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(Top) 1 Incumbents 1.1 Federal government 1.2 Governors 1.3 Vice governors 2 Events 2.1 January 2.2 May 2.3 June 2.4 August 2.5 December 3 Births 3.1 January 3.2 September 4 Deaths 4.1 February 4.2 August 4.3 November 5 References 6 See also

1959 in Brazil

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1959inBrazil
Years 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961
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21 stars (1889–1960)
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Second Brazilian Republic
Year of Constitution: 1946

Events in the year 1959 in Brazil.

Incumbents

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Federal government

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President: Juscelino Kubitschek
Vice President: João Goulart

Governors

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Alagoas: Sebastião Muniz Falcão
Amazonas:
- Plínio Ramos Coelho (till 25 March)
- Gilberto Mestrinho (from 25 March)
Bahia: Antônio Balbino then Juracy Magalhães
Ceará:
- Flávio Marcílio (until 25 March)
- Parsifal Barroso (from 25 March)
Espírito Santo:
- Francisco Lacerda de Aguiar (until 31 January)
- Carlos Fernando Monteiro Lindenberg (31 January-10 October)
- Raul Giuberti (from 10 October)
Goiás:
- José Ludovico de Almeida (until 31 January)
- José Feliciano Ferreira (from 31 January)
Maranhão: José de Matos Carvalho
Mato Grosso: João Ponce de Arruda
Minas Gerais: José Francisco Bias Fortes
Pará:
- Magalhães Barata (until 29 May)
- Luís de Moura Carvalho (from 29 May)
Paraíba: Pedro Gondim
Paraná: Moisés Lupion
Pernambuco:
- Otávio Correia de Araújo (until 31 January)
- Constantino Carneiro de Albuquerque Maranhão (31 January-31 March)
- Cid Sampaio (from 31 March)
Piauí:
- Jacob Gaioso e Almendra (until 25 March)
- Chagas Rodrigues (from 25 March)
Rio de Janeiro:
- Togo Barros (until 30 January)
- Osmar Serpa de Carvalho (30 January-31 January)
- Roberto Silveira (from 31 January)
Rio Grande do Norte: Dinarte de Medeiros Mariz
Rio Grande do Sul:
- Ildo Meneghetti (until 25 March)
- Leonel Brizola (from 25 March)
Santa Catarina: Heriberto Hülse
São Paulo:
- Jânio Quadros (until 31 January)
- Carlos Alberto Alves de Carvalho Pinto (from 31 January)
Sergipe:
- Leandro Maciel (until 31 January)
- Luís Garcia (from 31 January)

Vice governors

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Alagoas: Sizenando Nabuco de Melo
Bahia: Orlando Moscoso (from 7 April)
Ceará: Wilson Gonçalves (from 25 March)
Espírito Santo:
- Adwalter Ribeiro Soares (until 31 January)
- Raul Giuberti (from 31 January)
Goiás:
- Bernardo Sayão Carvalho Araújo (until 31 January)
- João de Abreu (from 31 January)
Maranhão: Alexandre Alves Costa
Mato Grosso: Henrique José Vieira Neto
Minas Gerais: Artur Bernardes Filho
Paraíba: Pedro Gondim
Pernambuco: Pelópidas da Silveira (from 15 December)
Piauí:
- Francisco Ferreira de Castro (until 25 March)
- Tibério Nunes (from 25 March)
Rio de Janeiro:
- Roberto Silveira (until 25 March)
- Celso Peçanha (from 25 March)
Rio Grande do Norte: José Augusto Varela
Santa Catarina: Vacant
São Paulo: Porfírio da Paz
Sergipe:
- José Machado de Souza (until 31 January)
- Dionísio Machado (from 31 January)

Events

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January

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January 31: The Brazilian Men's Basketball Team wins its first World Basketball Championship title by beating the Chilean Men's Basketball TeaminSantiago.^[1]^[2]

May

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May 26: The non-profit philanthropic organization, The Charitable Works Foundation of Sister Dulce is established by Sister Dulce.^[3]

June

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June 17: President Juscelino Kubitschek decides to break away with the IMF, due to pressure on meeting loan requirements.^[4]

August

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August 23: The first Brazilian Football Championship begins with state champion clubs in the country's cities.^[5]

December

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December 2: Journalist Antônio Callado from Correio da Manhã publishes a series of reports on the Peasant Leagues of the Northeast.^[6]^[7]
December 2-4: Officials of the Brazilian Air Force and Brazilian Army try to start a military uprising with a seizure of power and carry out the country's first plane hijacking. The revolt would fail and later be known as the Aragarças Revolt.^[8]^[9]
December 7: The Legislative Assembly of Pernambuco approves the expropriation of Engenho Galiléia (a sugar mill), a project by Deputy Francisco Julião; lawyer for the Peasant League.^[10]
December 15: SUDENE is created by Law nº 3.692, which would seek the development of the Northeast region of Brazil.^[11]

Births

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January

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January 13: Gilmar Rinaldi, retired footballer
January 20: Ivo Cassol, politician

September

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September 23: Hortência Marcari, basketball player

Deaths

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February

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February 20: Gregório Bondar, Russian-Brazilian agronomist (b. 1881)

August

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August 16: José Pessoa Cavalcanti de Albuquerque, Brazilian military officer (b. 1885)

November

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November 17: Heitor Villa-Lobos, Brazilian composer (b. 1887)

References

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^ Informa o Sr. Kubitschek: Medalhas de honra ao merito esportivo aos campeões de basquetebol (primeira página do 1° caderno), Folha da Manhã (5 de fevereiro de 1959).

^ Brasil, campeão mundial de basquetebol (primeira página do 1° caderno), Folha da Manhã (1 de fevereiro de 1959).

^ Interativa, Hoom. "Vida de Irmã Dulce". www.irmadulce.org.br. Retrieved 6 August 2023.

^ Oliveira, Fernanda Conforto de (2019). International financial negotiations and political actors: the breakdown in IMF-Brazilian negotiations during the administration of Juscelino Kubitschek (1957-1959) (MA thesis). Universidade de Sao Paulo, Agencia USP de Gestao da Informacao Academica (AGUIA). doi:10.11606/d.101.2019.tde-13052019-110501.

^ Seis jogos entre campeões iniciam esta tarde a disputa da Taça Brasil (página 2 do único caderno), Folha da Manhã (23 de agosto de 1959).

^ Welch, Cliff. Keeping Communism Down on the Farm: The Brazilian Rural Labor Movement during the Cold War, Latin American Perspectives Vol.33, pg. 29.

^ Welch, Cliff. Keeping Communism Down on the Farm: The Brazilian Rural Labor Movement during the Cold War, Latin American Perspectives Vol.33, pg. 28-50.

^ Aragarcas cpdoc.fgv.br ^{[dead link]}

^ Movimento de rebeldia na FAB; o governo controla a situação (primeira página do 1° caderno), Folha da Manhã (4 December 1959).

^ Francisco Julião, Atlas Historico do Brasil.

^ "L3692".