1973 in Brazil
Years 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975
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Year of Constitution: 1967

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 Brasilia, 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
• 17 January: Tarsila do Amaral, painter
• 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)