1976 in Brazil

1976 in Brazil
Events in the year 1976 in Brazil.
Incumbents
Federal government
President: General Ernesto Geisel
Vice President: General Adalberto Pereira dos Santos
Governors
Acre: Vacant
Alagoas: Divaldo Suruagy
Amazonas: Henoch da Silva Reis
Bahia: Roberto Santos
Ceará: José Adauto Bezerra
Espírito Santo: Élcio Álvares
Goiás: Irapuan Costa Jr.
Maranhão: Oswaldo da Costa Nunes Freire
Mato Grosso: Jose Garcia Neto
Minas Gerais: Aureliano Chaves
Pará: Aloysio Chaves
Paraíba: Ivan Bichara
Paraná: Jaime Canet Júnior
Pernambuco: Francisco Moura Cavalcanti
Piauí: Dirceu Arcoverde
Rio de Janeiro: Floriano P. Faria Lima
Rio Grande do Norte: Tarcisio de Vasconcelos Maia
Rio Grande do Sul: Sinval Sebastião Duarte Guazzelli
Santa Catarina: Antônio Carlos Konder Reis
São Paulo: Paulo Egídio Martins
Sergipe: José Rollemberg
Vice governors
Acre: Omar Sabino de Paula
Alagoas:
Antônio Gomes de Barro (until 12 September)
Vacant thereafter (from 12 September)
Amazonas: João Bosco Ramos de Lima
Bahia: Edvaldo Brandão Correia
Ceará: José Waldemar de Alcântara e Silva
Espírito Santo: Carlos Alberto Lindenberg von Schilgen
Goiás: José Luís Bittencourt
Maranhão: José Duailibe Murad
Mato Grosso: Cássio Leite de Barros
Minas Gerais: Levindo Ozanam Coelho
Pará: Clovis Silva de Morais Rego
Paraíba: Dorgival Terceiro Neto
Paraná: Octávio Cesário Pereira Júnior
Pernambuco: Paulo Gustavo de Araújo Cunha
Piauí: Djalma Martins Veloso
Rio de Janeiro: Vacant
Rio Grande do Norte: Geraldo Melo
Rio Grande do Sul: José Augusto Amaral de Sousa
Santa Catarina: Marcos Henrique Büechler
São Paulo: Ferreira Filho
Sergipe: Antônio Ribeiro Sotelo
Events
Unknown Dates
formation of Banda Black Rio
dissolution of Centro de Ensino Unificado de Brasília Esporte Clube
dissolution of Associação Atlética Rodoviária
January
January 17: A metallurgist named Manuel Fiel Filho is found dead on the premises of DOI-CODI in São Paulo.
June
June 24: By 221 votes in favor, the National Congress of Brazil approves the Falcão Law, which regulates electoral propaganda on radio and television.
July
July 1: President Ernesto Geisel signs the Falcão Law, which is named after its creator Armando Falcão. The objective of the law is to prevent the strengthening of an opposition by limiting their political propaganda on television and radio.
July 9: Fiat opens a factory in Betim, in the metropolitan region of Belo Horizonte; and begins production with the Fiat 147.
August
August 22: Former President of Brazil, Juscelino Kubitschek, dies in an auto accident on the Presidente Dutra Highway, near Resende, Rio de Janeiro.
December
December 16: Three leaders of the Brazilian Communist Party are killed after an ambush in the neighborhood of Lapa, São Paulo, in what was known as the Slaughter of Lapa.
Births
January
January 7:
Marcelo Bordon, footballer
Alfonso Soriano, footballer
January 8: Alexandre Pires, singer-songwriter
January 19: Tarso Marques, racing driver
March
12 March: Alexandré Pölking, footballer and manager
18 March: Giovanna Antonelli, actress, television host, and producer
April
4 April: Emerson, footballer
May
May 10: Rogério Oliveira da Costa, footballer (d. 2006)
May 23: Ricardinho, footballer and manager
June
June 2: Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira, mixed martial artist
June 20: Juliano Belletti, footballer
June 26: Wilson Lima, politician and journalist
June 27: Wagner Moura, actor
July
July 3: Wanderlei Silva, mixed martial artist
July 10: Edmílson, footballer
July 17: Marcos Senna, footballer
August
August 29: Luana Piovani, actress and model
August 31: Roque Júnior, footballer
September
September 6: Rodrigo Amarante ,singer-songwriter
September 10: Gustavo Kuerten, tennis player
September 18: Ronaldo, footballer
October
October 7: Gilberto Silva, football player
October 10: Bob Burnquist, skateboarder
October 24: Isabel Clark Ribeiro, snowboarder
December
December 3: Marcos Denner, footballer
December 6:
December 19: Fernanda Brum, gospel singer and pastor
Deaths
January
January 7: Luís Sérgio Person, actor and director (b. 1936)
May
May 13: Roberto Batata, footballer (born 1949)
August
August 22: Juscelino Kubitschek, 21st President of Brazil (1956-1961) (born 1902)
December
December 6: João Goulart, 24th President of Brazil (1961-1964) (born 1919)
See also
1976 in Brazilian football
1976 in Brazilian television
References
1970s in Brazil
Years of the 20th century in Brazil
Brazil
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