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| 1973, June 29 |
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| With the backing of the U.S., dissatisfied elements of the military launched an abortive coup attempt. | 1 |
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| July 26 |
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| In a renewed right-wing offensive, private truckers launched a strike. In the following weeks business and professional groups formed a “civic front” calling for Allende's overthrow. Meanwhile, factory occupations and mass demonstrations (calling for the arming of workers) continued as the country moved to the brink of civil war. | 2 |
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| Sept. 11 |
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| PRES. ALLENDE OVERTHROWN in U.S.-backed military coup. Anti-Allende forces claimed he had committed suicide during the siege of the presidential palace. GEN. AUGUSTO PINOCHET (b. 1915) emerged as head of a four-man junta. In the next month perhaps as many as 30,000 dissidents were rounded up and tortured, and approximately 2,000 were murdered. Political parties and labor unions were banned, and Pinochet moved quickly to adopt a free market strategy to “regenerate” the Chilean economy and society. | 3 |
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