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Incumbents


Federal government

* President: Marshal Castelo Branco * Vice President:
José Maria Alkmin José Maria Alkmin (11 June 1901 – 22 April 1974) was the 15th vice president of Brazil from 1964 to 1967. Alkmin was born in Bocaiúva. He served as Minister of Finance before becoming vice president. He was also once the Partido So ...


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: ** Luis Cavalcante (until 31 January) ** João José Batista Tubino (31 January-15 August) **
Antônio Simeão de Lamenha Filho 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 ...
(from 15 August) * Amazonas: ** Artur César Ferreira Reis (until 12 September) **
Danilo Duarte de Matos Areosa Danilo is a given name found in Italian, Portuguese, Spanish and Serbian. Notable people with the name Danilo include: Athletes Footballers * Danilo (footballer, born 1979), Brazilian footballer Danilo de Andrade * Danilo (footballer, born 1 ...
(from 12 September) * Bahia: Lomanto Júnior *
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 ...
: ** Virgilio Távora (until 12 August) ** Franklin Chaves (12 August-12 September) **
Plácido Castelo Placido may refer to: People Surname * José Plácido de Castro (1873–1908), Brazilian soldier and politician *Michele Placido, (born 1946) Italian actor and director *Plácido Vega y Daza, (1830-1878) 19th century Mexican general and politician ...
(from 12 September) * Espírito Santo: ** Francisco Lacerda de Aguiar (until 5 April) ** Rubens Rangel (from 5 April) * Goiás: ** Emílio Rodrigues Ribas Jr (until 31 January) **
Otávio Lage 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 31 January) * Guanabara: ** Raphael de Almeida Magalhães (until 5 December) ** Francisco Negrão de Lima (from 5 December) * Maranhão: ** Newton de Barros Belo (until 31 January) ** José Sarney (from 31 January) *
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 ...
: ** Fernando Corrêa da Costa (until 31 January) **
Pedro Pedrossian Pedro Pedrossian (13 August 1928 – 22 August 2017) was a Brazilian politician. A member of the Party of National Mobilization, he served two terms as the List of Governors of Mato Grosso do Sul, Governor of Mato Grosso do Sul. The first term (19 ...
(from 31 January) * Minas Gerais: **
José de Magalhães Pinto 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 ...
(until 31 January) ** Israel Pinheiro da Silva (from 31 January) * Pará: **
Jarbas Passarinho Jarbas Gonçalves Passarinho (11 January 1920 – 5 June 2016) was a Brazilian military officer and politician. Passarinho began his political career when he was appointed Governor of Pará. He served as head of several government ministries du ...
(until 31 January) **
Alacid Nunes Alacid da Silva Nunes (25 November 1924 – 5 September 2015) was a Brazilian politician and retired military commander and colonel. Nunes served as the Governor of the Brazilian state of Pará for two nonconsecutive tenures: 1966 to 1971 and f ...
(from 31 January) *
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 ...
: **
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 " ...
(until 31 January) **
João Agripino Maia 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 ...
(from 31 January) * Paraná: ** Algacir Guimarães (until 31 January) ** Pablo Cruz Pimentel (from 31 January) * Pernambuco: Paulo Pessoa Guerra *
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 ...
: ** Petrônio Portella (until 12 August) ** José Odon Maia Alencar (12 August-12 September) ** Helvídio Nunes (from 12 September) * Rio de Janeiro: **Pablo Torres (until 12 August) ** Teotonio Araujo (from 12 August) * Rio Grande do Norte: ** Aluízio Alves (until 31 January) ** Walfredo Gurgel Dantas (until 31 January) *
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 (until 12 September) **
Walter Peracchi Barcelos Walter may refer to: People * Walter (name), both a surname and a given name * Little Walter, American blues harmonica player Marion Walter Jacobs (1930–1968) * Gunther (wrestler), Austrian professional wrestler and trainer Walter Hahn (born 1 ...
(from 12 September) * Santa Catarina: **
Celso Ramos Celso Ramos is a Municipalities of Brazil, municipality in the states of Brazil, state of Santa Catarina (state), Santa Catarina in the South Region, Brazil, South region of Brazil. See also *List of municipalities in Santa Catarina References< ...
(until 12 September) ** Ivo Silveira (from 12 September) * São Paulo: **
Ademar de Barros Adhemar Pereira de Barros (22 April 1901 – 12 March 1969) was the mayor of São Paulo (1957–1961), and twice elected Governor of São Paulo (1947–1951 & 1963–1966). Barros was born in Piracicaba, Brazil. He was the federal interv ...
(until 6 June) ** Laudo Natel (from 6 June) * Sergipe: ** Celso Carvalho (until 31 January) ** Lourival Baptista (from 31 January)


Vice governors

* Alagoas:
Manoel Sampaio Luz Manuel may refer to: People * Manuel (name) * Manuel (Fawlty Towers), a fictional character from the sitcom ''Fawlty Towers'' * Charlie Manuel, manager of the Philadelphia Phillies * Manuel I Komnenos, emperor of the Byzantine Empire * Manu ...
* Bahia: Orlando Moscoso *
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 ...
: ** Joaquim de Figueiredo Correia (until 12 September) **
Humberto Ellery Humberto is a Portuguese and Spanish masculine given name of Germanic origin. It may refer to: * Humberto Aguilar Coronado * Humberto Ak'ab'al *Humberto Albiñana * Humberto Albornoz *Humberto Alonso Morelli * Humberto Alonso Razo *Humberto Andrade ...
(from 12 September) * Espírito Santo: ** Rubens Rangel (until 5 April) **''Vacant'' thereafter (from 5 April) * Goiás: ** Antônio Rezende Monteiro (until 31 January) ** Osires Teixeira (from 31 January) * Maranhão: **
Alfredo Salim Duailibe Alfredo (, ) is a cognate of the Anglo-Saxon name Alfred and a common Italian, Galician, Portuguese and Spanish language personal name. People with the given name include: *Alfredo (born 1946), Brazilian footballer born as Alfredo Mostarda Filho ...
(until 31 January) **
Antonio Jorge Dino 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 ...
(from 31 January) *
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 ...
: ** Jose Garcia Nieto (until 31 January) **
Lenine de Campos Póvoas Lenine may refer to: *Lenine (musician), Brazilian singer-songwriter * Lenine, Crimea, an urban-type settlement on the Crimean Peninsula *Lenine Raion, a district of Crimea *Lenine, an alternative transliteration of Lenin Vladimir Ilyich U ...
(from 31 January) * Minas Gerais: ** Clóvis Salgado da Gama (until 31 January) **
Pio Soares Canedo Pio may refer to: Places * Pio Lake, Italy * Pio Island, Solomon Islands * Pio Point, Bird Island, south Atlantic Ocean People * Pio (given name) * Pio (surname) * Pio (footballer, born 1986), Brazilian footballer * Pio (footballer, born 1 ...
(from 31 January) * Pará: ** Agostinho de Meneses de Monteiro (until 31 January) **
João Renato Franco 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 * ...
(from 31 January) *
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 ...
: ** André Avelino de Paiva Gadelha (until 31 January) **
Antônio Juarez Farias 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 ...
(from 31 January) * Paraná:
Plínio Franco Ferreira da Costa Plinio may refer to: *Pliny, in Italian ** Pliny the Elder (c. 23 – 79) ** Pliny the Younger (61 – c. 113) *Ulmus 'Plinio', an elm cultivar named after Pliny * Plínio (footballer, born 1946) José Plínio de Godoy (born 3 February 1946), k ...
* Pernambuco: ''Vacant'' *
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 ...
: João Clímaco d'Almeida * Rio de Janeiro: ** Teotônio Araújo (until 12 August) **''Vacant'' thereafter (from 12 August) * Rio Grande do Norte: ** Teodorico Bezerra (until 31 January) **
Clóvis Motta Clovis may refer to: People * Clovis (given name), the early medieval (Frankish) form of the name Louis ** Clovis I (c. 466 – 511), the first king of the Franks to unite all the Frankish tribes under one ruler ** Clovis II (c. 634 – c. 657), ...
(from 31 January) * Santa Catarina: ** Armindo Marcílio Doutel de Andrade (until 31 January) ** Francisco Roberto Dall'Igna (31 January-19 July) ** ''Vacant'' thereafter (from 19 July) * São Paulo: ** Laudo Natel (until 6 June) **''Vacant'' thereafter (from 6 June) * Sergipe: ''Vacant''


Events


February

*
5 February Events Pre-1600 * 62 – Earthquake in Pompeii, Italy. * 1576 – Henry of Navarre abjures Catholicism at Tours and rejoins the Protestant forces in the French Wars of Religion. * 1597 – A group of early Japanese Christians ar ...
: ''Institutional Act Number Three (AI-3)'' is issued, which introduces indirect elections for governors and vice-governors, as well as the appointment of mayors. *
21 February Events Pre-1600 * 452 or 453 – Severianus, Bishop of Scythopolis, is martyred in Palestine. *1245 – Thomas, the first known Bishop of Finland, is granted resignation after confessing to torture and forgery. * 1440 – The Prus ...
:
Pelé Edson Arantes do Nascimento (; born 23 October 1940), known as Pelé (), is a Brazilian former professional footballer who played as a forward. Widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all time and labelled "the greatest" by FIFA, ...
marries Rosemeri dos Reis Cholbi.


June

*
5 June Events Pre-1600 *1257 – Kraków, in Poland, receives city rights. * 1283 – Battle of the Gulf of Naples: Roger of Lauria, admiral to King Peter III of Aragon, destroys the Neapolitan fleet and captures Charles of Salerno. *1288 ...
:
Adhemar de Barros Adhemar Pereira de Barros (22 April 1901 – 12 March 1969) was the mayor of São Paulo (1957–1961), and twice elected Governor of São Paulo (1947–1951 & 1963–1966). Barros was born in Piracicaba, Brazil. He was the federal interv ...
is removed as Governor of São Paulo and has his political rights revoked by President Castelo Branco. *
6 June Events Pre-1600 * 913 – Constantine VII, the eight-year-old illegitimate son of Leo VI the Wise, becomes nominal ruler of the Byzantine Empire under the regency of a seven-man council headed by Patriarch Nicholas Mystikos, appointed b ...
: Brazilian Communist Party leader
Luís Carlos Prestes Luís Carlos Prestes (January 3, 1898 – March 7, 1990) was a Brazilian revolutionary and politician who served as the general-secretary of the Brazilian Communist Party from 1943 to 1980 and a senator for the Federal District from 1946 to 1948 ...
is sentenced to 14 years in prison.


July

*
25 July Events Pre-1600 * 306 – Constantine I is proclaimed Roman emperor by his troops. * 315 – The Arch of Constantine is completed near the Colosseum in Rome to commemorate Constantine I's victory over Maxentius at the Milvian Bridge. ...
: A bomb attack attempting to assassinate presidential candidate Artur da Costa e Silva at
Recife International Airport That it may shine on all (Matthew 5:15) , image_map = Brazil Pernambuco Recife location map.svg , mapsize = 250px , map_caption = Location in the state of Pernambuco , pushpin_map = Brazil#South Am ...
, leaves three dead and several injured.


August

*
20 August Events Pre-1600 *AD 14 – Agrippa Postumus, maternal grandson of the late Roman emperor Augustus, is mysteriously executed by his guards while in exile. * 636 – Battle of Yarmouk: Arab forces led by Khalid ibn al-Walid take control ...
: The corpses of two electronic technicians wearing lead masks are found near Rio de Janeiro in an advanced state of decomposition. The cause of their death has never been determined and has been subject to much speculation.


September

*
13 September Events Pre-1600 *585 BC – Lucius Tarquinius Priscus, king of Rome, celebrates a triumph for his victories over the Sabines, and the surrender of Collatia. *509 BC – The Temple of Jupiter Optimus Maximus on Rome's Capitoline Hill ...
: President Humberto de Alencar Castelo Branco signs the law establishing the Severance Indemnity Fund, in order to protect dismissed workers, without just cause.


October

*
3 October Events Pre-1600 *2457 BC – Gaecheonjeol, Hwanung (환웅) purportedly descended from heaven. South Korea's National Foundation Day. *52 BC – Gallic Wars: Vercingetorix, leader of the Gauls, surrenders to the Romans under Julius Cae ...
: National Renewal Alliance candidate Artur da Costa e Silva is elected President of Brazil by the
National Congress ''National Congress'' is a term used in the names of various political parties and legislatures . Political parties *Ethiopia: Oromo National Congress *Guyana: People's National Congress (Guyana) *India: Indian National Congress *Iraq: Iraqi Nati ...
with 295 votes in an indirect presidential election.''Costa e Silva já está eleito''
(primeira página do 1° caderno), '' Folha de S.Paulo'' (4 de outubro de 1966).


Births


January

* 18 January: André Ribeiro, racing driver * 19 January:
Aílton Ferraz Aílton dos Santos Ferraz, sometimes known as just Aílton (born January 19, 1966), is a retired association footballer who played as an attacking midfielder for several Série A clubs. Career Born in Rio de Janeiro, Aílton Ferraz started hi ...
, retired footballer * 29 January:
Romário Romário de Souza Faria Figueiredo (born 29 January 1966), known simply as Romário (), is a Brazilian politician and a former professional footballer. A prolific striker renowned for his clinical finishing, he scored over 750 goals and was ...
, retired footballer and politician * 31 January:
Müller Müller may refer to: * ''Die schöne Müllerin'' (1823) (sometimes referred to as ''Müllerlieder''; ''Müllerin'' is a female miller) is a song cycle with words by Wilhelm Müller and music by Franz Schubert * Doctor Müller, fictional character ...
, retired footballer and pundit


April

* 2 April:
Supla Eduardo Smith de Vasconcellos Suplicy (born 2 April 1966), known as Supla, is a Brazilian musician. Biography Supla was born 2 April 1966 in the city of São Paulo. He is the son of Senator Marta Suplicy, a Brazilian of English, Italian and ...
, musician


May

* 8 May:
Cláudio Taffarel Cláudio André Mergen Taffarel (; born 8 May 1966) is a Brazilian retired footballer who played as a goalkeeper, and is the goalkeeping coach of English Premier League club Liverpool and the Brazil national team. During an 18-year career he p ...
, footballer


July

* 2 July: Rigan Machado, 8th degree red and black belt from
Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Brazilian jiu-jitsu (BJJ; pt, jiu-jitsu brasileiro ) is a self-defence martial art and combat sport based on grappling, ground fighting (ne-waza) and submission holds. BJJ focuses on the skill of taking an opponent to the ground, control ...
* 12 July:
Mendonça Filho José Mendonça Bezerra Filho (born 12 July 1966 in Recife) is a Brazilian company administrator and politician, member of Democrats (DEM) political party. He was the minister of Education of Brazil, nominated by president Michel Temer Miche ...
, ex-governor of Pernambuco * 15 July:
Samuel Rosa Samuel Rosa de Alvarenga (born July 15, 1966) is lead singer, primary composer and guitarist of Brazilian rock band Skank (band), Skank. He has a psychology degree from Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais. Samuel writes the music for most of t ...
, singer and guitarist of Skank


December

* 12 December: Royce Gracie, mixed martial artist


Deaths


May

* 15 May: Venceslau Brás, 9th President of Brazil (b. 1868)


References


See also

* 1966 in Brazilian football * 1966 in Brazilian television {{Latin America topic, 1966 in 1960s in Brazil Years of the 20th century in Brazil Brazil Brazil