(Brazilian Blood Donor Day). This day was introduced per decree 53,988, issued by president Castello Branco, on 30 June 1964. The World Donor Day is on 14 June, as established by the World Health Organization in 2004. Less than two percent of the Brazilian population is a voluntary blood donor, well below the 3-4 percent goal of the World Health Organization. About 87 percent of the 3.6 million blood units donated annually in Brazil, is from volunteers.
BLOOD DONATION
Campanha do Dia Nacional dos Doadores Voluntários de Sangue
Vídeo de sensibilização para doação de sangue – Fundação Pró-Sangue
Dia Internacional para a Eliminação da Violência contra a Mulher
(International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women). The day refers to the assassination of three of the four Mirabal Sisters, political activists known as Las Mariposas, in the Dominican Republic in 1960, on orders of Dominican dictator Rafael Trujillo. The sisters and the driver were ambushed by Trujillo’s henchmen and clubbed to death. Their vehicle was run off the mountain to look like an accident. On 20 December 1993 the General Assembly, by resolution48/104, adopted the Declaration on the Elimination of Violence against Women. By resolution 54/134of 17 December 1999, the United Nations General Assembly designated 25 November as the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. This day also marks the start of the 16-day period of 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence Campaign, until 10 December, Human Rights Day. The color orange symbolizes this initiative.
MIRABAL SISTERS AND
VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN
Vejaciones y Asesinatos Dictadura de Trujillo
Documental Las Mariposas: Las Hermanas Mirabal
Las Hermanas Mirabal
The Story of the Mirabal Sisters
International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women (25 november)
Dia Internacional para a Eliminação da Violência contra a Mulher 2014
BRAZILIAN HISTORY:
1641 Start of the Dutch invasion of Maranhão, as ordered by Maurício de Nassau.
1954 Juscelino Kubitschek put forward as presidential candidate.
During a meeting of the Diretório Nacional, the Partido Social-Democata (PSD: Social Democratic Party) decided to put forward Juscelino Kubitschek as presidential candidate.
1955 Declaration – per decree – of State of Siege by Nereu Ramos.
Ramos was president of the Senate, who succeeded former president of the Chamber of Deputees, Carlos Coimbra Luz as president of Brazil. Ramos was president of Brazil until the installation of Juscelino Kubitschek in 1956. The state of siege was then lifted.
1964 The Fourth Salão do Automóvel commemorated the milestone of one million cars produced in Brazil.
1970
Approval of cremation
The Câmara dos Deputados (Chamber of Deputees) authorized the cremation of corpses for those who explicitly expressed this wish.
1974
Discovery of an oil field in bacia (basin) of Campos, near the state of Rio de Janeiro, by Petrobrás.
1996 Darcy Alves Pereira, murderer of union leader Chico Mendes, arrested after having having been on the run for more than three years.
CHICO MENDES
A história de Chico Mendes Documentário
Chico Mendes and the Fight to Save the Amazon Rainforest
1996
A prosecutor denounced eleven officers of the São Paulo Civil Police for torture and constraints.
The police officers were involved in the Bodega Bar case, in which a student and a dentist were murdered. The eleven policemen were accused of torture and constraints of eleven men and a security guard.
(Civil Construction). In the state of Rio de Janeiro,this dayis held on the third Monday in October. However, since 2000, the day is also commemorated on 25 October, on the feast day of frei Antonio de Sant’Anna Galvão, who was canonized in 2012. In 2000, Pope John Paul II declared Frei Galvão as patron saint of the construction workers, since Frei Galvão worked as a constructor’s assistant. Therefore, in 2007, October 25 was declared as the Day of the Civil Construction Worker.
CIVIL CONSTRUCTION
25 de outubro: Dia da Construção Civil
História da Construção Civil
Viagem pela história da construção civil – Opinião Minas – Parte 1
Viagem pela história da construção civil – Opinião Minas – Parte 2
Dia da Democracia
(Democracy). Since 1985, after 21 years of military dictatorship, Brazil is a democracy. According to a 2013 study of ‘The Economist Intelligence Unit’, Brazil is ranked 44th in the 2012 Democracy Index. It is therefore categorized as a ‘flawed democracy’.
Dia da Saúde e Higiene dos Dentes
(Dental Health and Hygiene). This day is not only to commemorate dentists, but also to pay attention to dental health. The day was installed per Federal Law no.10.465/2002.
DENTAL HEALTH AND HYGIENE
Jornal Hoje – Saúde bucal e o coração
A Relação Entre Problemas Bucais e Saúde Geral
Quadro de Saúde: Higiene Bucal
Saúde Bucal: Higiene da boca
Dia do Cirurgião-dentista
(Dental Surgeon). Brazilian dentists are educated as cirurgão-dentista, dental surgeon. They may specialize themselves into various dentistry disciplines, such as surgery, orthodontics, pediatric and geriatric dentistry, endodontics, periodontics.
DENTAL SURGEON
DIA DO CIRURGIÃO-DENTISTA – CANAL SBT
DIA DO CIRURGIÃO DENTISTA 2012 CANAL TVE
Dia do Dentista Brasileiro
(Brazilian Dentist). Up into the 19th century, dentist activities were performed by ‘surgeons’ and barbers. On 25 October 1884, per decree 9,311, the first graduation courses in Dentistry were started in Rio de Janeiro and Bahia, at the Faculty of Medicina e Arte Dentária. It is estimated that more than 176 thousand dentists are active in Brazil. According to recent numbers of the WHO, about 30 million Brazilians lack dental service. The World Dentist Day is on 3 October, to commemorate the first dental school in Baltimore (USA) in 1840: The Baltimore College of Dental Surgery.
BRAZILIAN DENTIST
25 de Outubro – Dia do Dentista
Dia 25 de outubro é dia dos Dentistas
Especial Dia do Dentista – Equilíbrio corporal no dia a dia
Especial Dia do Dentista – Respiração e Qualidade de Vida
Especial Dia do Dentista: Alongue-se entre as consultas!
Especial Dia do Dentista: Previna dores na região lombar de maneira fácil e rápida
Dia do Sapateiro
(Shoemaker). Around 380, two patrician Roman brothers, Crispin and Crispianus, converted themselves into Christianity. They had to leave Rome and settled themselves in Gallia, now France. They dedicated themselves to shoe-making and lived in poverty. Because of their conversion, the brothers were persecuted and captured. They were thrown in the river, fasted to big stones. They managed to escape and were captured again. They were then beheaded. Their feast day is on 25 October. However, during the Second Vatican Council, their names were removed from the Catholic calendar, because their existence was doubted. The saints Crispin and Crispianus are still considered as patron saints of shoemakers. It is estimated that about 350 thousand shoemakers are active in Brazil, which 130 thousand work in the southern state of Rio Grande do Sul only.
SAPATEIRO
TV Feevale Notícias – Dia do Sapateiro
Dia do Sapateiro
O Último Mestre Sapateiro na Nazaré
Trailler: SAPATEIROS de BH – O passo a passo de uma tradição
Dia Mundial do Macarrão
(World Pasta Day). Started in 1995 in Rome, World Pasta Day is held annually on 25 October. On 25 October 2005, the International Pasta Organization was founded, in order to promote pasta awareness and consumption. About13.6 million tons of pasta is produced world wide. There exist more than 300 pasta varieties. Brazil is, after Italy and the United States, the third largest pasta producer and consumer (slightly more than 6 kg per capita) in the world.
WORLD PASTA DAY
RIT – Dia Mundial do Macarrão
World Pasta Day: October 25th (Med Diet Episode 50)
Pasta Past and Present
25 DE OUTUBRO: DIA MUNDIAL DO MACARRÃO
BRAZILIAN HISTORY:
1975
Death of journalist Vladimir Herzog
Vlado, born in 1937 in Yugoslavia, moved with his family to Brazil in 1942. He studied Philosophy in São Paulo and started his journalistic career in 1959. He changed his first name into Vladimir, and got married in 1960. In 1964, the couple moved to the United Kingdom where his two childen were born. The family returned to Brazil in 1968. In 1975, Vladimir was appointed as senior journalist at TV Cultura in São Paulo. On 24 October 1975, he was interrogated by the DCO-Codi (special intelligence forces) about his supposed links with the Brazilian communists. The following day, he died at the age of 38. According to the official version, he had hanged himself. One week later, about eight thousand people witnessed an ecumenical mass, as a silent protest against the military regime. Three years later, the coroner responsible confessed that he had signed the autopsy document without having examined the corpse. In the same year, the Federal Justice Department was held responsible for illegal imprisonment, torture and death of the journalist. In 2004, two unedited photos of Vladimir, naked in a cell just before his death, were published in a journal. His widow declared that these pictures were not showing her late husband. Only in 2013, Herzog’s family received a new death certificate, in which the true cause of death was mentioned.
VLADIMIR HERZOG
Especial Vladimir Herzog
Entrevista Vladimir Herzog
Matéria de Capa – Vladimir Herzog
Vladimir Herzog – “O último Dia”
Vladimir Herzog – À espera da Comissão da Verdade
LINHA DIRETA JUSTIÇA – Vladimir Herzog (completo)
1886
Birth of writer Humberto de Campos (1886-1934)
Humberto was born in Miritiba (now Humberto de Campos), Maranhão. His father died when he was six; he then moved to São Luís where he had a poor youth. At the age of 17, he moved to the state of Pará where he worked for a journal. His first poetry book was published in 1910. Two years later, he moved to Rio, where he joined a group of writers. As a militant academic, Humberto wrote under various pseudonyms. In 1920, he became congressman for the state of Maranhão. The 1930 Revolution resulted in the dissolution of the Congress, but President Getúlio Vargas, who admired Humberto’s works, provided him another function. In 1933, his best known work was published: Memórias. Humberto died on 5 December 1934. A few years after his death, medium Chico Xavier started to write down his words through psychography. In addition, his Diário Secreto (Secret Diary) was published; it revealed various scandals among famous people of his time.
Igualdade não quer dizer felicidade.
~ Humberto de Campos
A política e o ridículo são caminhos mais fáceis para a glória do que a morte na guerra.
~ Humberto de Campos
SPIRIT OF HUMBERTO DE CAMPOS
Campanha de Esclarecimento Humberto de Campos
Divulgação e Espiritismo – Um caso de Humberto de Campos
1636
Dutch nobleman Maurício de Nassau started his travel to Brazil.
Since 1568, the Republic of the United Netherlands fought an independence war against Spain. During the Iberic Union (Union of Spain and Portugal), the Dutch tried to conquer Portuguese possessions, which they considered as the weakest pillars of the Spanish Empire. The Dutch invaded Northeast Brazil, and established a Dutch colony ‘New Holland’ in 1630. Count Mauricio de Nassau, who had the rank of an army captain, was invited to govern the new colony. On 25 October 1636, his fleet departed from the island of Texel. The Dutch fleet arrived on 23 January 1637 in Recife. Mauricio governed the Dutch colony for seven years.
MAURÍCIO DE NASSAU
Maurício de Nassau (1/2) – De Lá Pra Cá
Maurício de Nassau – De Lá Pra Cá
O Nassoviano e a Cidade Maurícia – parte 01
O Nassoviano e a Cidade Maurícia – parte 02
Brasil dos Holandeses – Expedições
História do Brasil 2 União Ibérica e Invasões holandesas
Guerra pelo açúcar – Histórias do Brasil
Recife Holandês | TV TAM Nas Nuvens
1984
Inauguration of Itaipu hydro-electric power station by the presidents of Brazil and Paraguay.
In 1966, a treaty between Paraguay and Brazil was signed, by the Ministers of External Affairs, in order to create a bi-national power station which would benefit both countries. In 1973, engineers selected the most energetically profitable location for the power station. In 1974, a start was made with the construction of the power station. Housings were constructed for construction workers. A 2 km bypass was constructed in the Paraná River. The dam was ready in October 1982. The power station was officially inaugurated with the experimental operation of two turbines. The inauguration was performed by President Alfredo Stroessner of Paraguay and President João Batista Figueiredo of Brazil.
ITAIPU DAM
Itaipu – A Pedra que Canta – Parte 1
Itaipu – A Pedra que Canta – Parte 2
NatGeo – Obras Incríveis – Usina Hidrelétrica de Itaipu
NG Itaipu Dam Brazil Megastructures
1996
World title beach volleyball for Zé Marco and Emanuel
It was their first victory of the Beach Volley Ball World Tour. Also in 1997 they won the World Tour. Zé Marco (José Marco Melo) won with Ricardo Santos in 2000, while Emmanuel Rego won in 1999 with José Loiola, in 2001 with Tande Ramos, in 2003-2007 with Ricardo Santos, and in 2011 with Alison Cerutti.
Dia Internacional da Diversidade Biológica (International Day for Biodiversity). On 29 December 1993, the Convention of Biological Diversity, linked to the United Nations, was founded. In 2000, the UN General Assembly accepted the resolution which introduced 22 May as International Day for Biodiversity (IDB). 22 May was chosen to commemorate the 1992 Nairobi Final Act of the Conference for the Adoption of the Agreed Text of the Convention on Biological Diversity.
Theme for 2013: Water and Biodiversity
INTERNATIONAL DAY OF BIODIVERSITY
What is International Day for Biological Diversity
International Biological Diversity day Part-1
International Biological Diversity day Part-2
International Biological Diversity day Part-3
Dia do Apicultor (Bee Master). Besides the word apicultor, Abelheiro and Colmeeiro are synonyms for apiarist or bee master. In 2013, about 300 thousand bee masters jointly produce about 40 thousand tons of honey. Thanks to import restrictions by the European Union, the United States is the principal importer of Brazilian honey products.
Dia do Economiário (Economist). On 22 May 1957, president Kubitschek ratified Lei (law) 3.141, which created Serviço de Assistência e Seguro Social dos Economiários (SASSE; Service of Assistance and Social Security for Economists (of CAIXA)). The SASSE provided rights to employees of CAIXA, who were called economiários.
Dia da Aviação de Patrulha (Aeronáutica) (Aviation Patrol). The first aviation patrols in Brazil were performed in 1931. During World War II, aviation patrols were very essential for the discovery of German and Italian submarines that attacked Brazilian merchant vessels. The day refers to 22 May 1942, when an B-25 airplane, recently obtained from the United States, attacked Italian submarine Barabarigo, which previously had torpedoed Brazilian merchant vessel Comandante Lira, near Atol das Roças.
Dia do Baloeiro (Balloon Maker). Some sources mention 21 May as Dia do Baloeiro. In June, during Festas Juninas, paper balloons are released – by individuals or by teams – in cities such as Curitiba, Rio de Janeiro, and São Paulo, at day as well as at night. The baloeiro is responsible for the production of these balloons. At day he attaches a flag or a banner at the balloon. At night, lanterns and even fireworks are used.
Dia do Abraço (Hug). A hug is very common in Brazil, more common than in Europe. A hug as a sign of mutual affection, a sign of mutual equality. The day was born thanks to the ‘Free Hug‘ campaign, which was started in 2004 in Australia by a man known by his pseudonym Julian Mann. The campaign became internationally known when the campaign was included in a music video of the Australian band ‘The Sick Puppies’. The International Free Hug Day is on the first Saturday following 30 June, the day on which Julian started to give free hugs.
BRAZILIAN HISTORY:
1942 First attack of enemy submarines in Brazilian territorial waters.
An B-25 airplane, recently obtained from the United States, attacked Italian submarine Barabarigo, which previously had torpedoed Brazilian merchant vessel Comandante Lira, near Atol das Roças.
1930 Arrival of the blimp ‘Zeppelin’ in Recife.
The blimp had departed from Germany
1644 Return of count Maurício de Nassau to Holland
After his dismissal by the Staten-Generaal of Holland, former Governor of Brazil returned to Holland. His government still is being admired by many Brazilians. He had arrived in Brazil on 26 January 1637.
MAURÍCIO DE NASSAU & DUTCH BRAZIL
Maurício de Nassau (1/2) – De Lá Pra Cá – 05/10/2009
Maurício de Nassau (2/2) – De Lá Pra Cá – 05/10/2009
Doce Brasil Holandês – Documentário Completo
Brasil dos Holandeses – Expedições
O Nassoviano e a cidade Maurícia parte 1
O Nassoviano e a cidade Maurícia parte 2
1983
Large inundations in Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay.
FLOODING 1983
Enchente no Sul 1983 – TV GLOBO
Enchente de 1983 – Meu Paraná – RPC TV
1792 Seven convicted members of ‘Inconfidência Mineira’ deported to the Portuguese colony of Mozambique
1907 Rui Barbosa departed to Europe
1968 Creation of Fundação Universidade Federal de São Carlos
1980 Deactivation of a time bomb at the auditory of Confederação Nacional de Agricultura (Brasília-DF)
2006 Former president Itamar Franco renounced his candidacy for presidential elections.
1937 Death of writer, journalist, poet Paulo Setúbal.
He died at the age of 44. In 1935, he was admitted to the Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Academy of Literature)
1937 Death of composer Noel de Medeiros Rosa (1910-1937).
Noel Rosa is considered ans the creator of the samba. His birth was complicated, the physician had to use a forceps, which left a clearly visible mark on his chin. Therefore, Noel was very timid and only became more open when drunk. He enjoyed bohemian life, and was very productive: 259 songs in only 7 years. He died of the consequences of TB.
NOEL ROSA
Noel Poeta da vila
Noel Rosa – Conversa de Botequim (Gravação Original)
Noel Rosa 2010 HD BossaFilmes
Noel Rosa – Com que Roupa ?
1888 Fourteen escaped slaves were received at Palácio Imperial (Imperial Palace) in Petrópolis (RJ) for a dinner
1845
Birth of Joaquim Manuel Rodrigues Lima, the first elected governor of Bahia.
1644 Dutch governor Maurício de Nassau transferred the government to the Alto Conselho (High Council).
He was about to return to Europe on 22 May 1644.
1890 Recognition of the Republic of Brazil by the United Kingdom
1925 Albert Einstein disembarked in Rio de Janeiro
1932 Establishment of an eight-hour working day in the industrial sector.
1969 Record audience at Mineirão Stadium during the match Atlético-MG x Cruzeiro: 123.500 spectators.
Dia do Profissional de Marketing (Marketing professional)
Dia de Lembrança do Holocausto (Memory of the Holocaust)
BRAZILIAN HISTORY:
1719 Foundation of ‘Arraial de Forquilha’, the future city of Cuiabá
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1888 Publication of ‘O Ateneu’ by Raul Pompéia
1870 Signing of the peace treaty between Brazil and Paraguay
1638 Defeat of Maurício de Nassau in his attempt to attack the city of Salvador
1832 Visit of Guanabara Bay by scientist Charles Darwin
1927 Death of Brazilian poet Francisco de Paula Gonçalves (1897-1927)
Paulo Gonçalves was born in Santos (SP). He initially worked for Telégrafo Inglês, but he dedicated himself to journalism.
He worked for various newspapers in his city, as an editor. He also taught at a college. In 1922, his debut book was published: ‘Yara’, which gained enthusiast critics. He also wrote comedy pieces, like “As mulheres não querem alma’.
1946 Creation of the Federal University of Bahia (UFBA)
1958 Creation of the state reserve of Itatins (SP), by state decree 31,650
2001 FUNAI made the first contact with an then unknown indigenous tribe.
At least 30 indigenous of the Tsohom-Dyapa tribe were living under dominion of another, larger tribe: the Kanamari. They were encountered in the state of Amazonas: in the indigenous reserve Vale do Javari. FUNAI is the government-based organ Fundação Nacional dos Índios (National Foundation for the Indigenous People).
VALE DO JAVARI
Povos Indígenas no Vale do Javari Parte1
Povos Indígenas no Vale do Javari Parte2
Vale do Javari
Vale do Javari 2
Projeto Javari
Índios no Brasil
1965 Approval of new elections in eleven Brazilian states, by the Brazilian Congress.
These elections were held on 3 October 1965.
2007 Slovenian swimmer Martin Strell finished the crossing of the Amazonas River (5268 km).
He achieved this crossing in 66 days.
(Brazilian Blood Donor Day). This day was introduced per decree 53,988, issued by president Castello Branco, on 30 June 1964. The World Donor Day is on 14 June, as established by the World Health Organization in 2004. Less than two percent of the Brazilian population is a voluntary blood donor, well below the 3-4 percent goal of the World Health Organization. About 87 percent of the 3.6 million blood units donated annually in Brazil, is from volunteers.
BLOOD DONATION
Campanha do Dia Nacional dos Doadores Voluntários de Sangue
Vídeo de sensibilização para doação de sangue – Fundação Pró-Sangue
Dia Internacional para a Eliminação da Violência contra a Mulher
(International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women). The day refers to the assassination of three of the four Mirabal Sisters, political activists known as Las Mariposas, in the Dominican Republic in 1960, on orders of Dominican dictator Rafael Trujillo. The sisters and the driver were ambushed by Trujillo’s henchmen and clubbed to death. Their vehicle was run off the mountain to look like an accident. On 20 December 1993 the General Assembly, by resolution48/104, adopted the Declaration on the Elimination of Violence against Women. By resolution 54/134of 17 December 1999, the United Nations General Assembly designated 25 November as the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. This day also marks the start of the 16-day period of 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence Campaign, until 10 December, Human Rights Day. The color orange symbolizes this initiative.
MIRABAL SISTERS AND
VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN
Vejaciones y Asesinatos Dictadura de Trujillo
Documental Las Mariposas: Las Hermanas Mirabal
Las Hermanas Mirabal
The Story of the Mirabal Sisters
International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women (25 november)
Dia Internacional para a Eliminação da Violência contra a Mulher 2014
BRAZILIAN HISTORY:
1641 Start of the Dutch invasion of Maranhão, as ordered by Maurício de Nassau.
1954 Juscelino Kubitschek put forward as presidential candidate.
During a meeting of the Diretório Nacional, the Partido Social-Democata (PSD: Social Democratic Party) decided to put forward Juscelino Kubitschek as presidential candidate.
1955 Declaration – per decree – of State of Siege by Nereu Ramos.
Ramos was president of the Senate, who succeeded former president of the Chamber of Deputees, Carlos Coimbra Luz as president of Brazil. Ramos was president of Brazil until the installation of Juscelino Kubitschek in 1956. The state of siege was then lifted.
1964 The Fourth Salão do Automóvel commemorated the milestone of one million cars produced in Brazil.
1970
Approval of cremation
The Câmara dos Deputados (Chamber of Deputees) authorized the cremation of corpses for those who explicitly expressed this wish.
1974
Discovery of an oil field in bacia (basin) of Campos, near the state of Rio de Janeiro, by Petrobrás.
1996 Darcy Alves Pereira, murderer of union leader Chico Mendes, arrested after having having been on the run for more than three years.
CHICO MENDES
A história de Chico Mendes Documentário
Chico Mendes and the Fight to Save the Amazon Rainforest
1996
A prosecutor denounced eleven officers of the São Paulo Civil Police for torture and constraints.
The police officers were involved in the Bodega Bar case, in which a student and a dentist were murdered. The eleven policemen were accused of torture and constraints of eleven men and a security guard.
Inside Brazil 