1973 in Brazil
Events in the year 1973 in Brazil.
Incumbents
Federal government
President: General Emílio Médici President of Brazil|Vice President]: General Augusto RademakerGovernors
Acre: VacantAlagoas: Afrânio LagesAmazonas: João Walter de AndradeBahia: Antônio Carlos Magalhães Ceará: César Cals Espírito Santo: Artur Carlos Gerhardt Santos Goiás: Leonino Caiado Guanabara: Antonio de Pádua Chagas FreitasMaranhão: Pedro Neiva de Santana Mato Grosso: José Fragelli Minas Gerais: Rondon Pacheco Pará: Fernando Guilhon Paraíba: Ernâni Sátiro Paraná: Emílio Hoffmann Gomes Pernambuco: Eraldo Gueiros Piauí: Alberto SilvaRio de Janeiro: Raimundo PadhilaGovernors of [Rio Grande do Norte|Rio Grande do Norte]: Jose Pereira de Araújo Cortez Rio Grande do Sul: Euclides Triches Santa Catarina: Colombo Salles São Paulo: Laudo Natel Sergipe: Paulo Barreto de MenezesVice governors
Acre: Alberto Barbosa da Costa Alagoas: José de Medeiros Tavares Amazonas: Deoclides de Carvalho Leal Bahia: Menandro Minahim Ceará: Francisco Humberto BezerraEspírito Santo: Henrique Pretti Goiás: Ursulino Tavares Leão Maranhão: Alexandre Sá Colares Moreira Mato Grosso: José Monteiro de Figueiredo Minas Gerais: Celso Porfírio de Araújo Machado Pará: Newton Burlamaqui Barreira Paraíba: Clóvis Bezerra Cavalcanti Paraná: Jaime Canet Júnior Pernambuco: José Antônio Barreto Guimarães Piauí: Sebastião Rocha Leal Rio de Janeiro: Teotônio AraújoRio Grande do Norte: Tertius Rebelo Rio Grande do Sul: Edmar Fetter Santa Catarina: Atílio [Francisco Xavier Fontana] São Paulo: Antonio José Rodrigues Filho Sergipe: Adalberto MouraEvents
January
- 11 January: President Emílio Garrastazu Médici signs a law that establishes the Brazilian Civil Procedure Code.
February
- 11 February: Emerson Fittipaldi wins the 1973 Brazilian Grand Prix at Interlagos.
April
- 26 April: Presidents Emílio Garrastazu Médici of Brazil and Alfredo Stroessner of Paraguay sign the Treaty of Itaipu in Brasília, for a joint use of hydroelectric power in the Paraná River.
June
- 18 June: The president of Petrobras, General Ernesto Geisel, is selected as a candidate for President of Brazil.
July
- 11 July: Varig Flight 820 makes a forced landing due to a fire breaking out and then crashing in Paris, France. 123 out of the 134 people are dead from the crash, fire, and smoke inhalation.
Births
January
- 1 January: Shelda Bede, volleyball player
- 22 January: Rogério Ceni, retired footballer and coach
February
- 2 February: Latino, singer-songwriter
- 22 February: Gustavo Assis-Brasil, guitarist
- 22 February: Juninho Paulista, footballer
April
- 10 April: Roberto Carlos, footballer
- 18 April: Adriane Galisteu, Brazilian actress and model
- 15 April: Emanuel Rego, beach volleyball player
May
8 May: Jorge Patino, mixed martial arts fighterJune
- 16 June: Veronica Rossi, novelist
July
- 19 July: Aílton, footballer
August
- 4 August: Marcos, footballer
- 6 August: Vanessa Gerbelli, actress
- 10 August: Zé Roberto, footballer
September
- 24 September: Scheila Carvalho, model and dancer
- 26 September: Leandro Hassum, actor, comedian, writer & producer
October
- 7 October: Dida, footballer
- 20 October: Rodrigo Faro, TV host, actor & singer
November
- 22 November: Eliana Michaelichen Bezerra, TV host, actress & singer
- 30 November: Angélica Ksyvickis, TV host, actress, singer & businesswoman
December
December 3: Bruno Campos, actor and lawyerDeaths
January
- 17 January: Tarsila do Amaral, modernist artist.
July
- 11 July:
- *Jörg Bruder, sailor and geology professor
- *Júlio Delamare, sports journalist
- *Filinto Müller, politician
- *Agostinho dos Santos, singer and composer of bossa nova