Brazilian Days 013
January 13
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DAY OF:
Dia do Leonismo Internacional
(International Lions’ Club). The day refers to the birth of the founder of Lions, Melvin Jones (1879-1961). He founded Lions in 1917. Lions Club Brazil was founded in 1952.
Dia do Tratado de Madri
(Treaty of Madrid). This treaty was signed in 1750 by both the Portuguese and the Spanish empires. The treaty replaced the 1494 Treaty of Tordesilhas, which divided the Southern American continent in a Spanish and a Portuguese part. However, the Portuguese expanded westward significantly. The new treaty allowed these expansions, based on the Latin law: Uti possidetis, ita possideatis (who owns by fact, owns by right). The Treaty of Madrid was replaced by the Treaty of El Pardo in 1761.
BRAZILIAN HISTORY:
1824
Arrival of the Dutch vessel ‘Argo’, carrying German migrants, in Rio de Janeiro.
1825
Death of Frei Caneca by execution in Recife (PE)
1890
Recognition of the United States of Brazil by Mexico.
1913
Foundation of Nacional Futebol Clube (AM)
1937
Institution of Serviço de Radiodifusão Educativa (Educative Radio Broadcast).
1937
Creation of Serviço do Patrimônio Histórico e Artístico Nacional by Lei nº 378 (Artº 46)
The SPHAN, now IPHAN, is responsible for the administration of Brazilian heritage.
1937
Creation of Museu Nacional de Belas Artes by Lei nº 378 cria (Artº 48)
Already in 1808, Portuguese king João VI brought part of the Portuguese collection when he arrived in Rio de Janeiro. The Museum of Fine Arts, inaugurated in 1938, is located in Avenida Rio Branco and hosts more than twenty thousand art pieces.
1970
Câmara dos Deputados (Chamber of Deputies) started to commit preventive censure on books, magazines, and journals.
1971
Presidente Emílio Garrastazu Médici signed the decree that expelled 68 Brazilians.
1972
Mequinho became the first Brazilian grandmaster in chess.
Henrique Costa Mecking (1952) was in the Seventies on of the strongest players born in the western hemisphere.
1976
Inauguration of hydro-electric power station Paradão (AP) by President Ernesto Geisel
1982
Death of movie director Marcel Camus
1996
Concentrated movements of UFOs observed in south Minas Gerais by American satellites.
Fantástico 17-03-1996
2002
Acelino ‘Popó’ Freitas defeated Cuban Joel Casamayor and gained the WBA boxing world title, in addition of the WBO title.
By Adriano Antoine Robbesom © 2007, 2015
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