Vidigal

Brazilian Days 099

April 9

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Dia Nacional do Aço
(National Steel Day)

Dia da Biblioteca
(Library)

Dia Estadual do Metalúrgico
(Steelworker)

1891
Foundation of ‘Jornal do Brasil’, by Rodolfo Dantas

1980
President Figueiredo visited Paraguai and returned war trophies (1870): objects that belonged to dictator Solano López

1992
Confirmation that German nazi Josef Mengele died in Brazil in 1979

The tests were performed by German and Israeli authorities.

1922
Federação Aeronáutica Internacional (IAF: International Aeronautics Federation) granted a brevet to pilot Anésia Pinheiro Machado

1964
Humberto Castello Branco was chosen to complete the mandate of João Goulart as president of Brazil.

1964
Invasion of Universidade de Brasília by soldiers of Polícia Militar

1993
Death of Brazilian painter Augusto Rodrigues

2003
Creation of a committee that preserves and breeds Hyacinth Macaws, by IBAMA

2003
Drug trafficker Elias Pereira da Silva (Elias Maluco) condemned to 13 years in prison.

2004
Confrontation between drug traffickers of the Favelas (slums) of Rocinha and Vidigal, Rio de Janeiro

2004
Death of 13 leaders of the indigenous Caiapó tribe, in a highway accident at Nova Mutum (MT)

2006
Pritzker Prize for Brazilian architect Paulo Mendes da Rocha