The following lists events that happened during 1963 in Chile.
Incumbents President of Chile: Jorge Alessandri
Events January 1 January – The Deportes Ovalle football club is founded.
February The fourth version of the Viña del Mar International Song Festival takes place.
April 7 April - Municipal elections are held, which largely favored the Christian Democrats. 21 April - The first prize of Miss World Chile is given to Maria Pilar Aguirre Gómez. 30 April - The Jackal of Nahueltoro is murdered under Capital punishment, convicted of murdering his former partner and his five children (only hers).
May 6 May - an explosion of a cyclopropane cylinder in the San Borja Arriaran Hospital in Santiago caused the death of 6 people (2 surgeons, 2 patients and 2 anesthesiologists) and left another 2 surgeons and 12 assistants seriously injured.
July 3 July - The first edition of the Juan Pinto Duran Cup is held.
December 16 December - The statutes and regulations of Rugby in Chile, founded 10 years before, were made official.
Births 16 January – Tomás Jocelyn-Holt 11 March – Hugo González 13 March – Aníbal González 24 March – Iván Morovic 25 March – Jaime Vera 21 April – Eduardo Vilches 23 April – Fernando Luis Capurro 29 July – Norma Yarrow 2 November – Daniel Farcas
Deaths 8 December – Juana Rosa Aguirre (b. 1877)
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