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Events in the year 1956 in Brazil.
Incumbents
[edit]Federal government
[edit]- President:
- Nereu Ramos (until 30 January)
- Juscelino Kubitschek (starting 31 January)
- Vice President:
- Vacant (until 30 January)
- João Goulart (starting 31 January)
Governors
[edit]- 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
[edit]- 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
[edit]January
[edit]- January 31: Juscelino Kubitschek is inaugurated as the 21st President of Brazil.[1]
February
[edit]- 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
[edit]- April 25: Usiminas, one of Brazil's largest steelmakers, is founded in Ipatinga, in the state of Minas Gerais.
May
[edit]- May 30: Police and students clash during the UNE campaign against the increase of tram fares in Rio de Janeiro.[4][5]
September
[edit]- September 5: Romi-Isetta, a machine-tool manufacturer based in Santa Bárbara d'Oeste, begins producing the Isetta car under licence.[6]
- September 7: Pelé begins his Santos FC career at age 15 and scores a goal to beat Corinthians de Santo André 7-1 in Santo André, São Paulo.[7]
- September 14: The project on moving the federal capital is approved by the Federal Senate of Brazil.[8]
- September 19: President Juscelino Kubitschek signs Law nº 2.874, which changes the federal capital of Brazil from Rio de Janeiro to Brasilia, as well as creating the Urbanization Company of New Capital of Brazil (Portuguese: Companhia Urbanizadora da Nova Capital do Brasil (NOVACAP)).[9][10]
November
[edit]- 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]
- November 27: 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
[edit]January
[edit]- January 5: Celso Blues Boy, singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2012)
February
[edit]- February 29: Luiz Duarte da Rocha, playwright, director and musician
March
[edit]- March 15: Oswaldo Montenegro, singer
- March 28: Zizi Possi, singer
April
[edit]- April 7: Luiz Avellar, piano player
August
[edit]- August 9: Fafá de Belém, singer
November
[edit]- November 3: Eike Batista, entrepreneur
December
[edit]- December 28: Cadão Volpato, musician, artist, journalist and write
Deaths
[edit]- February 28: Florentino Ávidos, politician (born 1870)
References
[edit]- ^ 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.
- ^ Shapiro, Helen (Winter 1991). "Determinants of Firm Entry into the Brazilian Automobile Manufacturing Industry, 1956–1968". The Business History Review. 65 (4, The Automobile Industry): 879. doi:10.2307/3117267. JSTOR 3117267. 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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