1973 in Brazil

Events in the year 1973 in Brazil.

Incumbents

Federal government

• President: General Emílio Médici
• Vice President: General Augusto Rademaker

Governors

• Acre: Vacant
• : Afrânio Lages
• Amazonas: João Walter de Andrade
• Bahia: Antônio Carlos Magalhães
• Ceará: César Cals
• Espírito Santo: Artur Carlos Gerhardt Santos
• : Leonino Caiado
• Guanabara: Antonio de Pádua Chagas Freitas
• Maranhão: Pedro Neiva de Santana
• Mato Grosso: José Fragelli
• Minas Gerais: Rondon Pacheco
• : Fernando Guilhon
• : Ernâni Sátiro
• Paraná: Emílio Hoffmann Gomes
• : Eraldo Gueiros
• : Alberto Silva
• Rio de Janeiro: Raimundo Padhila
• Rio Grande do Norte: Jose Pereira de Araújo Cortez
• Rio Grande do Sul: Euclides Triches
• : Colombo Salles
• São Paulo: Laudo Natel
• : Paulo Barreto de Menezes

Vice governors

• : Alberto Barbosa da Costa
• : José de Medeiros Tavares
• : Deoclides de Carvalho Leal
• : Menandro Minahim
• : Francisco Humberto Bezerra
• : Henrique Pretti
• : Ursulino Tavares Leão
• : Alexandre Sá Colares Moreira
• : José Monteiro de Figueiredo
• : Celso Porfírio de Araújo Machado
• : Newton Burlamaqui Barreira
• : Clóvis Bezerra Cavalcanti
• : Jaime Canet Júnior (from 11 August)
• : José Antônio Barreto Guimarães
• : Sebastião Rocha Leal
• : Teotônio Araújo
• : Tertius Rebelo
• : Edmar Fetter
• : Atílio Francisco Xavier Fontana
• : Antonio José Rodrigues Filho
• : Adalberto Moura

Events

January

• 11 January: President Emílio Garrastazu Médici signs a law that establishes the Brazilian Civil Procedure Code.

February

• 11 February: Emerson Fittipaldi wins the 1973 Brazilian Grand Prix at Interlagos.

April

• 26 April: Presidents Emílio Garrastazu Médici of Brazil and Alfredo Stroessner of Paraguay sign the Treaty of Itaipu in Brasília, for a joint use of hydroelectric power in the Paraná River.

June

• 18 June: The president of Petrobras, General Ernesto Geisel, is selected as a candidate for President of Brazil.

July

• 11 July: Varig Flight 820 makes a forced landing due to a fire breaking out and then crashing in Paris, France. 123 out of the 134 people are dead from the crash, fire, and smoke inhalation.

Births

January

• 1 January: Shelda Bede, volleyball player

• 22 January: Rogério Ceni, retired footballer and coach

February

• 2 February: Latino, singer-songwriter
• 22 February: Gustavo Assis-Brasil, guitarist
• 22 February: Juninho Paulista, footballer

April

• 10 April: Roberto Carlos, footballer
• 18 April: Adriane Galisteu, Brazilian actress and model
• 15 April: Emanuel Rego, beach volleyball player

May

• 8 May: Jorge Patino, mixed martial arts fighter

June

• 16 June: Veronica Rossi, novelist

July

• 19 July: Aílton, footballer

August

• 4 August: Marcos, footballer
• 6 August: Vanessa Gerbelli, actress
• 10 August: Zé Roberto, footballer

September

• 24 September: Scheila Carvalho, model and dancer
• 26 September: Leandro Hassum, actor, comedian, writer & producer

October

• 7 October: Dida, footballer
• 20 October: Rodrigo Faro, TV host, actor & singer

November

• 22 November: Eliana Michaelichen Bezerra, TV host, actress & singer
• 30 November: Angélica Ksyvickis, TV host, actress, singer & businesswoman

December

• December 3: Bruno Campos, actor and lawyer

Deaths

January

• 17 January: Tarsila do Amaral, modernist artist (b. 1886).

July

• 11 July:
• Jörg Bruder, sailor and geology professor (b. 1937)
• Júlio Delamare, sports journalist (b. 1928)
• Filinto Müller, politician (b. 1900)
• Agostinho dos Santos, singer and composer of bossa nova (b. 1932)

References

See also

• 1973 in Brazilian football
• 1973 in Brazilian television