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1973 in Brazil

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Year of Constitution: 1967

Events in the year 1973 in Brazil.

## Incumbents

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### Federal government

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* President: General Emílio Médici
* Vice President: General Augusto Rademaker

### Governors

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* Acre: Vacant
* Alagoas: Afrânio Lages
* Amazonas: João Walter de Andrade
* Bahia: Antônio Carlos Magalhães
* Ceará: César Cals
* Espírito Santo: Artur Carlos Gerhardt Santos
* Goiás: Leonino Caiado
* Guanabara: Antonio de Pádua Chagas Freitas
* Maranhão: Pedro Neiva de Santana
* Mato Grosso: José Fragelli
* Minas Gerais: Rondon Pacheco
* Pará: Fernando Guilhon
* Paraíba: Ernâni Sátiro
* Paraná: Emílio Hoffmann Gomes
* Pernambuco: Eraldo Gueiros
* Piauí: Alberto Silva
* Rio de Janeiro: Raimundo Padhila
* Rio Grande do Norte: Jose Pereira de Araújo Cortez
* Rio Grande do Sul: Euclides Triches
* Santa Catarina: Colombo Salles
* São Paulo: Laudo Natel
* Sergipe: Paulo Barreto de Menezes

### Vice governors

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* Acre: Alberto Barbosa da Costa
* Alagoas: José de Medeiros Tavares
* Amazonas: Deoclides de Carvalho Leal
* Bahia: Menandro Minahim
* Ceará: Francisco Humberto Bezerra
* Espírito Santo: Henrique Pretti
* Goiás: Ursulino Tavares Leão
* Maranhão: Alexandre Sá Colares Moreira
* Mato Grosso: José Monteiro de Figueiredo
* Minas Gerais: Celso Porfírio de Araújo Machado
* Pará: Newton Burlamaqui Barreira
* Paraíba: Clóvis Bezerra Cavalcanti
* Paraná: Jaime Canet Júnior (from 11 August)
* Pernambuco: José Antônio Barreto Guimarães
* Piauí: Sebastião Rocha Leal
* Rio de Janeiro: Teotônio Araújo
* Rio Grande do Norte: Tertius Rebelo
* Rio Grande do Sul: Edmar Fetter
* Santa Catarina: Atílio Francisco Xavier Fontana
* São Paulo: Antonio José Rodrigues Filho
* Sergipe: Adalberto Moura

## Events

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### January

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* 11 January: President Emílio Garrastazu Médici signs a law that establishes the Brazilian Civil Procedure Code.[1]

### February

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* 11 February: Emerson Fittipaldi wins the 1973 Brazilian Grand Prix at Interlagos.[2]

### April

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* 26 April: Presidents Emílio Garrastazu Médici of Brazil and Alfredo Stroessner of Paraguay sign the Treaty of Itaipu in Brasília, for a joint use of hydroelectric power in the Paraná River.[3]

### June

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* 18 June: The president of Petrobras, General Ernesto Geisel, is selected as a candidate for President of Brazil.[4]

### July

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* 11 July: Varig Flight 820 makes a forced landing due to a fire breaking out and then crashing in Paris, France. 123 out of the 134 people are dead from the crash, fire, and smoke inhalation.[5]

## Births

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### January

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* 1 January: Shelda Bede, volleyball player

* 22 January: Rogério Ceni, retired footballer and coach

### February

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* 2 February: Latino, singer-songwriter
* 22 February: Gustavo Assis-Brasil, guitarist
* 22 February: Juninho Paulista, footballer

### April

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* 10 April: Roberto Carlos, footballer
* 18 April: Adriane Galisteu, Brazilian actress and model
* 15 April: Emanuel Rego, beach volleyball player[6]

### May

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* 8 May: Jorge Patino, mixed martial arts fighter

### June

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* 16 June: Veronica Rossi, novelist

### July

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* 19 July: Aílton, footballer

### August

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* 4 August: Marcos, footballer
* 6 August: Vanessa Gerbelli, actress
* 10 August: Zé Roberto, footballer

### September

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* 24 September: Scheila Carvalho, model and dancer
* 26 September: Leandro Hassum, actor, comedian, writer & producer

### October

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* 7 October: Dida, footballer
* 20 October: Rodrigo Faro, TV host, actor & singer

### November

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* 22 November: Eliana Michaelichen Bezerra, TV host, actress & singer
* 30 November: Angélica Ksyvickis, TV host, actress, singer & businesswoman

### December

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* December 3: Bruno Campos, actor and lawyer

## Deaths

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### January

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* 17 January: Tarsila do Amaral, modernist artist (b. 1886).[7]

### July

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* 11 July:
* Jörg Bruder, sailor and geology professor (b. 1937)[8]
* Júlio Delamare, sports journalist (b. 1928)[9]
* Filinto Müller, politician (b. 1900)
* Agostinho dos Santos, singer and composer of bossa nova (b. 1932)

## References

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1. ^ "Sancionado o novo Codigo de Processo Civil" (primeira página do 1° caderno), Folha de S. Paulo (12 de janeiro de 1973).
2. ^ Ian Morrison (1 August 1989). Motor racing: records, facts, and champions. Guinness Books. p. 78\. ISBN 978-0-85112-358-5.
3. ^ "Stroessner e Medici assinam tratado da hidreletrica" (primeira página do 1° caderno), Folha de S. Paulo (27 de abril de 1973).
4. ^ "Medici indica Ernesto Geisel" (primeira página do 1° caderno), Folha de S. Paulo (19 de junho de 1973).
5. ^ "Fogo a bordo, depois a queda; 122 mortos" (primeira página do 1° caderno), Folha de S. Paulo (12 de julho de 1973).
6. ^ "Emanuel Rego". Olympic.org. International Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 2021-02-28.
7. ^ Damian, Carol (1999). "Tarsila Do Amaral: Art and Environmental Concerns of a Brazilian Modernist". Woman's Art Journal. 20 (1): 3–7\. doi:10.2307/1358838. JSTOR 1358838.
8. ^ "Jörg Bruder". Olympedia. OlyMADMen. Retrieved 13 August 2022.
9. ^ "Parque Aquático Júlio Delamare". Portal da Suderj. Archived from the original on 2010-12-26. Retrieved 2010-12-30.

## See also

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* 1973 in Brazilian football
* 1973 in Brazilian television

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