1977 in Brazil

1977 in Brazil
Events in the year 1977 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
Mato Grosso do Sul: Vacant
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: Vacant
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
Mato Grosso do Sul: Vacant
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
April
April 1: President Ernesto Geisel closes the National Congress of Brazil to control presidential succession as conflict erupts between him, the duristas, Congress, the Church, and the media.
April 14: President Geisel signs constitutional amendment n°8 and reopens the National Congress of Brazil.
June
June 23: In a second ballot by 226 votes in favor and 159 against; the National Congress of Brazil approves a constitutional amendment by Senators Nelson Carneiro and Acioli Filho, that legalizes divorce.
August
August 3: Writer Rachel de Queiroz becomes the first woman elected to the Brazilian Academy of Letters.
August 17: Jorge Amado's novel Tieta do Agreste is published, which becomes one of his best-selling works.
October
October 1: Pelé, playing for the New York Cosmos, scores his last goal to defeat Santos FC 2-1, at Giants Stadium, in East Rutherford, New Jersey, United States. This would be his last official game, thus saying goodbye to his professional football career.
October 11: President Ernesto Geisel signs a law, creating the state of Mato Grosso do Sul.
December
December 26: President Ernesto Geisel signs a law that legalizes and regulates divorce.
Births
March
27 March: Vítor Meira race car driver
April
1 April: Vitor Belfort, MMA fighter
June
8 June: Falcão, footballer
July
20 July: Susana Werner, model and actress
30 July: Fabrício Werdum, Jiu-Jitsu practitioner
August
24 August: Denílson, footballer
September
14 September: Alex, footballer
October
31 October: Larissa Maciel, actress
November
6 November: Demian Maia, mixed martial artist
8 November: João Rodrigo Silva Santos soccer player (d. 2013)
December
December 12: Evangelista Santos, mixed martial arts fighter
Deaths
January
22 January: Maysa Matarazzo, singer (b. 1936)
July
21 July: Zózimo, World Cup-winning footballer (b. 1932)
December
December 9: Clarice Lispector, writer (b. 1920)
See also
1977 in Brazilian football
Brazilian military government
References
See also
1977 in Brazilian football
1977 in Brazilian television
1970s in Brazil
Years of the 20th century in Brazil
Brazil
Brazil