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11th September 1973: General Augusto Pinochet seizes power in Chile after launching a coup against President Salvador Allende

11th September 2023
Tagged as: Allende, Chile, Coup, Junta, Military, Pinochet, Socialism, South America

General Pinochet soon emerged as the permanent head of the ruling junta and set about imposing a new era of authoritarianism and political repression. He ruled Chile until 1990.

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2nd June 1962: Chile and Italy meet in the World Cup’s violent ‘Battle of Santiago’

2nd June 2023
Tagged as: Chile, FIFA, Football, Italy, Newspaper, Sport, Violence, World Cup

Chile and Italy met in the 1962 FIFA World Cup, which resulted in ‘the most stupid, appalling, disgusting and disgraceful exhibition of football possibly in the history of the game’.

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11th September 1973: General Augusto Pinochet seizes power in Chile after launching a coup against President Salvador Allende

2nd June 1962: Chile and Italy meet in the World Cup’s violent ‘Battle of Santiago’

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HistoryPod Extra: The Myth of Gavrilo Princip’s Sandwich

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2nd August 1934: Hitler becomes Führer after President Hindenburg dies

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28th June 1914 & 1919: Trigger and end of the First World War

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9th November 1989: East Germany opens the Berlin Wall

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