1959 in Brazil

Events in the year 1959 in Brazil .

Incumbents

Federal government

• President : Juscelino Kubitschek
• Vice President : João Goulart

Governors

• Alagoas : Sebastião Muniz Falcão
• Amazonas :
  • Plínio Ramos Coelho (till 25 March)
  • Gilberto Mestrinho (from 25 March)
• Bahia : Antônio Balbino then Juracy Magalhães
• Ceará :
  • Flávio Marcílio (until 25 March)
  • Parsifal Barroso (from 25 March)
• Espírito Santo :
  • Francisco Lacerda de Aguiar (until 31 January)
  • Carlos Fernando Monteiro Lindenberg (31 January-10 October)
  • Raul Giuberti (from 10 October)
• Goiás :
  • José Ludovico de Almeida (until 31 January)
  • José Feliciano Ferreira (from 31 January)
• Maranhão : José de Matos Carvalho
• Mato Grosso : João Ponce de Arruda
• Minas Gerais : José Francisco Bias Fortes
• Pará :
  • Magalhães Barata (until 29 May)
  • Luís de Moura Carvalho (from 29 May)
• Paraíba : Pedro Gondim
• Paraná : Moisés Lupion
• Pernambuco :
  • Otávio Correia de Araújo (until 31 January)
  • Constantino Carneiro de Albuquerque Maranhão (31 January-31 March)
  • Cid Sampaio (from 31 March)
• Piauí :
  • Jacob Gaioso e Almendra (until 25 March)
  • Chagas Rodrigues (from 25 March)
• Rio de Janeiro :
  • Togo Barros (until 30 January)
  • Osmar Serpa de Carvalho (30 January-31 January)
  • Roberto Silveira (from 31 January)
• Rio Grande do Norte : Dinarte de Medeiros Mariz
• Rio Grande do Sul :
  • Ildo Meneghetti (until 25 March)
  • Leonel Brizola (from 25 March)
• Santa Catarina : Heriberto Hülse
• São Paulo :
  • Jânio Quadros (until 31 January)
  • Carlos Alberto Alves de Carvalho Pinto (from 31 January)
• Sergipe :
  • Leandro Maciel (until 31 January)
  • Luís Garcia (from 31 January)

Vice governors

• Alagoas : Sizenando Nabuco de Melo
• Bahia : Orlando Moscoso (from 7 April)
• Ceará : Wilson Gonçalves (from 25 March)
• Espírito Santo :
  • Adwalter Ribeiro Soares (until 31 January)
  • Raul Giuberti (from 31 January)
• Goiás :
  • Bernardo Sayão Carvalho Araújo (until 31 January)
  • João de Abreu (from 31 January)
• Maranhão : Alexandre Alves Costa
• Mato Grosso : Henrique José Vieira Neto
• Minas Gerais : Artur Bernardes Filho
• Paraíba : Pedro Gondim
• Pernambuco : Pelópidas da Silveira (from 15 December)
• Piauí :
  • Francisco Ferreira de Castro (until 25 March)
  • Tibério Nunes (from 25 March)
• Rio de Janeiro :
  • Roberto Silveira (until 25 March)
  • Celso Peçanha (from 25 March)
• Rio Grande do Norte : José Augusto Varela
• Santa Catarina : Vacant
• São Paulo : Porfírio da Paz
• Sergipe :
  • José Machado de Souza (until 31 January)
  • Dionísio Machado (from 31 January)

Events

January

• 31 January: The Brazilian Men's Basketball Team wins its first World Basketball Championship title by beating the Chilean Men's Basketball Team in Santiago. ^{[1] [2]}

May

• 26 May: The non-profit philanthropic organization, The Charitable Works Foundation of Sister Dulce is established by Sister Dulce. ^[3]

June

• 17 June: President Juscelino Kubitschek decides to break away with the IMF, due to pressure on meeting loan requirements. ^[4]

August

• 23 August: The first Brazilian Football Championship begins with state champion clubs in the country's cities. ^[5]

December

• 2 December: Journalist Antônio Callado from Correio da Manhã publishes a series of reports on the Peasant Leagues of the Northeast. ^{[6] [7]}
• 2-4 December: Officials of the Brazilian Air Force and Brazilian Army try to start a military uprising with a seizure of power and carry out the country's first plane hijacking. The revolt would fail and later be known as the Aragarças Revolt. ^{[8] [9]}
• 7 December: The Legislative Assembly of Pernambuco approves the expropriation of Engenho Galiléia (a sugar mill), a project by Deputy Francisco Julião; lawyer for the Peasant League. ^[10]
• 15 December: SUDENE is created by Law nº 3.692, which would seek the development of the Northeast region of Brazil. ^[11]

Births

January

• 13 January: Gilmar Rinaldi, retired footballer
• 20 January: Ivo Cassol, politician

April

• 12 April: Robinson Faria, politician (Governor of Rio Grande do Norte, 2015-2018)
• 18 April: José Eduardo Cardozo, lawyer

September

• 23 September: Hortência Marcari, basketball player

Deaths

February

• 20 February: Gregório Bondar, Russian-Brazilian agronomist (b. 1881)

August

• 16 August: José Pessoa, Brazilian military officer (b. 1885)

November

• 17 November: Heitor Villa-Lobos, Brazilian composer (b. 1887)

References

1. Informa o Sr. Kubitschek: Medalhas de honra ao merito esportivo aos campeões de basquetebol (primeira página do 1° caderno), Folha da Manhã (5 February 1959).
2. Brasil, campeão mundial de basquetebol (primeira página do 1° caderno), Folha da Manhã (1 February 1959).
3. Interativa, Hoom. "Vida de Irmã Dulce". www.irmadulce.org.br. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
4. Oliveira, Fernanda Conforto de (2019). International financial negotiations and political actors: the breakdown in IMF-Brazilian negotiations during the administration of Juscelino Kubitschek (1957-1959) (MA thesis). Universidade de Sao Paulo, Agencia USP de Gestao da Informacao Academica (AGUIA). doi: 10.11606/d.101.2019.tde-13052019-110501 .
5. Seis jogos entre campeões iniciam esta tarde a disputa da Taça Brasil (página 2 do único caderno), Folha da Manhã (23 de agosto de 1959).
6. Welch, Cliff. Keeping Communism Down on the Farm: The Brazilian Rural Labor Movement during the Cold War, Latin American Perspectives Vol.33, pg. 29.
7. Welch, Cliff. Keeping Communism Down on the Farm: The Brazilian Rural Labor Movement during the Cold War, Latin American Perspectives Vol.33, pg. 28-50.
8. Aragarcas cpdoc.fgv.br ^{[ dead link ]}
9. Movimento de rebeldia na FAB; o governo controla a situação (primeira página do 1° caderno), Folha da Manhã (4 December 1959).
10. Francisco Julião, Atlas Historico do Brasil.
11. "L3692".

See also

• 1959 in Brazilian football