Events in the year 1999 in Brazil.
Incumbents edit
Federal government edit
Governors edit
- Acre:
- Orleir Messias Cameli (until 1 January)
- Jorge Viana (from 1 January)
- Alagoas:
- Manoel Gomes de Barros (Mano) (until 1 January)
- Ronaldo Lessa (from 1 January)
- Amapa: João Capiberibe
- Amazonas: Amazonino Mendes
- Bahia:
- Paulo Souto (until 1 January)
- César Borges (from 1 January)
- Ceará: Tasso Jereissati
- Espírito Santo:
- Vitor Buaiz (until 1 January)
- José Ignácio Ferreira (from 1 January)
- Goiás:
- Helenês Cândido (until 1 January)
- Marconi Perillo (from 1 January)
- Maranhão: Roseana Sarney
- Mato Grosso: Dante de Oliveira
- Mato Grosso do Sul: José Orcírio Miranda dos Santos (from 1 January)
- Minas Gerais:
- Eduardo Brandão Azeredo (until 1 January)
- Itamar Franco (from 1 January)
- Pará: Almir Gabriel
- Paraíba: José Maranhão
- Paraná: Jaime Lerner
- Pernambuco:
- Miguel Arraes (until 1 January)
- Jarbas Vasconcelos (from 1 January)
- Piauí: Mão Santa
- Rio de Janeiro:
- Marcello Alencar (until 1 January)
- Benedita da Silva (from 1 January)
- Rio Grande do Norte: Garibaldi Alves Filho
- Rio Grande do Sul:
- Antônio Britto (until 1 January)
- Olívio Dutra (from 1 January)
- Rondônia: José de Abreu Bianco
- Roraima: Neudo Ribeiro Campos
- Santa Catarina:
- Paulo Afonso Vieira (until 1 January)
- Esperidião Amin (from 1 January)
- São Paulo: Mário Covas
- Sergipe: Albano Franco
- Tocantins: José Wilson Siqueira Campos (from 1 January)
Vice governors edit
- Acre:
- Labib Murad (until 1 January)
- Edison Simão Cadaxo (from 1 January)
- Alagoas: Geraldo Costa Sampaio (from 1 January)
- Amapá:
- Antônio Hildegardo Gomes de Alencar (until 1 January)
- Maria Dalva de Souza Figueiredo (from 1 January)
- Amazonas: Samuel Assayag Hanan (from 1 January)
- Bahia:
- César Borges (until 1 January)
- Otto Alencar (from 1 January)
- Ceará:
- Moroni Bing Torgan (until 1 January)
- Benedito Clayton Veras Alcântara (from 1 January)
- Espírito Santo
- José Renato Casagrande (until 1 January)
- Celso José Vasconcelos (from 1 January)
- Goiás: Alcides Rodrigues Filho (from 1 January)
- Maranhão: José Reinaldo Carneiro Tavares
- Mato Grosso:
- José Márcio Panoff de Lacerda (until 1 January)
- José Rogério Sales (from 1 January)
- Mato Grosso do Sul:
- Vacant (until 1 January)
- Moacir Kohl (from 1 January)
- Minas Gerais:
- Walfrido Silvino dos Mares Guia Neto (until 1 January)
- Newton Cardoso (from 1 January)
- Pará:
- Hélio Mota Gueiros Júnior (until 1 January)
- Hildegardo de Figueiredo Nunes (from 1 January)
- Paraíba: Antônio Roberto de Sousa Paulino
- Paraná: Emília de Sales Belinati
- Pernambuco:
- Jorge José Gomes (until 1 January)
- José Mendonça Bezerra Filho (from 1 January)
- Piauí:
- Osmar Antônio de Araújo (until 1 January)
- Osmar Ribeiro de Almeida Júnior (from 1 January)
- Rio de Janeiro:
- Luiz Paulo Correa da Rocha (until 1 January)
- Benedita da Silva (from 1 January)
- Rio Grande do Norte: Fernando Freire
- Rio Grande do Sul:
- Vicente Joaquim Bogo (until 1 January)
- Miguel Soldatelli Rossetto (from 1 January)
- Rondônia:
- Aparício Carvalho de Moraes (until 1 January)
- Miguel de Souza (from 1 January)
- Roraima:
- Airton Antonio Soligo (until 1 January)
- Francisco Flamarion Portela (from 1 January)
- Santa Catarina:
- José Augusto Hülse (until 1 January)
- Paulo Roberto Bauer (from 1 January)
- São Paulo: Geraldo Alckmin
- Sergipe:
- José Carlos Machado (until 1 January)
- Benedito de Figueiredo (from 1 January)
- Tocantins:
- Raimundo Nonato Pires dos Santos (until 1 January)
- João Lisboa da Cruz (from 1 January)
Events edit
January edit
- January 1: Fernando Henrique Cardoso begins his second term as president of Brazil.[1]
- January 24: Central Station by Walter Salles, wins the Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film.[2]
February edit
- February 1: Antônio Carlos Magalhães (PFL/BA) and Michel Temer (PMDB/SP) are re-elected, respectively, as presidents of the Federal Senate and the Chamber of Deputies.
March edit
- March 11: A blackout affects the Federal District, as well as ten states in the South, Southeast, and Central-West regions.[3]
- March 21: After 94 days, the kidnapping of Wellington Camargo (brother of the country duo Zezé di Camargo & Luciano) ends. Camargo was found in a bush on the side of a road in Guapó and the kidnappers were arrested.[4]
- March 22: The newspaper Agora São Paulo is launched to replace Folha da Tarde.[5]
May edit
- May 10th: The television network Rede Manchete ceases broadcasting, due to a growing decrease in audience, excessive interest on the station's debt and that of the Bloch Group; management failures and salary arrears since the previous year. The network later becomes RedeTV!.
June edit
- June 6: In São José dos Campos, 345 prisoners escape from Putim prison through the front gate.[6]
July edit
- July 18: Brazil defeats Uruguay 3-0, earning their sixth Copa América championship.[7]
- July 26 - Truckers go on a national strike for four days in a row. Drivers claimed toll tariff reduction, tax exemption and retirement regulation.[8]
September edit
- September 29: Francisco de Assis Pereira, "The Park Maniac", is sentenced to 121 years in prison for the death of ten women in the State Park, in São Paulo.[9]
November edit
- November 3: Mateus da Costa Meira, a 24-year old medical student, kills 3 people in a theater with a submachine gun.[10][11]
December edit
- December 11: Unsuccessful launch of VLS-1 V02 occurs.
Births edit
January edit
- 14 January: Emerson Royal, footballer[12]
March edit
- 27 May: Matheus Cunha, footballer
August edit
- 13 August: Giulia Be, singer
- 15 August: Paola Reis, BMX rider[13]
October edit
- 8 October: Camila Rossi, rhythmic gymnast[14]
December edit
- 28 December: Ary Borges, footballer[15]
Deaths edit
March edit
- 7 March: Antônio Houaiss, writer and lexicographer (born 1915)
- 12 March: Bidu Sayão, opera singer (born 1902)
- 24 March: Ladjane Bandeira, journalist and artist (born 1927)[16]
April edit
- 1 April: Marcos Rey, writer (born 1925)
May edit
- 18 May: Dias Gomes, dramatist (born 1922)
- 22 May: Milton Banana, bossa nova and jazz drummer (born 1935)
- 29 May: João Carlos de Oliveira, athlete (born 1954)
June edit
- 12 June: Carlos Kroeber, actor (born 1934)
- 19 June: Heloísa Helena, actress (born 1917)
July edit
- 16 July: Franco Montoro, politician (born 1916)
August edit
- 27 August: Hélder Câmara, Catholic archbishop (born 1909)
October edit
- 8 October:
- Manfredo Fest, bossa nova and jazz pianist (born 1936)
- Zezé Macedo, comedian and actress (born 1916)
- 30 October: Nise da Silveira, psychiatrist and student of Carl Jung (born 1905)
November edit
- 19 November: Plínio Marcos, writer and actor (born 1935)
- 22 November: Flávio Costa, football player and coach (born 1906)
December edit
- 3 December: Edmond Safra, Lebanese-born banker (born 1932)
- 8 December: Toninho, footballer (born 1948)
- 24 December: João Figueiredo, 30th President of Brazil (born 1918)
- 29 December: José Cláudio dos Reis, sports administrator (born 1939)
See also edit
References edit
- ^ Não sou gerente da crise, diz FHC (primeira página do 1° caderno), Folha de S.Paulo (2 de janeiro de 1999).
- ^ "Central do Brasil" vence Globo de Ouro (primeira página do 1° caderno), Folha de S.Paulo (25 de janeiro de 1999).
- ^ Blecaute atinge dez Estados (página 1 do 1° caderno), Folha de S.Paulo (12 de março de 1999).
- ^ Wellington volta para casa após 94 dias, Folha de S.Paulo (22 de março de 1999).
- ^ Pinto, Ana Estela de Sousa (2012). "A História". In Alcino Leite Neto (ed.). Folha (in Portuguese) (1 ed.). São Paulo: Publifolha. ISBN 978-85-7914-371-7.
- ^ "334 fogem do Putim". Folha de S.Paulo (in Portuguese). 7 June 1999. Retrieved 17 December 2016.
- ^ Brasil é bi na Copa América, Folha de S.Paulo (19 de julho de 1999).
- ^ ALMEIDA, Álvaro; MEIRELES, Andrei (1999-08-04). "Por que parou?". ISTOÉ Independente. Retrieved 2019-06-17.
- '^ Maníaco do parque' é condenado a 121 anos (primeira página do 1° caderno), Folha de S.Paulo (30 de setembro de 1999).
- ^ Atirador mata 1 em shopping (primeira página do 1° caderno), Folha de S.Paulo (4 de novembro de 1999).
- ^ Almanaque Abril: Edição Brasil 2000. Editora Abril, 2000. ISBN 8573392983.
- ^ 12 Emerson Royal
- ^ "Cycling BMX | Athlete Profile: REIS Paola - Pan American Games Lima 2019". wrsd.lima2019.pe. Retrieved 30 May 2020.
- ^ "Rhythmic Gymnastics | Team Profile: Brazil - Pan American Games Lima 2019". wrsd.lima2019.pe. Retrieved 23 June 2020.
- ^ ARY BORGES
- ^ Dornelles, Marlova Lenz (2007). Interpretações Possíveis aa Obra de Ladjane Bandeira (in Portuguese). Recife. p. 9.
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