Events in the year 1958 in Brazil.

Incumbents

Federal government

* President: Juscelino Kubitschek * Vice President: João Goulart

Governors

* Alagoas: Sizenando Nabuco de Melo (until 24 January); Sebastião Muniz Falcão (from 24 January) * Amazonas: Plínio Ramos Coelho * Bahia: Antônio Balbino *

Ceará Ceará (, pronounced locally as or ) is one of the 26 states of Brazil, located in the northeastern part of the country, on the Atlantic coast. It is the eighth-largest Brazilian State by population and the 17th by area. It is also one of the ...

: Paulo Sarasate (until 3 July) Flávio Marcílio (from 3 July) * Espírito Santo:

Francisco Lacerda de Aguiar Francisco is the Spanish and Portuguese form of the masculine given name '' Franciscus''. Nicknames In Spanish, people with the name Francisco are sometimes nicknamed " Paco". San Francisco de Asís was known as ''Pater Comunitatis'' (father o ...

* Goiás:

José Ludovico de Almeida José is a predominantly Spanish and Portuguese form of the given name Joseph. While spelled alike, this name is pronounced differently in each language: Spanish ; Portuguese (or ). In French, the name ''José'', pronounced , is an old vernac ...

* Maranhão: *

Mato Grosso Mato Grosso ( – lit. "Thick Bush") is one of the states of Brazil, the third largest by area, located in the Central-West region. The state has 1.66% of the Brazilian population and is responsible for 1.9% of the Brazilian GDP. Neighboring ...

João Ponce de Arruda João is the Portuguese equivalent of the given name John. The diminutive is Joãozinho and the feminine is Joana. It is widespread in Portuguese-speaking countries. Notable people with the name are enumerated in the sections below. Kings * Jo ...

* Minas Gerais:

José Francisco Bias Fortes José is a predominantly Spanish and Portuguese form of the given name Joseph. While spelled alike, this name is pronounced differently in each language: Spanish ; Portuguese (or ). In French, the name ''José'', pronounced , is an old vernacul ...

* Pará:

Magalhães Barata Magalhães Barata is a municipality in the state of Pará in the Northern region of Brazil. The municipality contains the Cuinarana Marine Extractive Reserve, created in 2014. The Cuinarana River originates near the municipal headquarters. It ...

Paraíba Paraíba ( Tupi: ''pa'ra a'íba''; ) is a state of Brazil. It is located in the Brazilian Northeast, and it is bordered by Rio Grande do Norte to the north, Ceará to the west, Pernambuco to the south and the Atlantic Ocean to the east. Paraíba ...

Flávio Coutinho Flávio is a Portuguese language given name, equivalent of Latin Flavius, and Italian and Spanish Flavio. The Portuguese diminutive form is Flavinho. People * Flávio da Silva Amado (1979), better known as Flávio, Angolan footballer *Antônio Flá ...

(until 4 January);

Pedro Gondim Pedro is a masculine given name. Pedro is the Spanish, Portuguese, and Galician name for ''Peter''. Its French equivalent is Pierre while its English and Germanic form is Peter. The counterpart patronymic surname of the name Pedro, meaning " ...

(from 4 January) * Paraná:

Moisés Lupion Moisés Wille Lupion de Troia (March 25, 1908 — August 29, 1991) was a Brazil, Brazilian accountant, businessman, and politician who twice served as governor of the state of Paraná (state), Paraná. References

1908 births 1991 deat ...

* Pernambuco: Osvaldo Cordeiro de Farias (until 14 November);

Otávio Correia de Araújo Otávio is a Portuguese masculine given name, the equivalent of English Octavian, Octavius or Italian Ottavio. The Portuguese long form Octávio occurs more rarely. The Portuguese diminutive form is Otavinho. Given name *Otávio (footballer, born ...

(from 14 November) *

Piauí Piaui (, ) is one of the states of Brazil, located in the country's Northeast Region. The state has 1.6% of the Brazilian population and produces 0.7% of the Brazilian GDP. Piaui has the shortest coastline of any coastal Brazilian state at 66&n ...

: Jacob Gaioso e Almendra * Rio de Janeiro:

Miguel Couto Filho --> Miguel is a given name and surname, the Portuguese and Spanish form of the Hebrew name Michael. It may refer to: Places * Pedro Miguel, a parish in the municipality of Horta and the island of Faial in the Azores Islands * São Miguel (disam ...

(until 2 July); Togo Barros (from 2 July) * Rio Grande do Norte: Dinarte de Medeiros Mariz *

Rio Grande do Sul Rio Grande do Sul (, , ; "Great River of the South") is a Federative units of Brazil, state in the South Region, Brazil, southern region of Brazil. It is the Federative_units_of_Brazil#List, fifth-most-populous state and the List of Brazilian st ...

: Ildo Meneghetti * Santa Catarina:

Jorge Lacerda Jorge is a Spanish and Portuguese given name. It is derived from the Greek name Γεώργιος (''Georgios'') via Latin ''Georgius''; the former is derived from (''georgos''), meaning "farmer" or "earth-worker". The Latin form ''Georgius' ...

(until 16 June);

Heriberto Hülse Heriberto is the Spanish and Portuguese form of the masculine given name Herbert. It may refer to: * Osvaldo Heriberto Hurtado Galeguillo (born 1957), Chilean retired footballer who played as a striker * Heriberto Araújo (born 1983), Spanish journ ...

(from 16 June) * São Paulo: Jânio Quadros * Sergipe:

Leandro Maciel Leandro Isaac Maciel (born 29 December 1995) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Brazilian club Botafogo-SP. Career Maciel began his career with Argentine Primera División side Lanús, featuring for the club ...

Vice governors

* Alagoas: Sizenando Nabuco de Melo *

: Wilson Gonçalves * Espírito Santo: Adwalter Ribeiro Soares * Goiás: Bernardo Sayão Carvalho Araújo * Maranhão:

Alexandre Alves Costa Alexandre may refer to: * Alexandre (given name) * Alexandre (surname) * Alexandre (film) See also * Alexander * Xano (disambiguation) Xano is the name of: * Xano, a Portuguese hypocoristic of the name " Alexandre (disambiguation)" * Idálio ...

Henrique José Vieira Neto Henrique () may refer to: *Henry, Count of Portugal (1066–1112) *Henry, King of Portugal, Henry I, King of Portugal (1512–1580) *Henry the Navigator (1394–1460), a royal prince and important figure in the early days of the Portuguese Empire ...

* Minas Gerais:

Artur Bernardes Filho Artur is a cognate to the common male given name Arthur, meaning "bear-like," which is believed to possibly be descended from the Roman surname Artorius or the Celtic bear-goddess Artio or more probably from the Celtic word ''artos'' ("bear"). ...

* Pernambuco:

(until 14 November); vacant thereafter (from 14 November) *

Francisco Ferreira de Castro Francisco is the Spanish and Portuguese form of the masculine given name '' Franciscus''. Nicknames In Spanish, people with the name Francisco are sometimes nicknamed " Paco". San Francisco de Asís was known as ''Pater Comunitatis'' (father o ...

* Rio de Janeiro: Roberto Silveira * Rio Grande do Norte:

José Augusto Varela José is a predominantly Spanish and Portuguese form of the given name Joseph. While spelled alike, this name is pronounced differently in each language: Spanish ; Portuguese (or ). In French, the name ''José'', pronounced , is an old vernacu ...

* Santa Catarina:

(until 16 June); vacant thereafter (from 16 June) * São Paulo: Porfírio da Paz * Sergipe: José Machado de Souza

Establishments

* Construction of the Basilica of St. Joseph the Worker, Barbacena was completed.

Events

June

* June 29 - Brazil defeats

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5–2 to win the

1958 FIFA World Cup Final The 1958 FIFA World Cup Final took place in Råsunda Stadium, Solna (near Stockholm), Sweden, on 29 June 1958 to determine the champion of the 1958 FIFA World Cup. Brazil won the World Cup by defeating Sweden, the host country, and thus won t ...

in Sweden. It is the first time Brazil wins the FIFA World Cup.

Births

* September 14 – Silas Malafaia, evangelical pastor, author, and televangelist