1966 in Brazil
Events in the year 1966 in Brazil.
Incumbents
Federal government
President: Marshal Castelo Branco [Vice President of Brazil|President of Brazil|Vice President]: José Maria AlkminGovernors
Acre: VacantAlagoas:- * Luis Cavalcante
- * João José Batista Tubino
- * Antônio Simeão de Lamenha Filho Amazonas:
- *Artur César Ferreira Reis
- * Danilo Duarte de Matos Areosa Bahia: Lomanto Júnior Ceará:
- * Virgilio Távora
- * Franklin Chaves
- * Plácido Castelo Espírito Santo:
- *Francisco Lacerda de Aguiar
- *Rubens Rangel Goiás:
- *Emílio Rodrigues Ribas Jr
- * Otávio Lage Guanabara:
- *Raphael de Almeida Magalhães
- * Francisco Negrão de Lima Maranhão:
- *Newton de Barros Belo
- *José Sarney Mato Grosso:
- *Fernando Corrêa da Costa
- *Pedro Pedrossian Minas Gerais:
- *José de Magalhães Pinto
- * Israel Pinheiro da Silva Pará:
- *Jarbas Passarinho
- * Alacid Nunes Paraíba:
- *Pedro Gondim
- * João Agripino Maia Paraná:
- *Algacir Guimarães
- *Pablo Cruz Pimentel Pernambuco: Paulo Pessoa Guerra Piauí:
- * Petrônio Portella
- * José Odon Maia Alencar
- * Helvídio Nunes Rio de Janeiro:
- *Pablo Torres
- *Teotonio Araujo Rio Grande do Norte:
- *Aluízio Alves
- *Walfredo Gurgel Dantas Rio Grande do Sul:
- *Ildo Meneghetti
- *Walter Peracchi Barcelos Santa Catarina:
- *Celso Ramos
- *Ivo Silveira São Paulo:
- *Ademar de Barros
- *Laudo Natel Sergipe:
- *Celso Carvalho
- *Lourival Baptista
Vice governors
Alagoas: Manoel Sampaio Luz Bahia: Orlando Moscoso Ceará:- *Joaquim de Figueiredo Correia
- *Humberto Ellery Espírito Santo:
- *Rubens Rangel
- *Vacant thereafter Goiás:
- *Antônio Rezende Monteiro
- *Osires Teixeira Maranhão:
- *Alfredo Salim Duailibe
- *Antonio Jorge Dino Mato Grosso:
- *Jose Garcia Nieto
- *Lenine de Campos Póvoas Minas Gerais:
- *Clóvis Salgado da Gama
- *Pio Soares Canedo Pará:
- *Agostinho de Meneses de Monteiro
- *João Renato Franco Paraíba:
- *André Avelino de Paiva Gadelha
- *Antônio Juarez Farias Paraná: Plínio Franco Ferreira da Costa Pernambuco: VacantPiauí: João Clímaco d'AlmeidaRio de Janeiro:
- *Teotônio Araújo
- *Vacant thereafter Rio Grande do Norte:
- *Teodorico Bezerra
- *Clóvis Motta Santa Catarina:
- * Armindo Marcílio Doutel de Andrade
- * Francisco Roberto Dall'Igna
- * Vacant thereafter São Paulo:
- *Laudo Natel
- *Vacant thereafter Sergipe: ''Vacant''
Events
February
5 February: Institutional Act Number Three is issued, which introduces indirect elections for governors and vice-governors, as well as the appointment of mayors.21 February: Pelé marries Rosemeri dos Reis Cholbi.June
5 June: Adhemar de Barros is removed as Governor of São Paulo and has his political rights revoked by President Castelo Branco.6 June: Brazilian Communist Party leader Luís Carlos Prestes is sentenced to 14 years in prison.July
25 July: A bomb attack attempting to assassinate presidential candidate Artur da Costa e Silva at Recife International Airport, leaves three dead and several injured.August
20 August: The corpses of two electronic technicians wearing lead masks are found near Rio de Janeiro in an advanced state of decomposition. The cause of their death has never been determined and has been subject to much speculation.September
- 13 September: President Humberto de Alencar Castelo Branco signs the law establishing the Severance Indemnity Fund, in order to protect dismissed workers, without just cause.