1973 in Brazil

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 Brasilia, 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
17 January: Tarsila do Amaral, painter
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)
References
See also
1973 in Brazilian football
1973 in Brazilian television
1970s in Brazil
Years of the 20th century in Brazil
Brazil
Brazil