• President of Chile: Carlos Ibáñez del Campo

January edit

• 3 January – Foreign Minister Kaare Olsen Nielsen resigns to return to active service. José Serrano Palma is appointed successor.^[1]

February edit

• 14 February – 1956 Santiago rail crash

April edit

• 21 April – At least 38 people are killed when a bus plunges off a bridge near Calama.^[2]

June edit

• 10 June - At the FIFA congress held in Lisbon, Chile is chosen to host the 1962 FIFA World Cup.

August edit

• 2 August - The National Party (1956-1958) is created, product of the merger of the National Independent Movement, the National Agrarian Party and the Agrarian Labor Recoveryist Party.

• 2 January – Andrés Chadwick, politician
• 2 January – Eduardo Fournier, footballer
• 24 January – Samy Benmayor, painter
• 7 February – Andrés Allamand, politician
• 19 July – Tomás Hirsch, politician
• 4 August – Alfredo Moreno Charme, politician
• 31 August – Cristián Campos, actor
• 23 September – Juan Núñez, tennis player
• 4 November – Alberto Espina, politician
• 8 December – Iván Moreira, politician
• 30 December – Claudia di Girolamo, actress

• 6 August – Adelqui Migliar (b. 1891)