Brazilian Days 020
January 20
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DAY OF:
Dia do Farmacêutico
(Pharmacist).
Dia do Museu de Arte Moderna do RJ
(Museum of Modern Arts, Rio de Janeiro)
Dia Municipal do Empregado da Saúde (CE)
(Health Worker).
Dia Municipal do Doador de Sangue (ES)
(Blood Donor)
Dia Nacional do Fusca
(Volkswagen Beetle). The World Beetle Day is on 22 June.
BRAZILIAN HISTORY:
1612
Martin Soares Moreno started the construction of Forte de São Sebastião – Barra do Ceará
1817
Invasion of Montevideo by the Brazilian Army
1890
Brazilian Hymn, composed by Francisco Manuel da Silva, made official
1910
Official inauguration of Porto (Harbor) do Rio de Janeiro
1920
Arrival of Capuchin Franciscans in Curitiba (PR)
1941
Creation of the Ministry of Aeronautics and the FAB (Força Aérea Brasileira, Brazilian Air Force)
1951
Inauguration of TV Tupi Rio de Janeiro
1953
Release of the movie ‘O Cangaceiro’
1961
Marriage of Italian-born Brazilian industrialist Pignatari with princess Ira Von Furstenberg in Reno (NV, USA)
1971
Rubens Paiva, whose mandate as Congressman was revoked, arrested in Rio de Janeiro.
Armed men, claimed to be members of the Brazilian Air Force, invaded his house. He then was reported missing. His body was never found.
1972
First experimental Brazilian TV broadcast in color by TV Difusora de Porto Alegre.
1977
Inauguration of Aeroporto Internacional do Galeão, Rio de Janeiro.
1983
Death of soccer player Garrincha.
1986
Creation of Estação Ecológica (Ecological Reserve) de Juréia-Itatins (SP), per Decreto Estadual nº 24.646.
1996
Encounter of an ‘extraterrestrial creature’ in Varginha (MG).
According to various reports, the supposed biped was about 1.6 meters tall, with a very thin, brown-colored body and a large head with red eyes. It is reported that the Brazilian military intelligence had captured the creature.
2002
Celso Daniel, mayor of the city of Santo André (SP), found dead.
Celso was kidnapped two day earlier, when he left a restaurant in São Paulo.
2009
Brazilian model Mariana Bridi da Costa suffered amputation of hands and feet.
In December 2008, a urinary infection was diagnosed. She didn’t respond well to the medication, and as a result the infection spread over her body. She died on 24 January 2009.
By Adriano Antoine Robbesom © 2007, 2015
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Inside Brazil 