1974 in Brazil
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| 1974 in Brazil |
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Events in the year 1974 in Brazil.
Establishments
- Construction of the Basilica of the Eternal Father, Trindade was completed.
Incumbents
Federal government
- President: General Emílio Garrastazu Médici (until 15 March), General Ernesto Geisel (starting 15 March)
- Vice President: General Augusto Rademaker (until 15 March), General Adalberto Pereira dos Santos (starting 15 March)
Governors
- Acre: vacant
- Alagoas: Afrânio Lages
- Amazonas: João Walter de Andrade
- Bahia: Antônio Carlos Magalhães
- Ceará: César Cals
- Espírito Santo: Artur Carlos Gerhardt Santos
- Goiás: Leonino Caiado
- Maranhão: Pedro Neiva de Santana
- Mato Grosso: José Fragelli
- Minas Gerais: Rondon Pacheco
- Pará: Fernando Guilhon
- Paraíba: Ernâni Sátiro
- Paraná: Emílio Hoffmann Gomes
- Pernambuco: Eraldo Gueiros
- Piauí: Alberto Silva
- Rio de Janeiro: Raimundo Padhila then Floriano P. Faria Lima
- Rio Grande do Norte: Jose Pereira de Araújo Cortez
- Rio Grande do Sul: Euclides Triches
- Santa Catarina: Colombo Salles
- São Paulo: Laudo Natel
- Sergipe: Paulo Barreto de Menezes
Vice governors
- Acre: Alberto Barbosa da Costa
- Alagoas: José de Medeiros Tavares
- Amazonas: Deoclides de Carvalho Leal
- Bahia: Menandro Minahim
- Ceará: Francisco Humberto Bezerra
- Espírito Santo: Henrique Pretti
- Goiás: Ursulino Tavares Leão
- Maranhão: Alexandre Sá Colares Moreira
- Mato Grosso: José Monteiro de Figueiredo
- Minas Gerais: Celso Porfírio de Araújo Machado
- Pará: Newton Burlamaqui Barreira
- Paraíba: Clóvis Bezerra Cavalcanti
- Paraná: Jaime Canet Júnior
- Pernambuco: José Antônio Barreto Guimarães
- Piauí: Sebastião Rocha Leal
- Rio de Janeiro: Teotônio Araújo
- Rio Grande do Norte: Tertius Rebelo
- Rio Grande do Sul: Edmar Fetter
- Santa Catarina: Atílio Francisco Xavier Fontana
- São Paulo: Antonio José Rodrigues Filho
- Sergipe: Adalberto Moura
Events
- 1 February – A fire at the Joelma Building in São Paulo kills 177 people and injures 293; 11 die later of their injuries.[1]
- 31 May – Former Portuguese Prime Minister Marcelo Caetano is granted political asylum by President Ernesto Geisel in Brazil, where he has fled following Portugal's Carnation Revolution, which ended 41 years of the Estado Novo dictatorship.[2]
Deaths
- 16 July – Oduvaldo Vianna Filho, playwright (b. 1936)[3]
References
- ^ Fire Journal. National Fire Protection Association. 1974. pp. 23–25.
- ^ Latin America. Latin American Newsletters Limited. 1974. p. 160.
- ^ Leslie Hawkins Damasceno (1996). Cultural Space and Theatrical Conventions in the Works of Oduvaldo Vianna Filho. Wayne State University Press. p. 244. ISBN 9780814325957.
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