1959 in Brazil explained

Events in the year 1959 in Brazil.

Incumbents

Federal government

• President: Juscelino Kubitschek
• Vice President: João Goulart

Governors

• Alagoas: Sebastião Muniz Falcão
• Amazonas:
  • Plínio Ramos Coelho (till 25 March)
  • Gilberto Mestrinho (from 25 March)
  • Bahia: Antônio Balbino then Juracy Magalhães Ceará:
  • Flávio Marcílio (until 25 March)
  • Parsifal Barroso (from 25 March)
• Espírito Santo:
  • Francisco Lacerda de Aguiar (until 31 January)
  • Carlos Fernando Monteiro Lindenberg (31 January-10 October)
  • Raul Giuberti (from 10 October)
• Goiás:
  • José Ludovico de Almeida (until 31 January)
  • José Feliciano Ferreira (from 31 January)
• Maranhão: José de Matos Carvalho
• Mato Grosso: João Ponce de Arruda
  • Minas Gerais: José Francisco Bias Fortes Pará:
  • Magalhães Barata (until 29 May)
  • Luís de Moura Carvalho (from 29 May)
  • Paraíba: Pedro Gondim Paraná: Moisés Lupion
• Pernambuco:
  • Otávio Correia de Araújo (until 31 January)
  • Constantino Carneiro de Albuquerque Maranhão (31 January-31 March)
  • Cid Sampaio (from 31 March)
• Piauí:
  • Jacob Gaioso e Almendra (until 25 March)
  • Chagas Rodrigues (from 25 March)
• Rio de Janeiro:
  • Togo Barros (until 30 January)
  • Osmar Serpa de Carvalho (30 January-31 January)
  • Roberto Silveira (from 31 January)
  • Rio Grande do Norte: Dinarte de Medeiros Mariz Rio Grande do Sul:
  • Ildo Meneghetti (until 25 March)
  • Leonel Brizola (from 25 March)
  • Santa Catarina: Heriberto Hülse São Paulo:
  • Jânio Quadros (until 31 January)
  • Carlos Alberto Alves de Carvalho Pinto (from 31 January)
• Sergipe:
  • Leandro Maciel (until 31 January)
  • Luís Garcia (from 31 January)

Vice governors

• • Alagoas: Sizenando Nabuco de Melo Bahia: Orlando Moscoso (from 7 April)
• Ceará: Wilson Gonçalves (from 25 March)
• Espírito Santo:
  • Adwalter Ribeiro Soares (until 31 January)
  • Raul Giuberti (from 31 January)
• Goiás:
  • Bernardo Sayão Carvalho Araújo (until 31 January)
  • João de Abreu (from 31 January)
    • • • Maranhão: Alexandre Alves Costa Mato Grosso: Henrique José Vieira Neto Minas Gerais: Artur Bernardes Filho Paraíba: Pedro Gondim Pernambuco: Pelópidas da Silveira (from 15 December)
• Piauí:
  • Francisco Ferreira de Castro (until 25 March)
  • Tibério Nunes (from 25 March)
• Rio de Janeiro:
  • Roberto Silveira (until 25 March)
  • Celso Peçanha (from 25 March)
  • Rio Grande do Norte: José Augusto Varela Santa Catarina: Vacant
  • São Paulo: Porfírio da Paz Sergipe:
  • José Machado de Souza (until 31 January)
  • Dionísio Machado (from 31 January)

Events

January

• 31 January: The Brazilian Men's Basketball Team wins its first World Basketball Championship title by beating the Chilean Men's Basketball Team in Santiago.^{[1] [2]}

May

• 26 May: The non-profit philanthropic organization, The Charitable Works Foundation of Sister Dulce is established by Sister Dulce.^[3]

June

• 17 June: President Juscelino Kubitschek decides to break away with the IMF, due to pressure on meeting loan requirements.^[4]

August

• 23 August: The first Brazilian Football Championship begins with state champion clubs in the country's cities.^[5]

December

• 2 December: Journalist Antônio Callado from Correio da Manhã publishes a series of reports on the Peasant Leagues of the Northeast.^{[6] [7]}
• 2-4 December: Officials of the Brazilian Air Force and Brazilian Army try to start a military uprising with a seizure of power and carry out the country's first plane hijacking. The revolt would fail and later be known as the Aragarças Revolt.^{[8] [9]}
• 7 December: The Legislative Assembly of Pernambuco approves the expropriation of Engenho Galiléia (a sugar mill), a project by Deputy Francisco Julião; lawyer for the Peasant League.^[10]
• 15 December: SUDENE is created by Law nº 3.692, which would seek the development of the Northeast region of Brazil.^[11]

Births

January

• 13 January: Gilmar Rinaldi, retired footballer
• 20 January: Ivo Cassol, politician

April

• 12 April: Robinson Faria, politician (Governor of Rio Grande do Norte, 2015-2018)
• 18 April: José Eduardo Cardozo, lawyer

September

• 23 September: Hortência Marcari, basketball player

Deaths

February

• 20 February: Gregório Bondar, Russian-Brazilian agronomist (b. 1881)

August

• 16 August: José Pessoa Cavalcanti de Albuquerque, Brazilian military officer (b. 1885)

November

• 17 November: Heitor Villa-Lobos, Brazilian composer (b. 1887)

See also

• 1959 in Brazilian football

Notes and References

1. http://acervo.folha.com.br/fdm/1959/02/05/2/ Informa o Sr. Kubitschek: Medalhas de honra ao merito esportivo aos campeões de basquetebol
2. http://acervo.folha.com.br/fdm/1959/02/01/2/ Brasil, campeão mundial de basquetebol
3. Web site: Vida de Irmã Dulce. Hoom. Interativa. www.irmadulce.org.br. 6 August 2023.
4. Oliveira . Fernanda Conforto de . International financial negotiations and political actors: the breakdown in IMF-Brazilian negotiations during the administration of Juscelino Kubitschek (1957-1959) . Universidade de Sao Paulo, Agencia USP de Gestao da Informacao Academica (AGUIA) . 10.11606/d.101.2019.tde-13052019-110501. 2019. MA. free .
5. http://acervo.folha.com.br/fdm/1959/08/23/1/ Seis jogos entre campeões iniciam esta tarde a disputa da Taça Brasil
6. Welch, Cliff. Keeping Communism Down on the Farm: The Brazilian Rural Labor Movement during the Cold War, Latin American Perspectives Vol.33, pg. 29.
7. Welch, Cliff. Keeping Communism Down on the Farm: The Brazilian Rural Labor Movement during the Cold War, Latin American Perspectives Vol.33, pg. 28-50.
8. http://cpdoc.fgv.br/producao/dossies/JK/artigos/Politica/Aragarcas Aragarcas
9. http://acervo.folha.com.br/fdm/1959/12/04/2/ Movimento de rebeldia na FAB; o governo controla a situação
10. https://atlas.fgv.br/verbete/2625''Francisco Julião
11. Web site: L3692 .