1960 in Brazil explained

Events in the year 1960 in Brazil.

Incumbents

Federal government

• President: Juscelino Kubitschek
• Vice President: João Goulart

Governors

• • Alagoas: Sebastião Muniz Falcão Amazonas: Gilberto Mestrinho
    • Bahia: Juracy Magalhães Ceará: Parsifal Barroso Espírito Santo:Raul Giuberti
  • Goiás: José Feliciano Ferreira Guanabara:
  • José Sette Câmara Filho (until 5 December)
  • Carlos Lacerda (from 5 December)
• Maranhão: José de Matos Carvalho
• Mato Grosso: João Ponce de Arruda
  • • Minas Gerais: José Francisco Bias Fortes Pará: Luís de Moura Carvalho Paraíba:
  • Pedro Gondim (until 18 March)
  • José Fernandes de Lima (from 18 March)
• Paraná: Moisés Lupion
  • • Pernambuco: Cid Sampaio Piauí: Chagas Rodrigues Rio de Janeiro: Roberto Silveira
      • • Rio Grande do Norte: Dinarte de Medeiros Mariz Rio Grande do Sul: Leonel Brizola Santa Catarina: Heriberto Hülse São Paulo: Carlos Alberto Alves de Carvalho Pinto Sergipe: Luís Garcia

Vice governors

• • • • • Alagoas: Sizenando Nabuco de Melo Bahia: Orlando Moscoso Ceará: Wilson Gonçalves Espírito Santo: Raul Giuberti Goiás: João de Abreu
          • • • • Maranhão: Alexandre Alves Costa Mato Grosso: Henrique José Vieira Neto Minas Gerais: Artur Bernardes Filho Paraíba: Pedro Gondim Pernambuco: Pelópidas da Silveira Piauí: Tibério Nunes Rio de Janeiro: Celso Peçanha Rio Grande do Norte: José Augusto Varela Santa Catarina: Vacant
  • São Paulo: Porfírio da Paz Sergipe: Dionísio Machado

Events

February

• February 25

: A Real Transportes Aéreos DC-3 collides with a US Navy DC-6 over Rio de Janeiro and crashes into Guanabara Bay, killing 66 people on board.^[1]

April

• April 21: The planned city of Brasília is inaugurated and becomes the country's new capital, replacing Rio de Janeiro. The old federal district of which Rio was part, becomes the state of Guanabara.^[2]

May

• May 10: The Cultural Union for the Friendship of the People organization is founded.^[3]

June

• June 1: A 22nd star representing the state of Guanabara is added to the flag of Brazil.^[4]
• June 14: A robbery on the payer train of the Estrada de Ferro Central do Brasil takes place in Japeri, Rio de Janeiro.^{[5] [6]}

October

• October 3 - Jânio Quadros is elected President of Brazil for a five-year term, with 5.6 million votes — the highest vote ever obtained in Brazil.^[7]

Births

January

• January 20: Edmar, footballer

March

• March 21: Ayrton Senna, racecar driver (died 1994)

August

• August 31: Lígia Cortez, actress

October

• October 5: Careca, professional footballer

Deaths

• January 27: Osvaldo Aranha, politician (born 1894)

See also

• 1960 in Brazilian football
• List of Brazilian films of 1960

Notes and References

1. http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=0qX8s2k1IRwC&dat=19600226&printsec=frontpage&hl=pt-BR Choque de aviões sôbre o Rio mata 66 pessoas
2. http://acervo.folha.com.br/fsp/1960/04/22/2/ O Presidente da República declara inaugurada a nova capital do país
3. Web site: History | União Cultural Pela Amizade dos Povos . 24 September 2012 . portuguese . https://web.archive.org/web/20120723085504/http://ucpadp.hd1.com.br/historico.html . 23 July 2012 . dead .
4. http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/br_dev.html Brazil: Evolution of the Modern National Flag
5. http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=0qX8s2k1IRwC&dat=19600615&printsec=frontpage&hl=pt-BR Cercados assaltantes do trem
6. http://acervo.folha.com.br/fsp/1960/06/15/2/ Assaltantes fizeram descarrilar o trem pagador da Central do Brasil e levaram mais de Cr$ 27 milhões
7. Web site: 2022-11-11. CPDOC-Centro de Pesquisa e Documentação História Contemporânea do. pt-br. Brasil. MOVIMENTO JAN-JAN. CPDOC - Centro de Pesquisa e Documentação de História Contemporânea do Brasil.