Events in the year 1981 in Brazil.
Incumbents edit
Federal government edit
Governors edit
- 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 edit
- 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 edit
January edit
- 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.[3]
- 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.[4][5]
April edit
- 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.[6]
August edit
- August 19: The Brazilian television network Sistema Brasileiro de Televisão (SBT) is launched by businessman and television personality Silvio Santos.[7]
September edit
- September 12: President João Figueiredo inaugurates the JK Memorial in Brasília.[8]
- 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.[9][10]
December edit
- December 22: President João Figueiredo signs a law, creating the state of Rondônia.[11]
Births edit
February edit
- February 4 – Sabrina Sato, television presenter
March edit
- March 1 – Ana Hickmann, model
April edit
- April 25 – Felipe Massa, race car driver
- April 26 – Mariana Ximenes, actress
June edit
- 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 edit
- July 5 – Gianne Albertoni, model
- July 19 – Anderson Luiz de Carvalho, footballer
- July 26 – Maicon Douglas Sisenando, footballer
August edit
- August 31 – Mosiah Rodrigues, gymnist
October edit
- October 11 – Arturo Ruas, professional wrestler
November edit
- November 4 – Adriana Araujo, boxer[12]
Deaths edit
June edit
- June 13 – Amácio Mazzaropi, actor (b. 1912)
August edit
- August 18 – Carolina Nabuco, writer and translator (b. 1890)
- August 22 – Glauber Rocha, film director (b. 1939)
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "João Baptista de Oliveira Figueiredo | president of Brazil". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 24 April 2019.
- ^ Chaffee, Wilber A. (1998). Desenvolvimento: Politics and Economy in Brazil. Lynne Rienner Publishers. p. 135. ISBN 9781555877477.
- ^ "Barco afunda em rio do Amapá e mata 130 pessoas" (página 17 do 1° caderno), Jornal do Brasil (9 de janeiro de 1981).
- ^ "Trudeau chega de tênis branco e cravo vermelho na lapela" (página 3 do 1° caderno), Jornal do Brasil (14 de janeiro de 1981).
- ^ "Trudeau passia a pé pelo centro de Manaus, olha vitrinas mas não compra" (página 3 do 1° caderno), Jornal do Brasil (18 de janeiro de 1981).
- ^ "Mais bombas no carro" (primeira página do 1° caderno), Folha de S.Paulo (2 de maio de 1981)
- ^ "SBT celebra 35 anos com releitura moderna de ícones da sua história". SBT na Web (in Portuguese). SBT. 12 August 2016. Retrieved 20 August 2016.
- ^ "Inaugura-se em Brasília o Memorial JK" (primeira página do 1° caderno), Folha de S.Paulo (12 de setembro de 1981)
- ^ "Megulhadores só resgatam 16 dos 300 mortos em naufrágio" (página 14 do 1° caderno), Jornal do Brasil (21 de setembro de 1981).
- ^ "Barco afunda no Pará com 530 pessoas" (primeira página do 1° caderno), Folha de S.Paulo (20 de setembro de 1981)
- ^ "Figueiredo sanciona lei da criação de Rondônia" (página 6 do primeiro caderno), Folha de S.Paulo (23 de dezembro de 1981)
- ^ "Adriana ARAUJO - Olympic Boxing | Brazil". International Olympic Committee. 20 November 2016. Retrieved 24 April 2019.
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