Brazilian Days 074
March 15
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DAY OF:
Dia do Aniversário do Estado do Rio de Janeiro
(State of Rio de Janeiro)
Dia Mundial do Consumidor
(World Consumer Day)
Dia Internacional de Defesa do Consumidor.
(World Consumer Rights Day). It was U.S. President John F. Kennedy who formally addressed consumer rights on 15 March 1962. He was the first world leader to do so:
“Consumers by definition include us all. They are the largest economic group, affecting and affected by almost every public and private economic decision. Yet they are the only important group… whose views are often not heard.”
BRAZILIAN HISTORY:
1998
Death of singer and composer Tim Maia (1998)
1990
Installation of Fernando Collor de Mello as President of Brazil.
1990
Announcement of the blockage of bank accounts and savings accounts by Fernando Collor de Mello
1985
Creation of Secretaria de Administração Pública da Presidência da República (Secretariat of Public Administration)
1985
Creation of the Ministry of Science and Technology
1985
Creation of the Ministry of Culture
1985
Creation of the Ministry of Habitat, Urbanization, and Environment
1985
Merger of the states of Rio de Janeiro and Guanabara (former Federal District) to the new state of Rio de Janeiro
1789
Betrayal of the Conjuração Mineira to Visconde de Barbacena, by Joaquim Silvério dos Reis
1979
Installation of General João Baptista Figueiredo as President of Brazil.
1985
Installation of José Sarney as interim President of Brazil.
1974
Installation of General Ernesto Geisel as President of Brazil
1967
Installation of Marshal Artur da Costa e Silva as President of Brazil
1991
Federal Territories of Amapá and Roraima gained the status of a Brazilian state.
2001
Three explosions destroyed Plataforma (oil platform) P-36 of Petrobrás in bacia de Campos. Ten people died.
1560
Governor Mem de Sá ordered 260 soldiers to desembark and attack Forte (fortress) Coligny in Rio de Janeiro.
1817
The Revolutionary Government of Pernambuco ordered the liberation of slaves.
1882
Birth of Júlio Prestes.
Júlio was president-elect who was blocked to be installed due to the 1930 Revolution.
1990
Federal Government ordered naval forces to move on to Acre.
1972
Agreement between Brazil and Argentina for the construction of a bridge over Rio Iguaçu
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