The Hoje é Dia, of the week between the 17th and 23rd of April, brings a busy schedule. This Sunday (17), the week begins with one of the biggest celebrations of the Christian calendar, Easter. The next few days will also have a national holiday: on Thursday, April 21, is the Day of Inconfidência Mineira. The date honors José Joaquim da Silva Xavier, better known as Tiradentes.
vehicles of Brazil Communication Company have already highlighted, sometimes, the date. In 2018, the program On the Trail of Historyfrom EBC radiostold details about the Inconfidência Mineira. Last year, the Reporter Brazil talked about the date.
Also on the 21st, the federal capital and its main public university celebrate their anniversary. The University of Brasília (UnB) turns 60 and Brasília turns 62. The city has already been honored a few times in vehicles from the EBC. In 2016, the EBC Portal highlighted images that show that the city goes far beyond the Esplanada dos Ministérios. In 2020, the Reporter Brazil recalled the place where Brasília was built.
Commemorative dates
The week is also full of commemorative and remarkable dates in the history of Brazil. April 19th is marked by the “Indian Day” (learn how the date came about here) and for the “Brazilian Army Day”. Last year, the Recados program (from Alto Solimões National Radio) talked about the date and explained its meaning.
April 20th is marked by the call “Dia do Disco” (a tribute to the musician Ataufo Alves). In 2018, the History Todaygives National Radio Agency gave details about the date:
Two other commemorative dates of the week are also directly linked to important figures in the country. April 18th is National Children’s Book Day. The date is a tribute to Monteiro Lobato, who was born on this date in 1882. In 2019, the Reporter Brazil spoke about the date and the writer’s biography:
already the the 23rd is National Choro Day. The date was created in honor of the conductor Alfredo da Rocha Vianna Filho, better known as Pixinguinha, who was born on this day in 1897. In 2017, the Reporting Paths paid tribute to him:
Births, deaths and historical dates
Other outstanding figures are also remembered during the week. On the 19th, the player Rivaldo (world champion with the Brazilian team in 2002) turns 50. On the same day, the birth of ex-president Getúlio Vargas turns 140 years old. Also completes 140 years on the 19th of the death of Charles Darwin. An episode of his life (when he came to Brazil) was told in the History Today gives National Radio Agency.
On the 20th, The Radio MECbroadcaster of Brazil Communication Companycompletes 99 years in the air, on the 22nd the discovery of Brazil by the Portuguese turns 520 and on the 23rd the death of the militant Olga Benário Prestes turns 80. Her story was told by the show Public placegives TV Brazilin 2015.
Check the weekly list of Today is the day with dates, historical facts and holidays:
April 17th to 23rd, 2022
17
Born of Mato Grosso economist Roberto Campos (105 years old)
International Hemophilia Day
Easter (movable date)
National Botany Day – the date was established by Decree Law nº 1.147, of May 24, 1994, in honor of the celebrations of the 200th anniversary of the birth of the German naturalist Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius
18
Born of São Paulo writer Monteiro Lobato (140 years old)
Birth of the dancer and choreographer from Rio de Janeiro, Márcia Haydée (85 years old)
National Children’s Book Day – the date was chosen in honor of Monteiro Lobato
Launch of “The Spirits’ Book” by Allan Kardec, marking the birth of Spiritism in France (165 years old)
19
Death of British naturalist, geologist and biologist Charles Darwin (140 years old)
Birth of Colombian painter and sculptor Fernando Botero (90 years old)
Birth of the gaucho politician Getúlio Vargas (140 years old)
Birth of Recife footballer Rivaldo Vítor Borba Ferreira, known as Rivaldo (50 years old)
Death of Benedito Carneiro Bastos Barreto, aka Belmonte (75 years old) – was a Brazilian caricaturist, painter, cartoonist, chronicler, writer and illustrator
Indian’s day
Brazilian Army Day
Conviction of Tiradentes and 10 defendants of Inconfidência Mineira (230 years)
20
Birth of Bahian photographer Mário Cravo Neto (75 years old)
Disco Day – the date came in honor of the musician Ataulfo Alves, who died on April 20, 1969
Diplomat Day – marks the birth date of Barão do Rio Branco, patron of Brazilian diplomacy
21
Death of Maranhão poet Sousândrade (120 years old)
Day of Inconfidência Mineira – also known as Tiradentes Day
22
Birth of American actor Jack Nicholson (85 years old)
Discovery of Brazil by the Portuguese
International Mother Earth Day – celebration that began in 1970 as “Earth Day” or “Earth Day” in the United States, when Senator Gaylord Nelson called for the first national protest by Americans against the pollution of our planet, having received the accession of several countries after 1990 and being ratified by the 80th UN General Assembly
23
Birth of Pernambuco conductor and composer Severino Araújo (105 years old)
Birth of Rio de Janeiro conductor and composer Pixinguinha (125 years old)
Death of German activist Olga Benário Prestes (80 years old)
World Book and Copyright Day – on this date, in the year 1616, Miguel de Cervantes, William Shakespeare and Garcilaso de la Vega died
World Scout Day
National Cry Day
