This week has a very important date for the awareness of Brazilians. On the 21st, the National Day to Combat Religious Intolerance is celebrated. Created in 2007, the date is a tribute to Iyalorixá Mãe Gilda, a victim of religious intolerance in 1999, and coincides with World Religion Day. In 2012, the Reporter Brazil, from TV Brazil, spoke about the date:
The week is also full of birth dates and death anniversary of several historical figures in Brazil and the world. On the 16th, the comedian, actor, director, writer and television presenter from Rio de Janeiro José Eugênio Soares, known as Jô Soares, would have turned 85 years old. Died in 2022, his film appearances were remembered in the DF reporter, gives TV Brazil, in season. Check out:
The 17th marks the 50th anniversary of the death of the São Paulo modernist painter Tarsila do Amaral. One of the icons of the movement, Tarsila (who created paintings such as Abaporu, A Negra and Operários) had her trajectory told in the Viva Mariagives Amazon National Radio, in 2022.
On the 19th, the birth of American singer Janis Joplin, responsible for rock’n roll classics, would have been 80 years old. Her trajectory (who died in 1970) was told in the History Today, gives National Radio Agency, in 2015.
The following day (20), there are celebrations for three historical figures. The death of the ceramist and musician from Pernambuco Vitalino Pereira dos Santos, Mestre Vitalino (whose trajectory was told on here, on here and on here) turns 60, the death of Audrey Hepburn, Belgian movie star, (honored in the program clapperboard in 2014) completes 30 years and the death of Manuel Francisco dos Santos, Mané Garrincha, completes 40 years. He was honored in the Football series, the Game of Passions in 2018. Check it out:
Finally, January 21 marks the 110th anniversary of the death of the writer, journalist and diplomat from Maranhão Aluísio de Azevedo. Author of works such as O Cortiço e o Mulato, his trajectory was told at the Literary Moment in 2022 and by Repórter Maranhão in 2017.
Check out the weekly list of Today is the Day with dates, historical facts and holidays:
January 15th to 21st, 2023
15
Birth of the Fluminense soldier, politician and geographer João Figueiredo (105 years old) – President of Brazil between 1979 and 1985
Death of the Italian-Brazilian photographer Vicenzo Pastore (105 years old) – one of the most active professional photographers in São Paulo in the late 19th and early 20th centuries
Inauguration of the Pentagon, headquarters of the United States Department of Defense (80 years)
16
Birth of comedian, actor, director, writer and television presenter from Rio de Janeiro José Eugênio Soares, Jô Soares (85 years old)
17
Death of the São Paulo modernist painter Tarsila do Amaral (50 years old)
19
Birth of the Portuguese poet Eugênio de Andrade (100 years old)
Death of the military, sertanista and geographer from Mato Grosso Cândido Mariano da Silva Rondon, Marechal Rondon (65 years old) – declared Patron of Communications for his work in the installation of telegraph lines, integrating various regions of Brazil; it was also the most important register of indigenous ethnic groups in the country
Birth of American singer Janis Joplin (80 years old)
20
Death of Belgian actress Audrey Hepburn (30 years old) – icon of world cinema
Death of Fluminense soccer player Manuel Francisco dos Santos, Mané Garrincha (40 years old)
Death of the ceramist and musician from Pernambuco Vitalino Pereira dos Santos, Master Vitalino (60 years old)
Launch of the film “O cangaceiro”, by Lima Barreto (70 years old)
National Day of the Traditional Midwife
cheese day
21
Death of writer, journalist and diplomat from Maranhão Aluísio de Azevedo (110 years old)
National Day to Combat Religious Intolerance
