1959 in Brazil

Events in the year 1959 in Brazil.

Incumbents

President: Juscelino KubitschekPresident of Brazil|Vice President]: João Goulart

Alagoas: Sebastião Muniz FalcãoAmazonas:

Alagoas: Sizenando Nabuco de Melo Bahia: Orlando Moscoso Ceará: Wilson Gonçalves Espírito Santo:

31 January: The Brazilian Men's Basketball Team wins its first World Basketball Championship title by beating the Chilean Men's Basketball Team in Santiago.

26 May: The non-profit philanthropic organization, The Charitable Works Foundation of Sister Dulce is established by Sister Dulce.

17 June: President Juscelino Kubitschek decides to break away with the IMF, due to pressure on meeting loan requirements.

23 August: The first Brazilian Football Championship begins with state champion clubs in the country's cities.

2 December: Journalist Antônio Callado from Correio da Manhã publishes a series of reports on the Peasant Leagues of the Northeast.
2-4 December: Officials of the Brazilian Air Force and Brazilian Army try to start a military uprising with a seizure of power and carry out the country's first plane hijacking. The revolt would fail and later be known as the Aragarças Revolt.
7 December: The Legislative Assembly of Pernambuco approves the expropriation of Engenho Galiléia, a project by Deputy Francisco Julião; lawyer for the Peasant League.
15 December: SUDENE is created by Law nº 3.692, which would seek the development of the Northeast region of Brazil.

13 January: Gilmar Rinaldi, retired footballer20 January: Ivo Cassol, politician

23 September: Hortência Marcari, basketball player

20 February: Gregório Bondar, Russian-Brazilian agronomist

16 August: José Pessoa, Brazilian military officer

17 November: Heitor Villa-Lobos, Brazilian composer