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1959
Events in the year 1959 in Brazil.
Incumbents
Federal government
President: Juscelino Kubitschek
Vice President: João Goulart
Governors
Alagoas: Sebastião Muniz Falcão
Amazonas:
Plínio Ramos Coelho (till 25 March)
Gilberto Mestrinho (from 25 March)
Bahia: Antônio Balbino then Juracy Magalhães
Ceará:
Flávio Marcílio (until 25 March)
Parsifal Barroso (from 25 March)
Espírito Santo:
Francisco Lacerda de Aguiar (until 31 January)
Carlos Fernando Monteiro Lindenberg (31 January-10 October)
Raul Giuberti (from 10 October)
Goiás:
José Ludovico de Almeida (until 31 January)
José Feliciano Ferreira (from 31 January)
Maranhão: José de Matos Carvalho
Mato Grosso: João Ponce de Arruda
Minas Gerais: José Francisco Bias Fortes
Pará:
Magalhães Barata (until 29 May)
Luís de Moura Carvalho (from 29 May)
Paraíba: Pedro Gondim
Paraná: Moisés Lupion
Pernambuco:
Otávio Correia de Araújo (until 31 January)
Constantino Carneiro de Albuquerque Maranhão (31 January-31 March)
Cid Sampaio (from 31 March)
Piauí:
Jacob Gaioso e Almendra (until 25 March)
Chagas Rodrigues (from 25 March)
Rio de Janeiro:
Togo Barros (until 30 January)
Osmar Serpa de Carvalho (30 January-31 January)
Roberto Silveira (from 31 January)
Rio Grande do Norte: Dinarte de Medeiros Mariz
Rio Grande do Sul:
Ildo Meneghetti (until 25 March)
Leonel Brizola (from 25 March)
Santa Catarina: Heriberto Hülse
São Paulo:
Jânio Quadros (until 31 January)
Carlos Alberto Alves de Carvalho Pinto (from 31 January)
Sergipe:
Leandro Maciel (until 31 January)
Luís Garcia (from 31 January)
Vice governors
Alagoas: Sizenando Nabuco de Melo
Bahia: Orlando Moscoso (from 7 April)
Ceará: Wilson Gonçalves (from 25 March)
Espírito Santo:
Adwalter Ribeiro Soares (until 31 January)
Raul Giuberti (from 31 January)
Goiás:
Bernardo Sayão Carvalho Araújo (until 31 January)
João de Abreu (from 31 January)
Maranhão: Alexandre Alves Costa
Mato Grosso: Henrique José Vieira Neto
Minas Gerais: Artur Bernardes Filho
Paraíba: Pedro Gondim
Pernambuco: Pelópidas da Silveira (from 15 December)
Piauí:
Francisco Ferreira de Castro (until 25 March)
Tibério Nunes (from 25 March)
Rio de Janeiro:
Roberto Silveira (until 25 March)
Celso Peçanha (from 25 March)
Rio Grande do Norte: José Augusto Varela
Santa Catarina: Vacant
São Paulo: Porfírio da Paz
Sergipe:
José Machado de Souza (until 31 January)
Dionísio Machado (from 31 January)
Events
January
31 January: The Brazilian Men's Basketball Team wins its first World Basketball Championship title by beating the Chilean Men's Basketball Team in Santiago.Informa o Sr. Kubitschek: Medalhas de honra ao merito esportivo aos campeões de basquetebol (primeira página do 1° caderno), Folha da Manhã (5 February 1959).Brasil, campeão mundial de basquetebol (primeira página do 1° caderno), Folha da Manhã (1 February 1959).
May
26 May: The non-profit philanthropic organization, The Charitable Works Foundation of Sister Dulce is established by Sister Dulce.https://www.irmadulce.org.br/santuario/p%C3%A1gina/conteudo/vida-de-irma-dulce Vida de Irmã Dulce Hoom Interativa www.irmadulce.org.br 6 August 2023
June
17 June: President Juscelino Kubitschek decides to break away with the IMF, due to pressure on meeting loan requirements.Oliveira Fernanda Conforto de International financial negotiations and political actors: the breakdown in IMF-Brazilian negotiations during the administration of Juscelino Kubitschek (1957-1959) Universidade de Sao Paulo, Agencia USP de Gestao da Informacao Academica (AGUIA) 10.11606/d.101.2019.tde-13052019-110501 2019 MA free
August
23 August: The first Brazilian Football Championship begins with state champion clubs in the country's cities.Seis jogos entre campeões iniciam esta tarde a disputa da Taça Brasil (página 2 do único caderno), Folha da Manhã (23 de agosto de 1959).
December
2 December: Journalist Antônio Callado from Correio da Manhã publishes a series of reports on the Peasant Leagues of the Northeast.Welch, Cliff. Keeping Communism Down on the Farm: The Brazilian Rural Labor Movement during the Cold War, Latin American Perspectives Vol. 33, pg. 29.Welch, Cliff. Keeping Communism Down on the Farm: The Brazilian Rural Labor Movement during the Cold War, Latin American Perspectives Vol. 33, pg. 28-50.
2-4 December: Officials of the Brazilian Air Force and Brazilian Army try to start a military uprising with a seizure of power and carry out the country's first plane hijacking. The revolt would fail and later be known as the Aragarças Revolt.Aragarcascpdoc.fgv.br https://web.archive.org/web/20170116154326/http://cpdoc.fgv.br/producao/dossies/JK/artigos/Politica/Aragarcas 16 January 2017 Movimento de rebeldia na FAB; o governo controla a situação (primeira página do 1° caderno), Folha da Manhã (4 December 1959).
7 December: The Legislative Assembly of Pernambuco approves the expropriation of Engenho Galiléia (a sugar mill), a project by Deputy Francisco Julião; lawyer for the Peasant League.Francisco Julião, Atlas Historico do Brasil.
15 December: SUDENE is created by Law nº 3.692, which would seek the development of the Northeast region of Brazil.http://www.planalto.gov.br/ccivil_03/LEIS/1950-1969/L3692.htm L3692
Births
January
13 January: Gilmar Rinaldi, retired footballer
20 January: Ivo Cassol, politician
April
12 April: Robinson Faria, politician (Governor of Rio Grande do Norte, 2015-2018)
18 April: José Eduardo Cardozo, lawyer
September
23 September: Hortência Marcari, basketball player
Deaths
February
20 February: Gregório Bondar, Russian-Brazilian agronomist (b. 1881)
August
16 August: José Pessoa, Brazilian military officer (b. 1885)
November
17 November: Heitor Villa-Lobos, Brazilian composer (b. 1887)
References
See also
1959 in Brazilian football
1959 in
Category:1950s in Brazil
Category:Years of the 20th century in Brazil
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