Brazil Events

1654 Apr 26 Portugal Decrees That Jewish And Dutch Settlers Have Three Months To Leave Brazil
According to the terms of the capitulation protocol of January 26, 1654, Portugal decreed that Jewish and Dutch settlers had three months to leave Brazil. Approximately 150 Jewish famili...
1931 Oct 12 Christ the Redeemer Opened
A century passes and the mountain is re-baptized to Corcovado, a name derived from its form, which resembles a hump or hunchback. The next recordings of christ the redeemer history is in ...
1950 Jul 16 Uruguay Defeats Brazil to Win the 1950 FIFA World Cup
The 1950 FIFA World Cup, held in Brazil from 24 June to 16 July, was the fourth FIFA World Cup, and the first staged in 12 years due to World War II. Brazil was chosen as the host country...
1952 Apr 28 Pan Am's Clipper Good Hope Crashes, Killing 50
Flight 202 originated at Buenos Aires, destination New York, with en route stops scheduled at Montevideo, Uruguay; Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and Port of Spain, Trinidad. The flight departed...
1958 Jun 29 Brazil Defeats Sweden to Win the 1958 FIFA World Cup
The 1958 FIFA World Cup Final took place in Råsunda Stadium, Solna, Sweden on 29 June 1958. Brazil won the World Cup by defeating Sweden, and thus won the trophy for the first time. Sw...
1961 Nov 23 Aerolineas Argentinas Flight 322 Crashes
Aerolineas Argentinas Flight 322 was the flight number of a scheduled international passenger flight from Buenos Aires to Trinidad and New York City via Campinas, Brazil, which crashed an...
1961 Dec 17 Gran Circo Norteamericano Fire
Fire roared through a nylon circus tent here Sunday afternoon as 2,500 persons watched a performance. Police estimated 250 were killed. It was Brazil's worst disaster and the worst ci...
1962 Jun 17 Brazil Defeats Czechoslovakia to Win Second Consecutive FIFA World Cup Championship
The 1962 FIFA World Cup Final was the deciding match of the 1962 FIFA World Cup. It was contested by Czechoslovakia and Brazil. Brazil won the game 3-1 to record their second consecutive ...
1970 Jun 7 Gordon Banks's 'Greatest Save of All Time' Off of Pelé Header
That Gordon Banks is better remembered for this one save during England's match with Brazil in 1970, rather than winning the World Cup, is a sign of how powerful a moment it was. The move...
1970 Jun 21 Brazil Beats Italy to Win Third FIFA World Cup Championship, Earning Permanent Retention of the Jules Rimet Trophy
In the 1970 FIFA World Cup Final, Brazil struck first, with Pelé heading in a cross by Rivelino at the 18th minute. Roberto Boninsegna equalized for Italy after a blunder in the Brazilian...
1974 Feb 1 Joelma Building Fire
Joelma Building is the famous 25 storied skyscraper located in Sao Paolo Brazil, exactly based in “225 Avenida 9 de Julho”. It is one of the most memorable tragedies that ever took place ...
1987 Sep 13 Goiânia Accident
The Goiânia accident was a radioactive contamination accident in central Brazil that killed 4, injured 28, and produced over 200 cases of detectable radiation poisoning. On 13 September 1...
1994 Jul 17 Brazil Defeats Italy on Penalty Shootout to Win Fourth World Cup Final
The United States staged a hugely successful 15th FIFA World Cup that became the best attended in history and ended with Brazil celebrating their first world title since 1970. Forwards Ro...
1998 Jul 12 France Defeats Brazil to Win the 1998 World Cup Final
The 1998 FIFA World Cup Final was the final round of competition held for the 1998 edition of the FIFA World Cup, a global football tournament held every four years. This cup was conteste...
2002 Jun 3 Rivaldo's Faked Injury Gets Hakan Ünsal Ejected from Brazil/Turkey 2002 World Cup Group Match
"Obviously I exaggerated the injury for the guy to be sent off." —Rivaldo
2002 Jun 30 Brazil Defeats Germany for Fifth FIFA World Cup Championship
The 2002 FIFA World Cup Final the final match of the 2002 FIFA World Cup, the 17th FIFA World Cup. The match was played between Germany and Brazil at the International Stadium in Yokohama...
2003 Aug 22 Alcântara VLS Accident
On August 22, 2003, at 13:30 (local time) an explosion destroyed a Brazilian Space Agency VLS-1 (VLS-1 V03) rocket as it stood on its launch pad at the Alcântara Launching Center in the s...
2006 Sep 29 Gol Transportes Aéreos Flight 1907
The crash killed all 154 people on the airliner, a Boeing 737 operated by Gol Linhas Aéreas Inteligentes. The business jet, manufactured by Embraer, a Brazilian company, was being flown h...
2007 Jul 17 TAM Airlines Flight 3054 Explodes Near Gas Station
TAM Airlines Flight 3054 (JJ 3054) was an Airbus A320 airliner, registration PR-MBK, operating as a scheduled domestic passenger flight between Porto Alegre and São Paulo, Brazil, which c...
2009 Jun 1 Air France Flight 447 is lost over Atlantic Ocean
Military aircraft and warships from France and Brazil were combing the equatorial Atlantic in a desperate quest to find the wreckage of an Air France jet that disappeared with 228 people ...
2009 Jun 8 Brazilian Officials Confirm Retrieval of Air France Flight 447 Vertical Stabilizer
Search crews recovered the vertical stabilizer from the tail section of the Air France jet that went down in the Atlantic, Brazil's air force said yesterday - a key item in finding the ca...
2009 Jun 8 Seventeen bodies have been recovered from Air France Flight 447 debris, according to Brazilian military authorities
Seventeen bodies have been recovered from last week's crash of an Air France jetliner off the South American coast, according to Brazil's military. The Brazilian navy and air force say...
2009 Jun 10 French Submarine Sent to Search for Air France Flight 447 Black Box
Off the coast of Brazil, search teams continue to hunt for the wreckage of Air France Flight 447. They have recovered 41 bodies so far, with 187 still not accounted for. The cause of the ...
2009 Jun 14 Autopsy Reports from Air France Flight 447 Wreckage Seem to Rule Out Terrorism
Autopsies on the bodies recovered after the Airbus disaster in the south Atlantic suggest there was no explosion or fire and therefore no terrorist attack. But two weeks after Air Fran...
2009 Jun 22 Bodies from Air France crash indentified
Officials in Brazil have identified the first 11 of 50 bodies recovered from the Air France disaster in which 228 people died three weeks ago. The bodies were those of 10 Brazilians an...
2009 Jun 27 Brazil Announces End of Search for Bodies from Air France Flight 447
Brazil has called off its search for more bodies and debris from the Air France flight that plunged into the Atlantic Ocean four weeks ago. Brazil Air Force Lieutenant Colonel Henry Mu...
2009 Jul 10 Two Ships End Search for Air France Flight 447 Black Box
The ping signals from the black boxes belonging to doomed Air France Flight 447 began to fade about 10 days ago, and now two of the ships involved in the hunt are leaving. A French nuc...