1964 in Brazil explained

Incumbents

Federal government

• President

• • João Goulart (until 1 April)
  • Ranieri Mazzilli (from 1 April to 15 April)
  • Marshal Castelo Branco (from 15 April)
• Minister of War

• • Dantas Ribeiro (until 4 April)
  • Artur da Costa e Silva (from 4 April)
• Minister of Mines and Energy

• • Oliveira Brito (until April 4)
  • Artur da Costa e Silva (from 4 April until 17 April)
  • Mauro Thibau (from 17 April)

Governors

• Acre: Vacant
  • Alagoas: Luis Cavalcante Amazonas:
  • Plínio Ramos Coelho (until 27 June)
  • Artur César Ferreira Reis (from 27 June)
  • Bahia: Lomanto Júnior Ceará: Virgilio Távora
  • Espírito Santo: Francisco Lacerda de Aguiar Goiás:
  • Mauro Borges (until 26 November)
  • Carlos de Meira Mattos (from 26 November)
• Guanabara: Carlos Lacerda
  • • • Maranhão: Newton de Barros Belo Mato Grosso: Fernando Corrêa da Costa Minas Gerais: José de Magalhães Pinto Pará:
  • Aurélio do Carmo (until 15 June)
  • Jarbas Passarinho (from 15 June)
    • Paraíba: Pedro Gondim Paraná: Nei Braga Pernambuco:
  • Miguel Arraes (until 2 April)
  • Paulo Pessoa Guerra (from 2 April)
• Piauí: Petrônio Portella
• Rio de Janeiro:
  • Badger da Silveira (until 1 May)
  • Cordolino Ambrósio (1 May-4 May)
  • Pablo Torres (from 4 May)
    • • • Rio Grande do Norte: Aluízio Alves Rio Grande do Sul: Ildo Meneghetti Santa Catarina: Celso Ramos São Paulo: Ademar de Barros Sergipe:
  • João de Seixas Dória (until 2 April)
  • Sebastião Celso de Carvalho (from 2 April)

Vice governors

• • • • • Alagoas: Teotônio Brandão Vilela Bahia: Orlando Moscoso Ceará: Joaquim de Figueiredo Correia Espírito Santo: Rubens Rangel Goiás: Vacant
      • Maranhão: Alfredo Salim Duailibe Mato Grosso: Jose Garcia Neto Minas Gerais: Clóvis Salgado da Gama Pará:
  • Newton Burlamaqui de Miranda (until 9 June)
  • Agostinho de Meneses de Monteiro (from 15 June)
  • Paraíba: André Avelino de Paiva Gadelha Paraná: Afonso Alves de Camargo Neto (from 20 March)
• Pernambuco:
  • Paulo Pessoa Guerra (until 2 April)
  • Vacant thereafter (from 2 April)
• Piauí: João Clímaco d'Almeida
• Rio de Janeiro:
  • João Batista da Costa (until 1 May)
  • Vacant thereafter (1 May-4 May)
  • Teotônio Araújo (from 4 May)
  • Rio Grande do Norte: Teodorico Bezerra Santa Catarina: Armindo Marcílio Doutel de Andrade
  • São Paulo: Laudo Natel Sergipe:
  • Celso Carvalho (until 1 April)
  • Vacant thereafter (from 1 April)

Events

January

• 7 January: French actress Brigitte Bardot arrives in Rio de Janeiro and spends her summer in the resort of Búzios, drawing the attention of the national and international press to the place. Thanks to Bardot's visit, Búzios has now became one of the hottest spots in the Brazilian summer.^[1]

February

• 28 February: Nova Independência is established in São Paulo.^[2]

March

• 13 March: President João Goulart makes a speech at a rally in Central do Brasil, where he defends democracy and announces significant political reforms, such as nationalisation and social justice programs.^[3]
• 19 March: The first March of the Family with God for Liberty takes place in São Paulo, with the participation of 500,000 people. Protestors ask for military intervention, in response to Goulart's political reforms speech.^{[4] [5]}
• 25 March: Corporal Anselmo leads sailors of the lower ranks in a revolt against their poor conditions of life and superiors, as well as supporting President Goulart's "basic reforms".^[6]
• 27 March

The Sailors' Revolt ends, after Goulart gives amnesty to the sailors and appoints Paulo Mário da Cunha Rodrigues as Minister of the Navy.^{[7] [8]}

• 31 March-1 April: President João Goulart is overthrown in a military coup, after a sequence of events; among the movement of military troops from Minas Gerais to Rio de Janeiro and the positioning of the US navy on the Brazilian coast.^[9]

April

• 2 April

The National Congress, in an extraordinary session, declares that the President of the Chamber of Deputies, Ranieri Mazzilli, assumes the interim Presidency of the Republic.^{[10] [11]}

• 11 April: The country holds its first indirect elections after the coup. Castelo Branco is elected the next president by the National Congress.^{[12] [13]}
• 13 April

Ranieri Mazzilli revokes the SUPRA (Superintendence of Agrarian Policy) decree, that was signed by João Goulart at the Central Rally in Rio de Janeiro.^[14]

• 15 April

Humberto de Alencar Castelo Branco is sworn in as the 26th President of Brazil, and the first of the Military Regime.^[15]

May

• 13 May: Brazil terminates its diplomatic relations with Cuba.^[16]

June

• 10 June

The GTEPE (Special Project Study and Study Group), a precursor to GETEPE (Space Project Study and Executive Group), is created.^[17]

August

• 22 August: President Castelo Branco creates the National Housing Bank, to build homes for the middle class and to generate jobs.^[18]

November

• 30 November: President Humberto de Alencar Castelo Branco promulgates the Land Statute, a law that regulates rights and obligations related to rural real estate.^[19]

December

• 1 December: Energy rationing ends in São Paulo.^[20]
• 31 December: The Central Bank of Brazil and the National Monetary Council are established.^[21]

Births

January

• January 11: Patrícia Pillar, actress
• January 18: Gustavo Bebianno, lawyer and politician (d. 2020)
• January 20: Márcia Cabrita, actress (died 2017)

February

• February 16: Bebeto, retired footballer and politician

April

• April 18: Lourenço Mutarelli, underground comic book writer
• April 21: Anna Muylaert, television and film director

May

• May 23: Beto Brant, filmmaker

July

• July 10: Dalton Vigh, actor

August

• August 17: Jorginho, coach and retired footballer

September

• September 11:
  • Alexandre Lippiani, actor and voice actor (d. 1997)
  • Damares Alves, Minister of Human Rights, Family and Women

October

• October 26: Irving São Paulo, actor (d. 2006)

November

• November 20: Leonardo Medeiros, actor

December

• December 7: Roberta Close, transgender model

Deaths

January

• January 20: Aníbal Machado (born 1894)

February

• February 9: Ary Barroso, composer, pianist, soccer commentator, and talent-show host (born 1903) ^[22]

November

• November 6: Anita Malfatti, artist (born 1889)

See also

• 1964 in Brazilian football
• List of Brazilian films of 1964

Notes and References

1. News: Farquhar . Stephen . 2004-09-25 . And Bardot created Búzios . en-GB . The Guardian . 2023-07-12 . 0261-3077.
2. https://www.novaindependencia.sp.gov.br/portal/servicos/1001/historia-da-cidade/ História da Cidade
3. Web site: Carta Maior: O Discurso de Jango no Comício da Central do Brasil . 2023-08-11 . 2022-02-07 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220207160342/https://www.cartamaior.com.br/?/Editoria/Politica/O-discurso-de-Jango-no-comicio-da-Central-do-Brasil%0D%0A/4/16826 . dead .
4. Book: John W. F. Dulles. Resisting Brazil's Military Regime: An Account of the Battles of Sobral Pinto. 1 January 2010. University of Texas Press. 978-0-292-78220-4. 57.
5. Web site: Anatomy of a coup d'état. Agência Brasil. Ivan Richard. Danillo Macedo. 2014.
6. Book: Bandeira, Moniz. Moniz Bandeira. 1978. 4ª. Rio de Janeiro. Civilização Brasileira. O Governo João Goulart: As Lutas Sociais no Brasil (1961-1964).
7. Book: Ferreira, Jorge. Gomes. Angela de Castro. 2014. 1964: O golpe que derrubou um presidente, pôs fim ao regime democrático e instituiu a ditadura no Brasil. Civilização Brasileira. Rio de Janeiro. 1ª. pt-br. 20.
8. News: Jornal do Brasil. 1964-03-28. Rio de Janeiro.
9. http://arte.folha.uol.com.br/treinamento/2014/01/05/50-anos-golpe-64 Especial folha 50 anos do golpe
10. http://acervo.folha.com.br/fsp/1964/4/2/2/ Congresso declara Presidencia vaga; Mazzilli assume
11. http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=0qX8s2k1IRwC&dat=19640402&printsec=frontpage&hl=pt-BR Goulart resiste no sul e o Congresso empossa Mazzilli
12. Web site: Humberto de Alencar Castello Branco - Biografia - UOL Educação . 2024-08-20 . educacao.uol.com.br.
13. http://acervo.folha.com.br/fsp/1964/4/12/2 Castelo Branco eleito; José Maria Alkmin, vice
14. Web site: 29 April 2017. 13 April 1964. Ranieri. Mazzilli. Câmara dos Deputados. Revoga o Decreto n. 53700, de 13 de março de 1964. Decreto nº 53.883, de 13 de Abril de 1964.
15. https://www.nytimes.com/1964/04/16/archives/brazils-new-president-pledges-moderate-and-democratic-line.html Brazil's New President Pledges Moderate and Democratic Line
16. http://acervo.folha.com.br/fsp/1964/5/14/2/ Brasil rompe com Cuba
17. http://mtc-m12.sid.inpe.br/col/sid.inpe.br/jeferson/2003/07.02.08.39/doc/publicacao.pdf ESBOÇO HISTÓRICO DA PESQUISA ESPACIAL NO BRASIL
18. https://www.nytimes.com/1964/08/23/archives/lowcost-homes-measure-signed-into-law-in-brazil.html Low‐Cost Homes Measure Signed Into Law in Brazil
19. https://www.planalto.gov.br/ccivil_03/leis/l4504.htm LEI Nº 4.504, DE 30 DE NOVEMBRO DE 1964.
20. http://acervo.folha.com.br/fsp/1964/12/1/156/ Terminou o racionamento de energia em São Paulo
21. http://www2.camara.leg.br/legin/fed/lei/1960-1969/lei-4595-31-dezembro-1964-353886-normaatualizada-pl.pdf Lei n° 4.595, de 31 de dezembro de 1964.
22. Web site: Compositor Brasileiro: Ary Barroso. UOL Educação. May 16, 2016.