1984 in Brazil

1984 in Brazil
Events in the year 1984 in Brazil.
Incumbents
Federal government
President: General João Figueiredo
Vice President: Aureliano Chaves
Governors
Acre: Nabor Júnior
Alagoas: Divaldo Suruagy
Amazonas: Gilberto Mestrinho
Bahia: João Durval Carneiro
Ceará: Gonzaga Mota
Espírito Santo: Gerson Camata
Goiás: Iris Rezende
Maranhão: Luís Rocha
Mato Grosso: Julio Campos
Mato Grosso do Sul: Wilson Barbosa Martins
Minas Gerais:
Tancredo Neves (until 14 August)
Hélio Garcia (from 14 August)
Pará: Jader Barbalho
Paraíba: Wilson Braga
Paraná: José Richa
Pernambuco: Roberto Magalhães
Piauí: Hugo Napoleão
Rio de Janeiro: Leonel Brizola
Rio Grande do Norte: José Agripino Maia
Rio Grande do Sul: Jair de Oliveira Soares
Rondônia: Jorge Teixeira de Oliveira
Santa Catarina: Esperidião Amin
São Paulo: André Franco Montoro
Sergipe: João Alves Filho
Vice governors
Acre: Iolanda Ferreira Lima Fleming
Alagoas: José de Medeiros Tavares
Amazonas: Manoel Henriques Ribeiro
Bahia: Edvaldo de Oliveira Flores
Ceará: José Adauto Bezerra
Espírito Santo: José Moraes
Goiás: Onofre Quinan
Maranhão: João Rodolfo Ribeiro Gonçalves
Mato Grosso: Wilmar Peres de Faria
Mato Grosso do Sul: Ramez Tebet
Minas Gerais:
Hélio Garcia (until 14 August)
Vacant thereafter (from 14 August)
Pará: Laércio Dias Franco
Paraíba: José Carlos da Silva Júnior
Paraná: João Elísio Ferraz de Campos
Pernambuco: Gustavo Krause Gonçalves Sobrinho
Piauí: José Raimundo Bona Medeiros
Rio de Janeiro: Darcy Ribeiro
Rio Grande do Norte: Radir Pereira
Rio Grande do Sul: Cláudio Ênio Strassburger
Santa Catarina: Victor Fontana
São Paulo: Orestes Quércia
Sergipe: Antônio Carlos Valadares
Events
February
February 24: The explosion of a Petrobras pipeline kills 508 people in the Vila Socó favela in Cubatão, São Paulo.
March
March 2: The Sambódromo opens in Rio de Janeiro with a parade by Group 3 of the samba schools.
April
April 16: More than one million people, led by Tancredo Neves, occupy the streets of São Paulo to demand direct presidential elections during the Brazilian military government of João Figueiredo. It is the largest protest during the Diretas Já civil unrest, as well as the largest public demonstration in the history of Brazil. The elections are granted in 1989.
April 25: The Dante de Oliveira Amendment, which would provide direct elections for President of the Republic, is rejected by the Brazilian Chamber of Deputies after receiving 298 votes in favor and 65 against.
May
May 5: The Itaipu Dam is inaugurated on the border of Brazil and Paraguay after 9 years of construction, making it the largest hydroelectric dam in the world at the time.
August
August 12: The National Convention of the PMDB chooses Governor Tancredo Neves and Senator José Sarney as its candidates for President and Vice President of the Republic.
Births
January
January 2: Otacílio Jales, footballer
January 25: Robinho, footballer
February
February 16: Fábio Lucindo, actor, voice actor and presenter
April
April 10: Alemão, footballer (died 2007)
July
July 5: Henrique Barbosa, swimmer
September
September 7: – Miranda, footballer
September 22: – Thiago Silva, footballer
October
October 19: – Kaio de Almeida, swimmer
Deaths
January 3: Ivete Vargas, politician (b. 1927)
References
See also
1984 in Brazilian football
1984 in Brazilian television
List of Brazilian films of 1984
1980s in Brazil
Years of the 20th century in Brazil
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