacura Commune.

October

• 17 October - The earthquake of Lima and Callao occurs, with a magnitude of 7.2 degrees on the Richter scale, which is perceived in the cities of Arica, Iquique, Antofagasta, Tocopilla and Calama.

November

• 10 November- The San Juan earthquake occurs, with a magnitude of 5.9 degrees on the Richter scale, which is felt in the cities of La Serena, Ovalle, Illapel, La Ligua and Los Andes.

December

• 1 December - The newspaper La Estrella de Iquique is founded.
• 28 December - The Taltal earthquake occurs. With a magnitude of 8.1 degrees on the Richter scale, the earthquake causes a tidal wave that could be seen from Lima to Talcahuano. 6 people die and another 35 are injured.
• English ruling in the arbitration for the Palena area.

Births

• 11 February – Daniel Muñoz
• 14 February – Francisco Melo
• 13 April – Ivo Basay
• 14 June
• * Nelson Cossio
• * Eduardo Waghorn, musician
• 17 July – Omar Barrientos
• 27 August – Mónica Pérez
• 22 September – Nelson Tapia
• 8 October – Felipe Camiroaga
• 16 December – Álvaro Escobar

Deaths

• date unknown – Juan Antonio Iribarren