1968 in Brazil explained

Events of the year 1968 in Brazil

Incumbents

Federal government

• President: Marshal Artur da Costa e Silva
• Vice-President: Pedro Aleixo

Governors

• Acre: Vacant
  • Alagoas: Antônio Simeão de Lamenha Filho Amazonas: Danilo Duarte de Matos Areosa
  • Bahia: Luís Viana Filho Ceará: Plácido Castelo
  • Espírito Santo: Cristiano Dias Lopes Filho Goiás: Otávio Lage
• Guanabara: Francisco Negrão de Lima
  • • • • • • Maranhão: José Sarney Mato Grosso: Pedro Pedrossian Minas Gerais: Israel Pinheiro da Silva Pará: Alacid Nunes Paraíba: João Agripino Maia Paraná: Pablo Cruz Pimentel Pernambuco: Nilo Coelho
• Piauí: Helvídio Nunes
• Rio de Janeiro: Geremias de Mattos Fontes
  • • • • Rio Grande do Norte: Walfredo Gurgel Dantas Rio Grande do Sul: Walter Peracchi Barcelos Santa Catarina: Ivo Silveira São Paulo: Roberto Costa de Abreu Sodré Sergipe: Lourival Baptista

Vice governors

• • • • Alagoas: Manoel Sampaio Luz Amazonas: Rui Arajuo Bahia: Jutahy Magalhães Ceará: Humberto Ellery
    • Espírito Santo: Isaac Lopes Rubim Goiás: Osires Teixeira Maranhão: Antonio Jorge Dino
      • • • • Mato Grosso: Lenine de Campos Póvoas Minas Gerais: Pio Soares Canedo Pará: João Renato Franco Paraíba: Antônio Juarez Farias Paraná: Plínio Franco Ferreira da Costa Pernambuco: Salviano Machado Filho Piauí: João Clímaco d'Almeida
• Rio de Janeiro: Heli Ribeiro Gomes
• Rio Grande do Norte: Clóvis Motta
  • • Santa Catarina: Jorge Bornhausen São Paulo: Hilário Torloni Sergipe: Vacant

Events

March

• 28 March: A 16 year-old student named Edson Luís de Lima Souto, is killed after being shot in the chest by a police officer. This was during a protest between students and the Military Police at the Calabouço restaurant, in the UNE building, in Rio de Janeiro.^{[1] [2]}

April

• 5 April: The Minister of Justice, Luís Antônio da Gama e Silva, signs an act, prohibiting the functioning of the leftist political movement, known as Frente Ampla.^[3]
• 20 April: A bomb attack destroys the headquarters entrance of the newspaper O Estado de S. Paulo, in São Paulo. ^[4]

May

• 15 May: A bomb explodes at the door of the São Paulo Stock Exchange.^[5]
• 26 May: Dr. Euryclides de Jesus Zerbini and his team perform the first heart transplant in Latin America.^[6]
• 28 May: A 23rd star representing the state of Acre, established six years before, is added to the flag of Brazil.^[7]

June

• 26 June: The Passeata dos Cem Mil (March of the One Hundred Thousand), a demonstration organized by the student movement against the military regime, takes place in the center of Rio de Janeiro.^{[8] [9]}

July

• 5 July

The Minister of Justice, Luís Antônio da Gama e Silva bans street demonstrations across the country.^[10]

• 13 July

Martha Vasconcellos becomes the second Brazilian to win the Miss Universe title, in the pageant held in Miami Beach, Florida, United States.^[11]

November

• 1-11 November: Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom arrives in Brazil for an eleven-day visit.^{[12] [13] [14]}
• 7 November

The new headquarters of the São Paulo Museum of Art on Avenida Paulista is inaugurated with the presence of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom.^[15]

December

• 13 December: President Costa e Silva issues Institucional Act Number 5, giving the President powers to intervene on local governments, suspend Congress, ban political meetings, as well as censor the press, music and film.^{[16] [17]}
• 16 December: Mobster Castor de Andrade is arrested, after Secretary of Public Security of Guanabara, General Luís de França Oliveira, starts one of the biggest attacks against crime.^[18]
• 30 December: The Secretariat of the National Defense Council publishes a list of impeached federal deputies.^[19]

Births

January

• 3 January: Matheus Nachtergaele, actor and director
• 7 January: Cazé Peçanha, television host
• 12 January: Mauro Silva, former footballer

July

• 20 July: Carlos Saldanha, director

November

• 18 November: Luizianne Lins, politician

December

• 31 December: Luciano Szafir, actor

Deaths

April

• 4 April: Assis Chateaubriand, entrepreneur (b. 1892)

October

• 13 October: Manuel Bandeira, poet (b. 1886)

See also

• 1968 in Brazilian football
• 1968 in Brazilian television

Notes and References

1. Web site: Jornal do Brasil - Pesquisa de arquivos de notícias Google. news.google.com. 2016-12-14.
2. http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=0qX8s2k1IRwC&dat=19680329&printsec=frontpage&hl=pt-BR Assassinato leva estudantes à greve nacional
3. http://acervo.folha.com.br/fsp/1968/04/06/2 Ato do Governo põe fim à Frente Ampla
4. http://acervo.folha.com.br/fsp/1968/04/21/2/ Terrorismo continua: Bomba contra jornal
5. http://acervo.folha.com.br/fsp/1968/05/16/2/ Bomba explode na Bolsa de Valores
6. http://acervo.folha.com.br/fsp/1968/05/27/2/ Lance por lance, eis o transplante
7. https://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/br-ac.html Acre (Brazil)
8. Book: Alves, Maria Helena Moreira. State and Opposition in Military Brazil. 1988-07-01. University of Texas Press. 9780292776173. en.
9. http://acervo.folha.com.br/fsp/1968/06/27/2/ Muita gente e muita ordem na passeata
10. http://acervo.folha.com.br/fsp/1968/07/06/2/ Passeatas estão proibidas
11. http://acervo.folha.com.br/fsp/1968/07/15/2/ Miss Brasil a mais bela do mundo
12. Web site: Folha de S.Paulo - Edição de 02/11/1968. Pages. Digital. acervo.folha.uol.com.br. 2016-12-14.
13. http://acervo.folha.com.br/fsp/1968/11/02/2/ Rainha Elizabeth e o principe Philiip no Brasil
14. http://acervo.folha.com.br/fsp/1968/11/12/2/ Elizabeth deixa o Brasil e já está no Chile
15. http://acervo.folha.com.br/fsp/1968/11/08/2/ Elizabeth e Philiip agradecem o carinho com que foram recebidos pelo povo
16. Book: Dunn, Christopher. Contracultura: Alternative Arts and Social Transformation in Authoritarian Brazil. 2016-10-13. UNC Press Books. 9781469628523. en.
17. http://acervo.folha.com.br/fsp/1968/12/14/2/ O presidente reune seus ministros para a decisão
18. PASQUIM. Edição nº 599(1980), pp. 12-21.
19. http://acervo.folha.com.br/fsp/1968/12/31/2/ Cassados Lacerda e mais 12