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2013 Event - Brazilian Roberto Azevedo is named the next Director-General of the World Trade Organization; he assumes the position September 1, 2013

2010 Event - Brazilian storms in Alagoas and Pernambuco states kill 46 people

2010 Event - Two men on motorcycles fatally shot Pedro Alcantara de Souza, a Brazilian land reform activist, five times in the head while he tried to ride his bicycle in Para

1997 Death - Paulo Freire, Brazilian educator, influential theorist of critical pedagogy, educator, author, studied philosophy, phe, nomenology, psychology of language, embraced a non-orthodox form of liberation theology, wrote 'Pedagogy of the Oppressed', dies from heart failure

1994 Death - Ayrton Senna, Brazilian Grand prix driver, dies in crash at 34

1992 Death - Ulysses Guimaraes, Brazilian MP (chairman), dies in accident

1987 Death - Charles Drummond de Andrade, Brazilian poet, dies at 84

1987 Death - Gilberto Freye, Brazilian sociologist/writer, dies at 87

1985 Event - American, Brazilian and West German forensic pathologists confirm skeletal remains exhumed in Brazil were Nazi Dr. Josef Mengele

1982 Death - Jacques Klein, Brazilian pianist, dies at 52

1982 Death - Alberto Cavalcanti, Brazilian director (Herr Puntila), dies at 85

1982 Event - Brazilian B-727 flight crashes into mountain; 135 die

1982 Birthday - Ana Beatriz Barros, Brazilian Model

1980 Birthday - Gisele Bundchen, Brazilian Model

1979 Death - Guiomar Novaes, pianist (Brazilian Order of Merit), dies at 84

1977 Event - Brazilian soccer great Pele' retires with 1,281 goals in 1,363 games

1976 Birthday - "Ronaldo" de Lima, Brazilian soccer player, Cruzeiros/PSV

1974 Event - Brazilian president Garastazu Medici resigns

1974 Birthday - Andre Batista Santos "Vampeta", Brazilian soccer player, PSV

1973 Event - Brazilian Boeing 707 crashes near Paris, 122 killed

1970 Birthday - Igor Cavalera, Brazilian pop drummer, Sepultura

1969 Death - Carlos Marighela, Brazilian guerilla, dies in battle

1969 Birthday - Max Cavalera, Brazilian rock vocalist and guitarist, Sepultura

1968 Birthday - Andreas Kisser, Brazilian heavy metal guitarist, Sepultura

1968 Birthday - Paulo, Jr., Brazilian pop bassist, Sepultura, Morbid Visions

1961 Event - Brazilian president Janio Quadros, resigns

1960 Birthday - Ayrton Senna, Brazilian formula-1 racer, 1988 champ

1959 Death - Heitor Villa-Lobos, Brazilian composer/pianist/conductor, dies at 72

1956 Birthday - Walter Salles, Brazilian Director

1953 Death - Graciliano Ramos, Brazilian author (Vidas Secas), dies at 60

1948 Death - Oscar L Fernandez, Brazilian conductor and composer (Imbapara), dies at 50

1947 Death - Julio A Peixoto, Brazilian writer (Fruta do Mato), dies at 70

1947 Birthday - Paulo Coelho, Brazilian Novelist

1945 Birthday - Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, Brazilian Politician

1945 Death - Mario R de Morais Andrade, Brazilian poet/folklorist, dies at 51

1938 Birthday - Leonardo Boff, Italy, Brazilian Catholic theologian

1937 Event - Brazilian dictator Getulio Vargas proclaims "Estado novo"

1932 Death - Alberto Santos Dumont, Brazilian Aviator

1930 Birthday - Jacques Klein, Brazilian pianist

1928 Death - Manuel de Oliveira Lima, Brazilian historian, dies at 60

1921 Birthday - Paulo Freire, born in Recife, Brazil, Brazilian educator, influential theorist of critical pedagogy, educator, author, studied philosophy, phenomenology, psychology of language, embraced a non-orthodox form of liberation theology, wrote 'Pedagogy of the Oppressed'

1920 Death - Alberto Nepomuceno, Brazilian composer and conductor (Artemis), dies at 56

1920 Death - Alberto Nepomuceno, Brazilian composer and conductor (Artemis), dies at 56

1919 Birthday - Dom Helder Camara, Brazilian bishop

1917 Birthday - Laurindo Almeida, Brazilian guitarist, developed bossa nova

1912 Birthday - Jorge Amado, Brazilian writer, O Pais do Carnaval

1902 Birthday - Charles Drummond de Andrade, Brazilian poet, Claro Enigma

1900 Birthday - Gilberto Freye, Brazilian sociologist/writer

1899 Death - Alfredo d'Escragnolle, French/Brazilian writer (Innocencia), dies

1898 Death - Joao da Cruz, Brazilian poet, dies at 26

1897 Birthday - Oscar Lorenzo Fernandez, Brazilian conductor and composer, Imbapara

1895 Death - Raul d'Avila Pompeia, Brazilian writer (Boarding-school), dies at 32

1895 Birthday - Guiomar Novaes, Brazil, pianist, Brazilian Order of Merit

1893 Birthday - Alceu Amoroso Lima, Brazilian author

1893 Birthday - Mario R de Morais Andrade, Brazilian writer/poet/story teller

1892 Birthday - Graciliano Ramos, Brazilian author/mayor of Palmeira

1886 Death - Robert Collier, Robert Porrett Collier, 1st Baron Monkswell, politician, judge, educated at Oxford, successfully defended Brazilian pirates, dies

1886 Death - Antonio C G Crespo, Brazilian/Portuguese poet, dies at 40

1877 Death - Jose M de Alencar, Brazilian writer/minister of Justice, dies at 48

1876 Birthday - Julio A. Peixoto, Brazilian writer, O esfinge

1875 Death - Luis NF Varela, Brazilian romantic poet, dies at 33

1873 Birthday - Alberto Santos Dumont, Brazilian Aviator

1871 Death - Antonio de Castro Alves, Brazilian poet (O navio negreiro), dies at 34

1871 Birthday - Maria do Carmo Geronimo, Brazilian lives to be at least 126

1867 Birthday - Manuel de Oliveira Lima, Brazilian historian/diplomat

1866 Event - Paraguayan canoes sink 2 Brazilian ironclads on Rio Parana

1864 Death - Antonio Gonalves Dias, Brazilian national poet, dies at sea

1863 Birthday - Raul d'Avila Pompeia, Brazilian writer, Boarding School

1861 Birthday - Joao da Cruz, Brazilian poet

1856 Event - Argentine and Brazilian sign a navigation pact

1847 Birthday - Antonio de Castro Alves, Brazilian poet, Espumas Flutuantes

1846 Birthday - Antonio C. G. Crespo, Brazilian and Portuguese poet

1841 Birthday - Luis NF Varela, Brazilian romantic poet

1829 Birthday - Jose M de Alencar, Brazilian writer/minister of Justice

1823 Birthday - Antonio G Dias, Brazilian poet

1817 Birthday - Robert Collier, born in England, Robert Porrett Collier, 1st Baron Monkswell, politician, judge, educated at Oxford, successfully defended Brazilian pirates

1789 Death - Claudio M da Costa, Brazilian conductor, dies at 59

1729 Birthday - Claudio M da Costa, Brazilian poet

1534 Birthday - Jose de Anchieta, Spanish jesuit and missionary, Brazilian Tupi-Indians

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