Events in the year 1959 in Brazil.
Incumbents Federal government President: Juscelino Kubitschek Vice President: João Goulart
Governors Alagoas: Sebastião Muniz Falcão Amazonas: Plínio Ramos Coelho (till 25 March) Gilberto Mestrinho (from 25 March) Bahia: Antônio Balbino then Juracy Magalhães Ceará: Flávio Marcílio (until 25 March) Parsifal Barroso (from 25 March) Espírito Santo: Francisco Lacerda de Aguiar (until 31 January) Carlos Fernando Monteiro Lindenberg (31 January-10 October) Raul Giuberti (from 10 October) Goiás: José Ludovico de Almeida (until 31 January) José Feliciano Ferreira (from 31 January) Maranhão: José de Matos Carvalho Mato Grosso: João Ponce de Arruda Minas Gerais: José Francisco Bias Fortes Pará: Magalhães Barata (until 29 May) Luís de Moura Carvalho (from 29 May) Paraíba: Pedro Gondim Paraná: Moisés Lupion Pernambuco: Otávio Correia de Araújo (until 31 January) Constantino Carneiro de Albuquerque Maranhão (31 January-31 March) Cid Sampaio (from 31 March) Piauí: Jacob Gaioso e Almendra (until 25 March) Chagas Rodrigues (from 25 March) Rio de Janeiro: Togo Barros (until 30 January) Osmar Serpa de Carvalho (30 January-31 January) Roberto Silveira (from 31 January) Rio Grande do Norte: Dinarte de Medeiros Mariz Rio Grande do Sul: Ildo Meneghetti (until 25 March) Leonel Brizola (from 25 March) Santa Catarina: Heriberto Hülse São Paulo: Jânio Quadros (until 31 January) Carlos Alberto Alves de Carvalho Pinto (from 31 January) Sergipe: Leandro Maciel (until 31 January) Luís Garcia (from 31 January)
Vice governors Alagoas: Sizenando Nabuco de Melo Bahia: Orlando Moscoso (from 7 April) Ceará: Wilson Gonçalves (from 25 March) Espírito Santo: Adwalter Ribeiro Soares (until 31 January) Raul Giuberti (from 31 January) Goiás: Bernardo Sayão Carvalho Araújo (until 31 January) João de Abreu (from 31 January) Maranhão: Alexandre Alves Costa Mato Grosso: Henrique José Vieira Neto Minas Gerais: Artur Bernardes Filho Paraíba: Pedro Gondim Pernambuco: Pelópidas da Silveira (from 15 December) Piauí: Francisco Ferreira de Castro (until 25 March) Tibério Nunes (from 25 March) Rio de Janeiro: Roberto Silveira (until 25 March) Celso Peçanha (from 25 March) Rio Grande do Norte: José Augusto Varela Santa Catarina: Vacant São Paulo: Porfírio da Paz Sergipe: José Machado de Souza (until 31 January) Dionísio Machado (from 31 January)
Events January 31 January: The Brazilian Men's Basketball Team wins its first World Basketball Championship title by beating the Chilean Men's Basketball Team in Santiago.Informa o Sr. Kubitschek: Medalhas de honra ao merito esportivo aos campeões de basquetebol (primeira página do 1° caderno), Folha da Manhã (5 February 1959).Brasil, campeão mundial de basquetebol (primeira página do 1° caderno), Folha da Manhã (1 February 1959).
May 26 May: The non-profit philanthropic organization, The Charitable Works Foundation of Sister Dulce is established by Sister Dulce.
June 17 June: President Juscelino Kubitschek decides to break away with the IMF, due to pressure on meeting loan requirements.
August 23 August: The first Brazilian Football Championship begins with state champion clubs in the country's cities.Seis jogos entre campeões iniciam esta tarde a disputa da Taça Brasil (página 2 do único caderno), Folha da Manhã (23 de agosto de 1959).
December 2 December: Journalist Antônio Callado from Correio da Manhã publishes a series of reports on the Peasant Leagues of the Northeast.Welch, Cliff. Keeping Communism Down on the Farm: The Brazilian Rural Labor Movement during the Cold War, Latin American Perspectives Vol. 33, pg. 29.Welch, Cliff. Keeping Communism Down on the Farm: The Brazilian Rural Labor Movement during the Cold War, Latin American Perspectives Vol. 33, pg. 28-50. 2-4 December: Officials of the Brazilian Air Force and Brazilian Army try to start a military uprising with a seizure of power and carry out the country's first plane hijacking. The revolt would fail and later be known as the Aragarças Revolt.Aragarcascpdoc.fgv.br Movimento de rebeldia na FAB; o governo controla a situação (primeira página do 1° caderno), Folha da Manhã (4 December 1959). 7 December: The Legislative Assembly of Pernambuco approves the expropriation of Engenho Galiléia (a sugar mill), a project by Deputy Francisco Julião; lawyer for the Peasant League.Francisco Julião, Atlas Historico do Brasil. 15 December: SUDENE is created by Law nº 3.692, which would seek the development of the Northeast region of Brazil.
Births January 13 January: Gilmar Rinaldi, retired footballer 20 January: Ivo Cassol, politician
April 12 April: Robinson Faria, politician (Governor of Rio Grande do Norte, 2015-2018) 18 April: José Eduardo Cardozo, lawyer
September 23 September: Hortência Marcari, basketball player
Deaths February 20 February: Gregório Bondar, Russian-Brazilian agronomist (b. 1881)
August 16 August: José Pessoa, Brazilian military officer (b. 1885)
November 17 November: Heitor Villa-Lobos, Brazilian composer (b. 1887)
References
See also 1959 in Brazilian football