1966 in Brazil

Events in the year 1966 in Brazil.

Incumbents

Federal government

• President: Marshal Castelo Branco
• Vice President: José Maria Alkmin

Governors

• Acre:
• Alagoas:
• Amazonas:
• Bahia:
• Ceará:
• Espírito Santo:
• Goiás:
• Maranhão:
• Mato Grosso:
• Minas Gerais:
• Pará:
• Paraíba:
• Paraná:
• Pernambuco:
• Piauí:
• Rio Grande do Norte:
• Rio Grande do Sul:
• Santa Catarina:
• São Paulo:
• Sergipe:

Vice governors

• Alagoas:
• Bahia:
• Ceará:
• Espírito Santo:
• Goiás:
• Mato Grosso:
• Minas Gerais:
• Pará:
• Paraíba:
• Paraná:
• Pernambuco:
• Piaui:
• Rio Grande do Norte:
• Santa Catarina:
• São Paulo:

Events

• 5 February – Institutional Act Number Three (AI-3) is issued. It introduces indirect elections for governors and vice-governors and the appointment of mayors.[1]
• 21 February – Pelé marries Rosemeri dos Reis Cholbi (divorced 1982).[2]
• 5 June – Adhemar de Barros, governor of São Paulo, is removed from the post and has his political rights revoked by president Castelo Branco.[3][4]
• 6 June – Luís Carlos Prestes, leader of the Brazilian Communist Party, is sentenced to 14 years in prison.[5]
• 25 July – A bomb attack attempting to assassinate presidential candidate Artur da Costa e Silva at Recife International Airport causes 3 deaths and several wounds.[6]
• 20 August – The Lead Masks Case – the corpses of two electronic technicians wearing lead masks are found near Rio de Janeiro in advanced state of decomposition. The case of their death has never been determined and was subject to much speculation.
• 3 October – An indirect presidential election takes place. Artur Costa e Silva is elected the next President of Brazil by 295 congress votes.[7]

Births

• 12 July – Mendonça Filho, ex-governor of Pernambuco

Deaths

• 15 May – Venceslau Brás, 98, 9th President of Brazil (b. 1868)

References

1. Ato 3 fixa datas para eleições (primeira página do 1° caderno), Folha de S.Paulo (6 de fevereiro de 1966).
2. Pelé casou (primeira página do 1° caderno), Folha de S.Paulo (22 de fevereiro de 1966).
3. Cassado Adhemar (primeira página do 1° caderno), Folha de S.Paulo (6 de junho de 1966).
4. Govêrno decide cassar mandatos nos Estados (primeira página do 1° caderno), Jornal do Brasil (6 de junho de 1966).
5. Luiz Carlos Prestes condenado a 14 anos de prisão (página 15 do 1° caderno), Folha de S.Paulo (7 de junho de 1966).
6. Calma no Recife após o atentado (páginas 1 e 3 do 1° caderno), Folha de S.Paulo (26 de julho de 1966).
7. Costa e Silva já está eleito (primeira página do 1° caderno), Folha de S.Paulo (4 de outubro de 1966).

See also

• 1966 in Brazilian football
• 1966 in Brazilian television