1981 in Brazil

1981 in Brazil
Events in the year 1981 in Brazil.
Incumbents
Federal government
President: General João Figueiredo
Vice President: Aureliano Chaves
Governors
Acre: Vacant
Alagoas: Guilherme Palmeira
Amazonas: José Bernardino Lindoso
Bahia: Antônio Carlos Magalhães
Ceará: Virgílio Távora
Espírito Santo: Eurico Vieira Resende
Goiás: Ary Valadão
Maranhão: João Castelo
Mato Grosso: Frederico Campos
Mato Grosso do Sul: Pedro Pedrossian
Minas Gerais: Francelino Pereira
Pará: Alacid Nunes
Paraíba: Tarcísio Burity
Paraná: Nei Braga
Pernambuco: Marco Maciel
Piauí: Lucídio Portela
Rio de Janeiro: Antônio Chagas Freitas
Rio Grande do Norte: Lavoisier Maia
Rio Grande do Sul: José Augusto Amaral de Souza
Santa Catarina: Jorge Bornhausen
São Paulo: Paulo Maluf
Sergipe: Augusto Franco
Vice governors
Acre: José Fernandes Rego
Alagoas: Teobaldo Vasconcelos Barbosa
Amazonas: Paulo Pinto Nery
Bahia: Luis Viana Neto
Ceará: Manuel de Castro Filho
Espírito Santo: José Carlos Fonseca
Goiás: Rui Brasil Cavalcanti
Maranhão: Artur Teixeira de Carvalho
Mato Grosso: José Vilanova Torres
Mato Grosso do Sul: Vacant
Minas Gerais: João Marques de Vasconcelos
Pará: Gerson dos Santos Peres
Paraíba: Clóvis Cavalcanti
Paraná: José Hosken de Novaes
Pernambuco: Roberto Magalhães Melo
Piauí: Waldemar de Castro Macedo
Rio de Janeiro: Hamilton Xavier
Rio Grande do Norte: Geraldo Melo
Rio Grande do Sul: Otávio Badui Germano
Santa Catarina: Henrique Hélion Velho de Córdova
São Paulo: José Maria Marin
Sergipe: Djenal Tavares Queiroz
Events
January
January 6: A passenger ship called Novo Amapá was sunk by an overcrowded capacity off of a river mouth in Caja, Pará State. According to the Transport Ministry of Brazil, there was a confirmed report of at least 130 fatalities.
January 13-17: Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau makes his visit to Brazil to meet President João Figueiredo at the Planalto Palace the following day.
April
April 30: Two bombs explode inside a car at the Pavilhão Riocentro, in Rio de Janeiro, during a concert commemorating Labor Day. Sergeant Guilherme Pereira do Rosário is killed and Captain Wilson Dias Machado is injured; both of the Brazilian Army.
August
August 19: The Brazilian television network Sistema Brasileiro de Televisão (SBT) is launched by businessman and television personality Silvio Santos.
September
September 12: President João Figueiredo inaugurates the JK Memorial in Brasília.
September 19: According to an official report from the Transport Ministry of Brazil, a passenger ferry, called the Sobral Santos II was capsized nearby Óbidos Port, Pará State, on the Amazon River, where more than 300 people drowned.
December
December 22: President João Figueiredo signs a law, creating the state of Rondônia.
Births
February
February 4 – Sabrina Sato, television presenter
March
March 1 – Ana Hickmann, model
April
April 25 – Felipe Massa, race car driver
April 26 – Mariana Ximenes, actress
June
June 12 – Adriana Lima, model
June 24 – Júnior Assunção, mixed martial artist
June 25 – Carlo Prater, mixed martial artist
June 27 – Cléber Santana, footballer (d. 2016)
June 29 – Maria Maya, actress
July
July 5 – Gianne Albertoni, model
July 19 – Anderson Luiz de Carvalho, footballer
July 26 – Maicon Douglas Sisenando, footballer
August
August 31 – Mosiah Rodrigues, gymnist
November
November 4 – Adriana Araujo, boxer
Deaths
June
June 13 – Amácio Mazzaropi, actor (b. 1912)
August
August 18 – Carolina Nabuco, writer and translator (b. 1890)
August 22 – Glauber Rocha, film director (b. 1939)
See also
1981 in Brazilian football
1981 in Brazilian television
List of Brazilian films of 1981
References
1980s in Brazil
Years of the 20th century in Brazil
Brazil
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