1963 in Brazil

Events in the year 1963 in Brazil .

Incumbents

Federal government

• President : João Goulart
• Prime Minister : Hermes Lima (until 23 January)
• Vice President : vacant

Governors

• Acre : Vacant
• Alagoas : Luis Cavalcante
• Amazonas :
  • Gilberto Mestrinho (until 25 March)
  • Plínio Ramos Coelho (from 25 March)
• Bahia :
  • Juracy Magalhães (until 7 April)
  • Lomanto Junior (from 7 April)
• Ceará :
  • Parsifal Barroso (until 25 March)
  • Virgílio Távora (from 25 March)
• Espírito Santo :
  • Asdrúbal Martins Soares (until 31 January)
  • Francisco Lacerda de Aguiar (from 31 January)
• Goiás : Mauro Borges
• Guanabara : Carlos Lacerda
• Maranhão : Newton de Barros Belo
• Mato Grosso : Fernando Corrêa da Costa
• Minas Gerais : José de Magalhães Pinto
• Pará : Aurélio do Carmo
• Paraíba : Pedro Gondim
• Paraná : Nei Braga
• Pernambuco :
  • Cid Sampaio (until 31 January)
  • Miguel Arraes (from 31 January)
• Piauí :
  • Tibério Nunes (until 25 March)
  • Petrônio Portella (from 25 March)
• Rio de Janeiro :
  • José Janotti (until 18 January)
  • Luís Miguel Pinaud (18 January-31 January)
  • Badger da Silveira (from 31 January)
• Rio Grande do Norte : Aluízio Alves
• Rio Grande do Sul :
  • Leonel Brizola (until 25 March)
  • Ildo Meneghetti (from 25 March)
• Santa Catarina : Celso Ramos
• São Paulo :
  • Carlos Alberto Alves de Carvalho Pinto (until 31 January)
  • Ademar de Barros (from 31 January)
• Sergipe :
  • Dionísio Machado (until 30 January)
  • Horácio Dantas de Goes (30 January-31 January)
  • João de Seixas Dória (from 31 January)

Vice governors

• Alagoas : Teotônio Brandão Vilela
• Bahia : Orlando Moscoso
• Ceará :
  • Wilson Gonçalves (until 31 January)
  • Joaquim de Figueiredo Correia (from 25 March)
• Espírito Santo : Rubens Rangel (from 31 January)
• Goiás :
  • Antônio Rezende Monteiro (until 31 January)
  • Vacant thereafter (from 31 January)
• Maranhão : Alfredo Salim Duailibe
• Mato Grosso : Jose Garcia Neto
• Minas Gerais : Clóvis Salgado da Gama
• Pará : Newton Burlamaqui de Miranda
• Paraíba : André Avelino de Paiva Gadelha
• Pernambuco : Paulo Pessoa Guerra
• Piauí : João Clímaco d'Almeida
• Rio de Janeiro : João Batista da Costa (from 31 January)
• Rio Grande do Norte : Teodorico Bezerra (from 19 January)
• Santa Catarina : Armindo Marcílio Doutel de Andrade
• São Paulo :
  • Porfírio da Paz (until 31 January)
  • Laudo Natel (from 31 January)
• Sergipe : Celso Carvalho (from 31 January)

Events

January

• January 6 : A plebiscite chooses the presidential system over a parliamentary one. As a result, the office of the Prime Minister is abolished. ^{[1] [2]}
• January 8 : The flag of Minas Gerais is instituted. ^[3]

March

• March 12 : The first Korean immigrants arrive in Brazil. ^{[4] [5]}

April

• April 20 - May 5 : The 1963 Pan American Games are held in São Paulo. ^{[6] [7]}

May

• May 23 : The Brazilian national team wins its second World Men's Basketball Championship by beating the Soviet Union by 90 to 79 points, in Rio de Janeiro. ^[8]

July

• July 20 : Ieda Maria Vargas becomes the first Brazilian to win the Miss Universe title, which is held in Miami Beach, Florida, United States of America. ^[9]

October

• October 7 : The Ipatinga massacre takes place, after military police shot at Usiminas employees. ^[10]

November

• November 16 : Santos FC becomes the first Brazilian club to win a second Intercontinental Cup (football). ^[11]

December

• December 4 : Senator Arnon de Melo, who was trying to shoot Senator Silvestre Péricles, shot and killed alternate Senator José Kairala. ^[12]

Births

January

• January 5 – Luís Carlos Winck, footballer and coach
• January 12 – Nando Reis, musician and producer

March

• March 11 – Marcos Pontes, astronaut and politician

October

• October 31 – Dunga, footballer and coach

November

• November 2 – Valdemiro Santiago, evangelical pastor

Deaths

• November 4 – Carlos Magalhães de Azeredo, poet and writer (b. 1872) ^[13]

See also

• 1963 in Brazilian football
• 1963 in Brazilian television

References

1. "18 milhões de brasileiros decidem hoje nas urnas o destino do país" (primeira página do 1° caderno), Folha de S.Paulo (6 de janeiro de 1963)
2. "Referendo de 1963". www.justicaeleitoral.jus.br.
3. "Lei estadual de Minas Gerais 2793 de 1963 - Wikisource". pt.wikisource.org (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2023-04-10.
4. "Coreanos música e trabalho" (primeira página do 1° caderno), Folha de S.Paulo (12 de fevereiro de 1963).
5. "Coreanos ganham terra em litigio" (primeira página do 1° caderno), Folha de S.Paulo (4 de março de 1963).
6. "Inicia-se o IV Pan-Americano" (primeira página do 1° caderno), Folha de S.Paulo (21 de abril de 1963).
7. "Fim do Pan: Brasil em 2°" (primeira página do 1° caderno), Folha de S.Paulo (6 de maio de 1963).
8. "Brasil 90 x URSS 79; a um passo o bi de basquetebol" (página 16 da segunda edição), Folha de S.Paulo (24 de maio de 1963).
9. "Ieda, a primeira a vencer no exterior" (primeira página do 1° caderno), Folha de S.Paulo (22 de julho de 1963).
10. Luiz Alves (17 September 2006). "1963: O Massacre da Usiminas/PMMG em Ipatinga". Mídia Independente. Archived from the original on 2013-03-17. Retrieved 14 September 2012.
11. "Santos bicampeão do mundo" (primeira página do 1° caderno), Folha de S.Paulo (17 de novembro de 1963).
12. Casarin, Rodrigo (2019-12-04). "Há 56 anos, o pai de Fernando Collor matava um senador dentro do Congresso". Aventuras na História (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2021-10-09.
13. "Carlos Magalhães de Azeredo". Academia Brasileira de Letras (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2023-04-23.