Brazilian Days 064
March 5
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DAY OF:
Dia da Integração Cooperativista
(Cooperative Integration)
Dia do Filatelista Brasileiro
(Brazilian Philatelist)
BRAZILIAN HISTORY:
1887
Birth of composer Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887-1959)
1948
Creation of the student commission for the protection of petroleum by the Brazilian Student Union (UNE).
They introduced the slogan “O Petróleo é Nosso” (`The petroleum is ours`).
1979
Inauguration of the metro system in Rio de Janeiro
1922
Foundation of the Brazilian Communist Party (PCdoB)
2000
Beatification of thirty Brazilian martyrs by Pope John Paul II.
In 1645, they were killed by the Dutch and by indigenous in Rio Grande do Norte.
1637
Portuguese surrendered of Porto Calvo (Alagoas) to Dutch governor Maurício de Nassau
1911
Foundation of the Medical Faculty of the Federal University (UFMG) in Belo Horizonte (MG)
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