1964 in Brazil

Incumbents

Federal government

Governors

Acre: VacantAlagoas: Luis Cavalcante Amazonas:

*Plínio Ramos Coelho
*Artur César Ferreira Reis Bahia: Lomanto Júnior Ceará: Virgilio TávoraEspírito Santo: Francisco Lacerda de Aguiar Goiás:
*Mauro Borges
*Carlos de Meira Mattos Guanabara: Carlos LacerdaMaranhão: Newton de Barros Belo Mato Grosso: Fernando Corrêa da Costa Minas Gerais: José de Magalhães Pinto Pará:
*Aurélio do Carmo
*Jarbas Passarinho Paraíba: Pedro Gondim Paraná: Nei Braga Pernambuco:
*Miguel Arraes
*Paulo Pessoa Guerra Piauí: Petrônio PortellaRio de Janeiro:
* Badger da Silveira
* Cordolino Ambrósio
* Pablo Torres Rio Grande do Norte: Aluízio Alves Rio Grande do Sul: Ildo Meneghetti Santa Catarina: Celso Ramos São Paulo: Ademar de Barros Sergipe:
*João de Seixas Dória
*Sebastião Celso de Carvalho

Vice governors

Alagoas: Teotônio Brandão Vilela Bahia: Orlando Moscoso Ceará: Joaquim de Figueiredo Correia Espírito Santo: Rubens Rangel Goiás: VacantMaranhão: Alfredo Salim Duailibe Mato Grosso: Jose Garcia Neto Minas Gerais: Clóvis Salgado da Gama Pará:

*Newton Burlamaqui de Miranda
*Agostinho de Meneses de Monteiro Paraíba: André Avelino de Paiva Gadelha Paraná: Afonso Alves de Camargo Neto Pernambuco:
*Paulo Pessoa Guerra
*Vacant thereafter Piauí: João Clímaco d'Almeida Rio de Janeiro:
* João Batista da Costa
* Vacant thereafter
* Teotônio Araújo Rio Grande do Norte: Teodorico Bezerra Santa Catarina: Armindo Marcílio Doutel de AndradeSão Paulo: Laudo Natel Sergipe:
*Celso Carvalho
*Vacant thereafter

Events

January

7 January: French actress Brigitte Bardot arrives in Rio de Janeiro and spends her summer in the resort of Búzios, drawing the attention of the national and international press to the place. Thanks to Bardot's visit, Búzios has now became one of the hottest spots in the Brazilian summer.

February

28 February: Nova Independência is established in São Paulo.

March

13 March: President João Goulart makes a speech at a rally in Central do Brasil, where he defends democracy and announces significant political reforms, such as nationalisation and social justice programs.19 March: The first March of the Family with God for Liberty takes place in São Paulo, with the participation of 500,000 people. Protestors ask for military intervention, in response to Goulart's political reforms speech.25 March: Corporal Anselmo leads sailors of the lower ranks in a revolt against their poor conditions of life and superiors, as well as supporting President Goulart's "basic reforms".

27 March: The Sailors' Revolt ends, after Goulart gives amnesty to the sailors and appoints Paulo Mário da Cunha Rodrigues as Minister of the Navy.31 March-'1 April': President João Goulart is overthrown in a military coup, after a sequence of events; among the movement of military troops from Minas Gerais to Rio de Janeiro and the positioning of the US navy on the Brazilian coast.

April

2 April: The National Congress, in an extraordinary session, declares that the President of the Chamber of Deputies, Ranieri Mazzilli, assumes the interim Presidency of the Republic.11 April: The country holds its first indirect elections after the coup. Castelo Branco is elected the next president by the National Congress.
13 April: Ranieri Mazzilli revokes the SUPRA decree, that was signed by João Goulart at the Central Rally in Rio de Janeiro.
15 April: Humberto de Alencar Castelo Branco is sworn in as the 26th President of Brazil, and the first of the Military Regime.

May

13 May: Brazil terminates its diplomatic relations with Cuba.

June

10 June: The GTEPE , a precursor to GETEPE (Space Project Study and Executive Group), is created.

August

22 August: President Castelo Branco creates the National Housing Bank, to build homes for the middle class and to generate jobs.

November

30 November: President Humberto de Alencar Castelo Branco promulgates the Land Statute, a law that regulates rights and obligations related to rural real estate.

December

1 December: Energy rationing ends in São Paulo.31 December: The Central Bank of Brazil and the National Monetary Council are established.

Births

January

January 11: Patrícia Pillar, actress
January 18: Gustavo Bebianno, lawyer and politician
January 20: Márcia Cabrita, actress

February

February 16: Bebeto, retired footballer and politician

April

April 18: Lourenço Mutarelli, underground comic book writer
April 21: Anna Muylaert, television and film director

May

May 23: Beto Brant, filmmaker

July

July 10: Dalton Vigh, actor

August

August 17: Jorginho, coach and retired footballer

September

September 11:
* Alexandre Lippiani, actor and voice actor
* Damares Alves, Minister of Human Rights, Family and Women

October

October 26: Irving São Paulo, actor

November

November 20: Leonardo Medeiros, actor

December

December 7: Roberta Close, transgender model

Deaths

January

January 20: Aníbal Machado

February

February 9: Ary Barroso, composer, pianist, soccer commentator, and talent-show host

November

November 6: Anita Malfatti, artist