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Events of the year 1968 in Brazil

Incumbents

Events

March

28 March: A 16 year-old student named Edson Luís de Lima Souto, is killed after being shot in the chest by a police officer. This was during a protest between students and the Military Police at the Calabouço restaurant, in the UNE building, in Rio de Janeiro.^[1]^[2]

April

5 April: The Minister of Justice, Luís Antônio da Gama e Silva, signs an act, prohibiting the functioning of the leftist political movement, known as Frente Ampla.^[3]
20 April: A bomb attack destroys the headquarters entrance of the newspaper O Estado de S. Paulo, in São Paulo. ^[4]

May

15 May: A bomb explodes at the door of the São Paulo Stock Exchange.^[5]
26 May: Dr. Euryclides de Jesus Zerbini and his team perform the first heart transplant in Latin America.^[6]
28 May: A 23rd star representing the state of Acre, established six years before, is added to the flag of Brazil.^[7]

June

26 June: The Passeata dos Cem Mil (March of the One Hundred Thousand), a demonstration organized by the student movement against the military regime, takes place in the center of Rio de Janeiro.^[8]^[9]

July

5 July: The Minister of Justice, Luís Antônio da Gama e Silva bans street demonstrations across the country.^[10]
13 July: Martha Vasconcellos becomes the second Brazilian to win the Miss Universe title, in the pageant held in Miami Beach, Florida, United States.^[11]

November

1-11 November: Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom arrives in Brazil for an eleven-day visit.^[12]^[13]^[14]
7 November: The new headquarters of the São Paulo Museum of Art on Avenida Paulista is inaugurated with the presence of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom.^[15]

December

13 December: President Costa e Silva issues Institucional Act Number 5, giving the President powers to intervene on local governments, suspend Congress, ban political meetings, as well as censor the press, music and film.^[16]^[17]
16 December: Mobster Castor de Andrade is arrested, after Secretary of Public Security of Guanabara, General Luís de França Oliveira, starts one of the biggest attacks against crime.^[18]
30 December: The Secretariat of the National Defense Council publishes a list of impeached federal deputies.^[19]

Births

January

3 January: Matheus Nachtergaele, actor and director
7 January: Cazé Peçanha, television host
12 January: Mauro Silva, former footballer

July

20 July: Carlos Saldanha, director

November

18 November: Luizianne Lins, politician

December

31 December: Luciano Szafir, actor

Deaths

April

4 April: Assis Chateaubriand, entrepreneur (b. 1892)

October

13 October: Manuel Bandeira, poet (b. 1886)

References

^ "Jornal do Brasil - Pesquisa de arquivos de notícias Google". news.google.com. Retrieved 2016-12-14.
^ Assassinato leva estudantes à greve nacional (página 1 do 1° caderno), Jornal do Brasil (29 de março de 1968).
^ Ato do Governo põe fim à Frente Ampla (página 3 do primeiro caderno), Folha de S.Paulo (6 de abril de 1968).
^ Terrorismo continua: Bomba contra jornal (primeira página do primeiro caderno), Folha de S.Paulo (21 de abril de 1968).
^ Bomba explode na Bolsa de Valores (primeira página do primeiro caderno), Folha de S.Paulo (16 de maio de 1968).
^ Lance por lance, eis o transplante (primeira página do 1° caderno), Folha de S.Paulo (27 de maio de 1968).
^ Acre (Brazil) CRW Flags.
^ Alves, Maria Helena Moreira (1988-07-01). State and Opposition in Military Brazil. University of Texas Press. ISBN 9780292776173.
^ Muita gente e muita ordem na passeata (página 3 do 1° caderno), Folha de S.Paulo (27 de junho de 1968).
^ Passeatas estão proibidas (página 3 do 1° caderno), Folha de S.Paulo (6 de julho de 1968).
^ Miss Brasil a mais bela do mundo (página 2 do 1° caderno), Folha de S.Paulo (15 de julho de 1968).
^ Pages, Digital. "Folha de S.Paulo - Edição de 02/11/1968". acervo.folha.uol.com.br. Retrieved 2016-12-14.
^ Rainha Elizabeth e o principe Philiip no Brasil (página 6 do primeiro caderno), Folha de S.Paulo (2 de novembro de 1968).
^ Elizabeth deixa o Brasil e já está no Chile (primeira página do primeiro caderno), Folha de S.Paulo (12 de novembro de 1968).
^ Elizabeth e Philiip agradecem o carinho com que foram recebidos pelo povo (página 10 do primeiro caderno), Folha de S.Paulo (8 de novembro de 1968).
^ Dunn, Christopher (2016-10-13). Contracultura: Alternative Arts and Social Transformation in Authoritarian Brazil. UNC Press Books. ISBN 9781469628523.
^ O presidente reune seus ministros para a decisão (página 3 do primeiro caderno), Folha de S.Paulo (14 de dezembro de 1968).
^ PASQUIM. Edição nº 599(1980), pp. 12-21.
^ Cassados Lacerda e mais 12 (primeira página do primeiro caderno), Folha de S.Paulo (31 de dezembro de 1968).

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1968 in Brazil

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Events

March

April

May

June

July

November

December

Births

January

July

November

December

Deaths

April

October

References

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