Events in the year 1987 in Brazil:
Incumbents Federal government President: José Sarney Vice President: Vacant
Governors Acre: Iolanda Fleming (until 15 March) Flaviano Melo (from 15 March) Alagoas: José de Medeiros Tavares (until 15 March) Fernando Collor de Mello (from 15 March) Amazonas: Gilberto Mestrinho (until 15 March) Amazonino Mendes (from 15 March) Bahia: João Durval Carneiro (until 15 March) Waldir Pires (from 15 March) Ceará: Gonzaga Mota (until 15 March) Tasso Jereissati (from 15 March) Espírito Santo: José Moraes (until 15 March) Max Freitas Mauro (from 15 March) Goiás: Onofre Quinan (until 15 March) Henrique Santillo (from 15 March) Maranhão: Luís Rocha (until 15 March) Epitácio Cafeteira (from 15 March) Mato Grosso: Wilmar Peres de Faria (until 15 March) Carlos Bezerra (from 15 March) Mato Grosso do Sul: Ramez Tebet (until 15 March) Marcelo Miranda Soares (from 15 March) Minas Gerais: Hélio Garcia (until 15 March) Newton Cardoso (from 15 March) Pará: Jader Barbalho (until 15 March) Hélio Gueiros (from 15 March) Paraíba: Milton Bezerra Cabral (until 15 March) Tarcísio Burity (from 15 March) Paraná: João Elísio Ferraz de Campos (until 15 March) Alvaro Dias (from 15 March) Pernambuco: Gustavo Krause (until 15 March) Miguel Arraes (from 15 March) Piauí: Bona Medeiros (until 15 March) Alberto Silva (from 15 March) Rio de Janeiro: Leonel Brizola then Moreira Franco Rio Grande do Norte: Radir Pereira de Araujo (until 15 March) Geraldo José Ferreira de Melo (from 15 March) Rio Grande do Sul: Jair de Oliveira Soares (until 15 March) Pedro Simon (from 15 March) Rondônia: Ângelo Angelin (until 15 March) Jerônimo Garcia de Santana (from 15 March) Santa Catarina: Esperidião Amin (until 15 March) Pedro Ivo Campos (from 15 March) São Paulo: André Franco Montoro (until 15 March) Orestes Quércia (from 15 March) Sergipe: João Alves Filho (until 15 March) Antônio Carlos Valadares (from 15 March)
Vice governors Acre: Edison Simão Cadaxo (from 15 March) Alagoas: Moacir Andrade (from 15 March) Amazonas: Vivaldo Barros Frota (from 15 March) Bahia: Edvaldo de Oliveira Flores (until 15 March) Nilo Moraes Coelho (from 15 March) Ceará: José Adauto Bezerra (until 15 March) Francisco Castelo de Castro (from 15 March) Espírito Santo: José Moraes (until 15 March) Carlos Alberto Batista da Cunha (from 15 March) Goiás: Joaquim Domingos Roriz (from 15 March) Maranhão: João Rodolfo Ribeiro Gonçalves (until 15 March) João Alberto Souza (from 15 March) Mato Grosso: Edison de Oliveira (from 15 March) Mato Grosso do Sul: Vacant (until 15 March) George Takimoto (from 15 March) Minas Gerais: Júnia Marise de Azeredo Coutinho (from 15 March) Pará: Laércio Dias Franco (until 15 March) Hermínio Calvinho Filho (from 15 March) Paraíba: Antônio da Costa Gomes (until 15 March) Vacant (from 15 March) Paraná: Ary Veloso Queiroz (from 15 March) Pernambuco: Carlos Wilson Rocha de Queirós Campos (from 15 March) Piauí: Lucídio Portela Nunes (from 15 March) Rio de Janeiro: Darcy Ribeiro (until 15 March) Francisco Amaral (from 15 March) Rio Grande do Norte: Vacant (until 15 March) Garibaldi Alves (from 15 March) Rio Grande do Sul: Cláudio Ênio Strassburger (until 15 March) Sinval Sebastião Duarte Guazzelli (from 15 March) Rondônia: Orestes Muniz Filho (from 15 March) Santa Catarina: Victor Fontana (until 15 March) Casildo João Maldaner (from 15 March) São Paulo: Vacant (until 15 March) Almino Afonso (from 15 March) Sergipe: Antônio Carlos Valadares (until 15 March) Benedito de Figueiredo (from 15 March)
Events February 1 February: The National Constituent Assembly is installed by the President of the Supreme Federal Court, José Carlos Moreira Alves.Aberto o Congresso constituinte (primeira página do 1° caderno), Folha de S. Paulo (2 de fevereiro de 1987). 25 February: The Central Bank of Brazil decides to intervene in banks in the states of Maranhão, Ceará, Mato Grosso, Rio de Janeiro and Santa Catarina.BC intervém em 5 bancos estaduais (primeira página do 1° caderno), Folha de S. Paulo (26 de fevereiro de 1987).
June 12 June: President José Sarney announces the launch of the Bresser Plan, which freezes rents and wages.Sarney dá segundo choque; preços e salários congelados por 90 dias (primeira página do 1° caderno), Folha de S. Paulo (13 de junho de 1987). July July 26: Around 70 people are killed, after a crash between two tourist buses and a Voyage car on BR-040, which connects Rio de Janeiro to Belo Horizonte in Nova Lima, Minas Gerais.Choque entre ônibus mata 70 em Minas (primeira página do 1° caderno), Folha de S. Paulo (27 de julho de 1987). August 1 August: Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is chosen as a candidate for the presidency of the Republic by the Workers' Party.PT antecipa a corrida para suceder Sarney (primeira página do 1° caderno), Folha de S. Paulo (2 de agosto de 1987).
September 13 September: A radioactive object is stolen from an abandoned hospital in Goiânia, Brazil, contaminating many people in the following weeks and causing some to die from radiation poisoning. December 7 December: Brasília is declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO.Brasília vira patrimônio da humanidade (primeira página do 1° caderno), Folha de S. Paulo (8 de dezembro de 1987).
Births January January 10: César Cielo, swimmer January 15: Jesus Luz, model and DJ March March 20: Jô, footballer April April 5: Rodolpho Toski, football referee April 22: David Luiz, footballer
June June 6: Cássio, footballer June 25: Hugo Bonemer, actor July July 7: Alex Pereira, mixed martial artist July 13: Wellington Menezes de Oliveira, mass murderer (d. 2011) July 23: Luiz Gustavo, footballer
October October 11: Andressa Urach, model & reality television star December December 13: Weverton, footballer December 18: Deiveson Figueiredo, mixed martial artist December 31: Maiara & Maraisa, musical duo
Deaths February February 2: Carlos Castilho, footballer (b. 1927) August August 17: Carlos Drummond de Andrade, poet and writer (b. 1902) September September 18: Golbery do Couto e Silva, general and politician (b. 1911) December December 22: José do Patrocínio Oliveira, musician and voice actor (b. 1904)
See also 1987 in Brazilian football 1987 in Brazilian television
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