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1964 in Brazil

Incumbents

Federal government

President:
JoÃÂ£o Goulart (until 1 April)
Ranieri Mazzilli (from 1 April to 15 April)
Marshal Castelo Branco (from 15 April)
Minister of War:
Dantas Ribeiro (until 4 April)
Artur da Costa e Silva (from 4 April)
Minister of Mines and Energy:
Oliveira Brito (until April 4)
Artur da Costa e Silva (from 4 April until 17 April)
Mauro Thibau (from 17 April)

Governors

Acre: Vacant
: Luis Cavalcante
Amazonas:
PlÃÂnio Ramos Coelho (until 27 June)
Artur CÃÂ©sar Ferreira Reis (from 27 June)
Bahia: Lomanto JÃÂºnior
CearÃÂ¡: Virgilio TÃÂ¡vora
EspÃÂrito Santo: Francisco Lacerda de Aguiar
:
Mauro Borges (until 26 November)
Carlos de Meira Mattos (from 26 November)
Guanabara: Carlos Lacerda
MaranhÃÂ£o: Newton de Barros Belo
Mato Grosso: Fernando CorrÃÂªa da Costa
Minas Gerais: JosÃÂ© de MagalhÃÂ£es Pinto
:
AurÃÂ©lio do Carmo (until 15 June)
Jarbas Passarinho (from 15 June)
: Pedro Gondim
ParanÃÂ¡: Nei Braga
:
Miguel Arraes (until 2 April)
Paulo Pessoa Guerra (from 2 April)
: PetrÃÂ´nio Portella
:
Badger da Silveira (until 1 May)
Cordolino AmbrÃÂ³sio (1 May-4 May)
Pablo Torres (from 4 May)
Rio Grande do Norte: AluÃÂzio Alves
Rio Grande do Sul: Ildo Meneghetti
: Celso Ramos
SÃÂ£o Paulo: Ademar de Barros
:
JoÃÂ£o de Seixas DÃÂ³ria (until 2 April)
SebastiÃÂ£o Celso de Carvalho (from 2 April)

Vice governors

: TeotÃÂ´nio BrandÃÂ£o Vilela
: Orlando Moscoso
: Joaquim de Figueiredo Correia
: Rubens Rangel
: Vacant
: Alfredo Salim Duailibe
: Jose Garcia Neto
: ClÃÂ³vis Salgado da Gama
:
Newton Burlamaqui de Miranda (until 9 June)
Agostinho de Meneses de Monteiro (from 15 June)
: AndrÃÂ© Avelino de Paiva Gadelha
: Afonso Alves de Camargo Neto (from 20 March)
:
Paulo Pessoa Guerra (until 2 April)
Vacant thereafter (from 2 April)
: JoÃÂ£o ClÃÂmaco d'Almeida
:
JoÃÂ£o Batista da Costa (until 1 May)
Vacant thereafter (1 May-4 May)
TeotÃÂ´nio AraÃÂºjo (from 4 May)
: Teodorico Bezerra
: Armindo MarcÃÂlio Doutel de Andrade
: Laudo Natel
:
Celso Carvalho (until 1 April)
Vacant thereafter (from 1 April)

Events

January

7 January: French actress Brigitte Bardot arrives in Rio de Janeiro and spends her summer in the resort of BÃÂºzios, drawing the attention of the national and international press to the place. Thanks to Bardot's visit, BÃÂºzios has now became one of the hottest spots in the Brazilian summer.

February

28 February: Nova IndependÃÂªncia is established in SÃÂ£o Paulo.

March

13 March: President JoÃÂ£o Goulart makes a speech at a rally in Central do Brasil, where he defends democracy and announces significant political reforms, such as nationalisation and social justice programs.
19 March: The first March of the Family with God for Liberty takes place in SÃÂ£o Paulo, with the participation of 500,000 people. Protestors ask for military intervention, in response to Goulart's political reforms speech.
25 March: Corporal Anselmo leads sailors of the lower ranks in a revolt against their poor conditions of life and superiors, as well as supporting President Goulart's "basic reforms".
27 March: The Sailors' Revolt ends, after Goulart gives amnesty to the sailors and appoints Paulo MÃÂ¡rio da Cunha Rodrigues as Minister of the Navy.
31 March-1 April: President JoÃÂ£o Goulart is overthrown in a military coup, after a sequence of events; among the movement of military troops from Minas Gerais to Rio de Janeiro and the positioning of the US navy on the Brazilian coast.

April

2 April: The National Congress, in an extraordinary session, declares that the President of the Chamber of Deputies, Ranieri Mazzilli, assumes the interim Presidency of the Republic.
11 April: The country holds its first indirect elections after the coup. Castelo Branco is elected the next president by the National Congress.
13 April: Ranieri Mazzilli revokes the SUPRA (Superintendence of Agrarian Policy) decree, that was signed by JoÃÂ£o Goulart at the Central Rally in Rio de Janeiro.
15 April: Humberto de Alencar Castelo Branco is sworn in as the 26th President of Brazil, and the first of the Military Regime.

May

13 May: Brazil terminates its diplomatic relations with Cuba.

June

10 June: The GTEPE (Special Project Study and Study Group), a precursor to GETEPE (Space Project Study and Executive Group), is created.

August

22 August: President Castelo Branco creates the National Housing Bank, to build homes for the middle class and to generate jobs.

November

30 November: President Humberto de Alencar Castelo Branco promulgates the Land Statute, a law that regulates rights and obligations related to rural real estate.

December

1 December: Energy rationing ends in SÃÂ£o Paulo.
31 December: The Central Bank of Brazil and the National Monetary Council are established.

Births

January

January 11: PatrÃÂcia Pillar, actress
January 18: Gustavo Bebianno, lawyer and politician (d. 2020)
January 20: MÃÂ¡rcia Cabrita, actress (died 2017)

February

February 16: Bebeto, retired footballer and politician

April

April 18: LourenÃÂ§o Mutarelli, underground comic book writer
April 21: Anna Muylaert, television and film director

May

May 23: Beto Brant, filmmaker

July

July 10: Dalton Vigh, actor

August

August 17: Jorginho, coach and retired footballer

September

September 11:
Alexandre Lippiani, actor and voice actor (d. 1997)
Damares Alves, Minister of Human Rights, Family and Women

October

October 26: Irving SÃÂ£o Paulo, actor (d. 2006)

November

November 20: Leonardo Medeiros, actor

December

December 7: Roberta Close, transgender model

Deaths

January

January 20: AnÃÂbal Machado (born 1894)

February

February 9: Ary Barroso, composer, pianist, soccer commentator, and talent-show host (born 1903)

November

November 6: Anita Malfatti, artist (born 1889)

References

See also