1981 in Brazil

Events in the year 1981 in Brazil .

Incumbents

Federal government

• President : General João Figueiredo ^[1]
• Vice President : Aureliano Chaves ^[2]

Governors

• Acre : Vacant
• Alagoas : Guilherme Palmeira
• Amazonas : José Bernardino Lindoso
• Bahia : Antônio Carlos Magalhães
• Ceará : Virgílio Távora
• Espírito Santo : Eurico Vieira Resende
• Goiás : Ary Valadão
• Maranhão : João Castelo
• Mato Grosso : Frederico Campos
• Mato Grosso do Sul : Pedro Pedrossian
• Minas Gerais : Francelino Pereira
• Pará : Alacid Nunes
• Paraíba : Tarcísio Burity
• Paraná : Nei Braga
• Pernambuco : Marco Maciel
• Piauí : Lucídio Portela
• Rio de Janeiro : Antônio Chagas Freitas
• Rio Grande do Norte : Lavoisier Maia
• Rio Grande do Sul : José Augusto Amaral de Souza
• Santa Catarina : Jorge Bornhausen
• São Paulo : Paulo Maluf
• Sergipe : Augusto Franco

Vice governors

• Acre : José Fernandes Rego
• Alagoas : Teobaldo Vasconcelos Barbosa
• Amazonas : Paulo Pinto Nery
• Bahia : Luis Viana Neto
• Ceará : Manuel de Castro Filho
• Espírito Santo : José Carlos Fonseca
• Goiás : Rui Brasil Cavalcanti
• Maranhão : Artur Teixeira de Carvalho
• Mato Grosso : José Vilanova Torres
• Mato Grosso do Sul : Vacant
• Minas Gerais : João Marques de Vasconcelos
• Pará : Gerson dos Santos Peres
• Paraíba : Clóvis Cavalcanti
• Paraná : José Hosken de Novaes
• Pernambuco : Roberto Magalhães Melo
• Piauí : Waldemar de Castro Macedo
• Rio de Janeiro : Hamilton Xavier
• Rio Grande do Norte : Geraldo Melo
• Rio Grande do Sul : Otávio Badui Germano
• Santa Catarina : Henrique Hélion Velho de Córdova
• São Paulo : José Maria Marin
• Sergipe : Djenal Tavares Queiroz

Events

January

• January 6 : A passenger ship called Novo Amapá was sunk by an overcrowded capacity off of a river mouth in Caja, Pará State. According to the Transport Ministry of Brazil, there was a confirmed report of at least 130 fatalities. ^[3]
• January 13 - 17 : Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau makes his visit to Brazil to meet President João Figueiredo at the Planalto Palace the following day. ^{[4] [5]}

April

• April 30 : Two bombs explode inside a car at the Pavilhão Riocentro, in Rio de Janeiro, during a concert commemorating Labor Day. Sergeant Guilherme Pereira do Rosário is killed and Captain Wilson Dias Machado is injured; both of the Brazilian Army. ^[6]

August

• August 19 : The Brazilian television network Sistema Brasileiro de Televisão (SBT) is launched by businessman and television personality Silvio Santos. ^[7]

September

• September 12 : President João Figueiredo inaugurates the JK Memorial in Brasília. ^[8]
• September 19 : According to an official report from the Transport Ministry of Brazil, a passenger ferry, called the Sobral Santos II was capsized nearby Óbidos Port, Pará State, on the Amazon River, where more than 300 people drowned. ^{[9] [10]}

December

• December 22 : President João Figueiredo signs a law, creating the state of Rondônia. ^[11]

Births

February

• February 4– Sabrina Sato, television presenter

March

• March 1– Ana Hickmann, model

April

• April 25– Felipe Massa, race car driver
• April 26– Mariana Ximenes, actress

June

• June 12– Adriana Lima, model
• June 24– Júnior Assunção, mixed martial artist
• June 25– Carlo Prater, mixed martial artist
• June 27– Cléber Santana, footballer (d. 2016)
• June 29– Maria Maya, actress

July

• July 5– Gianne Albertoni, model
• July 19– Anderson Luiz de Carvalho, footballer
• July 26– Maicon Douglas Sisenando, footballer

August

• August 31– Mosiah Rodrigues, gymnist

October

• October 11– Arturo Ruas, professional wrestler

November

• November 4– Adriana Araujo, boxer ^[12]

Deaths

June

• June 13– Amácio Mazzaropi, actor (b. 1912)

August

• August 18– Carolina Nabuco, writer and translator (b. 1890)
• August 22– Glauber Rocha, film director (b. 1939)

See also

• 1981 in Brazilian football
• 1981 in Brazilian television
• List of Brazilian films of 1981

References

1. "João Baptista de Oliveira Figueiredo | president of Brazil". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 24 April 2019.
2. Chaffee, Wilber A. (1998). Desenvolvimento: Politics and Economy in Brazil. Lynne Rienner Publishers. p. 135. ISBN   9781555877477.
3. "Barco afunda em rio do Amapá e mata 130 pessoas" (página 17 do 1° caderno), Jornal do Brasil (9 de janeiro de 1981).
4. "Trudeau chega de tênis branco e cravo vermelho na lapela" (página 3 do 1° caderno), Jornal do Brasil (14 de janeiro de 1981).
5. "Trudeau passia a pé pelo centro de Manaus, olha vitrinas mas não compra" (página 3 do 1° caderno), Jornal do Brasil (18 de janeiro de 1981).
6. "Mais bombas no carro" (primeira página do 1° caderno), Folha de S.Paulo (2 de maio de 1981)
7. "SBT celebra 35 anos com releitura moderna de ícones da sua história". SBT na Web (in Portuguese). SBT. 12 August 2016. Retrieved 20 August 2016.
8. "Inaugura-se em Brasília o Memorial JK" (primeira página do 1° caderno), Folha de S.Paulo (12 de setembro de 1981)
9. "Megulhadores só resgatam 16 dos 300 mortos em naufrágio" (página 14 do 1° caderno), Jornal do Brasil (21 de setembro de 1981).
10. "Barco afunda no Pará com 530 pessoas" (primeira página do 1° caderno), Folha de S.Paulo (20 de setembro de 1981)
11. "Figueiredo sanciona lei da criação de Rondônia" (página 6 do primeiro caderno), Folha de S.Paulo (23 de dezembro de 1981)
12. "Adriana ARAUJO - Olympic Boxing | Brazil". International Olympic Committee. 20 November 2016. Retrieved 24 April 2019.