1963 in Brazil

Events in the year 1963 in Brazil.

Incumbents

Federal government

  • President: João Goulart
  • Prime Minister: Hermes Lima (until 23 January)
  • Vice President: vacant

Governors

  • Acre: Vacant
  • Alagoas: Luis Cavalcante
  • Amazonas:
    • Gilberto Mestrinho (until 25 March)
    • Plínio Ramos Coelho (from 25 March)
  • Bahia:
    • Juracy Magalhães (until 7 April)
    • Lomanto Junior (from 7 April)
  • Ceará:
    • Parsifal Barroso (until 25 March)
    • Virgílio Távora (from 25 March)
  • Espírito Santo:
    • Asdrúbal Martins Soares (until 31 January)
    • Francisco Lacerda de Aguiar (from 31 January)
  • Goiás: Mauro Borges
  • Guanabara: Carlos Lacerda
  • Maranhão: Newton de Barros Belo
  • Mato Grosso: Fernando Corrêa da Costa
  • Minas Gerais: José de Magalhães Pinto
  • Pará: Aurélio do Carmo
  • Paraíba: Pedro Gondim
  • Paraná: Nei Braga
  • Pernambuco:
    • Cid Sampaio (until 31 January)
    • Miguel Arraes (from 31 January)
  • Piauí:
    • Tibério Nunes (until 25 March)
    • Petrônio Portella (from 25 March)
  • Rio de Janeiro:
    • José Janotti (until 18 January)
    • Luís Miguel Pinaud (18 January-31 January)
    • Badger da Silveira (from 31 January)
  • Rio Grande do Norte: Aluízio Alves
  • Rio Grande do Sul:
    • Leonel Brizola (until 25 March)
    • Ildo Meneghetti (from 25 March)
  • Santa Catarina: Celso Ramos
  • São Paulo:
    • Carlos Alberto Alves de Carvalho Pinto (until 31 January)
    • Ademar de Barros (from 31 January)
  • Sergipe:
    • Dionísio Machado (until 30 January)
    • Horácio Dantas de Goes (30 January-31 January)
    • João de Seixas Dória (from 31 January)

Vice governors

Events

January

  • January 6: A plebiscite chooses the presidential system over a parliamentary one. As a result, the office of the Prime Minister is abolished.[1][2]
  • January 8: The flag of Minas Gerais is instituted.[3]

March

  • March 12: The first Korean immigrants arrive in Brazil.[4][5]

April

  • April 20-May 5: The 1963 Pan American Games are held in São Paulo.[6][7]

May

  • May 23: The Brazilian national team wins its second World Men's Basketball Championship by beating the Soviet Union by 90 to 79 points, in Rio de Janeiro.[8]

July

  • July 20: Ieda Maria Vargas becomes the first Brazilian to win the Miss Universe title, which is held in Miami Beach, Florida, United States of America.[9]

October

  • October 7: The Ipatinga massacre takes place, after military police shot at Usiminas employees.[10]

November

  • November 16: Santos FC becomes the first Brazilian club to win a second Intercontinental Cup (football).[11]

December

  • December 4: Senator Arnon de Melo, who was trying to shoot Senator Silvestre Péricles, shot and killed alternate Senator José Kairala.[12]

Births

January

  • January 5 – Luís Carlos Winck, footballer and coach
  • January 12 – Nando Reis, musician and producer

March

  • March 11 – Marcos Pontes, astronaut and politician

October

  • October 31 – Dunga, footballer and coach

November

  • November 2 – Valdemiro Santiago, evangelical pastor

Deaths

  • November 4 – Carlos Magalhães de Azeredo, poet and writer (b. 1872)[13]

See also

  • 1963 in Brazilian football
  • 1963 in Brazilian television

References

  1. ^ "18 milhões de brasileiros decidem hoje nas urnas o destino do país" (primeira página do 1° caderno), Folha de S.Paulo (6 de janeiro de 1963)
  2. ^ "Referendo de 1963". www.justicaeleitoral.jus.br.
  3. ^ "Lei estadual de Minas Gerais 2793 de 1963 - Wikisource". pt.wikisource.org (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2023-04-10.
  4. ^ "Coreanos música e trabalho" (primeira página do 1° caderno), Folha de S.Paulo (12 de fevereiro de 1963).
  5. ^ "Coreanos ganham terra em litigio" (primeira página do 1° caderno), Folha de S.Paulo (4 de março de 1963).
  6. ^ "Inicia-se o IV Pan-Americano" (primeira página do 1° caderno), Folha de S.Paulo (21 de abril de 1963).
  7. ^ "Fim do Pan: Brasil em 2°" (primeira página do 1° caderno), Folha de S.Paulo (6 de maio de 1963).
  8. ^ "Brasil 90 x URSS 79; a um passo o bi de basquetebol" (página 16 da segunda edição), Folha de S.Paulo (24 de maio de 1963).
  9. ^ "Ieda, a primeira a vencer no exterior" (primeira página do 1° caderno), Folha de S.Paulo (22 de julho de 1963).
  10. ^ Luiz Alves (17 September 2006). "1963: O Massacre da Usiminas/PMMG em Ipatinga". Mídia Independente. Archived from the original on 2013-03-17. Retrieved 14 September 2012.
  11. ^ "Santos bicampeão do mundo" (primeira página do 1° caderno), Folha de S.Paulo (17 de novembro de 1963).
  12. ^ Casarin, Rodrigo (2019-12-04). "Há 56 anos, o pai de Fernando Collor matava um senador dentro do Congresso". Aventuras na História (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2021-10-09.
  13. ^ "Carlos Magalhães de Azeredo". Academia Brasileira de Letras (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2023-04-23.