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1993 in Brazil

Events in the year 1993 in Brazil.

Incumbents

Federal government

President: Itamar Franco
Vice President: vacant

Governors

Acre: Vacant
: Geraldo BulhÃÂµes
Amapa: Annibal Barcellos
Amazonas: Gilberto Mestrinho
Bahia: AntÃÂ´nio Carlos MagalhÃÂ£es
CearÃÂ¡: Ciro Gomes
EspÃÂrito Santo: AlbuÃÂno Cunha de Azeredo
: Iris Rezende
MaranhÃÂ£o: Edison LobÃÂ£o
Mato Grosso: Jaime Campos
Mato Grosso do Sul: Pedro Pedrossian
Minas Gerais: HÃÂ©lio Garcia
: Jader Barbalho
: Ronaldo Cunha Lima
ParanÃÂ¡: Roberto RequiÃÂ£o de Mello e Silva
: Joaquim Francisco Cavalcanti
: Freitas Neto
Rio de Janeiro: Leonel Brizola
Rio Grande do Norte: JosÃÂ© Agripino Maia
Rio Grande do Sul: Alceu de Deus Collares
RondÃÂ´nia: Oswaldo Piana Filho
Roraima: Ottomar de Sousa Pinto
: Vilson KleinÃÂ¼bing
SÃÂ£o Paulo: LuÃÂs AntÃÂ´nio Fleury Filho
: JoÃÂ£o Alves Filho
Tocantins: MoisÃÂ©s Nogueira Avelino

Vice governors

Events

February

February 4: President Itamar Franco signs a law that regulates the plebiscite on the form and system of government in Brazil.

April

April 21: Eight years after democracy is restored in the country, Brazil holds a constitutional referendum about what form of government and regime the country would go on with. Voters could choose between a republican or monarchic government, and between a presidential or parliamentary regime. The result was 86.6% of votes in favour of a republic and 69.2% in favour of presidentialism, leaving the country's form of government, a presidential republic, unchanged.

May

May 21: Judge Denise Frossard sentences Castor de Andrade and 13 other big mobsters; including CapitÃÂ£o GuimarÃÂ£es, Luizinho Drummond, Antonio Petrus Kalil (aka TurcÃÂ£o), and AnÃÂsio AbraÃÂ£o David to six years in prison for criminal association. 53 deaths were attributed to the group.

July

July 23: The CandelÃÂ¡ria massacre occurs after eight homeless people, including six minors are killed by several men, who were members of the police.

August

August 1: The cruzeiro real becomes the national currency of Brazil, replacing the cruzeiro at a rate of 1000 to 1.
August 29: Military police in Rio de Janeiro murder twenty-one residents of the VigÃÂ¡rio Geral favela.

October

October 13-19: American singer Michael Jackson is in SÃÂ£o Paulo for his Dangerous World Tour; with two shows at the Morumbi Stadium, on the 15th and 17th of the month.

December

December 7: Minister of Finance Fernando Henrique Cardoso announces an economic stabilization program.
December 17: Brazil's Supreme Federal Court rules that former President Fernando Collor de Mello could not hold elected office again until 2000, due to political corruption.

Births

January

January 4 – Manu Gavassi, singer, songwriter, actress, directress and writer

February

February 12 – Rafinha, footballer

March

March 5 – Fred, footballer
March 24 – Gustavo Henrique, footballer
March 30 – Anitta, singer and dancer

April

April 13 – LetÃÂcia Bufoni, street skateboarder
April 15 – Felipe Anderson, footballer
April 30 – Henry Zaga, actor

June

June 27:
Adair Cardoso, singer and composer
Camila Queiroz, actress

August

August 17:
Rodrigo Caio, footballer
Ederson, footballer

October

October 23 – Fabinho, footballer

November

November 14 – Tabata Amaral, political scientist, education activist and politician

December

December 16 – Thiago Braz da Silva, Olympic athlete
December 22 – Gabriel Medina, professional surfer

Deaths

January

January 13 – Camargo Guarnieri, composer (b. 1907)

April

April 2 – Thales Monteiro, basketball player and Olympian (b. 1925)
April 3 – Leopoldo Nachbin, mathematician (b. 1922)
April 9 – Lindalva Justo de Oliveira, Roman Catholic nun (b. 1953)
April 25 – Geraldo Del Rey, actor (b. 1930)
April 30 – Diva Diniz CorrÃÂªa, marine zoologist (b. 1918)

September

September 7 – Bruno Giorgi, sculptor (b. 1905)

December

December 14 – Aristides LeÃÂ£o, neurophysiologist and researcher (b. 1914)

See also

References