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Events in the year 1966 in Brazil.
Incumbents
Federal government
Governors
- Acre: Vacant
- Alagoas:
- Luis Cavalcante (until 31 January)
- João José Batista Tubino (31 January-15 August)
- Antônio Simeão de Lamenha Filho (from 15 August)
- Amazonas:
- Artur César Ferreira Reis (until 12 September)
- Danilo Duarte de Matos Areosa (from 12 September)
- Bahia: Lomanto Júnior
- Ceará:
- Virgilio Távora (until 12 August)
- Franklin Chaves (12 August-12 September)
- Plácido Castelo (from 12 September)
- Espírito Santo:
- Francisco Lacerda de Aguiar (until 5 April)
- Rubens Rangel (from 5 April)
- Goiás:
- Emílio Rodrigues Ribas Jr (until 31 January)
- Otávio Lage (from 31 January)
- Guanabara:
- Raphael de Almeida Magalhães (until 5 December)
- Francisco Negrão de Lima (from 5 December)
- Maranhão:
- Newton de Barros Belo (until 31 January)
- Jose Sarney (from 31 January)
- Mato Grosso:
- Fernando Corrêa da Costa (until 31 January)
- Pedro Pedrossian (from 31 January)
- Minas Gerais:
- José de Magalhães Pinto (until 31 January)
- Israel Pinheiro da Silva (from 31 January)
- Pará:
- Jarbas Passarinho (until 31 January)
- Alacid Nunes (from 31 January)
- Paraíba:
- Pedro Gondim (until 31 January)
- João Agripino Maia (from 31 January)
- Paraná:
- Algacir Guimarães (until 31 January)
- Pablo Cruz Pimentel (from 31 January)
- Pernambuco: Paulo Pessoa Guerra
- Piauí:
- Petrônio Portella (until 12 August)
- José Odon Maia Alencar (12 August-12 September)
- Helvídio Nunes (from 12 September)
- Rio de Janeiro:
- Pablo Torres (until 12 August)
- Teotonio Araujo (from 12 August)
- Rio Grande do Norte:
- Aluízio Alves (until 31 January)
- Walfredo Gurgel Dantas (until 31 January)
- Rio Grande do Sul:
- Ildo Meneghetti (until 12 September)
- Walter Peracchi Barcelos (from 12 September)
- Santa Catarina:
- Celso Ramos (until 12 September)
- Ivo Silveira (from 12 September)
- São Paulo:
- Ademar de Barros (until 6 June)
- Laudo Natel (from 6 June)
- Sergipe:
- Celso Carvalho (until 31 January)
- Lourival Baptista (from 31 January)
Vice governors
- Alagoas: Manoel Sampaio Luz
- Bahia: Orlando Moscoso
- Ceará:
- Joaquim de Figueiredo Correia (until 12 September)
- Humberto Ellery (from 12 September)
- Espírito Santo:
- Rubens Rangel (until 5 April)
- Vacant thereafter (from 5 April)
- Goiás:
- Antônio Rezende Monteiro (until 31 January)
- Osires Teixeira (from 31 January)
- Maranhão:
- Alfredo Salim Duailibe (until 31 January)
- Antonio Jorge Dino (from 31 January)
- Mato Grosso:
- Jose Garcia Nieto (until 31 January)
- Lenine de Campos Póvoas (from 31 January)
- Minas Gerais:
- Clóvis Salgado da Gama (until 31 January)
- Pio Soares Canedo (from 31 January)
- Pará:
- Agostinho de Meneses de Monteiro (until 31 January)
- João Renato Franco (from 31 January)
- Paraíba:
- André Avelino de Paiva Gadelha (until 31 January)
- Antônio Juarez Farias (from 31 January)
- Paraná: Plínio Franco Ferreira da Costa
- Pernambuco: Vacant
- Piauí: João Clímaco d'Almeida
- Rio de Janeiro:
- Teotônio Araújo (until 12 August)
- Vacant thereafter (from 12 August)
- Rio Grande do Norte:
- Teodorico Bezerra (until 31 January)
- Clóvis Motta (from 31 January)
- Santa Catarina:
- Armindo Marcílio Doutel de Andrade (until 31 January)
- Francisco Roberto Dall'Igna (31 January-19 July)
- Vacant thereafter (from 19 July)
- São Paulo:
- Laudo Natel (until 6 June)
- Vacant thereafter (from 6 June)
- Sergipe: Vacant
Events
February
- 5 February: Institutional Act Number Three (AI-3) is issued, which introduces indirect elections for governors and vice-governors, as well as the appointment of mayors.[1]
- 21 February: Pelé marries Rosemeri dos Reis Cholbi.[2]
June
- 5 June: Adhemar de Barros is removed as Governor of São Paulo and has his political rights revoked by President Castelo Branco.[3][4]
- 6 June: Brazilian Communist Party leader Luís Carlos Prestes is sentenced to 14 years in prison.[5]
July
- 25 July: A bomb attack attempting to assassinate presidential candidate Artur da Costa e Silva at Recife International Airport, leaves three dead and several injured.[6]
August
- 20 August: The corpses of two electronic technicians wearing lead masks are found near Rio de Janeiro in an advanced state of decomposition. The cause of their death has never been determined and has been subject to much speculation.[7][8]
September
- 13 September: President Humberto de Alencar Castelo Branco signs the law establishing the Severance Indemnity Fund, in order to protect dismissed workers, without just cause.[9]
October
- 3 October: National Renewal Alliance candidate Artur da Costa e Silva is elected President of Brazil by the National Congress with 295 votes in an indirect presidential election.[10]
Births
January
- 18 January: André Ribeiro, racing driver
- 19 January: Aílton Ferraz, retired footballer
- 29 January: Romário, retired footballer and politician
- 31 January: Müller, retired footballer and pundit
April
- 2 April: Supla, musician
May
- 8 May: Cláudio Taffarel, footballer
July
- 2 July: Rigan Machado, 8th degree red and black belt from Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
- 12 July: Mendonça Filho, ex-governor of Pernambuco
- 15 July: Samuel Rosa, singer and guitarist of Skank
December
- 12 December: Royce Gracie, mixed martial artist
Deaths
May
- 15 May: Venceslau Brás, 9th President of Brazil (b. 1868)
References
- ↑ Ato 3 fixa datas para eleições (primeira página do 1° caderno), Folha de S.Paulo (6 de fevereiro de 1966).
- ↑ Pelé casou (primeira página do 1° caderno), Folha de S.Paulo (22 de fevereiro de 1966).
- ↑ Cassado Adhemar (primeira página do 1° caderno), Folha de S.Paulo (6 de junho de 1966).
- ↑ Govêrno decide cassar mandatos nos Estados (primeira página do 1° caderno), Jornal do Brasil (6 de junho de 1966).
- ↑ Luiz Carlos Prestes condenado a 14 anos de prisão (página 15 do 1° caderno), Folha de S.Paulo (7 de junho de 1966).
- ↑ Calma no Recife após o atentado (páginas 1 e 3 do 1° caderno), Folha de S.Paulo (26 de julho de 1966).
- ↑ admin (2015-10-24). "1966, August 17: The Lead Masks Mystery". Anomalies: the Strange & Unexplained. Retrieved 2019-05-30.
- ↑ "The Curious Case of the Lead Mask Deaths". 29 August 2017. Retrieved 3 June 2019.
- ↑ Estabilidade: Castelo promulga lei (primeira página do 1° caderno), Folha de S.Paulo (14 de setembro de 1966).
- ↑ Costa e Silva já está eleito (primeira página do 1° caderno), Folha de S.Paulo (4 de outubro de 1966).
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