The following lists events that happened during 1945 in Chile.
Incumbents President of Chile: Juan Antonio Ríos
Events January 14 January - The 1945 South American Championship begins, with headquarters in the Estadio Nacional de Chile of Santiago. February 28 February - The 1945 South American Championship current Copa América, ends; Argentina is crowned champion, second place goes to Brazil, followed by Chile in third place, and Uruguay in fourth place.
March 4 March – Chilean parliamentary election, 1945Dieter Nohlen (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p262 April 20 April - The 3rd edition of the Championship of Champions begins. May 14 May - The President of the Republic, Juan Antonio Rios, forms a new cabinet made up of the Radical, Democratic, Authentic Socialist and National Falange parties. 15 May - The senators and deputies elected in the election of March 4 take office for the period May 15, 1945 - May 15, 1949. 20 May - The 3rd edition of the Championship of Champions ends, Colo-Colo is crowned champion of the championship.
June 19 June – 1945 El Teniente mining accident;355 workers die from carbon monoxide emissions. It is considered the largest accident in a metallurgical mine in the world. 26 June - Chile is one of the 51 founding states of the United Nations Organization when signing the Charter of the United Nations in San Francisco, United States. October 12 October - The Independencia Stadium is inaugurated in the commune of Independencia, Santiago and belonging to the Club Deportivo Universidad Catolica. December 10 December - Professor Gabriela Mistral receives the Nobel Prize for Literature awarded by the Swedish Academy.
Births 18 January – Isabel Allende (politician) 26 February – Pedro Carcuro 18 April – Guillermo Páez 3 September – Leonardo Véliz 15 October – Florcita Motuda
Deaths 26 June – Javier Ángel Figueroa (b. 1862) 19 July – Luis Claro Solar (b. 1857)
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