1963 in Brazil
Years 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965
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22 stars (1960–68)
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Second Brazilian Republic
Year of Constitution: 1946

Events in the year 1963 in Brazil.

Incumbents

Federal government

• President: João Goulart
• Prime Minister: Hermes Lima (until 23 January)
• Vice President: vacant

Governors

• Acre: Vacant
• Alagoas: Luis Cavalcante
• Amazonas:
  • Gilberto Mestrinho (until 25 March)
  • Plínio Ramos Coelho (from 25 March)
• Bahia:
  • Juracy Magalhães (until 7 April)
  • Lomanto Junior (from 7 April)
• Ceará:
  • Parsifal Barroso (until 25 March)
  • Virgílio Távora (from 25 March)
• Espírito Santo:
  • Asdrúbal Martins Soares (until 31 January)
  • Francisco Lacerda de Aguiar (from 31 January)
• Goiás: Mauro Borges
• Guanabara: Carlos Lacerda
• Maranhão: Newton de Barros Belo
• Mato Grosso: Fernando Corrêa da Costa
• Minas Gerais: José de Magalhães Pinto
• Pará: Aurélio do Carmo
• Paraíba: Pedro Gondim
• Paraná: Nei Braga
• Pernambuco:
  • Cid Sampaio (until 31 January)
  • Miguel Arraes (from 31 January)
• Piauí:
  • Tibério Nunes (until 25 March)
  • Petrônio Portella (from 25 March)
• Rio de Janeiro:
  • José Janotti (until 18 January)
  • Luís Miguel Pinaud (18 January-31 January)
  • Badger da Silveira (from 31 January)
• Rio Grande do Norte: Aluízio Alves
• Rio Grande do Sul:
  • Leonel Brizola (until 25 March)
  • Ildo Meneghetti (from 25 March)
• Santa Catarina: Celso Ramos
• São Paulo:
  • Carlos Alberto Alves de Carvalho Pinto (until 31 January)
  • Ademar de Barros (from 31 January)
• Sergipe:
  • Dionísio Machado (until 30 January)
  • Horácio Dantas de Goes (30 January-31 January)
  • João de Seixas Dória (from 31 January)

Vice governors

• Alagoas: Teotônio Brandão Vilela
• Bahia: Orlando Moscoso
• Ceará:
  • Wilson Gonçalves (until 31 January)
  • Joaquim de Figueiredo Correia (from 25 March)
• Espírito Santo: Rubens Rangel (from 31 January)
• Goiás:
  • Antônio Rezende Monteiro (until 31 January)
  • Vacant thereafter (from 31 January)
• Maranhão: Alfredo Salim Duailibe
• Mato Grosso: Jose Garcia Neto
• Minas Gerais: Clóvis Salgado da Gama
• Pará: Newton Burlamaqui de Miranda
• Paraíba: André Avelino de Paiva Gadelha
• Pernambuco: Paulo Pessoa Guerra
• Piauí: João Clímaco d'Almeida
• Rio de Janeiro: João Batista da Costa (from 31 January)
• Rio Grande do Norte: Teodorico Bezerra (from 19 January)
• Santa Catarina: Armindo Marcílio Doutel de Andrade
• São Paulo:
  • Porfírio da Paz (until 31 January)
  • Laudo Natel (from 31 January)
• Sergipe: Celso Carvalho (from 31 January)

Events

January

• January 6: A plebiscite chooses the presidential system over a parliamentary one. As a result, the office of the Prime Minister is abolished.^{[1] [2]}
• January 8: The flag of Minas Gerais is instituted.^[3]

March

• March 12: The first Korean immigrants arrive in Brazil.^[4][5]

April

• April 20-May 5: The 1963 Pan American Games are held in São Paulo.^[6][7]

May

• May 23: The Brazilian national team wins its second World Men's Basketball Championship by beating the Soviet Union by 90 to 79 points, in Rio de Janeiro. ^[8]

July

• July 20: Ieda Maria Vargas becomes the first Brazilian to win the Miss Universe title, which is held in Miami Beach, Florida, United States of America.^[9]

October

• October 7: The Ipatinga massacre takes place, after military police shot at Usiminas employees.^[10]

November

• November 16: Santos FC becomes the first Brazilian club to win a second Intercontinental Cup (football).^[11]

December

• December 4: Senator Arnon de Melo, who was trying to shoot Senator Silvestre Péricles, shot and killed alternate Senator José Kairala.^[12]

Births

January

• January 5 – Luís Carlos Winck, footballer and coach
• January 12 – Nando Reis, musician and producer

March

• March 11 – Marcos Pontes, astronaut and politician

October

• October 31 – Dunga, footballer and coach

November

• November 2 – Valdemiro Santiago, evangelical pastor

Deaths

• November 4 – Carlos Magalhães de Azeredo, poet and writer (b. 1872)^[13]