Santos Dumont Airport is the second major airport serving Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It is named after the Brazilian aviation pioneer Alberto Santos Dumont (1873–1932).
José Carlos Pereira Ary dos Santos, better known as José Carlos Ary dos Santos, or simply Ary dos Santos was a Portuguese poet, lyricist, and poetry reader. He published his first book, A liturgia do sangue, in 1963, although his family had already published a book of his poems, Asas, against his will, when he was just 15.
Nelson Pereira dos Santos was a Brazilian film director. He directed films such as Vidas Secas, based on the book with the same name by Brazilian writer Graciliano Ramos.
The Brazil national basketball team is governed by the Brazilian Basketball Confederation, abbreviated as CBB.
They have been a member of the International Federation of Basketball (FIBA), since 1935. Brazil's national basketball team remains among the most successful in the Americas. It is the only team besides the United States, that has appeared at every FIBA Basketball World Cup, since it was first held in 1950.
Queimados is a municipality located in the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro. Its population was 151,335 (2020) and its area is 75 km2. The city is divided into 37 districts.
Vitória Futebol Clube, commonly referred to as Vitória, is a Brazilian professional club based in Vitória, Espírito Santo founded on 1 October 1912, being the oldest club in the state. It competes in the Campeonato Capixaba, the top flight of the Espírito Santo state football league.
Portugal competed at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
The Archdiocese of São Salvador da Bahia is part of the Roman Catholic Church in Brazil. The Archbishop of São Salvador da Bahia also carries the title Primate of Brazil. The archdiocese is located in the city of Salvador, Bahia.
The 15th Pan-American Games were held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, between 13 July 2007 and 29 July 2007. The Brazilian delegation consisted of 659 athletes and 267 directors, making a total of 926 people in 41 sports. Competing in their own country, the Brazilian athletes managed to far surpass their own record number of Gold, Silver and Bronze medals obtained in a single edition of the Pan-American Games.
The Amulet of Ogum is a 1974 Brazilian drama film directed and co-written by Nelson Pereira dos Santos. It was entered into the 1975 Cannes Film Festival. It was also selected as the Brazilian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 48th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.
Ricardo Domingos Barbosa Pereira is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a full-back for Premier League club Leicester City.
Events in the year 1887 in Portugal.
Melanie Bronze dos Santos is a Portuguese triathlete. She won the gold medal at the 2018 Mediterranean Games in the women's individual sprint. In 2021, she competed in the women's event at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. She competed in the women's triathlon at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.
The Constituent Cortes of 1820, formal title The General and Extraordinary Cortes of the Portuguese Nation, also frequently known as the Sovereign Congress or the Cortes Constituintes Vintistas, was the first modern Portuguese parliament. Created after the Liberal Revolution of 1820 to prepare a constitution for Portugal and its overseas territories, it used a different system from the traditional General Cortes for choosing representatives, and the three traditional feudal estates no longer sat separately. The Cortes sat between January 24, 1821 and November 4, 1822 at the Necessidades Palace in Lisbon. The work of the Constitutional Cortes culminated in the approval of the Portuguese Constitution of 1822.
Patrícia Pereira dos Santos is a Brazilian Paralympic swimmer who competes in international events.
Carlos Miguel dos Santos Pereira, known as Carlos Miguel, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Premier League club Nottingham Forest.
Jorge Nuno Silva is a Portuguese mathematician who taught at the University of Lisbon, starting in 1995 and retiring in 2023. His interests encompass the pedagogy of mathematics, history of mathematics, history of board games, mathematical games, and recreational mathematics. He is the chief editor for Recreational Mathematics Magazine and Board Game Studies Journal.
Setúbal is one of the 22 multi-member constituencies of the Assembly of the Republic, the national legislature of Portugal. The constituency was established in 1976 when the Assembly of the Republic was established by the constitution following the restoration of democracy. It is conterminous with the district of Setúbal. The constituency currently elects 19 of the 230 members of the Assembly of the Republic using the closed party-list proportional representation electoral system. At the 2024 legislative election it had 749,090 registered electors.
José Guilherme Bárria Santos is a Portuguese chess FIDE Master (2020) and Portuguese Chess Championship winner (2023). He played for Portugal at the Chess Olympiad in 2022, and 2024.
Rui Miguel Dâmaso Pereira de Almeida is a Portuguese chess International Master (1990) and six-time Portuguese Chess Championship winner.
