Brazilian Days 070
March 11
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DAY OF:
Dia Estadual do Motociclista
(Motor cyclist (in the state of São Paulo).
BRAZILIAN HISTORY:
1900
Death of physician, politician and spiritist leader Adolpho Bezerra de Menezes
1808
Creation of Tesouro Nacional (National Treasury)
1808
Nomination of Visconde (viscount) de Anadia as the first Minister of Navy
1942
Confiscation of the financial assets of Germans and Italians, per decree by President Getúlio Vargas
1970
Sequestration of the Japanese Consul-General in Brazil, Nobuo Okushi.
He was released four days later, in exchange for eight political prisoners.
1822
Birth of Januária Maria, daughter of Empress Leopoldina and Dom Pedro I.
1852
Birth of Brazilian writer Carmen Dolores
1939
Registration of the first Pardo-Suiço cow, in Petrópolis (RJ)
Eighty percent of Brazilian cattle are of the zebu type, and twenty percent of the European type. The Pardo-Suiço race belongs to the European type.
1963
Birth of Marcos César Pontes, the first Brazilian astronaut
1988
Creation of National Forest (FLONA) of Ibirama (SC), per Decreto (decree) n° 95.818.
The park is located in the state of Santa Catarina and measures 570 hectares.
1990
Ayrton Senna (McLaren) won the Grand Prix of Phoenix (USA)
2003
Death of Brazilian caricaturist Miécio Caffé
2003
Tigress of the ZOO in Brasília killed employee Edson Nunes
2003
Discovery of petroleum near the coastline of Sergipe, by Petrobrás
2004
House of Representatives approved the use of guns by municipal guards in cities with more than 50 thousand inhabitants.
2005
Creation of an ecological corridor between the parks of Serra das Confusões and Serra da Capivara (PI)
2005
Sequestration of Sandra Clemente, mother of soccer player Luís Fabiano.
She was released on 12 May 2005.
2007
Bandits attacked during a show of band Chiclete com Banana, at Credicard Hall in São Paulo.
2007
Sequestration of judge Paulo Zacarias in Maceió.
He was released one day later.
By Adriano Antoine Robbesom © 2007, 2015
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