1966 in Brazil
Events in the year 1966 in Brazil.
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Incumbents
Federal government
Governors
- Acre: vacant
- Alagoas:
- till 31 January: Luis Cavalcante
- 31 January-15 August: João José Batista Tubino
- starting 15 August: Antônio Simeão de Lamenha Filho
- Amazonas: Artur César Ferreira Reis (till 12 September); Danilo Duarte de Matos Areosa (from 12 September)
- Bahia: Lomanto Júnior
- Ceará:
- until 12 August: Virgilio Távora
- 12 August-12 September: Franklin Chaves
- from 12 September: Plácido Castelo
- Espírito Santo: Francisco Lacerda de Aguiar (until 5 April); Rubens Rangel (from 5 April)
- Goiás: Emílio Rodrigues Ribas Jr (until 31 January); Otávio Lage (from 31 January)
- Guanabara: Raphael de Almeida Magalhães (until 5 December); Francisco Negrão de Lima (from 5 December)
- Maranhão: Newton de Barros Belo (until 31 January); Jose Sarney (from 31 January)
- Mato Grosso: Fernando Corrêa da Costa 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: Pedro Gondim (until 31 January); João Agripino Maia (from 31 January)
- Paraná: Algacir Guimarães then Pablo Cruz Pimentel
- Pernambuco: Paulo Pessoa Guerra
- Piauí:
- until 12 August: Petrônio Portella
- 12 August-12 September: José Odon Maia Alencar
- from 12 September: Helvídio Nunes
- Rio de Janeiro: Pablo Torres (until 12 August); Teotonio Araujo (from 12 August)
- Rio Grande do Norte: Aluízio Alves (until 31 January); Walfredo Gurgel Dantas (until 31 January)
- Rio Grande do Sul: Ildo Meneghetti (until 12 September); Walter Peracchi Barcelos (from 12 September)
- Santa Catarina: Celso Ramos (until 12 September); Ivo Silveira (from 12 September)
- São Paulo: Ademar de Barros (until 6 June); Laudo Natel (from 6 June)
- Sergipe: Celso Carvalho (until 31 January); Lourival Baptista (from 31 January)
Vice governors
- Alagoas: Manoel Sampaio Luz
- Bahia: Orlando Moscoso
- Ceará: Joaquim de Figueiredo Correia (until 12 September); Humberto Ellery (from 12 September)
- Espírito Santo: Rubens Rangel (until 5 April); vacant thereafter (from 5 April)
- Goiás: Osires Teixeira (from 31 January)
- Maranhão: Alfredo Salim Duailibe (until 31 January); Antonio Jorge Dino (from 31 January)
- Mato Grosso: Jose Garcia Nieto (until 31 January); Lenine de Campos Póvoas (until 31 January)
- Minas Gerais: Clóvis Salgado da Gama (until 31 January); Pio Soares Canedo (from 31 January)
- Pará: Agostinho de Meneses de Monteiro (until 31 January); João Renato Franco (from 31 January)
- Paraíba: André Avelino de Paiva Gadelha (until 31 January); Antônio Juarez Farias (from 31 January)
- Paraná: Plínio Franco Ferreira da Costa
- Pernambuco: vacant
- Piauí: João Clímaco d'Almeida
- Rio de Janeiro: vacant thereafter (from 12 August)
- Rio Grande do Norte: Teodorico Bezerra (until 31 January); Clóvis Motta (from 31 January)
- Santa Catarina:
- until 31 January: Armindo Marcílio Doutel de Andrade
- 31 January-19 July: Francisco Roberto Dall'Igna
- from 19 July: vacant thereafter
- São Paulo: Laudo Natel (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
- 18 January - André Ribeiro, racing driver
- 19 January - Aílton Ferraz, retired footballer
- 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
- 15 July - Samuel Rosa, singer and guitarist of Skank
- 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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