1977 in Brazil
Events in the year 1977 in Brazil.
Incumbents
Federal government
President: General Ernesto Geisel [Vice President of Brazil|President of Brazil|Vice President]: General Adalberto Pereira dos SantosGovernors
Acre: VacantAlagoas: Divaldo Suruagy Amazonas: Henoch da Silva ReisBahia: Roberto Santos Ceará: José Adauto Bezerra Espírito Santo: Élcio Álvares Goiás: Irapuan Costa Jr. Maranhão: Oswaldo da Costa Nunes Freire Mato Grosso: Jose Garcia Neto [List of Governors of List of Governors of Mato Grosso|Mato Grosso do Sul|Mato Grosso do Sul]: VacantMinas Gerais: Aureliano Chaves Pará: Aloysio Chaves Paraíba: Ivan Bichara Paraná: Jaime Canet Júnior Pernambuco: Francisco Moura Cavalcanti Piauí: Dirceu Arcoverde Rio de Janeiro: Floriano P. Faria LimaRio Grande do Norte: Tarcisio de Vasconcelos Maia Rio Grande do Sul: Sinval Sebastião Duarte GuazzelliSanta Catarina: Antônio Carlos Konder Reis São Paulo: Paulo Egídio Martins Sergipe: José RollembergVice governors
Acre: Omar Sabino de Paula Alagoas: VacantAmazonas: João Bosco Ramos de Lima Bahia: Edvaldo Brandão Correia Ceará: José Waldemar de Alcântara e Silva Espírito Santo: Carlos Alberto Lindenberg von Schilgen Goiás: José Luís Bittencourt Maranhão: José Duailibe Murad Mato Grosso: Cássio Leite de Barros Mato Grosso do Sul: VacantMinas Gerais: Levindo Ozanam Coelho Pará: Clovis Silva de Morais Rego Paraíba: Dorgival Terceiro Neto Paraná: Octávio Cesário Pereira Júnior Pernambuco: Paulo Gustavo de Araújo Cunha Piauí: Djalma Martins Veloso Rio de Janeiro: VacantRio Grande do Norte: Geraldo Melo Rio Grande do Sul: José Augusto Amaral de Sousa Santa Catarina: Marcos Henrique Büechler São Paulo: Ferreira Filho Sergipe: Antônio Ribeiro SoteloEvents
April
- April 1: President Ernesto Geisel closes the National Congress of Brazil to control presidential succession as conflict erupts between him, the duristas, Congress, the Church, and the media.
- April 14: President Geisel signs constitutional amendment n°8 and reopens the National Congress of Brazil.
June
- June 23: In a second ballot by 226 votes in favor and 159 against; the National Congress of Brazil approves a constitutional amendment by Senators Nelson Carneiro and Acioli Filho, that legalizes divorce.
August
- August 3: Writer Rachel de Queiroz becomes the first woman elected to the Brazilian Academy of Letters.
- August 17: Jorge Amado's novel Tieta do Agreste is published, which becomes one of his best-selling works.
October
- October 1: Pelé, playing for the New York Cosmos, scores his last goal to defeat Santos FC 2-1, at Giants Stadium, in East Rutherford, New Jersey, United States. This would be his last official game, thus saying goodbye to his professional football career.
- October 11: President Ernesto Geisel signs a law, creating the state of Mato Grosso do Sul.
December
- December 26: President Ernesto Geisel signs a law that legalizes and regulates divorce.
Births
March
- 27 March: Vítor Meira race car driver
April
- 1 April: Vitor Belfort, MMA fighter
June
8 June: Falcão, footballerJuly
20 July: Susana Werner, model and actress30 July: Fabrício Werdum, Jiu-Jitsu practitionerAugust
24 August: Denílson, footballerSeptember
14 September: Alex, footballerOctober
- 31 October: Larissa Maciel, actress
November
- 6 November: Demian Maia, mixed martial artist
- 8 November: João Rodrigo Silva Santos soccer player
December
December 12: Evangelista Santos, mixed martial arts fighterDeaths
January
- 22 January: Maysa Matarazzo, singer
February
- 13 February: Carolina Maria de Jesus, memorialist
March
- 18 March: Carlos Pace, racing driver