1989 in Brazil


The following lists events that happened in the year 1989 in Brazil.

Incumbents

Federal government

President: José SarneyVice President: ''vacant''

Governors

Acre:

Vice governors

Acre: Edison Simão Cadaxo Alagoas:

Events

January

January 1: Tocantins, Brazil's 25th state, is established.January 15: Minister of Finance Maílson da Nóbrega launches Plano Verão and a new currency in the country, the Cruzado Novo (NCz$), which is equivalent to 1,000 Cruzados.

March

March 18: The Memorial da América Latina is inaugurated in São Paulo. It's an architectural project by Oscar Niemeyer with the concept and cultural project developed by the anthropologist Darcy Ribeiro.

May

May 8: The secretary general of Itamaraty, Paulo Tarso Flecha de Lima, signs a document at the Vietnamese embassy in Havana, Cuba, establishing diplomatic relations with Vietnam.May 20: Palmas, capital of the state of Tocantins, is founded.

July

July 16: Brazil defeats Uruguay 1-0, to win their fourth Copa America trophy. This is the first championship won by Brazil since the 1970 FIFA World Cup.

September

September 3: Varig Flight 254 crashes in the Amazon rainforest, near São José do Xingu, in Serra do Cachimbo. Of the 54 passengers and crew members, 12 died and many more sustained serious injuries.

November

November 15: In the centenary of the Proclamation of the Republic, Brazil holds its first democratic presidential elections since 1960, following the military regime.November 16: Fernando Collor de Mello and Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva advance to the second round of the presidential election.

December

December 17:

Births

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July

September

October

Deaths

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August