1963 in Brazil explained

Events in the year 1963 in Brazil.

Incumbents

Federal government

• • President: João Goulart Prime Minister: Hermes Lima (until 23 January)
• Vice President: vacant

Governors

• Acre: Vacant
  • Alagoas: Luis Cavalcante Amazonas:
  • Gilberto Mestrinho (until 25 March)
  • Plínio Ramos Coelho (from 25 March)
• Bahia:
  • Juracy Magalhães (until 7 April)
  • Lomanto Junior (from 7 April)
• Ceará:
  • Parsifal Barroso (until 25 March)
  • Virgílio Távora (from 25 March)
• Espírito Santo:
  • Asdrúbal Martins Soares (until 31 January)
  • Francisco Lacerda de Aguiar (from 31 January)
  • Goiás: Mauro Borges Guanabara: Carlos Lacerda
    • • • • • Maranhão: Newton de Barros Belo Mato Grosso: Fernando Corrêa da Costa Minas Gerais: José de Magalhães Pinto Pará: Aurélio do Carmo Paraíba: Pedro Gondim Paraná: Nei Braga Pernambuco:
  • Cid Sampaio (until 31 January)
  • Miguel Arraes (from 31 January)
• Piauí:
  • Tibério Nunes (until 25 March)
  • Petrônio Portella (from 25 March)
• Rio de Janeiro:
  • José Janotti (until 18 January)
  • Luís Miguel Pinaud (18 January-31 January)
  • Badger da Silveira (from 31 January)
  • Rio Grande do Norte: Aluízio Alves Rio Grande do Sul:
  • Leonel Brizola (until 25 March)
  • Ildo Meneghetti (from 25 March)
  • Santa Catarina: Celso Ramos São Paulo:
  • Carlos Alberto Alves de Carvalho Pinto (until 31 January)
  • Ademar de Barros (from 31 January)
• Sergipe:
  • Dionísio Machado (until 30 January)
  • Horácio Dantas de Goes (30 January-31 January)
  • João de Seixas Dória (from 31 January)

Vice governors

• • • Alagoas: Teotônio Brandão Vilela Bahia: Orlando Moscoso Ceará:
  • Wilson Gonçalves (until 31 January)
  • Joaquim de Figueiredo Correia (from 25 March)
• Espírito Santo: Rubens Rangel (from 31 January)
• Goiás:
  • Antônio Rezende Monteiro (until 31 January)
  • Vacant thereafter (from 31 January)
    • • • • • Maranhão: Alfredo Salim Duailibe Mato Grosso: Jose Garcia Neto Minas Gerais: Clóvis Salgado da Gama Pará: Newton Burlamaqui de Miranda Paraíba: André Avelino de Paiva Gadelha Pernambuco: Paulo Pessoa Guerra Piauí: João Clímaco d'Almeida
• Rio de Janeiro: João Batista da Costa (from 31 January)
• Rio Grande do Norte: Teodorico Bezerra (from 19 January)
• Santa Catarina: Armindo Marcílio Doutel de Andrade
• São Paulo:
  • Porfírio da Paz (until 31 January)
  • Laudo Natel (from 31 January)
• Sergipe: Celso Carvalho (from 31 January)

Events

January

• January 6

A plebiscite chooses the presidential system over a parliamentary one. As a result, the office of the Prime Minister is abolished.^{[1] [2]}

• January 8

The flag of Minas Gerais is instituted.^[3]

March

• March 12

The first Korean immigrants arrive in Brazil.^{[4] [5]}

April

• April 20-May 5: The 1963 Pan American Games are held in São Paulo.^{[6] [7]}

May

• May 23

The Brazilian national team wins its second World Men's Basketball Championship by beating the Soviet Union by 90 to 79 points, in Rio de Janeiro. ^[8]

July

• July 20

Ieda Maria Vargas becomes the first Brazilian to win the Miss Universe title, which is held in Miami Beach, Florida, United States of America.^[9]

October

• October 7

The Ipatinga massacre takes place, after military police shot at Usiminas employees.^[10]

November

• November 16

Santos FC becomes the first Brazilian club to win a second Intercontinental Cup (football).^[11]

December

• December 4

Senator Arnon de Melo, who was trying to shoot Senator Silvestre Péricles, shot and killed alternate Senator José Kairala.^[12]

Births

January

• January 5  - Luís Carlos Winck, footballer and coach
• January 12  - Nando Reis, musician and producer

March

• March 11  - Marcos Pontes, astronaut and politician

October

• October 31  - Dunga, footballer and coach

November

• November 2  - Valdemiro Santiago, evangelical pastor

Deaths

• November 4  - Carlos Magalhães de Azeredo, poet and writer (b. 1872)^[13]

See also

• 1963 in Brazilian football
• 1963 in Brazilian television

Notes and References

1. http://acervo.folha.com.br/fsp/1963/01/06/4 "18 milhões de brasileiros decidem hoje nas urnas o destino do país" (primeira página do 1° caderno), Folha de S.Paulo
2. http://www.justicaeleitoral.jus.br/arquivos/referendo-de-1963
3. Web site: Lei estadual de Minas Gerais 2793 de 1963 - Wikisource . 2023-04-10 . pt.wikisource.org . pt.
4. http://acervo.folha.com.br/fsp/1963/02/12/1 "Coreanos música e trabalho" (primeira página do 1° caderno), Folha de S.Paulo
5. http://acervo.folha.com.br/fsp/1963/03/4/1 "Coreanos ganham terra em litigio" (primeira página do 1° caderno), Folha de S.Paulo
6. http://acervo.folha.com.br/fsp/1963/04/21/2 "Inicia-se o IV Pan-Americano" (primeira página do 1° caderno), Folha de S.Paulo
7. http://acervo.folha.com.br/fsp/1963/05/06/2 "Fim do Pan: Brasil em 2°" (primeira página do 1° caderno), Folha de S.Paulo
8. http://acervo.folha.com.br/fsp/1963/05/24/437 "Brasil 90 x URSS 79; a um passo o bi de basquetebol" (página 16 da segunda edição), Folha de S.Paulo
9. http://acervo.folha.com.br/fsp/1963/07/22/2 "Ieda, a primeira a vencer no exterior" (primeira página do 1° caderno), Folha de S.Paulo
10. Web site: 14 September 2012. 2013-03-17. https://web.archive.org/web/20130317181815/http://www.midiaindependente.org/pt/blue/2006/09/360676.shtml. Luiz Alves. 17 September 2006. Mídia Independente. 1963: O Massacre da Usiminas/PMMG em Ipatinga.
11. http://acervo.folha.com.br/fsp/1963/11/17/2 "Santos bicampeão do mundo" (primeira página do 1° caderno), Folha de S.Paulo
12. Web site: Casarin . Rodrigo . 2019-12-04 . Há 56 anos, o pai de Fernando Collor matava um senador dentro do Congresso . 2021-10-09 . Aventuras na História . pt-br.
13. Web site: Carlos Magalhães de Azeredo . 2023-04-23 . Academia Brasileira de Letras . pt-br.