This week we celebrated the birthday of National radiowhich completes 21 years of operation on October 11th. Since its inception, the vehicle of Brazil Communication Company (EBC) It has been dedicated to offering, free of charge, a wide range of content for broadcasters from all over Brazil, including community, public, university and private radios. The reach of the material extends to capital and rural areas, accessible through computers, cell phones or stack radios. Monthly, the contents are replicated over 500,000 times by about 300,000 users, impacting millions of listeners. Learn more about this report published by the National Radio In 2024, on the occasion of the 20th anniversary. 
Women’s Rights
THE National Day to Fight Women’s Violencefixed on October 10, it was created in 1980 on the occasion of a protest in Sao Paulo against the growing crime rate throughout Brazil. In these 45 years of mobilization, little has changed. In March this year, the Brazil agency He reported that there was a femicide every 17 hours in the country (531 in total) and 4,181 records of violence in 2024. Remembering, of course, that many cases are not reported. The complaints to the service call 180 were highlighted by the National radio. The theme also gained prominence in the Live Mariafrom the National radioin 2020, and in materials of the Reporter São Paulo and from Reporter Brasil Afternoonfrom the TV Brazilboth 2022.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnukbbbk1pehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4QWPRTGR3JQ
Still talking about women’s rights, on October 11 we have the International Girl Daycelebration established by the United Nations (UN) in 2011, to recognize the rights of girls and the unique challenges they face around the world. THE History Todayfrom the National radiospoke about the creation of the ephemeris in 2021. The empowerment of girls in Brazil was approached by the program National nationalalso conveyed by the station, in 2024. Brazil agency brought a worrying alert from the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) on violence against girls in the world, in the case of 2017. Reporter Brazilfrom the TV Braziladdressed the theme about the perspective of gender inequality in 2023.
Health promotion
Did you know that umbilical cord blood is rich in stem cells, and can be used in bone marrow transplants and the treatment of immunological diseases? So much that its donation, made shortly after delivery, with the consent of the mother, is encouraged through the National Umbilical Cord Donation Daydate set on October 8. The importance of donating was highlighted in this report of National radioconveyed in 2015, and in this edition of the Reporter Brazilfrom the TV Brazil2016.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=csh50pis7NO
THE World Mental Health Daycelebrated on October 10, was instituted by the World Federation for Mental Health in 1992. One of the date’s objectives is to combat social stigma associated with psychological disorders and encourage support for those who need help. In 2018, the Brazil agency It brought the warning of the World Health Organization (WHO) that half of cases of mental disorder appears until 14 years of age, but most are not detected or treated. THE National radio It showed, in a report of 2024, that violence increases the risk of psychiatric hospitalization among children, adolescents and young people. The ephemeris was also the subject of National afternoonfrom the National radioin 2020. And the Reporter Brazilfrom the TV Brazilapproached the subject about the great fight against prejudice, in 2023 edition.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nbyClvyy-8
Economy
On October 5, 2020, five years ago, PIX was launched in the country, a instant payment system created by the Central Bank of Brazil, which allows real -time transfers and payments, 24 hours a day, every day of the week. THE TV Brazil announced the news in the newspaper edition Brazil on time of that year. In February 2025, Pix began to work by approach, news that gained prominence in National radio. In June, the Brazil agency He reported the launch of Automatic Pix, a modality that mainly benefits those who do not have access to credit cards.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=btnnwnxumyq
Education
THE World Teacher Day It is celebrated on October 5th. The date was created by the United Nations Education, Science and Culture (UNESCO) in 1994 to value the work of these professionals, who face many difficulties in Brazil. In 2023, Brazil agency Highlighting the survey that showed that 71% of Brazilian teachers are stressed by the work overload. And eight out of ten basic education teachers have already thought of giving up their careers, As this other text showspublished in 2024. Already edition of the Paths of the reportdisplayed in 2023 by TV Brazilshows educators who circumvent adversity with creativity and resilience to offer quality education.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=da1th5cpdwc
Culture
THE BRAZILIAN COMPOSITOR’S DAY It is celebrated on October 7th. The date honors the professionals responsible for the creation of the songs that express the culture and diversity of Brazil. Eparid is highlighted mainly on the radios that are part of the Brazil Communication Company (EBC)as in this edition of Samba 2023, from National radioand the Music notebookfrom the MEC Radioaired in 2017. In 2022, the Brazil agency It also highlighted the date, notifying that, in five years, the number of composers registered in Brazil grew 55%.
If he were alive, the singer, songwriter and peace activist John Lennon would turn 85 on October 9. Unfortunately, the British, founding member of the Beatles, left us tragically, murdered in December 1980. Reporter Brazilfrom the TV Brazilremembered the artist’s life and work in 2020, when he would turn 80. The iconic album “Imagine”, which brings the composition of the same name that became John’s biggest success, was the highlight of History Todayfrom the National radiowhen it completed 50 years of release in 2021.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fzznv6fcywy
40 years ago, on October 10, 1985, the US actor, director, writer and producer Orson Welles died. Celebrated as one of the most revolutionary and influential names in the history of world cinema, the American is the author of celebrated productions of the seventh art as “citizen kane”, “the mark of evil” and “pride”, among others. It also shone on the stages of the theater and the waves of the radio, presenting a program at CBS station. The centenary of Welles gained prominence in this edition in the History Todayfrom the National radioand in this program Artist artfrom the TV Brazilboth from 2015.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_ee-wyiive
Check out the full relationship of dates today is October 5-11, 2025*
October 2025
5/10
Birth of São Paulo actor Tarcísio Pereira de Magalhães Sobrinho, Tarcísio Meira (90 years)
Fall of the Slobodan regime Milošević in Yugoslavia (25 years)
Launch of PBS Public Broadcasting Service (55 years) – Educational -Cultural American Television Network
PIX LAUNCH (5 YEARS) – Monetary transfer and instant electronic payment in Brazilian real. The system began to function fully on November 16, 2020
World Teacher Day – UNESCO Date
National Day of Micro and Small Company
National Citizenship Day
Entrepreneur’s Day
6/10
Birth of the singer and composer of Minas Gerais Altemar Dutra (85 years)
First presentation of Jacopo Peri’s opera “Euridice” (425) with additional music by Giulio Caccini. It is the oldest opera still conserved in its entirety, since most of the previous opera of “Peri”, Dafne, was lost
Creation of the Instagram Social Network (15 years)
7/10
Death of the singer, composer and broadcaster Fluminense Haroldo Eiras (45 years). In the 1940s, he performed in several broadcasters in Rio de Janeiro, among which Mayrink Veiga and Nacional
BRAZILIAN COMPOSITOR’S DAY
8/10
Birth of French composer Louis Vierne (155 years)
National Umbilical Cord Donation Day – Commemoration created by Law No. 13,309, of July 6, 2016, with the objective of stimulating the donation, through the collection of blood of the umbilical cord and the placenta, made shortly after delivery, with the consent of the mother
Preservation Day of the Cultural Heritage of the State of Rio de Janeiro
9/10
Death of former President Gaucho Emilio Garrastazu Médici (40 years)-ruled during the Brazilian civil-military dictatorship (1964-1985)
Birth of the singer, composer and activist of British Peace John Lennon (85 years)
Formation of the Great Hurricane of 1780, which killed more than 27,500 people as they passed through the small Antilles and the Caribbean (245 years) – also known as Hurricane St. Callisto II, is the most deadly Atlantic Hurricane in recorded history
Athletics Day
10/10
Death of the actor, director, writer and American producer Orson Welles (40 years)
Death of US singer -songwriter Solomon Burke (15 years) – worldwide referred to as king of rock ‘n soul and bishop of soul, was responsible for introducing gospel rhythm in the songs of Soul and Rock & Roll
World Mental Health Day – International Commemoration, instituted by the World Federation for Mental Health, with the support of the Mental Health Foundation and the UN since 1992
National Day to Fight Violence to Women – celebrated since October 10, 1980 to mark the date on which countless women gathered on the stairs of the São Paulo Municipal Theater, as part of a national movement, in protest against the then growing rate of crimes against women throughout Brazil
Creation of the Clinical Hospital of the State University of Campinas (HC Unicamp) (40 years)
11/10
International Girl Day – Commemoration instituted by the UN in Resolution No. 314 of December 19, 2011, with the support of the Canadian Entity International Plan, which has been operating in more than 60 countries since 1937, as a defender of children’s rights and promoter of the campaign “because I am a girl”
Launch of the “Escolinha Mirim” program, aired on Rio de Janeiro National Radio (71)-aimed to teach radio production mechanisms to children, and was broadcast on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays
Beginning of National Radio (21 years)
*The dates are selected by the team of researchers of the Efemerid Project, the collection management of the Brazil Communication Company (EBC)which brings themes related to culture, history, science and personalities, always highlighting national and regional landmarks. The collection management also complies with requests for research from the external public. Just send an email to [email protected].
