The week between September 8th and 14th begins with a very important date for education and development: World Literacy Day. Established by the UN with the aim of highlighting the importance of literacy for individual and social development, the date reminds us that, unfortunately (as this article shows Brazil Agency from last year), children’s literacy is still a challenge in Brazil. The topic was addressed by vehicles of the EBC as the Reporter Brazil in 2017 and the National Afternoonfrom the National Radioin 2021. 
Another date that deserves to be highlighted this week is World Suicide Prevention Day. The event, created by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the International Association for Suicide Prevention, is a chance to discuss this sensitive topic and draw attention to issues related to mental health and suicide prevention. The so-called Yellow September was created with the aim of promoting actions in this regard. Actions that were the subject of content from EBC like the series Young People and Mental Health, from National Radio Agency of 2023.
The week has other commemorative dates such as Administrator’s Day (September 9), Programmer’s Day (September 13) and National Cerrado Day (September 11). The date that honors Brazil’s second largest biome was discussed at National Afternoon Amazon in 2023. The Reporter Brazil talked about the topic and explained the characteristics of the biome in 2019.
Ana Carolina, National and Viva Maria
Tomorrow, September 9th, one of the greatest voices of current MPB celebrates her birthday. Ana Carolina, owner of hits such as Quem de Nós Dois, Garganta and Encostar na Sua, was interviewed in vehicles of the EBC as the Uncensored in 2015.
Vehicles of the Brazilian Communication Company are also celebrated during the week. On September 12th, the National Radio of Rio de Janeiro turns no less than 88 years old. More than a celebration of the company, the station’s anniversary is a celebration of Brazilian radio. The station’s history has already been told a few times, such as in these 2016 specials EBC Portal and of the Reporting Paths:
Another celebration is to the program Long live Maryfrom the National Radio of the Amazon. On the 14th, the attraction hosted by Mara Régia completes 43 years on air. The day gave rise to another event: the Latin American and Caribbean Day of the Image of Women in the Media. The date was covered in specials of the EBC in 2017.
Check out the list of dates for Hoje é Dia from September 8 to 14, 2024:
September 2024
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Death of German composer and conductor Richard Georg Strauss (aged 75)
Birth of the São Paulo reporter, lawyer, businessman, writer and bibliophile José Mindlin (110 years old) – member of the Brazilian Academy of Letters, he was the guardian of the largest and most important private collection of books in the country
First public display of Michelangelo’s sculpture “David” (520 years ago)
World Literacy Day – date recognized by the UN
Anniversary of the municipality of São Luís – municipal holiday
9
Birth of the singer, composer, businesswoman, producer and instrumentalist from Minas Gerais, Ana Carolina (50 years old)
Death of the poet and composer from Alagoas Guimarães Passos (115 years old)
Administrator’s Day
10
Birth of the American philosopher, pedagogue, scientist, linguist and mathematician Charles Sanders Peirce (185 years old) – his works present important contributions to logic, mathematics, philosophy and, mainly, semiotics. He is also one of the founders of pragmatism, along with William James and John Dewey
World Suicide Prevention Day – celebration initiated by the International Association for Suicide Prevention in partnership with the World Health Organization, which has the support of organizations that prevent suicidal behavior around the world
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Birth of singer, composer, actress and politician from Rio de Janeiro, Leci Brandão (80 years old) – a well-known samba singer, she is also a State Deputy in São Paulo
Death of the poet, columnist and journalist from Rio Grande do Sul, Álvaro Maria da Soledade Pinto da Fonseca Velhinho Rodrigues Moreira da Silva (60 years old)
Birth of American singer, songwriter, conductor and music producer Barrence Eugene Carter, known as Barry White (80 years old)
Creation of the Brazilian Film Company SA, Embrafilme, through decree-law No. 862 (55 years)
1st edition of the MTV Video Music Awards (40 years) – Madonna starred in one of the most famous scenes of her career: dressed as a bride, she gave a performance full of sexual innuendos to the sound of “Like a Virgin”
JK authorizes the closing of the Paranoá dam, thus opening the floodgate and beginning the formation of the lake (65 years) – the resistance of the candangos to leaving the site caused Vila Amaury to be submerged
Inauguration of the National Radio of Rio de Janeiro (88 years)
13
Birth of the composer, singer, instrumentalist, arranger and producer from São Paulo Itamar Assumpção (75 years old) – member of the movement known as Vanguarda Paulistana
Birth of the São Paulo painter Domitila Stabile de Oliveira (80 years old)
Death of singer from Rio de Janeiro Onéssimo Gomes (25 years old) – he worked for a long time on Rádio Nacional
Programmer’s Day
National Day of Struggle for People Accidented by Radioactive Sources – celebration established by Law No. 12,646 of May 16, 2012; aims to mark the date of the beginning of the radiological accident in Goiânia that occurred on September 13, 1987
14
Birth of German-born geographer, naturalist and explorer Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Alexander von Humboldt (age 255) – known as the father of biogeography
Death of Cuban pianist and composer Pérez Prado (aged 35) – considered the greatest exponent of Mambo. He was immortalized as the “King of Mambo” due to his overwhelming success
Latin American and Caribbean Day for the Image of Women in the Media – a date dedicated to the Viva Maria program. The journalist is one of the Brazilian founders of the Network of Journalists with a Gender Vision of the Americas, created in 2016
The Jabaquara-Vila Mariana section (50 years) begins commercial operations – Brazil’s first metro line
The Viva Maria program goes on air on the National Radio of Brasília and National Radio of the Amazon (43 years)
