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1968 in Brazil

Events of the year 1968 in Brazil

Incumbents

Federal government

President: Marshal Artur da Costa e Silva
Vice-President: Pedro Aleixo

Governors

Acre: Vacant
: AntÃÂ´nio SimeÃÂ£o de Lamenha Filho
Amazonas: Danilo Duarte de Matos Areosa
Bahia: LuÃÂs Viana Filho
CearÃÂ¡: PlÃÂ¡cido Castelo
EspÃÂrito Santo: Cristiano Dias Lopes Filho
: OtÃÂ¡vio Lage
Guanabara: Francisco NegrÃÂ£o de Lima
MaranhÃÂ£o: JosÃÂ© Sarney
Mato Grosso: Pedro Pedrossian
Minas Gerais: Israel Pinheiro da Silva
: Alacid Nunes
: JoÃÂ£o Agripino Maia
ParanÃÂ¡: Pablo Cruz Pimentel
: Nilo Coelho
: HelvÃÂdio Nunes
: Geremias de Mattos Fontes
Rio Grande do Norte: Walfredo Gurgel Dantas
Rio Grande do Sul: Walter Peracchi Barcelos
: Ivo Silveira
SÃÂ£o Paulo: Roberto Costa de Abreu SodrÃÂ©
: Lourival Baptista

Vice governors

Events

March

28 March: A 16 year-old student named Edson LuÃÂs de Lima Souto, is killed after being shot in the chest by a police officer. This was during a protest between students and the Military Police at the CalabouÃÂ§o restaurant, in the UNE building, in Rio de Janeiro.

April

5 April: The Minister of Justice, LuÃÂs AntÃÂ´nio da Gama e Silva, signs an act, prohibiting the functioning of the leftist political movement, known as Frente Ampla.
20 April: A bomb attack destroys the headquarters entrance of the newspaper O Estado de S. Paulo, in SÃÂ£o Paulo.

May

15 May: A bomb explodes at the door of the SÃÂ£o Paulo Stock Exchange.
26 May: Dr. Euryclides de Jesus Zerbini and his team perform the first heart transplant in Latin America.
28 May: A 23rd star representing the state of Acre, established six years before, is added to the flag of Brazil.

June

26 June: The Passeata dos Cem Mil (March of the One Hundred Thousand), a demonstration organized by the student movement against the military regime, takes place in the center of Rio de Janeiro.

July

5 July: The Minister of Justice, LuÃÂs AntÃÂ´nio da Gama e Silva bans street demonstrations across the country.
13 July: Martha Vasconcellos becomes the second Brazilian to win the Miss Universe title, in the pageant held in Miami Beach, Florida, United States.

November

1-11 November: Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom arrives in Brazil for an eleven-day visit.
7 November: The new headquarters of the SÃÂ£o Paulo Museum of Art on Avenida Paulista is inaugurated with the presence of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom.

December

13 December: President Costa e Silva issues Institucional Act Number 5, giving the President powers to intervene on local governments, suspend Congress, ban political meetings, as well as censor the press, music and film.
16 December: Mobster Castor de Andrade is arrested, after Secretary of Public Security of Guanabara, General LuÃÂs de FranÃÂ§a Oliveira, starts one of the biggest attacks against crime.
30 December: The Secretariat of the National Defense Council publishes a list of impeached federal deputies.

Births

January

3 January: Matheus Nachtergaele, actor and director
7 January: CazÃÂ© PeÃÂ§anha, television host
12 January: Mauro Silva, former footballer

July

20 July: Carlos Saldanha, director

November

18 November: Luizianne Lins, politician

December

31 December: Luciano Szafir, actor

Deaths

April

4 April: Assis Chateaubriand, entrepreneur (b. 1892)

October

13 October: Manuel Bandeira, poet (b. 1886)

References

See also