1990 in Chile
# 1990 in Chile

The following lists events that happened during 1990 in Chile.

## Incumbents

* President of Chile: Augusto Pinochet (until 11 March), Patricio Aylwin (starting 11 March).

## Events

### February

* February 18 :
   * A bus from the Ramos Cholele company collides with a truck near Taltal, leaving 22 dead and 30 injured.
   * The shipwreck of the fishing boat "Calypso I" that transported members of the amateur football club "Barrio Miraflores" in the bay of Corral, near Valdivia, takes place. Leaving 21 deceased.

### March

* March 8 – Admiral José Toribio Merino accepts his resignation as the Commander in Chief of the Chilean Navy.
* March 10 – The Organic Constitutional Law on Education was published for the first time.
* March 11 – Patricio Aylwin assumes as president, marks the end of the 17 year dictatorial of Augusto Pinochet.
* March 21 – In an attack initially attributed to the Manuel Rodríguez Patriotic Front, the former Commander-in-Chief of the Air Force, Gustavo Leigh, suffers serious injuries and loses an eye, but survives.
* 31 March – Death of Jonathan Moyle

### May

* 31 May – The Pisagua case begins.

### July

* 19 July – The political party Union of the Centrist Center is founded.

### December

* 7 & 8 December – The 1990 Chilean telethon takes place.

## Sport

* Chile national football team 1990
* 1990 Copa Apertura

## Births

* 2 January – Ignacio Hasbún
* 9 August – Sebastián Ubilla

## Deaths

* 31 May – Clotario Blest
