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Chile in 1971

Historical records for Chile in 1971, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.

6Records
6Events
4Named people
1Places
4Categories

Historical records

July

11 July 1971Copper NationalizationSalvador Allende Gossens

Santiago · Government / Government of Chile

Signs the constitutional reform unanimously approved by Congress to nationalize the major copper mines.

11 July 1971NationalizationEl Salvador Allende

Santiago · Economy / Copper Industry

Congress unanimously approves nationalization of the large copper mines

11 July 1971Nationalization of CopperSalvador Allende Gossens

Santiago · Government / Government of Chile

Promulgates the unanimous constitutional amendment nationalizing the large copper mines.

Other Events

1971Economic NationalizationSalvador Allende Gossens

Santiago · Government / Government of Chile

Expands state ownership of banks and strategic industries during the Popular Unity government.

1971GeneralAugusto Jose Ramon Pinochet

Warfare / Military

Appointed General of a Division, and named Commander General of the Santiago Army Garrison

1971Nobel PrizePablo Neruda

Arts / Literature

Winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature

Names involved

Augusto Jose Ramon PinochetEl Salvador AllendePablo NerudaSalvador Allende Gossens

Places involved

Santiago

Provenance

This page is generated from stored World History Database records matching the exact country and year shown above. Exact duplicate display records are collapsed. Records without a month are listed after the monthly sections. Source provenance varies by record; formal academic citation should be checked against the relevant primary source, archive or specialist historical reference.