Brazilian Days 082
March 23
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DAY OF:
Dia Mundial da Meteorologia
(World Meteorological Day). In 2013, the 50th anniversary of World Weather Watch is celebrated.
Dia da Inclusão Digital
(Digital Inclusion)
BRAZILIAN HISTORY:
1726
Elevation of Nossa Senhora do Desterro (now Florianópolis,SC) to the status of vila.
This date is marked as the anniversary of Florianópolis.
1957
Professional debut of boxer Éder Jofre
1688
City of São Luís nominated as capital of Maranhão and do Grão-Pará
1535
Vasco Fernandes Coutinho baptized his Capitania ‘Espírito Santo’
1681
City of São Paulo elevated to the status of capital of the Capitania São Paulo.
1844
Birth of Cícero Romão Batista (Padre Cícero)
1955
Death of Artur da Silva Bernardes, Brazilian president from 1922 to 1926
1982
Nelson Piquet won the Formula I GP of Brazil in Jacarepaguá (RJ).
2003
Brazilian horseman Rodrigo Pessoa won the Grand Prix of s’ Hertogenbosch (the Netherlands)
2003
Liberation of entrepreneur Pedro Carlos Brito, who was kidnapped on 5 February 2003.
2007
Mega operation of Polícia Civil (Civil Police) in entire Brazil (1675 arrested in the state of São Paulo only)
1869
Luís Alves de Lima e Silva received the title Duque de Caxias.
1972
Final goal by Garrincha as a professional soccer player.
1986
Ayrton Senna and Nelson Piquet finished 1st and 2nd, respectively, in the Formula I Grand Prix of Brazil.
2000
Election of writer Carlos Heitor Cony for the Academia Brasileira de Letras (Brazilian Letter Academy).
By Adriano Antoine Robbesom © 2007, 2015
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