1984 in Brazil explained

Events in the year 1984 in Brazil.

Incumbents

Federal government

• President: General João Figueiredo
• Vice President: Aureliano Chaves

Governors

• Acre: Nabor Júnior
  • • • • • • • • • Alagoas: Divaldo Suruagy Amazonas: Gilberto Mestrinho Bahia: João Durval Carneiro Ceará: Gonzaga Mota Espírito Santo: Gerson Camata Goiás: Iris Rezende Maranhão: Luís Rocha Mato Grosso: Julio Campos Mato Grosso do Sul: Wilson Barbosa Martins Minas Gerais:
  • Tancredo Neves (until 14 August)
  • Hélio Garcia (from 14 August)
  • Pará: Jader Barbalho Paraíba: Wilson Braga
• Paraná: José Richa
  • • Pernambuco: Roberto Magalhães Piauí: Hugo Napoleão Rio de Janeiro: Leonel Brizola
  • Rio Grande do Norte: José Agripino Maia Rio Grande do Sul: Jair de Oliveira Soares
    • • Rondônia: Jorge Teixeira de Oliveira Santa Catarina: Esperidião Amin São Paulo: André Franco Montoro Sergipe: João Alves Filho

Vice governors

• • • • • Acre: Iolanda Ferreira Lima Fleming Alagoas: José de Medeiros Tavares Amazonas: Manoel Henriques Ribeiro Bahia: Edvaldo de Oliveira Flores Ceará: José Adauto Bezerra
        • Espírito Santo: José Moraes Goiás: Onofre Quinan Maranhão: João Rodolfo Ribeiro Gonçalves Mato Grosso: Wilmar Peres de Faria Mato Grosso do Sul: Ramez Tebet
• Minas Gerais:
  • Hélio Garcia (until 14 August)
  • Vacant thereafter (from 14 August)
    • • • • Pará: Laércio Dias Franco Paraíba: José Carlos da Silva Júnior Paraná: João Elísio Ferraz de Campos Pernambuco: Gustavo Krause Gonçalves Sobrinho Piauí: José Raimundo Bona Medeiros Rio de Janeiro: Darcy Ribeiro
        • Rio Grande do Norte: Radir Pereira Rio Grande do Sul: Cláudio Ênio Strassburger Santa Catarina: Victor Fontana São Paulo: Orestes Quércia Sergipe: Antônio Carlos Valadares

Events

February

• February 24

The explosion of a Petrobras pipeline kills 508 people in the Vila Socó favela in Cubatão, São Paulo.^{[1] [2]}

March

• March 2

The Sambódromo opens in Rio de Janeiro with a parade by Group 3 of the samba schools.^[3]

April

• April 16

More than one million people, led by Tancredo Neves, occupy the streets of São Paulo to demand direct presidential elections during the Brazilian military government of João Figueiredo. It is the largest protest during the Diretas Já civil unrest, as well as the largest public demonstration in the history of Brazil.^[4]

• April 25

The Dante de Oliveira Amendment, which would provide direct elections for President of the Republic, is rejected by the Brazilian Chamber of Deputies after receiving 298 votes in favor and 65 against.^[5]

May

• May 5

The Itaipu Dam is inaugurated on the border of Brazil and Paraguay after 9 years of construction, making it the largest hydroelectric dam in the world at the time.

August

• August 12

The National Convention of the PMDB chooses Governor Tancredo Neves and Senator José Sarney as its candidates for President and Vice President of the Republic.^[6]

Births

January

• January 2: Otacílio Jales, footballer
• January 11: Milena Toscano, actress
• January 25: Robinho, footballer

February

• February 16: Fábio Lucindo, actor, voice actor and presenter

April

• April 10: Alemão, footballer (died 2007)^[7]

July

• July 5: Henrique Barbosa, swimmer

September

• September 7: – Miranda, footballer
• September 22: – Thiago Silva, footballer

October

• October 19: – Kaio de Almeida, swimmer

Deaths

• January 3: Ivete Vargas, politician (b. 1927)

See also

• 1984 in Brazilian football
• 1984 in Brazilian television
• List of Brazilian films of 1984

Notes and References

1. http://acervo.folha.com.br/fsp/1984/02/26/2/ Gasolina explode, horror em Cubatão
2. http://acervo.folha.com.br/fsp/1984/03/25/2/ Em Cubatão, pelo menos 500 mortos
3. http://acervo.folha.com.br/fsp/1984/03/03/2/ Desfile do Grupo 3 abre o Carnaval
4. Web site: Diretas Já - Comício do Anhangabaú, em 16/04/1984 . Brado Retumbante . . Paulo Markun .

   pt:Paulo Markun

   . https://web.archive.org/web/20180425071256/http://www.bradoretumbante.org.br/historia/diretas-ja . April 25, 2018 . dead.
5. http://acervo.folha.com.br/fsp/1984/04/26/2/ A nação frustrada! Apesar da maioria de 298 votos, faltaram 22 para aprovar diretas
6. http://acervo.folha.com.br/fsp/1984/08/13/2/ O PMDB homologa Tancredo-Sarnei
7. Web site: Brazilian player Alemao killed in car crash. 10 July 2007. Gulf News. 2 April 2019.