Brazilian Days 053
February 22
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BRAZILIAN HISTORY:
1512
Death of navigator and merchant Américo Vespúcio (1454-1512)
1902
Start of the mission by the sisters Dorotéias in Natal (RN)
1903
Death of painter Vítor Meirelles
1958
First performance of the theater piece ‘Eles não usam black-tie’, by Gianfrancesco Guarnieri.
1971
Liberation of the Brazilian consul Aloísio Gomide in Uruguay
He was kidnapped on 31 July 1970.
1978
Police officer Sérgio Paranhos Fleury taken prison per decree.
Sérgio was accused of participation in Esquadrão da Morte (death squad), a para-military group that committed several assassinations in the seventies.
1989
Foundation of Instituto Brasileiro do Meio Ambiente (Ibama), the Brazilian Environmental Institute.
1998
Golden Bear for the movie “Central do Brasil”, and actress Fernanda Montenegro, during the movie festival in Berlin.
1999
Drowning of freshman Edison Tsung Chi Hsue in a swimming pool, during the initiation ceremony by the USP Medical Faculty.
2009
Marriage of samba singer Neguinho da Beija-Flor with Elaine Reis at Marquês Sapucaí, Rio de Janeiro
By Adriano Antoine Robbesom © 2007, 2015
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