# 1981 in Brazil

Events in the year 1981 in Brazil.

## Incumbents
### Federal government

* President: General João Figueiredo
* Vice President: Aureliano Chaves

### Governors

* Acre: Vacant
* Alagoas: Guilherme Palmeira
* Amazonas: José Bernardino Lindoso
* Bahia: Antônio Carlos Magalhães
* Ceará: Virgílio Távora
* Espírito Santo: Eurico Vieira Resende
* Goiás: Ary Valadão
* Maranhão: João Castelo
* Mato Grosso: Frederico Campos
* Mato Grosso do Sul: Pedro Pedrossian
* Minas Gerais: Francelino Pereira
* Pará: Alacid Nunes
* Paraíba: Tarcísio Burity
* Paraná: Nei Braga
* Pernambuco: Marco Maciel
* Piauí: Lucídio Portela
* Rio de Janeiro: Antônio Chagas Freitas
* Rio Grande do Norte: Lavoisier Maia
* Rio Grande do Sul: José Augusto Amaral de Souza
* Santa Catarina: Jorge Bornhausen
* São Paulo: Paulo Maluf
* Sergipe: Augusto Franco

### Vice governors

* Acre: José Fernandes Rego
* Alagoas: Teobaldo Vasconcelos Barbosa
* Amazonas: Paulo Pinto Nery
* Bahia: Luis Viana Neto
* Ceará: Manuel de Castro Filho
* Espírito Santo: José Carlos Fonseca
* Goiás: Rui Brasil Cavalcanti
* Maranhão: Artur Teixeira de Carvalho
* Mato Grosso: José Vilanova Torres
* Mato Grosso do Sul: Vacant
* Minas Gerais: João Marques de Vasconcelos
* Pará: Gerson dos Santos Peres
* Paraíba: Clóvis Cavalcanti
* Paraná: José Hosken de Novaes
* Pernambuco: Roberto Magalhães Melo
* Piauí: Waldemar de Castro Macedo
* Rio de Janeiro: Hamilton Xavier
* Rio Grande do Norte: Geraldo Melo
* Rio Grande do Sul: Otávio Badui Germano
* Santa Catarina: Henrique Hélion Velho de Córdova
* São Paulo: José Maria Marin
* Sergipe: Djenal Tavares Queiroz

## Events
### January

* January 6: A passenger ship called Novo Amapá was sunk by an overcrowded capacity off of a river mouth in Caja, Pará State. According to the Transport Ministry of Brazil, there was a confirmed report of at least 130 fatalities.
* January 13-17: Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau makes his visit to Brazil to meet President João Figueiredo at the Planalto Palace the following day.

### April

* April 30: Two bombs explode inside a car at the Pavilhão Riocentro, in Rio de Janeiro, during a concert commemorating Labor Day. Sergeant Guilherme Pereira do Rosário is killed and Captain Wilson Dias Machado is injured; both of the Brazilian Army.

### August

* August 19: The Brazilian television network Sistema Brasileiro de Televisão (SBT) is launched by businessman and television personality Silvio Santos.

### September

* September 12: President João Figueiredo inaugurates the JK Memorial in Brasília.
* September 19: According to an official report from the Transport Ministry of Brazil, a passenger ferry, called the Sobral Santos II was capsized nearby Óbidos Port, Pará State, on the Amazon River, where more than 300 people drowned.

### December

* December 22: President João Figueiredo signs a law, creating the state of Rondônia.

## Births
### January

* January 21: Michel Teló, singer

### February

* February 4 – Sabrina Sato, television presenter

### March

* March 1 – Ana Hickmann, model

### April

* April 11 – Alessandra Ambrosio, model
* April 25 – Felipe Massa, race car driver
* April 26 – Mariana Ximenes, actress

### June

* June 12 – Adriana Lima, model
* June 24 – Júnior Assunção, mixed martial artist
* June 25 – Carlo Prater, mixed martial artist
* June 27 – Cléber Santana, footballer (d. 2016)
* June 29 – Maria Maya, actress

### July

* July 5 – Gianne Albertoni, model
* July 19 – Anderson Luiz de Carvalho, footballer
* July 26 – Maicon Douglas Sisenando, footballer

### August

* August 31 – Mosiah Rodrigues, gymnist

### October

* October 11 – Arturo Ruas, professional wrestler

### November

* November 4 – Adriana Araujo, boxer

## Deaths
### June

* June 13 – Amácio Mazzaropi, actor (b. 1912)

### August

* August 18 – Carolina Nabuco, writer and translator (b. 1890)
* August 22 – Glauber Rocha, film director (b. 1939)