Brazilian Days 022
January 22
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DAY OF:
Dia do Senado
(Senate).
BRAZILIAN HISTORY:
1502
Arrival of Américo Vespúcio’s expedition in São Vicente (SP).
1532
Creation of Vila de São Vicente (SP), the first city in Brazil.
1808
Arrival of the Portuguese royal family in Rio de Janeiro.
1891
Death of Benjamin Constant, architect of the Brazilian Republic.
1912
Civilians attacked Palácio da Luz in Fortaleza (CE).
1922
Birth of Leonel Brizola (former governor of Rio Grande do Sul and Rio de Janeiro)
1939
First oil extraction in Brazil, at the oil well in Lobato (BA)
1942
Creation of Serviço Nacional de Aprendizagem Industrial – SENAI, by Decreto-lei 4.048
1970
Introduction of Loteria Esportiva in Brazil,
2007
President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva launched Programa de Aceleração do Crescimento (PAC)
2009
Heavy rainshowers caused landslides and inundations in Belo Horizonte (MG).
By Adriano Antoine Robbesom © 2007, 2015
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