# 1973 in Brazil

Events in the year 1973 in Brazil.

## Incumbents
### Federal government

* President: General Emílio Médici
* Vice President: General Augusto Rademaker

### Governors

* Acre: Vacant
* Alagoas: Afrânio Lages
* Amazonas: João Walter de Andrade
* Bahia: Antônio Carlos Magalhães
* Ceará: César Cals
* Espírito Santo: Artur Carlos Gerhardt Santos
* Goiás: Leonino Caiado
* Guanabara: Antonio de Pádua Chagas Freitas
* Maranhão: Pedro Neiva de Santana
* Mato Grosso: José Fragelli
* Minas Gerais: Rondon Pacheco
* Pará: Fernando Guilhon
* Paraíba: Ernâni Sátiro
* Paraná: Emílio Hoffmann Gomes
* Pernambuco: Eraldo Gueiros
* Piauí: Alberto Silva
* Rio de Janeiro: Raimundo Padhila
* Rio Grande do Norte: Jose Pereira de Araújo Cortez
* Rio Grande do Sul: Euclides Triches
* Santa Catarina: Colombo Salles
* São Paulo: Laudo Natel
* Sergipe: Paulo Barreto de Menezes

### Vice governors

* Acre: Alberto Barbosa da Costa
* Alagoas: José de Medeiros Tavares
* Amazonas: Deoclides de Carvalho Leal
* Bahia: Menandro Minahim
* Ceará: Francisco Humberto Bezerra
* Espírito Santo: Henrique Pretti
* Goiás: Ursulino Tavares Leão
* Maranhão: Alexandre Sá Colares Moreira
* Mato Grosso: José Monteiro de Figueiredo
* Minas Gerais: Celso Porfírio de Araújo Machado
* Pará: Newton Burlamaqui Barreira
* Paraíba: Clóvis Bezerra Cavalcanti
* Paraná: Jaime Canet Júnior (from 11 August)
* Pernambuco: José Antônio Barreto Guimarães
* Piauí: Sebastião Rocha Leal
* Rio de Janeiro: Teotônio Araújo
* Rio Grande do Norte: Tertius Rebelo
* Rio Grande do Sul: Edmar Fetter
* Santa Catarina: Atílio Francisco Xavier Fontana
* São Paulo: Antonio José Rodrigues Filho
* Sergipe: Adalberto Moura

## Events
### January

* 11 January: President Emílio Garrastazu Médici signs a law that establishes the Brazilian Civil Procedure Code.

### February

* 11 February: Emerson Fittipaldi wins the 1973 Brazilian Grand Prix at Interlagos.

### April

* 26 April: Presidents Emílio Garrastazu Médici of Brazil and Alfredo Stroessner of Paraguay sign the Treaty of Itaipu in Brasília, for a joint use of hydroelectric power in the Paraná River.

### June

* 18 June: The president of Petrobras, General Ernesto Geisel, is selected as a candidate for President of Brazil.

### July

* 11 July: Varig Flight 820 makes a forced landing due to a fire breaking out and then crashing in Paris, France. 123 out of the 134 people are dead from the crash, fire, and smoke inhalation.

## Births
### January

* 1 January: Shelda Bede, volleyball player
* 22 January: Rogério Ceni, retired footballer and coach

### February

* 2 February: Latino, singer-songwriter
* 22 February: Gustavo Assis-Brasil, guitarist
* 22 February: Juninho Paulista, footballer

### April

* 10 April: Roberto Carlos, footballer
* 18 April: Adriane Galisteu, Brazilian actress and model
* 15 April: Emanuel Rego, beach volleyball player

### May

* 8 May: Jorge Patino, mixed martial arts fighter

### June

* 16 June: Veronica Rossi, novelist

### July

* 19 July: Aílton, footballer

### August

* 4 August: Marcos, footballer
* 6 August: Vanessa Gerbelli, actress
* 10 August: Zé Roberto, footballer

### September

* 24 September: Scheila Carvalho, model and dancer
* 26 September: Leandro Hassum, actor, comedian, writer & producer

### October

* 7 October: Dida, footballer
* 20 October: Rodrigo Faro, TV host, actor & singer

### November

* 22 November: Eliana Michaelichen Bezerra, TV host, actress & singer
* 30 November: Angélica Ksyvickis, TV host, actress, singer & businesswoman

### December

* December 3: Bruno Campos, actor and lawyer

## Deaths
### January

* 17 January: Tarsila do Amaral, modernist artist (b. 1886).

### July

* 11 July:
** Jörg Bruder, sailor and geology professor (b. 1937)
** Júlio Delamare, sports journalist (b. 1928)
** Filinto Müller, politician (b. 1900)
** Agostinho dos Santos, singer and composer of bossa nova (b. 1932)