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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 March 2.3 May 2.4 July 2.5 September 2.6 November 2.7 December 3 Births 3.1 January 3.2 February 3.3 April 3.4 June 3.5 July 3.6 September 3.7 October 4 Deaths 4.1 January 4.2 March 4.3 June 4.4 August 5 References 6 See also

1989 in Brazil

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Year of Constitution: 1988

The following lists events that happened in the year 1989 in Brazil.

Incumbents

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Federal government

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President: José Sarney
Vice President: vacant

Governors

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Acre:
- Flaviano Melo (until 2 March)
- Édison Simão Cadaxo (from 2 March)
Alagoas:
- Fernando Collor de Mello (until 14 May)
- Moacir Andrade (from 14 May)
Amazonas: Amazonino Mendes
Bahia:
- Waldir Pires (until 14 May)
- Nilo Moraes Coelho (from 14 May)
Ceará: Tasso Jereissati
Espírito Santo: Max Freitas Mauro
Goiás: Henrique Santillo
Maranhão: Epitácio Cafeteira
Mato Grosso: Carlos Bezerra
Mato Grosso do Sul: Marcelo Miranda Soares
Minas Gerais: Newton Cardoso
Pará: Hélio Gueiros
Paraíba: Tarcísio Burity
Paraná: Alvaro Dias
Pernambuco: Miguel Arraes
Piauí: Alberto Silva
Rio Grande do Norte: Geraldo José Ferreira de Melo
Rio de Janeiro: Moreira Franco
Rio Grande do Sul: Pedro Simon
Rondônia: Jerônimo Garcia de Santana
Roraima: Romero Jucá
Santa Catarina: Pedro Ivo Campos
São Paulo: Orestes Quércia
Sergipe: Antônio Carlos Valadares
Tocantins: José Wilson Siqueira Campos (from 1 January)

Vice governors

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Acre: Edison Simão Cadaxo
Alagoas:
- Moacir Andrade (until 14 May)
- Vacant thereafter (from 14 May)
Amazonas: Vivaldo Barros Frota
Bahia:
- Nilo Moraes Coelho (until 14 May)
- Vacant thereafter (from 14 May)
Ceará: Francisco Castelo de Castro
Espírito Santo: Carlos Alberto Batista da Cunha
Goiás: Joaquim Domingos Roriz
Maranhão: João Alberto Souza
Mato Grosso: Edison de Oliveira
Mato Grosso do Sul: George Takimoto
Minas Gerais: Júnia Marise de Azeredo Coutinho
Pará: Hermínio Calvinho Filho
Paraíba: Vacant
Paraná: Ary Veloso Queiroz
Pernambuco: Carlos Wilson Rocha de Queirós Campos
Piauí: Lucídio Portela Nunes
Rio de Janeiro: Francisco Amaral
Rio Grande do Norte: Garibaldi Alves
Rio Grande do Sul: Sinval Sebastião Duarte Guazzelli
Rondônia: Orestes Muniz Filho
Santa Catarina: Casildo João Maldaner
São Paulo: Almino Afonso
Sergipe: Benedito de Figueiredo
Tocantins: Darci Martins Coelho

Events

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January

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January 1: Tocantins, Brazil's 25th state, is established.
January 15: Minister of Finance Maílson da Nóbrega launches Plano Verão and a new currency in the country, the Cruzado Novo (NCz$), which is equivalent to 1,000 Cruzados.^[1]

March

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March 18: The Memorial da América Latina is inaugurated in São Paulo. It's an architectural project by Oscar Niemeyer with the concept and cultural project developed by the anthropologist Darcy Ribeiro.^[2]

May

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May 8: The secretary general of Itamaraty, Paulo Tarso Flecha de Lima, signs a document at the Vietnamese embassy in Havana, Cuba, establishing diplomatic relations with Vietnam.^[3]
May 20: Palmas, capital of the state of Tocantins, is founded.^[4]

July

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July 16: Brazil defeats Uruguay 1-0, to win their fourth Copa America trophy. This is the first championship won by Brazil since the 1970 FIFA World Cup.^[5]

September

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September 3: Varig Flight 254 crashes in the Amazon rainforest, near São José do Xingu, in Serra do Cachimbo. Of the 54 passengers and crew members, 12 died and many more sustained serious injuries.^[6]

November

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November 15: In the centenary of the Proclamation of the Republic, Brazil holds its first democratic presidential elections since 1960, following the military regime (1964–85).^[7]
November 16: Fernando Collor de Mello and Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva advance to the second round of the presidential election.^[8]

December

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December 17:
- The second round of the elections is disputed between Fernando Collor and Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. Collor wins with 53% of the votes.^[9]
- The kidnappers of Brazilian businessman Abilio Diniz surrender and free him in the south zone of São Paulo.^[10]

Births

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January

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January 18: Marcelo Demoliner, tennis player

February

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February 13: Rodrigo Possebon, footballer

April

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April 10: Éverton Ribeiro, footballer

June

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June 11:
- Ana Clara Duarte, tennis player
- Fagner, footballer

July

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July 28: Felipe Kitadai, judoka

September

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September 2: Alexandre Pato, footballer

October

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October 12: Paulo Henrique Ganso, footballer

Deaths

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January

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January 6: Elisa Lispector, novelist (b. 1911)

March

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March 20: Dina Sfat, actress (b. 1938)

June

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June 7: Nara Leão, singer (b. 1942)

August

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August 2: Luiz Gonzaga, singer (b. 1912)
August 21: Raul Seixas, singer (b. 1945)
August 27: Luiz Luz, footballer (b. 1909)

References

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^ Sarney tenta o 3° congelamento; banco fecham também amanhã (primeira página do 1° caderno), Folha de S. Paulo (16 de janeiro de 1989).

^ Quercia promete ajudar Ulysses (primeira página do 1° caderno), Folha de S. Paulo (19 de março de 1989).

^ Vietnã (página 7 do 1° caderno, pequeno texto), Folha de S. Paulo (9 de maio de 1989).

^ Tocantins (página 4 do caderno Cidades, pequeno texto), Folha de S. Paulo (20 de maio de 1989).

^ Ficha Técnica Brasil 1x0 Uruguai

^ Boeing desaparece no Pará; em Cuba queda mata 175 (primeira página do 1° caderno), Folha de S. Paulo (5 de setembro de 1989).

^ Chegou o dia das diretas-já; 82 milhões vão às urnas hoje (primeira página do 1° caderno), Folha de S. Paulo (15 de novembro de 1989).

^ Collor e Lula já disputam voto centrista para ganhar a eleição (primeira página do 1° caderno), Folha de S. Paulo (17 de novembro de 1989).

^ Collor é virtual eleito (primeira página do 1° caderno), Folha de S. Paulo (18 de dezembro de 1989).

^ Grupo se entrega e solta Diniz (primeira página do 1° caderno), Folha de S. Paulo (18 de dezembro de 1989).