March 2
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DAY OF:
Dia da Luta Contra a Censura no Brasil
(Battle against censorship in Brazil).
Dia Nacional do Turismo
(Brazilian Tourism Day)
BRAZILIAN HISTORY:
1572
Death of Mem de Sá (1500-1572), third governor-general of the Brazilian colony
1996
Members of the satiric rock band “Mamonas Assassinas” died in an airplane crash
1984
Inauguration of the Sambódromo – designed by Oscar Niemeyer – in Rio de Janeiro
1612
Baptism of the indigenous Poti (ca. 1600-1648), who received the name Antônio Felipe Camarão.
1630
Conquest of fortress São Jorge in Recife, by the Dutch
1814
Death of poet and priest Antônio Pereira de Sousa Caldas (1762-1814)
2007
Announcement of the discovery of light petroleum in the state of Espírito Santo, by Petrobrás
By Adriano Antoine Robbesom © 2007, 2015
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