1966 in Brazil
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1966 in Brazil |
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Events in the year 1966 in Brazil.
Incumbents[]
Federal government[]
Governors[]
- Acre: vacant
- Alagoas:
- till 31 January:
- 31 January-15 August:
- starting 15 August:
- Amazonas: (till 12 September); (from 12 September)
- Bahia:
- Ceará:
- until 12 August:
- 12 August-12 September:
- from 12 September:
- Espírito Santo: (until 5 April); (from 5 April)
- Goiás: (until 31 January); (from 31 January)
- Maranhão: (until 31 January); Jose Sarney (from 31 January)
- Mato Grosso: then Pedro Pedrossian
- Minas Gerais: José de Magalhães Pinto (until 31 January); Israel Pinheiro da Silva (from 31 January)
- Pará: Jarbas Passarinho (until 31 January); Alacid Nunes (from 31 January)
- Paraíba: (until 31 January); (from 31 January)
- Paraná: then
- Pernambuco:
- Piauí:
- until 12 August:
- 12 August-12 September: José Odon Maia Alencar
- from 12 September:
- Rio de Janeiro: Pablo Torres (until 12 August); (from 12 August)
- Rio Grande do Norte: (until 31 January); (until 31 January)
- Rio Grande do Sul: (until 12 September); (from 12 September)
- Santa Catarina: Celso Ramos (until 12 September); (from 12 September)
- São Paulo: Ademar de Barros (until 6 June); (from 6 June)
- Sergipe: (until 31 January); (from 31 January)
Vice governors[]
- Alagoas:
- Bahia:
- Ceará: (until 12 September); (from 12 September)
- Espírito Santo: (until 5 April); vacant thereafter (from 5 April)
- Goiás: (from 31 January)
- Maranhão: (until 31 January); (from 31 January)
- Mato Grosso: Jose Garcia Nieto (until 31 January); (until 31 January)
- Minas Gerais: (until 31 January); (from 31 January)
- Pará: (until 31 January); (from 31 January)
- Paraíba: (until 31 January); (from 31 January)
- Paraná:
- Pernambuco: vacant
- Piauí: João Clímaco d'Almeida
- Rio de Janeiro: vacant thereafter (from 12 August)
- Rio Grande do Norte: (until 31 January); (from 31 January)
- Santa Catarina:
- until 31 January:
- 31 January-19 July:
- from 19 July: vacant thereafter
- São Paulo: (until 6 June); vacant thereafter (from 6 June)
- Sergipe: vacant
Events[]
- 5 February – Institutional Act Number Three (AI-3) is issued. It introduces indirect elections for governors and vice-governors and the appointment of mayors.[1]
- 21 February – Pelé marries Rosemeri dos Reis Cholbi (divorced 1982).[2]
- 5 June – Adhemar de Barros, governor of São Paulo, is removed from the post and has his political rights revoked by president Castelo Branco.[3][4]
- 6 June – Luís Carlos Prestes, leader of the Brazilian Communist Party, is sentenced to 14 years in prison.[5]
- 25 July – A bomb attack attempting to assassinate presidential candidate Artur da Costa e Silva at Recife International Airport causes 3 deaths and several wounds.[6]
- 20 August – The Lead Masks Case – the corpses of two electronic technicians wearing lead masks are found near Rio de Janeiro in advanced state of decomposition. The case of their death has never been determined and was subject to much speculation.
- 3 October – An indirect presidential election takes place. Artur Costa e Silva is elected the next President of Brazil by 295 congress votes.[7]
Births[]
- 2 April – Supla, musician
- 2 July – Rigan Machado, 8th degree red and black belt from Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
- 12 July – Mendonça Filho, ex-governor of Pernambuco
- 12 December – Royce Gracie, martial artist
Deaths[]
- 15 May – Venceslau Brás, 98, 9th President of Brazil (b. 1868)
References[]
- ^ Ato 3 fixa datas para eleições (primeira página do 1° caderno), Folha de S.Paulo (6 de fevereiro de 1966).
- ^ Pelé casou (primeira página do 1° caderno), Folha de S.Paulo (22 de fevereiro de 1966).
- ^ Cassado Adhemar (primeira página do 1° caderno), Folha de S.Paulo (6 de junho de 1966).
- ^ Govêrno decide cassar mandatos nos Estados (primeira página do 1° caderno), Jornal do Brasil (6 de junho de 1966).
- ^ Luiz Carlos Prestes condenado a 14 anos de prisão (página 15 do 1° caderno), Folha de S.Paulo (7 de junho de 1966).
- ^ Calma no Recife após o atentado (páginas 1 e 3 do 1° caderno), Folha de S.Paulo (26 de julho de 1966).
- ^ Costa e Silva já está eleito (primeira página do 1° caderno), Folha de S.Paulo (4 de outubro de 1966).
See also[]
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