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1973 in Brazil
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Events in the year 1973 in Brazil.
Incumbents
Federal government
- President: General Emílio Médici
- Vice President: General Augusto Rademaker
Governors
- Acre: Vacant
- Alagoas: Afrânio Lages
- Amazonas: João Walter de Andrade
- Bahia: Antônio Carlos Magalhães
- Ceará: César Cals
- Espírito Santo: Artur Carlos Gerhardt Santos
- Goiás: Leonino Caiado
- Guanabara: Antonio de Pádua Chagas Freitas
- Maranhão: Pedro Neiva de Santana
- Mato Grosso: José Fragelli
- Minas Gerais: Rondon Pacheco
- Pará: Fernando Guilhon
- Paraíba: Ernâni Sátiro
- Paraná: Emílio Hoffmann Gomes
- Pernambuco: Eraldo Gueiros
- Piauí: Alberto Silva
- Rio de Janeiro: Raimundo Padhila
- Rio Grande do Norte: Jose Pereira de Araújo Cortez
- Rio Grande do Sul: Euclides Triches
- Santa Catarina: Colombo Salles
- São Paulo: Laudo Natel
- Sergipe: Paulo Barreto de Menezes
Vice governors
- Acre: Alberto Barbosa da Costa
- Alagoas: José de Medeiros Tavares
- Amazonas: Deoclides de Carvalho Leal
- Bahia: Menandro Minahim
- Ceará: Francisco Humberto Bezerra
- Espírito Santo: Henrique Pretti
- Goiás: Ursulino Tavares Leão
- Maranhão: Alexandre Sá Colares Moreira
- Mato Grosso: José Monteiro de Figueiredo
- Minas Gerais: Celso Porfírio de Araújo Machado
- Pará: Newton Burlamaqui Barreira
- Paraíba: Clóvis Bezerra Cavalcanti
- Paraná: Jaime Canet Júnior (from 11 August)
- Pernambuco: José Antônio Barreto Guimarães
- Piauí: Sebastião Rocha Leal
- Rio de Janeiro: Teotônio Araújo
- Rio Grande do Norte: Tertius Rebelo
- Rio Grande do Sul: Edmar Fetter
- Santa Catarina: Atílio Francisco Xavier Fontana
- São Paulo: Antonio José Rodrigues Filho
- Sergipe: Adalberto Moura
Events
January
- 11 January: President Emílio Garrastazu Médici signs a law that establishes the Brazilian Civil Procedure Code.[1]
February
- 11 February: Emerson Fittipaldi wins the 1973 Brazilian Grand Prix at Interlagos.[2]
April
- 26 April: Presidents Emílio Garrastazu Médici of Brazil and Alfredo Stroessner of Paraguay sign the Treaty of Itaipu in Brasília, for a joint use of hydroelectric power in the Paraná River.[3]
June
- 18 June: The president of Petrobras, General Ernesto Geisel, is selected as a candidate for President of Brazil.[4]
July
- 11 July: Varig Flight 820 makes a forced landing due to a fire breaking out and then crashing in Paris, France. 123 out of the 134 people are dead from the crash, fire, and smoke inhalation.[5]
Births
January
- 1 January: Shelda Bede, volleyball player
- 22 January: Rogério Ceni, retired footballer and coach
February
- 2 February: Latino, singer-songwriter
- 22 February: Gustavo Assis-Brasil, guitarist
- 22 February: Juninho Paulista, footballer
April
- 10 April: Roberto Carlos, footballer
- 18 April: Adriane Galisteu, Brazilian actress and model
- 15 April: Emanuel Rego, beach volleyball player[6]
May
- 8 May: Jorge Patino, mixed martial arts fighter
June
- 16 June: Veronica Rossi, novelist
July
- 19 July: Aílton, footballer
August
- 4 August: Marcos, footballer
- 6 August: Vanessa Gerbelli, actress
- 10 August: Zé Roberto, footballer
September
- 24 September: Scheila Carvalho, model and dancer
- 26 September: Leandro Hassum, actor, comedian, writer & producer
October
- 7 October: Dida, footballer
- 20 October: Rodrigo Faro, TV host, actor & singer
November
- 22 November: Eliana Michaelichen Bezerra, TV host, actress & singer
- 30 November: Angélica Ksyvickis, TV host, actress, singer & businesswoman
December
- December 3: Bruno Campos, actor and lawyer
Deaths
January
- 17 January: Tarsila do Amaral, modernist artist (b. 1886).[7]
July
- 11 July:
- Jörg Bruder, sailor and geology professor (b. 1937)[8]
- Júlio Delamare, sports journalist (b. 1928)[9]
- Filinto Müller, politician (b. 1900)
- Agostinho dos Santos, singer and composer of bossa nova (b. 1932)
