1978 in Brazil
Brazil-related events during the year of 1978
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Events in the year 1978 in Brazil.
Incumbents
Federal government
- President: General Ernesto Geisel
- Vice President: General Adalberto Pereira dos Santos
Governors
- Acre: Vacant
- Alagoas:
- Divaldo Suruagy (until 14 August)
- Ernandes Lopes Dorvillé (14 August-14 September)
- Geraldo Mello (from 14 September)
- Amazonas: Henoch da Silva Reis
- Bahia: Roberto Santos
- Ceará:
- José Adauto Bezerra (until 28 February)
- Waldemar Alcântara (from 28 February)
- Espírito Santo: Élcio Álvares
- Goiás: Irapuan Costa Jr.
- Maranhão: Oswaldo da Costa Nunes Freire
- Mato Grosso:
- Jose Garcia Neto (until 14 August)
- Cássio Leite de Barros (from 14 August)
- Mato Grosso do Sul: Vacant
- Minas Gerais:
- Aureliano Chaves (until 9 July)
- Levindo Ozanan Coelho (from 9 July)
- Pará:
- Aloysio Chaves (until 1 August)
- Clóvis Rego (from 1 August)
- Paraíba:
- Ivan Bichara (until 14 August)
- Dorgival Terceiro Neto (from 14 August)
- Paraná: Jaime Canet Júnior
- Pernambuco: Francisco Moura Cavalcanti
- Piauí:
- Dirceu Arcoverde (until 14 August)
- Djalma Veloso (from 14 August)
- Rio de Janeiro: Floriano P. Faria Lima
- Rio Grande do Norte: Tarcisio de Vasconcelos Maia
- Rio Grande do Sul: Sinval Sebastião Duarte Guazzelli
- Santa Catarina: Antônio Carlos Konder Reis
- São Paulo: Paulo Egídio Martins
- Sergipe: José Rollemberg
Vice governors
- Acre: Omar Sabino de Paula
- Alagoas: Antônio Guedes Amaral (from 14 September)
- Amazonas: João Bosco Ramos de Lima
- Bahia: Edvaldo Brandão Correia
- Ceará:
- José Waldemar de Alcântara e Silva (until 1 March)
- Vacant thereafter (from 1 March)
- Espírito Santo: Carlos Alberto Lindenberg von Schilgen
- Goiás: José Luís Bittencourt
- Maranhão: José Duailibe Murad
- Mato Grosso:
- Cássio Leite de Barros (until 14 August)
- Vacant thereafter (from 14 August)
- Mato Grosso do Sul: Vacant
- Minas Gerais:
- Levindo Ozanam Coelho (until 5 July)
- Vacant thereafter (from 5 July)
- Pará:
- Clovis Silva de Morais Rego (until 1 August)
- Vacant thereafter (from 1 August)
- Paraíba:
- Dorgival Terceiro Neto (until 14 August)
- Vacant thereafter (from 14 August)
- Paraná: Octávio Cesário Pereira Júnior
- Pernambuco: Paulo Gustavo de Araújo Cunha
- Piauí:
- Djalma Martins Veloso (until 14 August)
- Vacant thereafter (from 14 August)
- Rio de Janeiro: Vacant
- Rio Grande do Norte: Geraldo Melo
- Rio Grande do Sul: José Augusto Amaral de Sousa
- Santa Catarina: Marcos Henrique Büechler
- São Paulo: Ferreira Filho
- Sergipe: Antônio Ribeiro Sotelo
Events
March
- March 29-31: United States President Jimmy Carter makes his three-day visit to Brazil and is the fifth US president to visit the country. [1][2]
July
- July 8: A fire destroys the art collection at the Museum of Modern Art in Rio de Janeiro.[3]
August
- August 4: President Ernesto Geisel signs a national decree, that prohibits strikes in the sectors of national security and public services.[4]
September
- September 6: Dr. Roberto Farina is sentenced to two years in prison for performing Brazil's first male-to-female gender-affirming surgery.[5]
October
- October 13: The National Congress of Brazil grants Constitutional Amendment No. 11, which would repeal the Institutional Act No. 5.[6]
- October 16: General João Batista Figueiredo is elected President of Brazil by the electoral college.[7]
- October 27: A federal judge delivers a judgement, establishing that journalist Vladimir Herzog was wrongfully detained and tortured under the premises of the DOI-CODI.[8]
December
- December 29: President Ernesto Geisel signs a decree that lifts the banning of over a hundred Brazilians living abroad as political exiles. The decree also extinguishes the General Commission of Investigations.[9]
Births
January
- January 4: André Neles, footballer (died 2020)
- January 19: Eryk Rocha, director and screenwriter
- January 29: Joice Hasselmann, journalist, writer, activist and conservative political commentator
March
- March 7: Jaqueline Jesus, psychologist and activist
- March 18: Fernandão, Brazilian footballer and manager (d. 2014)[10]
May
- May 8: Lúcio, footballer
- May 18: Helton, football manager and former player
- May 10: Marcelo Moretto, footballer
- May 30: Lyoto Machida, mixed martial artist
June
- June 23: Leandro Firmino, actor
- June 28: Baiano, footballer
July
- July 4: Marcos Daniel, tennis player[11]
- July 17: Ricardo Arona, mixed martial artist
- July 20: André Bankoff, actor
August
- August 31: Regiane Alves, actress
September
- September 16: Emerson Sheik, association footballer
- September 16: Carolina Dieckmann, actress
November
- 6 November: Daniella Cicarelli, Brazilian model
- 25 November: Taís Araújo, actress
Deaths
References
- ^ "Carter aqui às 16h40" (primeira página do 1° caderno), Folha de S. Paulo (29 de março de 1978).
- ^ "Com o cardeal, o gesto inesperado" (primeira página do 1° caderno), Folha de S. Paulo (1 de abril de 1978).
- ^ "Incêndio destrói todo acervo do MAM" (primeira página do 1° caderno), Jornal do Brasil (9 de julho de 1978).
- ^ "Decreto proíbe greve em todo setor essencial" (primeira página do 1° caderno), Folha de S. Paulo (5 de agosto de 1978).
- ^ "'Monstro, prostituta, bichinha': como a Justiça condenou a 1ª cirurgia de mudança de sexo do Brasil". BBC News Brasil (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2023-12-27.
- ^ "Congresso promulga Emenda e salvaguardas substituem AI-5" (página 4 do 1° caderno), Folha de S. Paulo (14 de outubro de 1978).
- ^ "'Prendo quem for contra a abertura'" (primeira página do 1° caderno), Folha de S. Paulo (16 de outubro de 1978).
- ^ "União culpada no caso Herzog" (primeira página do 1° caderno), Folha de S. Paulo (28 de outubro de 1978).
- ^ "Governo revoga os banimentos" (primeira página do 1° caderno), Folha de S. Paulo (30 de dezembro de 1978).
- ^ "Fernanda Costa – Brazilian Soccer Player Fernando "Fernandao" Lucio da Costa's Wife". fabwags. June 7, 2014. Retrieved 30 September 2021.
- ^ "Marcos Daniel | Overview | ATP Tour | Tennis". ATP Tour.
See also
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