List of events
The following lists events that happened during 1968 in Chile.
Events
January
- 22 January – a fire in Viña del Mar destroyed 600 hectares of vegetation and more than 200 houses in the upper sector of the city.
February
- 1 February – The newspaper El Mercurio de Calama is founded.
Law 16744 is published, which establishes regulations on work accidents and professional illnesses
March
- 12 March – A bomb explodes in the women's restroom on the second floor of the United States Embassy in Santiago. The room was empty at the time of the explosion.[1]
May
June
- June 28 – The first heart transplant in Chile and Latin America, and the second in the world, is performed by surgeon Jorge Kaplán at the Almirante Nef Naval Hospital in Viña del Mar to patient María Elena Peñaloza.
August
The latest edition of the newspaper El Regional de Coquimbo circulates.
November
December