1981 in Brazil

Events in the year 1981 in Brazil.

Incumbents

Federal government

• President: General João Figueiredo
• Vice President: Aureliano Chaves

Governors

• Acre: Vacant
• : Guilherme Palmeira
• Amazonas: José Bernardino Lindoso
• Bahia: Antônio Carlos Magalhães
• Ceará: Virgílio Távora
• Espírito Santo: Eurico Vieira Resende
• : Ary Valadão
• Maranhão: João Castelo
• Mato Grosso: Frederico Campos
• Mato Grosso do Sul: Pedro Pedrossian
• Minas Gerais: Francelino Pereira
• : Alacid Nunes
• : Tarcísio Burity
• Paraná: Nei Braga
• : Marco Maciel
• : Lucídio Portela
• Rio de Janeiro: Antônio Chagas Freitas
• Rio Grande do Norte: Lavoisier Maia
• Rio Grande do Sul: José Augusto Amaral de Souza
• : Jorge Bornhausen
• São Paulo: Paulo Maluf
• : Augusto Franco

Vice governors

• : José Fernandes Rego
• : Teobaldo Vasconcelos Barbosa
• : Paulo Pinto Nery
• : Luis Viana Neto
• : Manuel de Castro Filho
• : José Carlos Fonseca
• : Rui Brasil Cavalcanti
• : Artur Teixeira de Carvalho
• : José Vilanova Torres
• : Vacant
• : João Marques de Vasconcelos
• : Gerson dos Santos Peres
• : Clóvis Cavalcanti
• : José Hosken de Novaes
• : Roberto Magalhães Melo
• : Waldemar de Castro Macedo
• : Hamilton Xavier
• : Geraldo Melo
• : Otávio Badui Germano
• : Henrique Hélion Velho de Córdova
• : José Maria Marin
• : Djenal Tavares Queiroz

Events

January

• January 6: A passenger ship called Novo Amapá was sunk by an overcrowded capacity off of a river mouth in Caja, Pará State. According to the Transport Ministry of Brazil, there was a confirmed report of at least 130 fatalities.
• January 13-17: Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau makes his visit to Brazil to meet President João Figueiredo at the Planalto Palace the following day.

April

• April 30: Two bombs explode inside a car at the Pavilhão Riocentro, in Rio de Janeiro, during a concert commemorating Labor Day. Sergeant Guilherme Pereira do Rosário is killed and Captain Wilson Dias Machado is injured; both of the Brazilian Army.

August

• August 19: The Brazilian television network Sistema Brasileiro de Televisão (SBT) is launched by businessman and television personality Silvio Santos.

September

• September 12: President João Figueiredo inaugurates the JK Memorial in Brasília.
• September 19: According to an official report from the Transport Ministry of Brazil, a passenger ferry, called the Sobral Santos II was capsized nearby Óbidos Port, Pará State, on the Amazon River, where more than 300 people drowned.

December

• December 22: President João Figueiredo signs a law, creating the state of Rondônia.

Births

January

• January 21: Michel Teló, singer

February

• February 4 – Sabrina Sato, television presenter

March

• March 1 – Ana Hickmann, model

April

• April 11 – Alessandra Ambrosio, model
• April 25 – Felipe Massa, race car driver
• April 26 – Mariana Ximenes, actress

June

• June 12 – Adriana Lima, model
• June 24 – Júnior Assunção, mixed martial artist
• June 25 – Carlo Prater, mixed martial artist
• June 27 – Cléber Santana, footballer (d. 2016)
• June 29 – Maria Maya, actress

July

• July 5 – Gianne Albertoni, model
• July 19 – Anderson Luiz de Carvalho, footballer
• July 26 – Maicon Douglas Sisenando, footballer

August

• August 31 – Mosiah Rodrigues, gymnist

October

• October 11 – Arturo Ruas, professional wrestler

November

• November 4 – Adriana Araujo, boxer

Deaths

June

• June 13 – Amácio Mazzaropi, actor (b. 1912)

August

• August 18 – Carolina Nabuco, writer and translator (b. 1890)
• August 22 – Glauber Rocha, film director (b. 1939)

See also

• 1981 in Brazilian football
• 1981 in Brazilian television
• List of Brazilian films of 1981

References