Brazilian Days (342): December 8

Brazilian Days 342

December 8

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DAY OF:

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Dia da Justiça

(Justice). This day was established (by Lei (law) 1,408) by President Getúlio Vargas on 9 August 1951. The day will be used by the magistrates to reflect about the meaning of their profession in the actual world. The International Justice Day is on 17 July.

  

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Dia da Mulata

(Mulat)

  

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Dia do Cronista Esportivo

(Sports Journalist)

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Dia Nacional da Família

(Family)

  

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BRAZILIAN HISTORY:

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1913
Marriage of President Marshal Hermes da Fonseca with the young cartoonist Nair de Teffé. She was 27, while the president was 58.

    

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1994
Death of composer Tom Jobim, one of the creators of the Bossa Nova.

Antônio Carlos Jobim was born 25 January 1927 in Rio de Janeiro. His parents separated when he was eight. After his father’s death, his mother remarried. And it was his stepfather who encouraged Tom to start his musical career. We learned to play music instruments and started to play in bars and nightclubs. His compositions were mainly influenced by Brazilian composer Pixinguinha, by French composers like Claude Debussy and Maurice Ravel, and by Brazilian composer Heitor Villa-Lobos. His songs are inspired upon love, betrayal, self-discovery and natural wonders. His career got a boost when he started to collaborate with diplomat/poet Vinicius de Morais. They worked together when producing music for the movie ‘Black Orpheus’. Without doubt, his most popular composition is ‘Garota de Ipanema’, which gained a Grammy Award as the record of the year in 1965. In the 1960s, Tom gained international fame with the bossa nova music style. In 1994, Tom died of a cardiac arrest, while he was in New York for a surgical treatment of bladder cancer. The International airport in Rio de Janeiro is named after him.

  

  

TOM JOBIM
A Música Segundo Tom Jobim	Tom Jobim e a Bossa Nova – Documentário 1993
Tom Jobim: Garota de Ipanema (com Vinicius de Moraes)	Garota de Ipanema – Roberto Carlos & Caetano Veloso (Tom Jobim & Vinicius de Moraes)
Tom Jobim Canta Vinicius de Moraes | (Álbum Completo) (Full Album) [1990]	Tom Jobim and Astrud Gilberto – Viva Brasil
Assista à íntegra da entrevista com Tom Jobim (1993)	Homenagem a Tom Jobim | concerto televisionado completo

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1996
Assaulter Leonardo Pareja killed by prisoners in Centro Penitenciário Agroindustrial do Estado de Goiás.

Leonardo was known for challenging the police and for leading revolts.

  

LEONARDO PAREJA
Leonardo Pareja	Documentário Leonardo Pareja

 

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Brazilian Days (341): December 7

Brazilian Days 341

December 7

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DAY OF:

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Dia Internacional da Aviação Civil    

(International Civil Aviation Day). The day was stablished in 1994 by ICAO (International Civil Aviation Organization) by the UN General Assembly (Resolution A29-1), in order to mark the 50th anniversary of the organization, created on 7 December 1944. In 1996, the General Assembly recognized this day as an official UN day. The purpose of the global celebration is to generate and reinforce worldwide awareness of the importance of international civil aviation in the social and economic development of States, and of the role of ICAO in promoting the safety, efficiency and regularity of international air transport. Every day 93,000 flights are starting from approx. 9,000 airports. At all times there are between 8,000 and 13,000 airplanes in the air.

Theme for 2012 was:

Aviation: Your Reliable Connection to the World

INTERNATIONAL AVIATION
airtraffic volume for 24 hour period	All the Airlines of the World

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BRAZILIAN HISTORY:

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1848
Death of dramaturg Martins Pena

    

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1933
Change of the Brazilian capital to Planalto Central was proposed to Constituinte

The proposal was an initiative of general Cristovão Barcelos.

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1987
Inclusion of Brasília on the UNESCO World Heritage List.

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1866
Commercial ships from all nations were allowed to navigate on the Amazon River and its side rivers, and on the São Francisco River.

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1988
First successful heart-lung transplantation realized in São Paulo.

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Brazilian Days (340): December 6

Brazilian Days 340

December 6

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Dia Nacional do Extensionista Rural

(Brazilian Day of Rural Expansion). This day was established by Lei (Act) 12,386 of 3 March 2011, with support from ASBRAER (Associação Brasileira das Entidades de Assistência Técnica e Extensão Rural; Brazilian Association of Technical Assistance and Rural Expansion Units), in order to commemorate the day of the creation of Acar-MG (Associação de Crédito e Assistência Rural de Minas Gerais; Assocation of Rural Credit and Assistance in Minas Gerais), on 6 December 1948. These institutions represent professionals who have direct contact with the farmers and their families, and provide assistance for their development. About 70 percent of Brazilian food consumption is composed of Brazilian rural products.

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BRAZILIAN HISTORY:

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1976
Death of João Belchior M. Goulart, former president of Brazil, in Argentina

In 1964, President João Goulart, nicknamed Jango, was forced to step down after a military coup and go into exile. Recently his corpse was exhumed in order to find out if he was poisoned.

  

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1996
Death of composer João do Vale

  

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1868
Battle of Itororó, during the Paraguayan War.

About five thousand Paraguayans confronted twenty thousand Brazilians, commanded by Duque de Caxias.

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2001
Sailor Peter Blake, from New Zealand, murdered in Amazonas

Peter was considered as the best in his discipline. He died at the age of 53, after armed robbers invaded his sailing boot during his expedition on the Amazon River.

  

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Brazilian Days (339): December 5

Brazilian Days 339

December 5

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Dia da Cruz Vermelha Brasileira

(Brazilian Red Cross). Already in 1907, Dr. Joaquim de Oliveira Botelho, inspired by what he saw in other countries, had the idea of establishing a Brazilian Red Cross Organization. On 5 December 1908, the ‘Estatutos da Sociedade’ (Statutes) were approved in a meeting in Rio de Janeiro. The first president was Oswaldo Cruz.

   

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Dia Internacional dos Voluntários para o Desenvolvimento Econômico e Social

(International Volunteer Day for Economic and Social Development). The International Volunteer Day for Social and Economic Development (IVD), established by the UN General Assembly to be commemorated on 5 December every year, is about telling the world what volunteers and volunteer-involving organizations achieve for peace and sustainable development.

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Dia Internacional do Voluntário

(International Volunteer Day). The IVD was established by the United Nations (UN) General Assembly through Resolution 40/212 on 17 December 1985. Since then, governments, the UN system and civil society organizations have successfully joined volunteers around the world to celebrate the Day on 5 December.

Theme for 2013:
YOUNG. GLOBAL. ACTIVE

  

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BRAZILIAN HISTORY:

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1934
Death of writer Humberto de Campos.

  

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1891
Death of Dom Pedro II, former emperor of Brazil in exile

  

  

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1889
Arrival of Dom Pedro II and his family in Lisbon

They were exiled from Brazil on November 17, shortly after the proclamation of the Brazilian Republic.

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1908
Foundation of Cruz Vermelha Brasileira (Brazilian Red Cross).

See above.

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1967
Creation of Funai (Fundação Nacional do Índio; Brazilian Indian Foundation).

  

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Brazilian Days (338): December 4

Brazilian Days 338

December 4

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Dia do Orientador Educacional

(Educational Supervisor).

  

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Dia do Pedicuro

(Pedicure). The day refers to the foundation of Associação Brasileira de Podólogos (ABP; Brazilian Association of Pedicures) on 4 December 1964, in the city of São Paulo. In 2007, almost 600 pedicures were registered in Brazil.

  

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Dia do Publicitário

(Publisher).

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Dia do Perito Criminal

(Criminal Investigator).

  

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Dia do Trabalhador em Minas de Carvão

(Coal Mine Worker). Today is the feast day of Saint Barbara, patron saint of miners, geologists, and mathematicians, among others.

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Dia Mundial da Propaganda

(World Propaganda Day). On 4 December 1936, a congress for propagandists and publishers was organized in Buenos Aires (Argentina). From 1937, this day was called the Pan American Propaganda Day. Only from the 1970’s, this day was called the World Propaganda Day.

  

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BRAZILIAN HISTORY:

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1810

Creation of Academia Real Militar in Rio de Janeiro

King Dom João VI  created, per decree, the Academia Real Militar (Royal Miltary Academy) in Rio de Janeiro. At present, it is called Academia Militar das Agulhas Negras.

  

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Brazilian Days (337): December 3

Brazilian Days 337

December 3

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Dia do Selecionador de Pessoal

(Headhunter).

  

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Dia Internacional dos Deficientes Físico

(International Day of People with Disability). In 1976, the UN General Assembly proclaimed 1981 as the International Year of Disabled People, and the period 1983-1992 as the Decade of Disabled Peoples. Since 1992, 3 December is promoted as the International Day of Persons with Disabilities. Over one billion people, about 15 percent of the world’s population, live with some form of disability. Most of them face physical, social, economic and attitudinal barriers that exclude them from participating fully and effectively as equal members of society. In 2006, the Convention on the Rights of People with Disability was adopted by the UN General Assembly. The Convention is intended as a human rights instrument with an explicit, development dimension.

Theme for 2013:
“Break Barriers, Open Doors: for an inclusive society and development for all”

  

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BRAZILIAN HISTORY:

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1990
Death of actress Henriette Morineau (1908-1990)

Henriette Fernande Zoé Morineau was born in Niort, France. She quickly became interested in literature and its interpretation. She started to have drama classes, and in 1926, she started a tour through France, with Comédie Française. Three years later, Henriette made a tour through various European countries, and met Georges Mourineau. She married him, when she arrived in Rio de Janeiro in 1930. In 1942, she participated in a tour through South America, with a repertoire of five theater pieces. In 1946, she founded the company Os Artistas Unidos, which organized theater pieces  for children and adults. Henriette also acted in movies such as ‘O Comprador de Fazendas’ (1951), ‘Presença da Anita’ (1951), and a TV series ‘Água Viva’ (1980).

  

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2000
First place in ATP World Ranking for Gustavo Kuerten.

Guga reached the first place after his victory against André Agassi in the Master Cup, in Lisbon.

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1530
Departure of Martim Afonso de Sousa, from Lisbon.

Martim became the founder of the first city in Brazil: São Vicente (SP), on 21 January 1532.

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1902
Death of President Prudente de Moraes.

The third president, and the first directly elected, died in Piracicaba (SP), at the age of 61. Prudente succeeded Floriano Peixoto on 15 November 1894 as President of Brazil, and stayed in office until the end of his mandate on 15 November 1898.

  

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1904
Birth of Roberto Marinho, former owner of Organizações Globo.

Roberto Marinho was one of the participating lieutenants in the 1922 Copacabana Revolt, but he left the fortress early. He inherited Globo newspaper, founded by his father Irineu in 1925. The radio division (Rádio Globo) was founded in 1944. On 26 April 1965, Roberto founded Rede Globo, with has become the largest broadcast corporation in Brazil, and the second largest in the world. His son Roberto Irineu Marinho (1947) became the new owner in 2003.

    

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1937
Dissolution of Ação Integralista by President Getúlio Vargas.

  

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1994
Dayvison André da Silva, 13 years, managed to escape from his prison

Dayvison was kept prisoner in the prison for two years and six months, in the city of São Bernardo do Campo, em São Paulo.

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Brazilian Days (336): December 2

Brazilian Days 336

December 2

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DAY OF:

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Dia da Astronomia

(Astronomy). The day refers to the birth of Dom Pedro II, Brazil’s second emperor, who was an amateur astronomer and a great initiator of science in Brazil. The Sociedade Brasileira de Astronomia, founded in 1947, chose the emperor as the patron of Brazilian astronomy.

 

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Dia do Samba

(Samba). Samba is tightly linked to Brazilian carnival, to Brazilian music. The day was an initiative of a Bahian councilman, Luis Monteiro da Costa, to honor Ary Barroso. The day of 2 December was the day when Ary Barroso visited Salvador for the first time, and brought samba beyond the borders of Rio de Janeiro. In Salvador, Dia do Samba is commemorated at Pelourinho, where local sambistas will be present. In Rio de Janeiro, Dia do Samba is celebrated ‘Pagode do Trem. The idea of pagode do trem originated from the district of Oswaldo Cruz (Rio de Janeiro), when they created a movement to revitalize the district: ‘Acorda, Oswaldo Cruz’. In that time, sambistas were persecuted by the police; therefore, the sambistas, among them was Paulo da Portela, used train wagons for their meetings and musical presentations.

    

PAGODE DO TREM
DIA NACIONAL DO SAMBA – Pagode no Trem	Pagode do Trem Bl.1/3
Pagode do Trem Bl.2/3	Pagode do Trem Bl.3/3

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Dia do Sambista

(Samba dancer/ samba musician)

UNIJUI – DECON: CARNAVAL, FUTEBOL E SAMBA (2006) .http://player.slideplayer.com.br/1/289870/

Ver mais apresentações de Juliana Po

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Dia do Advogado Criminalista

(Lawyer of Criminal Cases)

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Dia dos Produtores de Rádio e TV

(TV and Radio Producers)

 

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Dia Nacional do Relações Públicas

(Public Relations)

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Dia Pan-Americano da Saúde

(Health)

  

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Dia Internacional para a Abolição da Escravatura (ONU)

(International Day for Abolition of Slavery). This day marks the adoption, by the UN General Assembly, of the UN Convention for the Suppression of the Traffic in Persons and of the Exploitation of the Prostitution of others (Resolution 317(IV) of 2 December 1949). Even now, about 21 million women, men, and children are enslaved all over the world. On 2 December 1859, John Brown, radical abolitionist of slavery, was hanged in Charles Town, Virginia (USA). He was found guilty of treason against the state of Virginia. Brown believed that armed insurrection was the only way to overthrow the institution of slavery in he USA. He was captured while he participated in an failed raid on a federal armory. His execution eventually led to the American Civil War, which started in 1861.

‘No, not tired; but don’t keep me waiting longer than necessary’ – John Brown’s words at the time of his execution.

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BRAZILIAN HISTORY:

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1825
Birth of  D. Pedro II

Pedro de Alcântara João Carlos Leopoldo Salvador Bibiano Francisco Xavier de Paula Leocádio Miguel Gabriel Rafael Gonzaga was born in the Palace of São Cristovão, Rio de Janeiro. His mother was Archduchess Maria Leopoldina of Austria, daughter of Franz II, the last emperor of the Holy Roman Empire. His father was Dom Pedro I, who had declared Brazilian independence in 1822. In 1831, he suddenly abdicated and left for Portugal, leaving his five-year-old son with the heavy burden of a fragile Brazilian empire. Pedro II eventually managed to transform Brazil in a stable parliamentary monarchy, and was very popular among Brazilians. However, a group of military leaders overthrew the emperor and exiled him. Pedro died two years later, in Paris.

  

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1837
Creation of Colégio D. Pedro II, in Rio de Janeiro

In the former Seminário de São Joaquim, the public school was founded, on the twelfth birthday of Dom Pedro II. Its first campus is still functioning. At present more than twelve thousand students study in one of the twelve campuses in Rio and neighboring cities. Some famous teachers were: Euclides da Cunha, Heitor Villa-Lobos, and Manuel Bandeira. Some famous students were: Floriano Peixoto, Joaquim Nabuco, Nilo Peçanha, Washington Luis, Noel Rosa, Oswaldo Cruz, Mário Lago, and Cássia Eller.

    

  

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1720
Creation of the capitania de Minas Gerais, gaining independence from São Paulo

D. Lourenço de Almeida was appointed as the first governor.

  

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1870
Premiere of the opera ‘O Guarani’, after the script by Carlos Gomes, in Rio de Janeiro

The premiere was held in Teatro Lírico Fluminense, on the birthday of emperor Dom Pedro II.

  

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1945
Realization of elections for the appointment of deputies in Assembléia Constituinte (Constitutional Assembly)

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1937
Getúlio Vargas banned all political parties, per decree nº 37.

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1945
Eurico Gaspar Dutra elected President of Brazil by popular vote. 

PSD gained a majority in the Constituinte (Constitutional Assembly) .

    

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