1964 in Brazil

1964 in Brazil
Incumbents
Federal government
President:
João Goulart (until 1 April)
Ranieri Mazzilli (from 1 April to 15 April)
Marshal Castelo Branco (from 15 April)
Minister of War:
Dantas Ribeiro (until 4 April)
Artur da Costa e Silva (from 4 April)
Minister of Mines and Energy:
Oliveira Brito (until April 4)
Artur da Costa e Silva (from 4 April until 17 April)
Mauro Thibau (from 17 April)
Governors
Acre: Vacant
Alagoas: Luis Cavalcante
Amazonas:
Plínio Ramos Coelho (until 27 June)
Artur César Ferreira Reis (from 27 June)
Bahia: Lomanto Júnior
Ceará: Virgilio Távora
Espírito Santo: Francisco Lacerda de Aguiar
Goiás:
Mauro Borges (until 26 November)
Carlos de Meira Mattos (from 26 November)
Guanabara: Carlos Lacerda
Maranhão: Newton de Barros Belo
Mato Grosso: Fernando Corrêa da Costa
Minas Gerais: José de Magalhães Pinto
Pará:
Aurélio do Carmo (until 15 June)
Jarbas Passarinho (from 15 June)
Paraíba: Pedro Gondim
Paraná: Nei Braga
Pernambuco:
Miguel Arraes (until 2 April)
Paulo Pessoa Guerra (from 2 April)
Piauí: Petrônio Portella
Rio de Janeiro:
Badger da Silveira (until 1 May)
Cordolino Ambrósio (1 May-4 May)
Pablo Torres (from 4 May)
Rio Grande do Norte: Aluízio Alves
Rio Grande do Sul: Ildo Meneghetti
Santa Catarina: Celso Ramos
São Paulo: Ademar de Barros
Sergipe:
João de Seixas Dória (until 2 April)
Sebastião Celso de Carvalho (from 2 April)
Vice governors
Alagoas: Teotônio Brandão Vilela
Bahia: Orlando Moscoso
Ceará: Joaquim de Figueiredo Correia
Espírito Santo: Rubens Rangel
Goiás: Vacant
Maranhão: Alfredo Salim Duailibe
Mato Grosso: Jose Garcia Neto
Minas Gerais: Clóvis Salgado da Gama
Pará:
Newton Burlamaqui de Miranda (until 9 June)
Agostinho de Meneses de Monteiro (from 15 June)
Paraíba: André Avelino de Paiva Gadelha
Paraná: Afonso Alves de Camargo Neto (from 20 March)
Pernambuco:
Paulo Pessoa Guerra (until 2 April)
Vacant thereafter (from 2 April)
Piauí: João Clímaco d'Almeida
Rio de Janeiro:
João Batista da Costa (until 1 May)
Vacant thereafter (1 May-4 May)
Teotônio Araújo (from 4 May)
Rio Grande do Norte: Teodorico Bezerra
Santa Catarina: Armindo Marcílio Doutel de Andrade
São Paulo: Laudo Natel
Sergipe:
Celso Carvalho (until 1 April)
Vacant thereafter (from 1 April)
Events
January
7 January: French actress Brigitte Bardot arrives in Rio de Janeiro and spends her summer in the resort of Búzios, drawing the attention of the national and international press to the place. Thanks to Bardot's visit, Búzios has now became one of the hottest spots in the Brazilian summer.
February
28 February: Nova Independência is established in São Paulo.
March
13 March: President João Goulart makes a speech at a rally in Central do Brasil, where he defends democracy and announces significant political reforms, such as nationalisation and social justice programs.
19 March: The first March of the Family with God for Liberty takes place in São Paulo, with the participation of 500,000 people. Protestors ask for military intervention, in response to Goulart's political reforms speech.
25 March: Corporal Anselmo leads sailors of the lower ranks in a revolt against their poor conditions of life and superiors, as well as supporting President Goulart's "basic reforms".
27 March: The Sailors' Revolt ends, after Goulart gives amnesty to the sailors and appoints Paulo Mário da Cunha Rodrigues as Minister of the Navy.
31 March-1 April: President João Goulart is overthrown in a military coup, after a sequence of events; among the movement of military troops from Minas Gerais to Rio de Janeiro and the positioning of the US navy on the Brazilian coast.
April
2 April: The National Congress, in an extraordinary session, declares that the President of the Chamber of Deputies, Ranieri Mazzilli, assumes the interim Presidency of the Republic.
11 April: The country holds its first indirect elections after the coup. Castelo Branco is elected the next president by the National Congress.
13 April: Ranieri Mazzilli revokes the SUPRA (Superintendence of Agrarian Policy) decree, that was signed by João Goulart at the Central Rally in Rio de Janeiro.
15 April: Humberto de Alencar Castelo Branco is sworn in as the 26th President of Brazil, and the first of the Military Regime.
May
13 May: Brazil terminates its diplomatic relations with Cuba.
June
10 June: The GTEPE (Special Project Study and Study Group), a precursor to GETEPE (Space Project Study and Executive Group), is created.
August
22 August: President Castelo Branco creates the National Housing Bank, to build homes for the middle class and to generate jobs.
November
30 November: President Humberto de Alencar Castelo Branco promulgates the Land Statute, a law that regulates rights and obligations related to rural real estate.
December
1 December: Energy rationing ends in São Paulo.
31 December: The Central Bank of Brazil and the National Monetary Council are established.
Births
January
January 11: Patrícia Pillar, actress
January 18: Gustavo Bebianno, lawyer and politician (d. 2020)
January 20: Márcia Cabrita, actress (died 2017)
February
February 16: Bebeto, retired footballer and politician
April
April 18: Lourenço Mutarelli, underground comic book writer
April 21: Anna Muylaert, television and film director
May
May 23: Beto Brant, filmmaker
July
July 10: Dalton Vigh, actor
August
August 17: Jorginho, coach and retired footballer
September
September 11:
Alexandre Lippiani, actor and voice actor (d. 1997)
Damares Alves, Minister of Human Rights, Family and Women
October
October 26: Irving São Paulo, actor (d. 2006)
November
November 20: Leonardo Medeiros, actor
December
December 7: Roberta Close, transgender model
Deaths
January
January 20: Aníbal Machado (born 1894)
February
February 9: Ary Barroso, composer, pianist, soccer commentator, and talent-show host (born 1903)
November
November 6: Anita Malfatti, artist (born 1889)
References
See also
1964 in Brazilian football
List of Brazilian films of 1964
1960s in Brazil
Years of the 20th century in Brazil
Brazil
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