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Events on Friday 4 September 1970 1
1970Salvador Allende Elected President of ChileMarxist candidate wins Chilean presidential electionSalvador Allende won a plurality in Chile's presidential election, becoming the first democratically elected Marxist head of state in the Americas after confirmation by Congress. His government's socialist reforms would end three years later in a US-backed military coup.