1956 in Brazil
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Events in the year 1956 in Brazil.
Incumbents
Federal government
- President:
- Nereu Ramos (until 30 January)
- Juscelino Kubitschek (starting 31 January)
- Vice President:
- Vacant (until 30 January)
- João Goulart (starting 31 January)
Governors
- Alagoas:
- Arnon de Mello (until 31 January)
- Sebastião Muniz Falcão (from 31 January)
- Amazonas: Plínio Ramos Coelho
- Bahia: Antônio Balbino
- Ceará: Paulo Sarasate
- Espírito Santo: Francisco Lacerda de Aguiar
- Goiás: José Ludovico de Almeida
- Maranhão:
- Eugênio Barros (until 31 January)
- Alderico Machado (31 January-26 March)
- Eurico Ribeiro (from 26 March)
- Mato Grosso: João Ponce de Arruda
- Minas Gerais: José Francisco Bias Fortes
- Pará:
- Zacarias de Assumpção (until 31 January)
- Edward Catete Pinheiro (31 January-10 June)
- Magalhães Barata (starting 10 June)
- Paraíba:
- José Américo de Almeida (until 31 January)
- Flávio Coutinho (from 31 January)
- Paraná:
- Adolfo de Oliveira Franco (until 31 January)
- Moisés Lupion (from 31 January)
- Pernambuco: Osvaldo Cordeiro de Farias
- Piauí: Jacob Gaioso e Almendra
- Rio de Janeiro: Miguel Couto Filho
- Rio Grande do Norte:
- Silvio Piza Pedrosa (until 31 January)
- Dinarte de Medeiros Mariz (from 31 January)
- Rio Grande do Sul: Ildo Meneghetti
- Santa Catarina:
- Irineu Bornhausen (until 31 January)
- Jorge Lacerda (from 31 January)
- São Paulo: Jânio Quadros
- Sergipe: Leandro Maciel
Vice governors
- Alagoas: Sizenando Nabuco de Melo
- Ceará: Wilson Gonçalves
- Espírito Santo: Adwalter Ribeiro Soares
- Goiás: Bernardo Sayão Carvalho Araújo
- Maranhão:
- Renato Bayma Archer da Silva (until 31 January)
- Vacant thereafter (from 31 January)
- Mato Grosso:
- João Leite de Barros (until 31 January)
- Henrique José Vieira Neto (from 31 January)
- Minas Gerais:
- Vacant (until 31 January)
- Artur Bernardes Filho (from 31 January)
- Paraíba:
- João Fernandes de Lima (until 31 January)
- Pedro Gondim (from 31 January)
- Piauí: Francisco Ferreira de Castro
- Rio de Janeiro: Roberto Silveira
- Rio Grande do Norte: José Augusto Varela (from 31 January)
- Santa Catarina:
- José de Miranda Ramos (31 January-5 August)
- Heriberto Hülse(from 5 August)
- São Paulo: Porfírio da Paz
- Sergipe: José Machado de Souza
Events
January
- January 31: Juscelino Kubitschek is inaugurated as the 21st President of Brazil.[1]
February
- February 1: Decree nº 38.744 creates the Development Council, which would implement the Plan of Goals (an industrialization and modernization program). [2]
- February 10-29: Brazilian Air Force soldiers rebel in Jacareacanga, against the new government under Juscelino Kubitschek. The revolt ends after the leader, Haroldo Veloso, is arrested. [3]
April
- April 25: Usiminas, one of Brazil's largest steelmakers, is founded in Ipatinga, in the state of Minas Gerais.
May
- May 30: Police and students clash during the UNE campaign against the increase of tram fares in Rio de Janeiro.[4][5]
September
- September 5: Romi-Isetta, a machine-tool manufacturer based in Santa Bárbara d'Oeste, begins producing the Isetta car under licence.[6]
- Corinthians de Santo André 7-1 in Santo André, São Paulo.[7]
- Federal Senate of Brazil.[8]
November
- November 22: Brazil sends a team of 44 athletes to compete in 28 events and 11 sports in the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia.[11]
- November 23: General Juarez Távora is arrested for holding a political demonstration. Military clubs holding political demonstrations are also closed.[12]
- Adhemar Ferreira da Silva wins the gold medal in the triple jump at the Melbourne Summer Olympics and becomes the first Brazilian athlete to be twice Olympic champion.[13]
Births
January
- January 5: Celso Blues Boy, singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2012)
February
- February 29: Luiz Duarte da Rocha, playwright, director and musician
March
- March 15: Oswaldo Montenegro, singer
- March 28: Zizi Possi, singer
April
- April 7: Luiz Avellar, piano player
August
- August 9: Fafá de Belém, singer
November
- November 3: Eike Batista, entrepreneur
December
- December 28: Cadão Volpato, musician, artist, journalist and write
Deaths
- February 28: Florentino Ávidos, politician (born 1870)
References
- ^ Juscelino já deu inicio às atividades presidenciais (primeira página), Folha da Noite (1 de fevereiro de 1956).
- ^ "Portal da Câmara dos Deputados". www2.camara.leg.br. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
- ^ "Revolta de Jacareacanga | CPDOC". cpdoc.fgv.br. Retrieved 30 March 2019.
- ^ Projeto Memória (2002). "Juscelino Kubitschek. Biografia. A Revolta dos Estudantes". projetomemoria.art.br. Retrieved 20 June 2013. A pesquisa do Projeto Memória afirma que, na ocasião das manifestações, o Presidente da República negociou diretamente com o Presidente da UNE, recebendo-o em seu gabinete.
- ^ Carlos Eduardo Entini, Edmundo Leite e Rose Saconi (17 June 2013). "Tarifa baixou após revolta do bonde no Rio em 1956". O Estado de S. Paulo. Retrieved 20 June 2013. Na página constam fotografias do protesto, pertencentes ao acervo do jornal O Estado de S. Paulo. Constam também as manchetes que o jornal publicou à época: Espancamento de deputados e estudantes pela P.M. no Rio, em 1 de junho de 1956; Significativa vitória dos estudantes sobre o Governo, em 7 de junho de 1956.
- S2CID 153363903.
- ^ O Santos treinou (página 7 do caderno Assuntos Gerais), Folha da Manhã (7 de setembro de 1956).
- ^ Aprovado ontem pelo Senado o projeto que dispõe sobre a mudança da capital federal (primeira página), Folha da Manhã (15 de setembro de 1956).
- ^ Sancionada pelo chefe da nação a lei que dispõe sobre a mudança da capital para o Planalto Central (primeira página), Folha da Manhã (21 September 1956).
- ^ "Dispõe sôbre a mudança da Capital Federal e dá outras providências". planalto.gov.br (in Portuguese). Retrieved 6 August 2023.
- ^ "Brazil at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 30 July 2012.
- ^ Frente de Novembro fgv.br [dead link]
- ^ Ademar ganhou o bicampenato olimpico saltando como autentico supercampeão (página 10 do caderno Assuntos Gerais), Folha da Manhã (28 November 1956).
See also
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