1977 in Brazil

Events in the year 1977 in Brazil.

Incumbents

Federal government

• President: General Ernesto Geisel
• Vice President: General Adalberto Pereira dos Santos

Governors

• Acre: Vacant
• : Divaldo Suruagy
• Amazonas: Henoch da Silva Reis
• Bahia: Roberto Santos
• Ceará: José Adauto Bezerra
• Espírito Santo: Élcio Álvares
• : Irapuan Costa Jr.
• Maranhão: Oswaldo da Costa Nunes Freire
• Mato Grosso: Jose Garcia Neto
• Mato Grosso do Sul: Vacant
• Minas Gerais: Aureliano Chaves
• : Aloysio Chaves
• : Ivan Bichara
• Paraná: Jaime Canet Júnior
• : Francisco Moura Cavalcanti
• : Dirceu Arcoverde
• Rio de Janeiro: Floriano P. Faria Lima
• Rio Grande do Norte: Tarcisio de Vasconcelos Maia
• Rio Grande do Sul: Sinval Sebastião Duarte Guazzelli
• : Antônio Carlos Konder Reis
• São Paulo: Paulo Egídio Martins
• : José Rollemberg

Vice governors

• : Omar Sabino de Paula
• : Vacant
• : João Bosco Ramos de Lima
• : Edvaldo Brandão Correia
• : José Waldemar de Alcântara e Silva
• : Carlos Alberto Lindenberg von Schilgen
• : José Luís Bittencourt
• : José Duailibe Murad
• : Cássio Leite de Barros
• : Vacant
• : Levindo Ozanam Coelho
• : Clovis Silva de Morais Rego
• : Dorgival Terceiro Neto
• : Octávio Cesário Pereira Júnior
• : Paulo Gustavo de Araújo Cunha
• : Djalma Martins Veloso
• : Vacant
• : Geraldo Melo
• : José Augusto Amaral de Sousa
• : Marcos Henrique Büechler
• : Ferreira Filho
• : Antônio Ribeiro Sotelo

Events

April

• April 1: President Ernesto Geisel closes the National Congress of Brazil to control presidential succession as conflict erupts between him, the duristas, Congress, the Church, and the media.
• April 14: President Geisel signs constitutional amendment n°8 and reopens the National Congress of Brazil.

June

• June 23: In a second ballot by 226 votes in favor and 159 against; the National Congress of Brazil approves a constitutional amendment by Senators Nelson Carneiro and Acioli Filho, that legalizes divorce.

August

• August 3: Writer Rachel de Queiroz becomes the first woman elected to the Brazilian Academy of Letters.
• August 17: Jorge Amado's novel Tieta do Agreste is published, which becomes one of his best-selling works.

October

• October 1: Pelé, playing for the New York Cosmos, scores his last goal to defeat Santos FC 2-1, at Giants Stadium, in East Rutherford, New Jersey, United States. This would be his last official game, thus saying goodbye to his professional football career.
• October 11: President Ernesto Geisel signs a law, creating the state of Mato Grosso do Sul.

December

• December 26: President Ernesto Geisel signs a law that legalizes and regulates divorce.

Births

March

• 27 March: Vítor Meira race car driver

April

• 1 April: Vitor Belfort, MMA fighter

June

• 8 June: Falcão, footballer

July

• 20 July: Susana Werner, model and actress
• 30 July: Fabrício Werdum, Jiu-Jitsu practitioner

August

• 24 August: Denílson, footballer

September

• 14 September: Alex, footballer

October

• 31 October: Larissa Maciel, actress

November

• 6 November: Demian Maia, mixed martial artist
• 8 November: João Rodrigo Silva Santos soccer player (d. 2013)

December

• December 12: Evangelista Santos, mixed martial arts fighter

Deaths

January

• 22 January: Maysa Matarazzo, singer (b. 1936)

February

• 13 February: Carolina Maria de Jesus, memorialist (b. 1914)

March

• 18 March: Carlos Pace, racing driver (b. 1944)

July

• 21 July: Zózimo, World Cup-winning footballer (b. 1932)

December

• 9 December: Clarice Lispector, writer (b. 1920)

See also

• 1977 in Brazilian football
• Brazilian military government

References

See also

• 1977 in Brazilian football
• 1977 in Brazilian television