Events in the year 1973 in

Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...

Incumbents

Federal government

President President most commonly refers to: *President (corporate title) *President (education), a leader of a college or university *President (government title) President may also refer to: Automobiles * Nissan President, a 1966–2010 Japanese ful ...

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Emílio Médici Emílio is a variant of the given names Emil, Emilio and Emilios, and may refer to: *Emílio Garrastazu Médici, Brazilian politician *Emílio Peixe, Brazilian footballer *Emílio Lino, Portuguese fencer *Emílio da Silva, footballer *Emílio Aug ...

Vice President A vice president, also director in British English, is an officer in government or business who is below the president (chief executive officer) in rank. It can also refer to executive vice presidents, signifying that the vice president is on t ...

: General

Augusto Rademaker Augusto Hamann Rademaker Grünewald (11 May 1905 – 13 September 1985) was a Brazilian admiral, of German and Danish descent, in the Brazilian Navy. Rademaker was one of the leaders of the Military Junta (30 August 1969 – 30 October 1969) that ...

Governors

Acre The acre is a unit of land area used in the imperial Imperial is that which relates to an empire, emperor, or imperialism. Imperial or The Imperial may also refer to: Places United States * Imperial, California * Imperial, Missouri * Imp ...

: ''Vacant'' *

Alagoas Alagoas (, ) is one of the 27 federative units of Brazil and is situated in the eastern part of the Northeast Region. It borders: Pernambuco (N and NW); Sergipe (S); Bahia (SW); and the Atlantic Ocean (E). Its capital is the city of Maceió. It ...

: Afrânio Lages * Amazonas: João Walter de Andrade *

Bahia Bahia ( , , ; meaning "bay") is one of the 26 Federative units of Brazil, states of Brazil, located in the Northeast Region, Brazil, Northeast Region of the country. It is the fourth-largest Brazilian state by population (after São Paulo (sta ...

Antônio Carlos Magalhães Antônio Carlos Peixoto de Magalhães (4 September 1927 – 20 July 2007), also known by his initials ACM, was a Brazilian politician. He served as Governor of Bahia three times and represented Bahia in the Senate of Brazil three times. Magalhãe ...

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 ...

: César Cals * Espírito Santo: Artur Carlos Gerhardt Santos *

Goiás Goiás () is a Brazilian state located in the Center-West region. Goiás borders the Federal District and the states of (from north clockwise) Tocantins, Bahia, Minas Gerais, Mato Grosso do Sul and Mato Grosso. The state capital is Goiânia. ...

: Leonino Caiado * Guanabara:

Antonio de Pádua Chagas Freitas Antonio is a masculine given name of Etruscan origin deriving from the root name Antonius. It is a common name among Romance language-speaking populations as well as the Balkans and Lusophone Africa. It has been among the top 400 most popular mal ...

Maranhão Maranhão () is a state in Brazil. Located in the country's Northeast Region, it has a population of about 7 million and an area of . Clockwise from north, it borders on the Atlantic Ocean for 2,243 km and the states of Piauí, Tocantins and ...

Pedro Neiva de Santana 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, meani ...

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 ...

José Fragelli José Manuel Fontanillas Fragelli (31 December 1915 – 30 April 2010) was a Brazilian politician, lawyer and academic. Fragelli served as the Governor of Mato Grosso from 1970 until 1974 and the President of the Senate of Brazil from ...

Minas Gerais Minas Gerais () is a state in Southeastern Brazil. It ranks as the second most populous, the third by gross domestic product (GDP), and the fourth largest by area in the country. The state's capital and largest city, Belo Horizonte (literally ...

Rondon Pacheco Rondon Pacheco (31 July 1919 – 4 July 2016) was a Brazilian politician. He served as Chief of Staff of Brazil to President Artur da Costa e Silva, from 1967 to 1969 during the Brazilian military government. In 1971, Pacheco was appointed Gove ...

Pará Pará is a Federative units of Brazil, state of Brazil, located in northern Brazil and traversed by the lower Amazon River. It borders the Brazilian states of Amapá, Maranhão, Tocantins (state), Tocantins, Mato Grosso, Amazonas (Brazilian state) ...

: Fernando Guilhon *

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 ...

: Ernâni Sátiro * Paraná: Emílio Hoffmann Gomes * Pernambuco: Eraldo Gueiros *

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 ...

Alberto Silva Alberto is the Romance version of the Latinized form (''Albertus'') of Germanic ''Albert''. It is used in Italian, Portuguese and Spanish. The diminutive forms are ''Albertito'' in Spain or ''Albertico'' in some parts of Latin America, Albe ...

* Rio de Janeiro: Raimundo Padhila * Rio Grande do Norte: Jose Pereira de Araújo Cortez *

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 ...

Euclides Triches Euclid, Euclides, or Eucleides generally refers to the ancient Greek mathematician Euclid of Alexandria (3rd century BC), who wrote a work on geometry called the ''Elements''. It may also refer to: People * Euclid of Megara (c. 435 BC–c. 365 ...

* Santa Catarina: Colombo Salles * São Paulo: Laudo Natel * Sergipe: Paulo Barreto de Menezes

Vice governors

: Alberto Barbosa da Costa * Alagoas:

José de Medeiros Tavares 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 ...

* Amazonas: Deoclides de Carvalho Leal * Bahia: Menandro Minahim *

: Francisco Humberto Bezerra * Espírito Santo: Henrique Pretti * Goiás: Ursulino Tavares Leão * Maranhão: Alexandre Sá Colares Moreira *

: José Monteiro de Figueiredo * Minas Gerais: Celso Porfírio de Araújo Machado * Pará: Newton Burlamaqui Barreira *

: Clóvis Bezerra Cavalcanti * Paraná:

Jaime Canet Júnior Jaime is a common Spanish and Portuguese male given name for Jacob (name), James (name), Jamie, or Jacques. In Occitania Jacobus became ''Jacome'' and later ''Jacme''. In east Spain, ''Jacme'' became ''Jaime'', in Aragon it became ''Chaime'', and i ...

(from 11 August) * Pernambuco: José Antônio Barreto Guimarães *

: Sebastião Rocha Leal * Rio de Janeiro: Teotônio Araújo * Rio Grande do Norte: Tertius Rebelo *

: Edmar Fetter * Santa Catarina: Atílio Francisco Xavier Fontana * São Paulo: Antonio José Rodrigues Filho * Sergipe: Adalberto Moura

Events

January

11 January Events Pre-1600 * 532 – Nika riots in Constantinople: A quarrel between supporters of different chariot teams—the Blues and the Greens—in the Hippodrome escalates into violence. * 630 – Conquest of Mecca: The prophet Muhammad ...

Emílio Garrastazu Médici signs a law that establishes the Brazilian Civil Procedure Code.

February

11 February Events Pre-1600 *660 BC – Traditional date for the foundation of Japan by Emperor Jimmu. * 55 – The death under mysterious circumstances of Tiberius Claudius Caesar Britannicus, heir to the Roman empire, on the eve of his coming ...

: Emerson Fittipaldi wins the

1973 Brazilian Grand Prix The 1973 Brazilian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Interlagos on February 11, 1973. It was race 2 of 15 in both the 1973 World Championship of Drivers and the 1973 International Cup for Formula One Manufacturers. It was also the ...

at Interlagos.

April

26 April Events Pre-1600 * 1336 – Francesco Petrarca (Petrarch) ascends Mont Ventoux. *1348 – Czech king Karel IV founds the Charles University in Prague, which was later named after him and was the first university in Central Europe. * 1 ...

: Presidents Emílio Garrastazu Médici of Brazil and Alfredo Stroessner of Paraguay sign the ''Treaty of Itaipu'' in Brasilia, for a joint use of hydroelectric power in the

Paraná River The Paraná River ( es, Río Paraná, links=no , pt, Rio Paraná, gn, Ysyry Parana) is a river in south-central South America, running through Brazil, Paraguay, and Argentina for some ."Parana River". Encyclopædia Britannica. Encyclopædia Br ...

June

18 June Events Pre-1600 * 618 – Li Yuan becomes Emperor Gaozu of Tang, initiating three centuries of Tang dynasty rule over China. * 656 – Ali becomes Caliph of the Rashidun Caliphate. * 860 – Byzantine–Rus' War: A fleet of about ...

: The president of

Petrobras Petróleo Brasileiro S.A., better known by the portmanteau Petrobras (), is a state owned enterprise, state-owned Brazilian multinational corporation in the petroleum industry headquartered in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The company's name transla ...

, General Ernesto Geisel, is selected as a candidate for President of Brazil.

July

11 July Events Pre-1600 * 472 – After being besieged in Rome by his own generals, Western Roman Emperor Anthemius is captured in St. Peter's Basilica and put to death. * 813 – Byzantine emperor Michael I, under threat by conspiracies, abdi ...

: Varig Flight 820 makes a forced landing due to a fire breaking out and then crashing in Paris, France. 123 out of the 134 people are dead from the crash, fire, and smoke inhalation.

Births

January

*1 January: Shelda Bede, volleyball player *22 January:

Rogério Ceni Rogério Mücke Ceni (; born 22 January 1973) is a Brazilian professional football coach and former player who is in charge of São Paulo FC. He is considered one of the all-time greatest Brazilian goalkeepers and is recognised by the Inter ...

, retired footballer and coach

February

*2 February: Latino, singer-songwriter *22 February:

Gustavo Assis-Brasil Gustavo Assis-Brasil is a Brazilian-American guitarist. He is considered a pioneer in the study and development of the hybrid picking technique for guitar. In 2005, he released the book ''Hybrid Picking for Guitar''. Career In 1999 he received a ...

, guitarist *22 February: Juninho Paulista, footballer

April

*10 April: Roberto Carlos, footballer *18 April: Adriane Galisteu, Brazilian actress and model *15 April: Emanuel Rego, beach volleyball player

May

* 8 May: Jorge Patino, mixed martial arts fighter

June

*16 June: Veronica Rossi, novelist

July

*19 July:

Aílton Ailton is a given name. Notable people with the name include: Arts and Entertainment * Ailton Krenak (born 1954), Brazilian writer and journalist * Ailton Graça (born 1964), Brazilian actor Religion * Ailton Menegussi (born 1962), Brazilian bisho ...

, footballer

August

*4 August: Marcos, footballer *6 August: Vanessa Gerbelli, actress *10 August: Zé Roberto, footballer

September

*24 September: Scheila Carvalho, model and dancer *26 September:

Leandro Hassum Leandro Hassum Moreira (born 26 September 1973) is a Brazilian actor, comedian, writer, and film producer. He is well known for having played Jorginho in the TV Show humorous ''Zorra Total'' and ''Os Caras de Pau ''Os Caras de Pau'' (in English ...

, actor, comedian, writer & producer

October

*7 October: Dida, footballer *20 October:

Rodrigo Faro Rodrigo Alcazar Faro (born 20 October 1973) is a Brazilian television presenter, actor and singer. Career He started his career at the age of 9 in 1982 when he participated in a milk commercial. As a child he was a model and presenter of the ...

, TV host, actor & singer

November

*22 November: Eliana Michaelichen Bezerra, TV host, actress & singer *30 November: Angélica Ksyvickis, TV host, actress, singer & businesswoman

December

* December 3: Bruno Campos, actor and lawyer

Deaths

January

*17 January: Tarsila do Amaral, modernist artist (b.

1886 Events January–March * January 1 – Upper Burma is formally annexed to British Burma, following its conquest in the Third Anglo-Burmese War of November 1885. * January 5– 9 – Robert Louis Stevenson's novella ''Strange ...

July

*11 July: **

Jörg Bruder Jörg Bruder (16 November 1937 – 11 July 1973) was a Brazilian sailor and geology professor at the University of São Paulo. Born in São Paulo, he became the first three-time Finn Gold Cup champion. Bruder died in 1973 in Orly, Paris, on Va ...

, sailor and geology professor (b.

1937 Events January * January 1 – Anastasio Somoza García becomes President of Nicaragua. * January 5 – Water levels begin to rise in the Ohio River in the United States, leading to the Ohio River flood of 1937, which continues into Fe ...

) ** Júlio Delamare, sports journalist (b.

1928 Events January * January – British bacteriologist Frederick Griffith reports the results of Griffith's experiment, indirectly proving the existence of DNA. * January 1 – Eastern Bloc emigration and defection: Boris Bazhanov, J ...

) ** Filinto Müller, politician (b.

1900 As of March 1 ( O.S. February 17), when the Julian calendar acknowledged a leap day and the Gregorian calendar did not, the Julian calendar fell one day further behind, bringing the difference to 13 days until February 28 ( O.S. February 15), 2 ...

) ** Agostinho dos Santos, singer and composer of

bossa nova Bossa nova () is a style of samba developed in the late 1950s and early 1960s in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It is mainly characterized by a "different beat" that altered the harmonies with the introduction of unconventional chords and an innovativ ...

(b.

1932 Events January * January 4 – The British authorities in India arrest and intern Mahatma Gandhi and Vallabhbhai Patel. * January 9 – Sakuradamon Incident (1932), Sakuradamon Incident: Korean nationalist Lee Bong-chang fails in his effort ...

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