1970 in Brazil

Events in the year 1970 in Brazil .

Incumbents

Federal government

• President : General Emílio Garrastazu Médici
• Vice President : General Augusto Rademaker

Governors

• Acre : Vacant
• Alagoas : Antônio Simeão de Lamenha Filho
• Amazonas : Danilo Duarte de Matos Areosa
• Bahia : Luís Viana Filho
• Ceará : Plácido Castelo
• Espírito Santo : Cristiano Dias Lopes Filho
• Goiás : Otávio Lage
• Guanabara :
  • Francisco Negrão de Lima (until 15 March)
  • Antonio de Pádua Chagas Freitas (starting 15 March)
• Maranhão :
  • José Sarney (until 14 May)
  • Antônio Jorge Dino (from 14 May)
• Mato Grosso : Pedro Pedrossian
• Minas Gerais : Israel Pinheiro da Silva
• Pará : Alacid Nunes
• Paraíba : João Agripino Maia
• Paraná : Pablo Cruz Pimentel
• Pernambuco : Nilo Coelho
• Piauí :
  • Helvídio Nunes (until 14 May)
  • João Turíbio Monteiro de Santana (14 May-15 May)
  • João Clímaco d'Almeida (from 15 May)
• Rio de Janeiro : Geremias de Mattos Fontes
• Rio Grande do Norte : Walfredo Gurgel Dantas
• Rio Grande do Sul : Walter Peracchi Barcelos
• Santa Catarina : Ivo Silveira
• São Paulo : Roberto Costa de Abreu Sodré
• Sergipe :
  • Lourival Baptista (until 14 May)
  • Wolney Leal de Melo (14 May-4 June)
  • João de Andrade Garcez (from 4 June)

Vice governors

• Alagoas : Manoel Sampaio Luz
• Amazonas : Deoclides de Carvalho Leal
• Bahia : Jutahy Magalhães
• Ceará : Humberto Ellery
• Espírito Santo : Isaac Lopes Rubim
• Goiás : Osires Teixeira
• Maranhão :
  • Antonio Jorge Dino (until 14 May)
  • Vacant thereafter (from 14 May)
• Mato Grosso : Lenine de Campos Póvoas
• Minas Gerais : Pio Soares Canedo
• Pará : João Renato Franco
• Paraíba : Antônio Juarez Farias (from 12 September)
• Paraná : Plínio Franco Ferreira da Costa
• Pernambuco : Salviano Machado Filho
• Piauí :
  • João Clímaco d'Almeida (until 14 May)
  • Vacant thereafter (from 14 May)
• Rio de Janeiro : Heli Ribeiro Gomes
• Rio Grande do Norte : Clóvis Motta
• Santa Catarina : Jorge Bornhausen
• São Paulo : Hilário Torloni
• Sergipe :
  • Manoel Paulo Vasconcelos (until 14 May)
  • Vacant thereafter (from 14 May)

Events

January

• January 26 : After Leila Diniz's controversial interview to O Pasquim , the government signs Decree-Law Nº 1.077/1970, which censors material "subversive of morals and good customs" ^{[1] [2]}

March

• March 11 : Japanese consul-general in São Paulo, Nobuo Okuchi is kidnapped by the leftist guerrilla group Vanguarda Popular Revolucionária. ^[3]
• March 14 : Five political prisoners are released in exchange for the release of Japanese consul Nobuo Okuchi. ^[4]
• March 15 : Japanese consul Nobuo Okuchi is released in the early evening, 97 hours and 45 minutes after being kidnapped by members of the VPR. ^{[3] [5]}
• March 25 : President Emílio Garrastazu Médici signs a decree-law, providing for the expansion of the Brazilian territorial sea from 12 to 200 nautical miles. ^[6]

June

• June 11 : West German ambassador Ehrenfried von Holleben is kidnapped in Rio de Janeiro, by the Vanguarda Popular Revolucionária and Ação Libertadora Nacional. ^{[7] [8]}
• June 21 : Brazil defeats Italy 4–1 to win the 1970 FIFA World Cup in Mexico. It is the third time Brazil wins the FIFA World Cup. ^{[9] [10]}

July

• July 1 : Four Vanguarda Popular Revolucionária (VPR) members unsuccessfully attempt to hijack a Cruzeiro do Sul plane with 34 passengers and 7 crew on board. The aircraft was stormed and the hijackers arrested. ^[11]
• July 31 : Brazilian consul Aloísio Mares Dias Gomide is kidnapped in Montevideo, Uruguay, by the Tupamaros; an Uruguayan urban guerrilla group. ^[12]

November

• November 15 : General elections for senators, federal and state deputies, mayors, and councilors are held. ^[13]

December

• December 7 : Giovanni Enrico Bucher, the Swiss ambassador to Brazil, is kidnapped by the Ação Libertadora Nacional in Rio de Janeiro; kidnappers demand the release of 70 political prisoners. ^{[14] [15]}

Births

January

• January 1– João Miguel, actor
• January 20– Andrucha Waddington, director and producer

April

• April 18– Patrícia Bastos, singer
• April 20– Adriano Moraes, rodeo performer

May

• May22– Pedro Diniz, racing driver

June

• June 7–
  • Ronaldo da Costa, long-distance runner ^[16]
  • Cafu, footballer ^[17]

• June 8– Seu Jorge, Musical artist

August

• August 11– Daniella Perez, actress (died 1992)
• August 27– Edinho, footballer and manager

September

• September 4 – Igor Cavalera, drummer
• September 19 – Sonny Anderson, footballer

Deaths

February

• February 20– João Café Filho, 18th President of Brazil (b. 1899)

See also

• 1970 in Brazilian football
• 1970 in Brazilian television
• List of Brazilian films of 1970

References

1. André Bernardo (2022-06-04). "Leila Diniz: os 50 anos da morte da atriz que desafiou conservadorismo e foi perseguida pela ditadura" (in Brazilian Portuguese). BBC News Brasil. Archived from the original on 2022-10-26. Retrieved 2022-10-26.
2. Emílio Gaspar Médici e Alfredo Buzaid (1970-01-26). "DECRETO-LEI Nº 1.077" (in Brazilian Portuguese). Presidência da Repúblia do Brasil. Archived from the original on 2022-10-27. Retrieved 2022-10-27.{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
3. Skidmore, Thomas (8 March 1990). The Politics of Military Rule in Brazil, 1964–1985. pp. 117–118. ISBN   9780195063165 . Retrieved 19 November 2016.
4. "Os cinco presos em vôo para o México" (primeira página do 1° caderno), Folha de S.Paulo (15 de março de 1970).
5. "Posto em liberdade o consul do Japão" (primeira página do 1° caderno), Folha de S.Paulo (16 de março de 1970).
6. "Brasil amplia seu limite maritimo" (primeira página do 1° caderno), Folha de S.Paulo (26 de março de 1970).
7. Baumann, Carol (July 1973). The Diplomatic Kidnappings: A Revolutionary Tactic of Urban Terrorism. pp. 78–79. ISBN   9024714664.
8. "Brasil informa Bonn: tudo para salvar von Holleben" (página 5 do 1° caderno), Folha de S.Paulo (13 de junho de 1970).
9. "Great Sporting Moments: Brazil 4 Italy 1, 1970 World Cup final" . Independent. Archived from the original on 2022-05-01. Retrieved 19 November 2016.
10. "Ele voltam amanhã com a Taça" (primeira página do 1° caderno), Folha de S.Paulo (22 de junho de 1970).
11. "O primeiro sequestro de avião frustrado no País" (primeira página do 1° caderno), Folha de S.Paulo (2 de julho de 1970).
12. "Sequestrado consul do Brasil: Uruguai" (primeira página do 1° caderno), Folha de S.Paulo (1 de agosto de 1970).
13. "Trinta milhões vão hoje às urnas" (primeira página do 1° caderno), Folha de S.Paulo (15 de novembro de 1970).
14. "LEFTISTS IN BRAZIL SEIZE SWISS ENVOY". The New York Times. Retrieved 19 November 2016.
15. "O embaixador da Suiça é sequestrado no Rio" (páginas 1 e 4 do 1° caderno), Folha de S.Paulo (8 de dezembro de 1970).
16. "Ronaldo da Costa". worldathletics.org.
17. 1970 in Brazil – FIFA competition record (archived)