1963 in Brazil

Events in the year 1963 in Brazil.

Incumbents

Federal government

• President: João Goulart
• Prime Minister: Hermes Lima (until 23 January)
• Vice President: vacant

Governors

• Acre: Vacant
• : Luis Cavalcante
• Amazonas:
• Gilberto Mestrinho (until 25 March)
• Plínio Ramos Coelho (from 25 March)
• Bahia:
• Juracy Magalhães (until 7 April)
• Lomanto Junior (from 7 April)
• Ceará:
• Parsifal Barroso (until 25 March)
• Virgílio Távora (from 25 March)
• Espírito Santo:
• Asdrúbal Martins Soares (until 31 January)
• Francisco Lacerda de Aguiar (from 31 January)
• : Mauro Borges
• Guanabara: Carlos Lacerda
• Maranhão: Newton de Barros Belo
• Mato Grosso: Fernando Corrêa da Costa
• Minas Gerais: José de Magalhães Pinto
• : Aurélio do Carmo
• : Pedro Gondim
• Paraná: Nei Braga
• :
• Cid Sampaio (until 31 January)
• Miguel Arraes (from 31 January)
• :
• Tibério Nunes (until 25 March)
• Petrônio Portella (from 25 March)
• :
• José Janotti (until 18 January)
• Luís Miguel Pinaud (18 January-31 January)
• Badger da Silveira (from 31 January)
• Rio Grande do Norte: Aluízio Alves
• Rio Grande do Sul:
• Leonel Brizola (until 25 March)
• Ildo Meneghetti (from 25 March)
• : Celso Ramos
• São Paulo:
• Carlos Alberto Alves de Carvalho Pinto (until 31 January)
• Ademar de Barros (from 31 January)
• :
• Dionísio Machado (until 30 January)
• Horácio Dantas de Goes (30 January-31 January)
• João de Seixas Dória (from 31 January)

Vice governors

• : Teotônio Brandão Vilela
• : Orlando Moscoso
• :
• Wilson Gonçalves (until 31 January)
• Joaquim de Figueiredo Correia (from 25 March)
• : Rubens Rangel (from 31 January)
• :
• Antônio Rezende Monteiro (until 31 January)
• Vacant thereafter (from 31 January)
• : Alfredo Salim Duailibe
• : Jose Garcia Neto
• : Clóvis Salgado da Gama
• : Newton Burlamaqui de Miranda
• : André Avelino de Paiva Gadelha
• : Paulo Pessoa Guerra
• : João Clímaco d'Almeida
• : João Batista da Costa (from 31 January)
• : Teodorico Bezerra (from 19 January)
• : Armindo Marcílio Doutel de Andrade
• :
• Porfírio da Paz (until 31 January)
• Laudo Natel (from 31 January)
• : Celso Carvalho (from 31 January)

Events

January

• January 6: A plebiscite chooses the presidential system over a parliamentary one. As a result, the office of the Prime Minister is abolished.
• January 8: The flag of Minas Gerais is instituted.

March

• March 12: The first Korean immigrants arrive in Brazil.

April

• April 20-May 5: The 1963 Pan American Games are held in São Paulo.

May

• May 23: The Brazilian national team wins its second World Men's Basketball Championship by beating the Soviet Union by 90 to 79 points, in Rio de Janeiro.

July

• July 20: Ieda Maria Vargas becomes the first Brazilian to win the Miss Universe title, which is held in Miami Beach, Florida, United States of America.

October

• October 7: The Ipatinga massacre takes place, after military police shot at Usiminas employees.

November

• November 16: Santos FC becomes the first Brazilian club to win a second Intercontinental Cup (football).

December

• December 4: Senator Arnon de Melo, who was trying to shoot Senator Silvestre Péricles, shot and killed alternate Senator José Kairala.

Births

January

• January 5 – Luís Carlos Winck, footballer and coach
• January 12 – Nando Reis, musician and producer

March

• March 11 – Marcos Pontes, astronaut and politician

October

• October 31 – Dunga, footballer and coach

November

• November 2 – Valdemiro Santiago, evangelical pastor

Deaths

• November 4 – Carlos Magalhães de Azeredo, poet and writer (b. 1872)

See also

• 1963 in Brazilian football
• 1963 in Brazilian television

References