1974 in Brazil

none August 2022 1974 Events in the year 1974 in Brazil. Incumbents Federal government President: General Emílio Garrastazu Médici (until 14 March) General Ernesto Geisel (starting 15 March) Vice President: General Augusto Rademaker (until 14 March) General Adalberto Pereira dos Santos (starting 15 March) Governors Acre: Vacant Alagoas: Afrânio Lages Amazonas: João Walter de Andrade Bahia: Antônio Carlos Magalhães Ceará: César Cals Espírito Santo: Artur Carlos Gerhardt Santos Goiás: Leonino Caiado Guanabara: Antonio de Pádua Chagas Freitas Maranhão: Pedro Neiva de Santana Mato Grosso: José Fragelli Minas Gerais: Rondon Pacheco Pará: Fernando Guilhon Paraíba: Ernâni Sátiro Paraná: Emílio Hoffmann Gomes Pernambuco: Eraldo Gueiros Piauí: Alberto Silva Rio de Janeiro: Raimundo Padhila Rio Grande do Norte: Jose Pereira de Araújo Cortez Rio Grande do Sul: Euclides Triches Santa Catarina: Colombo Salles São Paulo: Laudo Natel Sergipe: Paulo Barreto de Menezes Vice governors Acre: Alberto Barbosa da Costa Alagoas: José de Medeiros Tavares Amazonas: Deoclides de Carvalho Leal Bahia: Menandro Minahim Ceará: Francisco Humberto Bezerra Espírito Santo: Henrique Pretti Goiás: Ursulino Tavares Leão Maranhão: Alexandre Sá Colares Moreira Mato Grosso: José Monteiro de Figueiredo Minas Gerais: Celso Porfírio de Araújo Machado Pará: Newton Burlamaqui Barreira Paraíba: Clóvis Bezerra Cavalcanti Paraná: Jaime Canet Júnior Pernambuco: José Antônio Barreto Guimarães Piauí: Sebastião Rocha Leal Rio de Janeiro: Teotônio Araújo Rio Grande do Norte: Tertius Rebelo Rio Grande do Sul: Edmar Fetter Santa Catarina: Atílio Francisco Xavier Fontana São Paulo: Antonio José Rodrigues Filho Sergipe: Adalberto Moura Establishments Construction of the Basilica of the Eternal Father, Trindade was completed. Events January 15 January: General Ernesto Geisel is elected President of Brazil by the electoral college in an indirect presidential election. Geisel obtains 400 votes against 76 given to the opposition candidate, Ulysses Guimarães.Geisel eleito, por 400 votos a 76 (primeira página do 1° caderno), Folha de S.Paulo (16 de janeiro de 1974). February 1 February: A fire at the Joelma Building in São Paulo kills 177 people and injures 293; 11 die later of their injuries.Fire Journal https://books.google.com/books?id=tVlVAAAAYAAJ 1974 National Fire Protection Association 23–25 March 4 March: President Emílio Garrastazu Médici officially opens up the Rio-Niterói Bridge, located in Guanabara Bay, Rio de Janeiro.A Rio-Niterói é a maioridade da engenharia nacional (página 4 do 1° caderno), Folha de S.Paulo (5 de março de 1974). 15 March: General Ernesto Geisel replaces General Emílio Garrastazu Médici and becomes the 29th President of Brazil.Esta é a hora da esperança, diz Geisel (primeira página do 1° caderno), Folha de S.Paulo (16 de março de 1974). 24-27 March: The Tubarão River waters flood about 80% of the urban area in Tubarão, Santa Catarina. The flood causes 199 fatalities and leaves about 45,000 people homeless.Chuvas continuam e os prejuízos aumentam no Interior e no País (primeira página do 1° caderno), Folha de S.Paulo (25 de março de 1974). May 17 May: Presidents Ernesto Geisel of Brazil and Alfredo Stroessner of Paraguay create Itaipu Binacional to manage the construction of the power plant.Por Itaipu, uma usina e uma estrada (primeira página do 1° caderno), Folha de S.Paulo (18 de maio de 1974). 31 May: Former Portuguese Prime Minister Marcelo Caetano is granted political asylum by President Ernesto Geisel in Brazil. Caetano fled after Portugal's Carnation Revolution, which ended 41 years of the Estado Novo dictatorship.Latin America Latin American Newsletters Limited 1974 160 July 1 July: President Ernesto Geisel signs a law that determines the union of the states of Guanabara and Rio de Janeiro.É sancionada a fusão dos dois Estados (primeira página do 1° caderno), Folha de S.Paulo (2 de julho de 1974). 29 July: A collision between a bus carrying 90 passengers and a truck kills 69 people and injures 11 on the Belém-Brasília highway.Carreta mata 69 pessoas na Belém-Brasília (primeira página do 1° caderno), Folha de S.Paulo (30 de julho de 1974).Desastre mata 69 na estrada Belém-Brasília (primeira página do 1° caderno), Jornal do Brasil (30 de julho de 1974). Births January 9 January: Sávio, footballer 16 January: Tatiana Issa, director and producer March 13 March: Vampeta, footballer and pundit 27 March: Fernando Diniz, coach and retired footballer April 12 April: Sylvinho, footballer and manager May 3 May: Pedro Rizzo, mixed martial arts fighter July 5 July: Márcio Amoroso, footballer December 31 December: Tony Kanaan, racecar driver Deaths January 14 January: Cassiano Ricardo, journalist and poet (b. 1894) 16 January: Aldo Bonadei, painter (b. 1906) July 16 July: Oduvaldo Vianna Filho, playwright (b. 1936)Leslie Hawkins Damasceno Cultural Space and Theatrical Conventions in the Works of Oduvaldo Vianna Filho Wayne State University Press 1996 9780814325957 244 References See also 1974 in Brazilian football 1974 in Brazilian television 1974 in 1974 in Category:1970s in Brazil Category:Years of the 20th century in Brazil Brazil Brazil