1961 in Brazil
Brazil-related events during the year of 1961
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Events in the year 1961 in Brazil.
Incumbents
Federal government
- President:
- Juscelino Kubitschek (until 30 January)
- Jânio Quadros (from 31 January to 25 August)
- Ranieri Mazzilli (from 25 August to September 7)
- João Goulart (starting September 7)
- Prime Minister: Tancredo Neves (starting 8 September)
- Vice President:
- João Goulart (until 25 August)
- Vacant (from August 25)
Governors
- Alagoas:
- Sebastião Muniz Falcão (until 31 January)
- Luis Cavalcante (from 31 January)
- Amazonas: Gilberto Mestrinho
- Bahia: Juracy Magalhães
- Ceará: Parsifal Barroso
- Espírito Santo:Raul Giuberti
- Goiás:
- José Feliciano Ferreira (until 31 January)
- Mauro Borges (from 31 January)
- Guanabara: Carlos Lacerda
- Maranhão: Newton de Barros Belo (from 31 January)
- Mato Grosso:
- João Ponce de Arruda (until 31 January)
- Fernando Corrêa da Costa (from 31 January)
- Minas Gerais:
- José Francisco Bias Fortes (until 31 January)
- José de Magalhães Pinto (from 31 January)
- Pará:
- Luís de Moura Carvalho (until 31 January)
- Aurélio do Carmo (from 31 January)
- Paraíba:
- José Fernandes de Lima (until 31 January)
- Pedro Gondim (from 31 January)
- Paraná:
- Moisés Lupion (until 31 January)
- Nei Braga (from 31 January)
- Pernambuco: Cid Sampaio
- Piauí: Chagas Rodrigues
- Rio de Janeiro:
- Roberto Silveira (until 28 February)
- Celso Peçanha (from 28 February)
- Rio Grande do Norte:
- Dinarte de Medeiros Mariz (until 31 January)
- Aluízio Alves (from 31 January)
- Rio Grande do Sul: Leonel Brizola
- Santa Catarina:
- Heriberto Hülse (until 31 January)
- Celso Ramos (from 31 January)
- São Paulo: Carlos Alberto Alves de Carvalho Pinto
- Sergipe: Luís Garcia
Vice governors
- Alagoas:
- Sizenando Nabuco de Melo (until 31 January)
- Teotônio Brandão Vilela (from 31 January)
- Bahia: Orlando Moscoso
- Ceará: Wilson Gonçalves
- Espírito Santo: Raul Giuberti
- Goiás:
- João de Abreu (until 31 January)
- Antônio Rezende Monteiro (from 31 January)
- Maranhão:
- Alexandre Alves Costa (until 31 January)
- Alfredo Salim Duailibe (from 31 January)
- Mato Grosso:
- Henrique José Vieira Neto (until 31 January)
- Jose Garcia Neto (from 31 January)
- Minas Gerais:
- Artur Bernardes Filho (until 31 January)
- Clóvis Salgado da Gama (from 31 January)
- Pará: Newton Burlamaqui de Miranda (from 31 January)
- Paraíba:
- Pedro Gondim (until 31 January)
- André Avelino de Paiva Gadelha (from 31 January)
- Pernambuco: Pelópidas da Silveira
- Piauí: Tibério Nunes
- Rio de Janeiro:
- Celso Peçanha (until 1 March)
- Vacant thereafter (from 31 January)
- Rio Grande do Norte:
- José Augusto Varela (until 31 January)
- Walfredo Gurgel (from 31 January)
- Santa Catarina: Armindo Marcílio Doutel de Andrade (from 31 January)
- São Paulo: Porfírio da Paz
- Sergipe: Dionísio Machado
Events
January
- January 31: Jânio Quadros becomes the 22nd President of Brazil, succeeding Juscelino Kubitschek.[1]
August
- August 25-September 7: The Legality Campaign takes place, which aims to defend the inauguration of João Goulart as President of Brazil. [2][3]
- August 25: Jânio Quadros resigns as President of the Republic. The President of the Chamber of Deputies, Ranieri Mazzilli, takes over as the 23rd President of Brazil on an interim basis.[4]
September
- September 2: The National Congress of Brazil approves Constitutional Amendment No. 4, which establishes parliamentarism.[5]
- September 7: João Goulart is sworn in as the 24th President of Brazil.[6]
- September 8: The National Congress of Brazil approves the constitution of the first Council of Ministers.[7]
November
- November 1: A Panair do Brasil plane crashes near Recife airport, leaving 45 dead and 43 injured.[8]
- November 23: Brazil restores diplomatic relations with the Soviet Union, 14 years after their breakup.[9]
December
- December 17: An arson fire at the Niterói circus, kills more than 300 people and becomes the worst fire disaster in Brazilian history.[10][11][12]
- December 20: Adilson Marcelino Alves, known as Dequinha, is arrested by the Rio de Janeiro police and confesses to being responsible for the fire at the Niterói circus.[13]
Births
January
- January 1 – Rita Camata, politician and journalist
March
- 7 March – Miguel Nicolelis, scientist
September
- 8 September – Fernanda Abreu, singer
Deaths
April
- April 25 – Borges de Medeiros, lawyer and politician (born 1863)
June
- June 22 – José de Mesquita (born 1892)
December
- 31 December – Péricles, cartoonist (born 1924)
See also
References
- ^ Festas e lagimas em Brasilia na posse de Janio e despedida de JK (página 1 do 1° caderno), Folha de S. Paulo (1 de fevereiro de 1961).
- ^ Paula, Christiane Jalles de (2004). "O segundo mandato na vice-presidência e a crise sucessória". A trajetória política de João Goulart (in Brazilian Portuguese). Archived from the original on 2021-04-15. Retrieved 2021-04-15.
- ^ Keller, Vilma; Dias, Sônia; Costa, Marcelo; Freire, Americo (2001). "BRIZOLA, Leonel". Dicionário Histórico-Biográfico Brasileiro (in Brazilian Portuguese). Archived from the original on 2021-04-15. Retrieved 2021-04-15.
- ^ Ranieri na Presidencia desde ontem; Jango é esperado hoje (página 1 do 1° caderno), Folha de S. Paulo (26 de agosto de 1961).
- ^ Instituido o regime parlamentarista; o Congresso promulga o ato adicional (página 1 do 1° caderno), Folha de S. Paulo (3 de setembro de 1961).
- ^ Às 15 horas a posse de Jango e a apresentação do Conselho (página 1 do 1° caderno), Folha de S. Paulo (7 de setembro de 1961).
- ^ O Congresso aprova a constituição do primeiro Conselho de Ministros (página 1 do 1° caderno), Folha de S. Paulo (9 de setembro de 1961).
- ^ Explode em Recife avião com 84 pessoas a bordo (página 1 do 1° caderno), Folha de S. Paulo (2 de novembro de 1961).
- ^ Restabelecidas ontem as relações diplomaticas entre Brasil e URSS (página 1 do 1° caderno), Folha de S. Paulo (24 de novembro de 1961).
- ^ "323 KILLED IN CIRCUS FIRE (December 18, 1961)". Retrieved 2017-05-23.
- ^ A policia deteve cerca de duzentos suspeitos de atear fogo ao circo (página 1 do 1° caderno), Folha de S. Paulo (19 de dezembro de 1961).
- ^ 250 Feared Dead After Circus Fire (página 1 do 1° caderno), Eugene Register Guard (18 de dezembro de 1961).
- ^ Preso e oculto pela policia o incediario do Gran-Circo (página 22 do 1° caderno), Folha de S. Paulo (21 de dezembro de 1961).
External links
- Media related to 1961 in Brazil at Wikimedia Commons
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