Brazilian Days (343): December 9

Brazilian Days 343

December 9

.

---

DAY OF:

---

Dia do Fonoaudiólogo

Phonologist/ Audiologist)

  

  

---

Dia da Criança Defeituosa

(Disabled Child).

  

---

Dia do Alcoólatra Recuperado

(Treated Alcoholic)

  

---

Dia do Profissional da Culinária

(Culinary Professional).

  

  

---

Dia Internacional contra a Corrupção

(International Anti-Corruption Day). Corruption is a complex social, political and economic phenomenon that affects all countries. Corruption undermines democratic institutions, slows economic development and contributes to governmental instability. Corruption attacks the foundation of democratic institutions by distorting electoral processes, perverting the rule of law and creating bureaucratic quagmires whose only reason for existing is the soliciting of bribes. On 31 October 2003, the UN General Assembly adopted the UN Convention against Corruption (Resolution 58/4). The Assembly also designated 9 December as International Anti-Corruption Day, to raise awareness of corruption, and of the role of the Convention in combating and preventing it.

 

  

---

BRAZILIAN HISTORY:

---

1964
Death of poet Cecília Meireles.

---

1965
Tiradentes declared Patron of the Brazilian Nation.

---

1977
Death of writer Clarice Lispector.

    

---

1988
First liver transplantation with a living donor

---

1998
Central do Brasil won National Board of Review Award in the category of Best Foreign Film.

  

  

By Adriano Antoine Robbesom © 2007, 2015
.
.

Advertisements

Brazilian Days (342): December 8

Brazilian Days 342

December 8

.

---

DAY OF:

---

Dia da Justiça

(Justice). This day was established (by Lei (law) 1,408) by President Getúlio Vargas on 9 August 1951. The day will be used by the magistrates to reflect about the meaning of their profession in the actual world. The International Justice Day is on 17 July.

  

---

Dia da Mulata

(Mulat)

  

---

Dia do Cronista Esportivo

(Sports Journalist)

---

Dia Nacional da Família

(Family)

  

---

BRAZILIAN HISTORY:

---

1913
Marriage of President Marshal Hermes da Fonseca with the young cartoonist Nair de Teffé. She was 27, while the president was 58.

    

---

1994
Death of composer Tom Jobim, one of the creators of the Bossa Nova.

Antônio Carlos Jobim was born 25 January 1927 in Rio de Janeiro. His parents separated when he was eight. After his father’s death, his mother remarried. And it was his stepfather who encouraged Tom to start his musical career. We learned to play music instruments and started to play in bars and nightclubs. His compositions were mainly influenced by Brazilian composer Pixinguinha, by French composers like Claude Debussy and Maurice Ravel, and by Brazilian composer Heitor Villa-Lobos. His songs are inspired upon love, betrayal, self-discovery and natural wonders. His career got a boost when he started to collaborate with diplomat/poet Vinicius de Morais. They worked together when producing music for the movie ‘Black Orpheus’. Without doubt, his most popular composition is ‘Garota de Ipanema’, which gained a Grammy Award as the record of the year in 1965. In the 1960s, Tom gained international fame with the bossa nova music style. In 1994, Tom died of a cardiac arrest, while he was in New York for a surgical treatment of bladder cancer. The International airport in Rio de Janeiro is named after him.

  

  

TOM JOBIM
A Música Segundo Tom Jobim	Tom Jobim e a Bossa Nova – Documentário 1993
Tom Jobim: Garota de Ipanema (com Vinicius de Moraes)	Garota de Ipanema – Roberto Carlos & Caetano Veloso (Tom Jobim & Vinicius de Moraes)
Tom Jobim Canta Vinicius de Moraes | (Álbum Completo) (Full Album) [1990]	Tom Jobim and Astrud Gilberto – Viva Brasil
Assista à íntegra da entrevista com Tom Jobim (1993)	Homenagem a Tom Jobim | concerto televisionado completo

---

1996
Assaulter Leonardo Pareja killed by prisoners in Centro Penitenciário Agroindustrial do Estado de Goiás.

Leonardo was known for challenging the police and for leading revolts.

  

LEONARDO PAREJA
Leonardo Pareja	Documentário Leonardo Pareja

 

By Adriano Antoine Robbesom © 2007,2015
.
.

Brazilian Days (341): December 7

Brazilian Days 341

December 7

.

---

DAY OF:

---

Dia Internacional da Aviação Civil    

(International Civil Aviation Day). The day was stablished in 1994 by ICAO (International Civil Aviation Organization) by the UN General Assembly (Resolution A29-1), in order to mark the 50th anniversary of the organization, created on 7 December 1944. In 1996, the General Assembly recognized this day as an official UN day. The purpose of the global celebration is to generate and reinforce worldwide awareness of the importance of international civil aviation in the social and economic development of States, and of the role of ICAO in promoting the safety, efficiency and regularity of international air transport. Every day 93,000 flights are starting from approx. 9,000 airports. At all times there are between 8,000 and 13,000 airplanes in the air.

Theme for 2012 was:

Aviation: Your Reliable Connection to the World

INTERNATIONAL AVIATION
airtraffic volume for 24 hour period	All the Airlines of the World

---

BRAZILIAN HISTORY:

---

1848
Death of dramaturg Martins Pena

    

---

1933
Change of the Brazilian capital to Planalto Central was proposed to Constituinte

The proposal was an initiative of general Cristovão Barcelos.

---

1987
Inclusion of Brasília on the UNESCO World Heritage List.

---

1866
Commercial ships from all nations were allowed to navigate on the Amazon River and its side rivers, and on the São Francisco River.

---

1988
First successful heart-lung transplantation realized in São Paulo.

---

By Adriano Antoine Robbesom © 2007, 2015
.

Brazilian Days (340): December 6

Brazilian Days 340

December 6

.

---

DAY OF:

---

Dia Nacional do Extensionista Rural

(Brazilian Day of Rural Expansion). This day was established by Lei (Act) 12,386 of 3 March 2011, with support from ASBRAER (Associação Brasileira das Entidades de Assistência Técnica e Extensão Rural; Brazilian Association of Technical Assistance and Rural Expansion Units), in order to commemorate the day of the creation of Acar-MG (Associação de Crédito e Assistência Rural de Minas Gerais; Assocation of Rural Credit and Assistance in Minas Gerais), on 6 December 1948. These institutions represent professionals who have direct contact with the farmers and their families, and provide assistance for their development. About 70 percent of Brazilian food consumption is composed of Brazilian rural products.

---

BRAZILIAN HISTORY:

---

1976
Death of João Belchior M. Goulart, former president of Brazil, in Argentina

In 1964, President João Goulart, nicknamed Jango, was forced to step down after a military coup and go into exile. Recently his corpse was exhumed in order to find out if he was poisoned.

  

---

1996
Death of composer João do Vale

  

---

1868
Battle of Itororó, during the Paraguayan War.

About five thousand Paraguayans confronted twenty thousand Brazilians, commanded by Duque de Caxias.

---

2001
Sailor Peter Blake, from New Zealand, murdered in Amazonas

Peter was considered as the best in his discipline. He died at the age of 53, after armed robbers invaded his sailing boot during his expedition on the Amazon River.

  

By Adriano Antoine Robbesom © 2007, 2015
.
.

Brazilian Days (339): December 5

Brazilian Days 339

December 5

.

---

DAY OF:

---

Dia da Cruz Vermelha Brasileira

(Brazilian Red Cross). Already in 1907, Dr. Joaquim de Oliveira Botelho, inspired by what he saw in other countries, had the idea of establishing a Brazilian Red Cross Organization. On 5 December 1908, the ‘Estatutos da Sociedade’ (Statutes) were approved in a meeting in Rio de Janeiro. The first president was Oswaldo Cruz.

   

---

Dia Internacional dos Voluntários para o Desenvolvimento Econômico e Social

(International Volunteer Day for Economic and Social Development). The International Volunteer Day for Social and Economic Development (IVD), established by the UN General Assembly to be commemorated on 5 December every year, is about telling the world what volunteers and volunteer-involving organizations achieve for peace and sustainable development.

---

Dia Internacional do Voluntário

(International Volunteer Day). The IVD was established by the United Nations (UN) General Assembly through Resolution 40/212 on 17 December 1985. Since then, governments, the UN system and civil society organizations have successfully joined volunteers around the world to celebrate the Day on 5 December.

Theme for 2013:
YOUNG. GLOBAL. ACTIVE

  

---

BRAZILIAN HISTORY:

---

1934
Death of writer Humberto de Campos.

  

---

1891
Death of Dom Pedro II, former emperor of Brazil in exile

  

  

---

1889
Arrival of Dom Pedro II and his family in Lisbon

They were exiled from Brazil on November 17, shortly after the proclamation of the Brazilian Republic.

---

1908
Foundation of Cruz Vermelha Brasileira (Brazilian Red Cross).

See above.

---

1967
Creation of Funai (Fundação Nacional do Índio; Brazilian Indian Foundation).

  

By Adriano Antoine Robbesom © 2007, 2015
.

Brazilian Days (338): December 4

Brazilian Days 338

December 4

.

---

DAY OF:

---

Dia do Orientador Educacional

(Educational Supervisor).

  

---

Dia do Pedicuro

(Pedicure). The day refers to the foundation of Associação Brasileira de Podólogos (ABP; Brazilian Association of Pedicures) on 4 December 1964, in the city of São Paulo. In 2007, almost 600 pedicures were registered in Brazil.

  

---

Dia do Publicitário

(Publisher).

---

Dia do Perito Criminal

(Criminal Investigator).

  

---

Dia do Trabalhador em Minas de Carvão

(Coal Mine Worker). Today is the feast day of Saint Barbara, patron saint of miners, geologists, and mathematicians, among others.

---

Dia Mundial da Propaganda

(World Propaganda Day). On 4 December 1936, a congress for propagandists and publishers was organized in Buenos Aires (Argentina). From 1937, this day was called the Pan American Propaganda Day. Only from the 1970’s, this day was called the World Propaganda Day.

  

---

BRAZILIAN HISTORY:

---

1810

Creation of Academia Real Militar in Rio de Janeiro

King Dom João VI  created, per decree, the Academia Real Militar (Royal Miltary Academy) in Rio de Janeiro. At present, it is called Academia Militar das Agulhas Negras.

  

---

By Adriano Antoine Robbesom © 2007, 2015
.
.

Imaging Brazil 355: Estácio de Sá Monument, RIO DE JANEIRO (RJ)

A personal selection of photographs with their stories.

355: Estácio de Sá monument

The region of Rio de Janeiro was discovered by the Portuguese on the first day of 1502. But it took more than six decades before the city of Rio de Janeiro (São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro) was founded by Estácio de Sá, who was in charge to make an end to the French occupation of the region. The founding date is the first of March 1565.  In the decisive battle against the French and their indigenous allies, on 20 January 1567, he was hit in the eye by a poisoned arrow and died one month later. When the city wanted to honor Estácio at the celebration of the fourth centenary of Rio, people asked openly why there was no statue of the City’s founder. They tried to obtain an image of Estácio, but failed. Instead, a triangular obelisk was created by architect Lucio Costa, with a large room at the base of this obelisk. The monument is located at Aterro do Flamengo, along the Guanabara Bay. 

© Adriano Antoine Robbesom 2012, 2017