1970 in Brazil
1970 in Brazil |
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Year of Constitution: 1967 |
Events in the year 1970 in Brazil.
Incumbents[]
Federal government[]
- President: General Emílio Garrastazu Médici
- Vice President: General Augusto Rademaker
Governors[]
- Acre: vacant
- Alagoas:
- Amazonas:
- Bahia: Luís Viana Filho
- Ceará:
- Espírito Santo:
- Goiás:
- Maranhão: Jose Sarney (until 14 May); (from 14 May)
- Mato Grosso: Pedro Pedrossian
- Minas Gerais: Israel Pinheiro da Silva
- Pará: Alacid Nunes
- Paraíba:
- Paraná:
- Pernambuco:
- Piauí:
- until 14 May:
- 14 May-15 May:
- from 15 May:
- Rio de Janeiro:
- Rio Grande do Norte:
- Rio Grande do Sul:
- Santa Catarina:
- São Paulo:
- Sergipe:
- until 14 May:
- 14 May-4 June:
- from 4 June:
Vice governors[]
- Alagoas:
- Amazonas:
- Bahia: Jutahy Magalhães
- Ceará:
- Espírito Santo: Isaac Lopes Rubim
- Goiás:
- Maranhão: (until 14 May); vacant thereafter (from 14 May)
- Mato Grosso:
- Minas Gerais:
- Pará:
- Paraíba: (from 12 September)
- Paraná:
- Pernambuco:
- Piauí: João Clímaco d'Almeida (until 14 May); vacant thereafter (from 14 May)
- Rio de Janeiro:
- Rio Grande do Norte:
- Santa Catarina: Jorge Bornhausen
- São Paulo:
- Sergipe: (until 14 May); vacant thereafter (from 14 May)
Events[]
- March 11 - Japanese consul-general in São Paulo is kidnapped by the leftist guerrilla group .[1]
- March 15 - Nobuo Okuchi is ransomed by the Brazilian government and released in exchange for five political prisoners.[1]
- June 11 - West German ambassador Ehrenfried von Holleben is kidnapped by the Vanguarda Popular Revolucionária and by the Ação Libertadora Nacional.[2]
- June 21 - Brazil defeats Italy 4–1 at the 1970 FIFA World Cup Final in Mexico.[3] It is the third time Brazil wins the FIFA World Cup.
- December 1 - Giovanni Enrico Bucher, the Swiss ambassador to Brazil, is kidnapped by the Ação Libertadora Nacional in Rio de Janeiro; kidnappers demand the release of 70 political prisoners.[4]
Births[]
- April 20 – Adriano Moraes, rodeo performer
- June 7 – Ronaldo da Costa, long-distance runner[5]
- June 7 – Cafu, footballer[6]
Deaths[]
- February 20 – João Café Filho, 18th President of Brazil (b. 1899)
See also[]
References[]
- ^ a b Skidmore, Thomas (8 March 1990). The Politics of Military Rule in Brazil, 1964–1985. pp. 117–118. ISBN 9780195063165. Retrieved 19 November 2016.
- ^ Baumann, Carol (July 1973). The Diplomatic Kidnappings: A Revolutionary Tactic of Urban Terrorism. pp. 78–79. ISBN 9024714664.
- ^ "Great Sporting Moments: Brazil 4 Italy 1, 1970 World Cup final". Independent. Retrieved 19 November 2016.
- ^ "LEFTISTS IN BRAZIL SEIZE SWISS ENVOY". The New York Times. Retrieved 19 November 2016.
- ^ 1970 in Brazil at World Athletics
- ^ 1970 in Brazil – FIFA competition record (archived)
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