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1992 World's largest environmental summit opens, Rio De Janeiro Brazil

1988 500 die in heavy rains in Rio de Janeiro Brazil

1987 Cesium-137 stolen from abandoned hospital in Rio de Janeiro

1980 175,000 pay to hear Frank Sinatra sing in Rio de Janeiro

1966 550 die in landslides in mountains behind Rio de Janeiro after rain

1962 Jackie Silva, Rio de Janeiro Brazil, volleyballer, Pan Am-Bronze

1961 Niteroi Circus of Rio de Janeiro catches fire; 323 die

1950 Uruguay beats Brazil 2-1 for soccer's 4th World Cup in Rio de Janeiro

1947 Jennifer O'Neill, Rio de Janeiro Brazil, actress, Summer of '42

1944 Cipa Dichter, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, pianist/wife of Misha Dichter

1940 Heitor Villa-Lobos' opera "Izaht," premieres in Rio de Janeiro

1922 Uprising of social righteousness in Rio de Janeiro

1900 Steamer "Rio de Janeiro" sinks in San Francisco Bay

1887 Heitor Villa-Lobos, born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, composer, Salon Waltz

1832 HMS Beagle/Charles Darwin departs Rio de Janeiro

1832 Charles Darwin begins trip through Rio de Janeiro

1832 Charles Darwin aboard HMS Beagle reaches Rio de Janeiro

1808 Portugal's regent Dom Juan IV arrives in Rio De Janeiro

1775 Charlotte J T, infant of Portugal, Court in Rio de Janeiro

1711 French troops occupy Rio de Janeiro

1565 Spanish occupier Estacio de Sa founds Rio de Janeiro

1502 Portuguese navigators discover Rio de Janeiro



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