1960 in Brazil


Events in the year 1960 in Brazil.

Incumbents

Federal government

President: Juscelino KubitschekVice President: João Goulart

Governors

Alagoas: Sebastião Muniz Falcão Amazonas: Gilberto MestrinhoBahia: Juracy Magalhães Ceará: Parsifal Barroso Espírito Santo:Raul GiubertiGoiás: José Feliciano Ferreira Guanabara:

Vice governors

Alagoas: Sizenando Nabuco de Melo Bahia: Orlando Moscoso Ceará: Wilson Gonçalves Espírito Santo: Raul Giuberti Goiás: João de AbreuMaranhão: Alexandre Alves Costa Mato Grosso: Henrique José Vieira Neto Minas Gerais: Artur Bernardes Filho Paraíba: Pedro Gondim Pernambuco: Pelópidas da Silveira Piauí: Tibério Nunes Rio de Janeiro: Celso Peçanha Rio Grande do Norte: José Augusto Varela Santa Catarina: VacantSão Paulo: Porfírio da Paz Sergipe: Dionísio Machado

Events

February

April

April 21: The planned city of Brasília is inaugurated and becomes the country's new capital, replacing Rio de Janeiro. The old federal district of which Rio was part, becomes the state of Guanabara.

May

May 10: The Cultural Union for the Friendship of the People organization is founded.

June

June 1: A 22nd star representing the state of Guanabara is added to the flag of Brazil.June 14: A robbery on the payer train of the Estrada de Ferro Central do Brasil takes place in Japeri, Rio de Janeiro.

October

October 3 - Jânio Quadros is elected President of Brazil for a five-year term, with 5.6 million votes — the highest vote ever obtained in Brazil.

Births

January

March

August

October

Deaths

January 27: Osvaldo Aranha, politician