1970 in Brazil

1970 in Brazil
Events in the year 1970 in Brazil.
Incumbents
Federal government
President: General Emílio Garrastazu Médici
Vice President: General Augusto Rademaker
Governors
Acre: Vacant
Alagoas: Antônio Simeão de Lamenha Filho
Amazonas: Danilo Duarte de Matos Areosa
Bahia: Luís Viana Filho
Ceará: Plácido Castelo
Espírito Santo: Cristiano Dias Lopes Filho
Goiás: Otávio Lage
Guanabara:
Francisco Negrão de Lima (until 15 March)
Antonio de Pádua Chagas Freitas (starting 15 March)
Maranhão:
Jose Sarney (until 14 May)
Antônio Jorge Dino (from 14 May)
Mato Grosso: Pedro Pedrossian
Minas Gerais: Israel Pinheiro da Silva
Pará: Alacid Nunes
Paraíba: João Agripino Maia
Paraná: Pablo Cruz Pimentel
Pernambuco: Nilo Coelho
Piauí:
Helvídio Nunes (until 14 May)
João Turíbio Monteiro de Santana (14 May-15 May)
João Clímaco d'Almeida (from 15 May)
Rio de Janeiro: Geremias de Mattos Fontes
Rio Grande do Norte: Walfredo Gurgel Dantas
Rio Grande do Sul: Walter Peracchi Barcelos
Santa Catarina: Ivo Silveira
São Paulo: Roberto Costa de Abreu Sodré
Sergipe:
Lourival Baptista (until 14 May)
Wolney Leal de Melo (14 May-4 June)
João de Andrade Garcez (from 4 June)
Vice governors
Alagoas: Manoel Sampaio Luz
Amazonas: Deoclides de Carvalho Leal
Bahia: Jutahy Magalhães
Ceará: Humberto Ellery
Espírito Santo: Isaac Lopes Rubim
Goiás: Osires Teixeira
Maranhão:
Antonio Jorge Dino (until 14 May)
Vacant thereafter (from 14 May)
Mato Grosso: Lenine de Campos Póvoas
Minas Gerais: Pio Soares Canedo
Pará: João Renato Franco
Paraíba: Antônio Juarez Farias (from 12 September)
Paraná: Plínio Franco Ferreira da Costa
Pernambuco: Salviano Machado Filho
Piauí:
João Clímaco d'Almeida (until 14 May)
Vacant thereafter (from 14 May)
Rio de Janeiro: Heli Ribeiro Gomes
Rio Grande do Norte: Clóvis Motta
Santa Catarina: Jorge Bornhausen
São Paulo: Hilário Torloni
Sergipe:
Manoel Paulo Vasconcelos (until 14 May)
Vacant thereafter (from 14 May)
Events
January
January 26: After Leila Diniz's controversial interview to O Pasquim, the government signs Decree-Law Nº 1.077/1970, which censors material "subversive of morals and good customs"
March
March 11: Japanese consul-general in São Paulo, Nobuo Okuchi is kidnapped by the leftist guerrilla group Vanguarda Popular Revolucionária.
March 14: Five political prisoners are released in exchange for the release of Japanese consul Nobuo Okuchi.
March 15: Japanese consul Nobuo Okuchi is released in the early evening, 97 hours and 45 minutes after being kidnapped by members of the VPR.
March 25: President Emílio Garrastazu Médici signs a decree-law, providing for the expansion of the Brazilian territorial sea from 12 to 200 nautical miles.
June
June 11: West German ambassador Ehrenfried von Holleben is kidnapped in Rio de Janeiro, by the Vanguarda Popular Revolucionária and Ação Libertadora Nacional.
June 21: Brazil defeats Italy 4–1 to win the 1970 FIFA World Cup in Mexico. It is the third time Brazil wins the FIFA World Cup.
July
July 1: Four Vanguarda Popular Revolucionária (VPR) members unsuccessfully attempt to hijack a Cruzeiro do Sul plane with 34 passengers and 7 crew on board. The aircraft was stormed and the hijackers arrested.
July 31: Brazilian consul Aloísio Mares Dias Gomide is kidnapped in Montevideo, Uruguay, by the Tupamaros; an Uruguayan urban guerrilla group.
November
November 15: General elections for senators, federal and state deputies, mayors, and councilors are held.
December
December 7: Giovanni Enrico Bucher, the Swiss ambassador to Brazil, is kidnapped by the Ação Libertadora Nacional in Rio de Janeiro; kidnappers demand the release of 70 political prisoners.
Births
January
January 1 – João Miguel, actor
January 20 – Andrucha Waddington, director and producer
April
April 18 – Patrícia Bastos, singer
April 20 – Adriano Moraes, rodeo performer
May
May 22 – Pedro Diniz, racing driver
June
June 7 –
Ronaldo da Costa, long-distance runner
Cafu, footballer
June 8 – Seu Jorge, Musical artist
August
August 11 – Daniella Perez, actress (died 1992)
August 27 – Edinho, footballer and manager
September
September 4 – Igor Cavalera, drummer
September 19 – Sonny Anderson, footballer
Deaths
February
February 20 – João Café Filho, 18th President of Brazil (b. 1899)
See also
1970 in Brazilian football
1970 in Brazilian television
List of Brazilian films of 1970
References
1970s in Brazil
Years of the 20th century in Brazil
Brazil
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