2014 Event Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff has been elected to her second term, winning with 51.6% of the vote over Aecio Neves 2014 Event Brazilian police distribute pamphlets to World Cup visitors with instructions on how to behave in the event of a robbery; the advice is meant to protect victims from injury or death during crime 2014 Event The Brazilian government is auctioning part of the nation's television bandwidth spectrum to mobile phone companies, providing much-needed capacity to meet wireless demand 2014 Event The Brazilian government plans to cut its spending by almost $19 billion this year in an effort to reduce the country's debt and inflation growth; economists have revised current year GDP and next year's growth forecast downward in recent weeks 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
