1976 in Brazil explained

Events in the year 1976 in Brazil.

Incumbents

Federal government

• • President: General Ernesto Geisel Vice President: General Adalberto Pereira dos Santos

Governors

• Acre: Vacant
  • Alagoas: Divaldo Suruagy Amazonas: Henoch da Silva Reis
    • • • • • • • • • • • Bahia: Roberto Santos Ceará: José Adauto Bezerra Espírito Santo: Élcio Álvares Goiás: Irapuan Costa Jr. Maranhão: Oswaldo da Costa Nunes Freire Mato Grosso: Jose Garcia Neto Minas Gerais: Aureliano Chaves Pará: Aloysio Chaves Paraíba: Ivan Bichara Paraná: Jaime Canet Júnior Pernambuco: Francisco Moura Cavalcanti Piauí: Dirceu Arcoverde Rio de Janeiro: Floriano P. Faria Lima
  • Rio Grande do Norte: Tarcisio de Vasconcelos Maia Rio Grande do Sul: Sinval Sebastião Duarte Guazzelli
    • Santa Catarina: Antônio Carlos Konder Reis São Paulo: Paulo Egídio Martins Sergipe: José Rollemberg

Vice governors

• • Acre: Omar Sabino de Paula Alagoas:
  • Antônio Gomes de Barro (until 12 September)
  • Vacant thereafter (from 12 September)
    • • • • • • • • • • • • Amazonas: João Bosco Ramos de Lima Bahia: Edvaldo Brandão Correia Ceará: José Waldemar de Alcântara e Silva Espírito Santo: Carlos Alberto Lindenberg von Schilgen Goiás: José Luís Bittencourt Maranhão: José Duailibe Murad Mato Grosso: Cássio Leite de Barros Minas Gerais: Levindo Ozanam Coelho Pará: Clovis Silva de Morais Rego Paraíba: Dorgival Terceiro Neto Paraná: Octávio Cesário Pereira Júnior Pernambuco: Paulo Gustavo de Araújo Cunha Piauí: Djalma Martins Veloso Rio de Janeiro: Vacant
        • Rio Grande do Norte: Geraldo Melo Rio Grande do Sul: José Augusto Amaral de Sousa Santa Catarina: Marcos Henrique Büechler São Paulo: Ferreira Filho Sergipe: Antônio Ribeiro Sotelo

Events

• Unknown Dates
  • formation of Banda Black Rio
  • dissolution of Centro de Ensino Unificado de Brasília Esporte Clube
  • dissolution of Associação Atlética Rodoviária

January

• January 17

A metallurgist named Manuel Fiel Filho is found dead on the premises of DOI-CODI in São Paulo.^[1]

June

• June 24

By 221 votes in favor, the National Congress of Brazil approves the Falcão Law, which regulates electoral propaganda on radio and television.^[2]

July

• July 1

President Ernesto Geisel signs the Falcão Law, which is named after its creator Armando Falcão. The objective of the law is to prevent the strengthening of an opposition by limiting their political propaganda on television and radio.^[3]

• July 9

Fiat opens a factory in Betim, in the metropolitan region of Belo Horizonte; and begins production with the Fiat 147.^[4]

August

• August 22

Former President of Brazil, Juscelino Kubitschek, dies in an auto accident on the Presidente Dutra Highway, near Resende, Rio de Janeiro.^[5]

December

• December 16

Three leaders of the Brazilian Communist Party are killed after an ambush in the neighborhood of Lapa, São Paulo, in what was known as the Slaughter of Lapa.^[6]

Births

January

• January 7:
  • Marcelo Bordon, footballer
  • Alfonso Soriano, footballer
• January 8: Alexandre Pires, singer-songwriter
• January 19: Tarso Marques, racing driver

March

• 12 March: Alexandré Pölking, footballer and manager
• 18 March: Giovanna Antonelli, actress, television host, and producer

April

• 4 April: Emerson, footballer

May

• May 10: Rogério Oliveira da Costa, footballer (d. 2006)
• May 23: Ricardinho, footballer and manager

June

• June 2: Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira, mixed martial artist
• June 20: Juliano Belletti, footballer
• June 26: Wilson Lima, politician and journalist
• June 27: Wagner Moura, actor

July

• July 3: Wanderlei Silva, mixed martial artist
• July 10: Edmílson, footballer
• July 17: Marcos Senna, footballer

August

• August 29: Luana Piovani, actress and model
• August 31: Roque Júnior, footballer

September

• September 6: Rodrigo Amarante,singer-songwriter
• September 10: Gustavo Kuerten, tennis player
• September 18: Ronaldo, footballer

October

• October 7: Gilberto Silva, football player
• October 10: Bob Burnquist, skateboarder
• October 24: Isabel Clark Ribeiro, snowboarder^[7]

December

• December 3: Marcos Denner, footballer
• December 5: Rafinha Bastos, comedian and television personality
• December 19: Fernanda Brum, gospel singer and pastor

Deaths

January

• January 7: Luís Sérgio Person, actor and director (b. 1936)

May

• May 13: Roberto Batata, footballer (born 1949)
• May 23: Gino Meneghetti, Italian thief in Brazil (born 1888)^[8]

August

• August 22: Juscelino Kubitschek, 21st President of Brazil (1956-1961) (born 1902)

December

• December 6: João Goulart, 24th President of Brazil (1961-1964) (born 1919)

See also

• 1976 in Brazilian football
• 1976 in Brazilian television

Notes and References

1. http://acervo.folha.com.br/fsp/1976/1/20/2 "Morte no DOI: II Exército emite nota"
2. http://acervo.folha.com.br/fsp/1976/6/25/2 "221 arenistas aprovaram o Projeto Falcão"
3. [Senado romano|Senado]
4. Book: de Simone; Ferraresi, Rogério; Rogério. 2016. São Paulo. 10. Alaúde. Clássicos do Brasil: FIAT 147.
5. http://acervo.folha.com.br/fsp/1976/8/24/2 "JK sepultado em Brasília"
6. http://acervo.folha.com.br/fsp/1976/12/17/2 "Mortos três dirigentes do PC do B"
7. Web site: Isabel CLARK RIBEIRO - Olympic Softball Brazil . International Olympic Committee . 23 June 2020 . en . 7 April 2019.
8. Web site: Memória: Gino Meneghetti, o ladrão preso furtando casa aos 92 anos . www.gazetasp.com.br . 19 March 2024.