Events in the year 1970 in Brazil.
Incumbents Federal government President: General Emílio Garrastazu Médici Vice President: General Augusto Rademaker
Governors Acre: Vacant Alagoas: Antônio Simeão de Lamenha Filho Amazonas: Danilo Duarte de Matos Areosa Bahia: Luís Viana Filho Ceará: Plácido Castelo Espírito Santo: Cristiano Dias Lopes Filho Goiás: Otávio Lage Guanabara: Francisco Negrão de Lima (until 15 March) Antonio de Pádua Chagas Freitas (starting 15 March) Maranhão: José Sarney (until 14 May) Antônio Jorge Dino (from 14 May) Mato Grosso: Pedro Pedrossian Minas Gerais: Israel Pinheiro da Silva Pará: Alacid Nunes Paraíba: João Agripino Maia Paraná: Pablo Cruz Pimentel Pernambuco: Nilo Coelho Piauí: Helvídio Nunes (until 14 May) João Turíbio Monteiro de Santana (14 May-15 May) João Clímaco d'Almeida (from 15 May) Rio de Janeiro: Geremias de Mattos Fontes Rio Grande do Norte: Walfredo Gurgel Dantas Rio Grande do Sul: Walter Peracchi Barcelos Santa Catarina: Ivo Silveira São Paulo: Roberto Costa de Abreu Sodré Sergipe: Lourival Baptista (until 14 May) Wolney Leal de Melo (14 May-4 June) João de Andrade Garcez (from 4 June)
Vice governors Alagoas: Manoel Sampaio Luz Amazonas: Deoclides de Carvalho Leal Bahia: Jutahy Magalhães Ceará: Humberto Ellery Espírito Santo: Isaac Lopes Rubim Goiás: Osires Teixeira Maranhão: Antonio Jorge Dino (until 14 May) Vacant thereafter (from 14 May) Mato Grosso: Lenine de Campos Póvoas Minas Gerais: Pio Soares Canedo Pará: João Renato Franco Paraíba: Antônio Juarez Farias (from 12 September) Paraná: Plínio Franco Ferreira da Costa Pernambuco: Salviano Machado Filho Piauí: João Clímaco d'Almeida (until 14 May) Vacant thereafter (from 14 May) Rio de Janeiro: Heli Ribeiro Gomes Rio Grande do Norte: Clóvis Motta Santa Catarina: Jorge Bornhausen São Paulo: Hilário Torloni Sergipe: Manoel Paulo Vasconcelos (until 14 May) Vacant thereafter (from 14 May)
Events January January 26: After Leila Diniz's controversial interview to O Pasquim, the government signs Decree-Law Nº 1.077/1970, which censors material "subversive of morals and good customs"
March March 11: Japanese consul-general in São Paulo, Nobuo Okuchi is kidnapped by the leftist guerrilla group Vanguarda Popular Revolucionária. March 14: Five political prisoners are released in exchange for the release of Japanese consul Nobuo Okuchi."Os cinco presos em vôo para o México" (primeira página do 1° caderno), Folha de S.Paulo (15 de março de 1970). March 15: Japanese consul Nobuo Okuchi is released in the early evening, 97 hours and 45 minutes after being kidnapped by members of the VPR."Posto em liberdade o consul do Japão" (primeira página do 1° caderno), Folha de S.Paulo (16 de março de 1970). March 25: President Emílio Garrastazu Médici signs a decree-law, providing for the expansion of the Brazilian territorial sea from 12 to 200 nautical miles."Brasil amplia seu limite maritimo" (primeira página do 1° caderno), Folha de S.Paulo (26 de março de 1970).
June June 11: West German ambassador Ehrenfried von Holleben is kidnapped in Rio de Janeiro, by the Vanguarda Popular Revolucionária and Ação Libertadora Nacional."Brasil informa Bonn: tudo para salvar von Holleben" (página 5 do 1° caderno), Folha de S.Paulo (13 de junho de 1970). June 21: Brazil defeats Italy 4–1 to win the 1970 FIFA World Cup in Mexico. It is the third time Brazil wins the FIFA World Cup."Ele voltam amanhã com a Taça" (primeira página do 1° caderno), Folha de S.Paulo (22 de junho de 1970).
July July 1: Four Vanguarda Popular Revolucionária (VPR) members unsuccessfully attempt to hijack a Cruzeiro do Sul plane with 34 passengers and 7 crew on board. The aircraft was stormed and the hijackers arrested."O primeiro sequestro de avião frustrado no País" (primeira página do 1° caderno), Folha de S.Paulo (2 de julho de 1970). July 31: Brazilian consul Aloísio Mares Dias Gomide is kidnapped in Montevideo, Uruguay, by the Tupamaros; an Uruguayan urban guerrilla group."Sequestrado consul do Brasil: Uruguai" (primeira página do 1° caderno), Folha de S.Paulo (1 de agosto de 1970).
November November 15: General elections for senators, federal and state deputies, mayors, and councilors are held."Trinta milhões vão hoje às urnas" (primeira página do 1° caderno), Folha de S.Paulo (15 de novembro de 1970).
December December 7: Giovanni Enrico Bucher, the Swiss ambassador to Brazil, is kidnapped by the Ação Libertadora Nacional in Rio de Janeiro; kidnappers demand the release of 70 political prisoners."O embaixador da Suiça é sequestrado no Rio" (páginas 1 e 4 do 1° caderno), Folha de S.Paulo (8 de dezembro de 1970).
Births January January 1 – João Miguel, actor January 20 – Andrucha Waddington, director and producer
April April 18 – Patrícia Bastos, singer April 20 – Adriano Moraes, rodeo performer
May
May 22 – Pedro Diniz, racing driver
June June 7 – Ronaldo da Costa, long-distance runner Cafu, footballer
June 8 – Seu Jorge, Musical artist
August
August 11 – Daniella Perez, actress (died 1992) August 27 – Edinho, footballer and manager
September
September 4 – Igor Cavalera, drummer September 19 – Sonny Anderson, footballer
Deaths February February 20 – João Café Filho, 18th President of Brazil (b. 1899)
See also 1970 in Brazilian football 1970 in Brazilian television List of Brazilian films of 1970
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