1. Incumbents

2. Events
     March    May    June    November    December  

3. Births

4. Deaths

5. References

6. See also

Events of the year 1968 in Brazil

Incumbents

• President: Marshal Artur da Costa e Silva
• Vice-President: Pedro Aleixo

For the list of governors of the states of Brazil, see Category:Lists of Brazilian state governors.

Events

March

• March 28 - Student Edson Luís de Lima Souto is shot dead by a police officer in a protest at the restaurant Calabouço, in Rio de Janeiro.^[1]

May

• May 26 - Doctor Euryclides de Jesus Zerbini performs the first heart transplant in Latin America.
• May 28 - A 23rd star representing the state of Acre, established six years before, is added to the flag of Brazil.

June

• June 26 - March of the One Hundred Thousand held in Rio de Janeiro against the military dictatorship.^[2]

November

• November 2 - Queen Elizabeth II visits Brazil.^[3]

December

• December 13 - Institucional Act number 5 (AI-5) proclaimed, giving the president the powers to intervene on local governments, to suspend the Congress, ban political meetings, and censor the press, music and film.^[4]

Births

• July 20 – Carlos Saldanha, director
• November 18- Luizianne Lins, politician

Deaths

• April 4 - Assis Chateaubriand, entrepreneur (born 1892).
• October 13- Manuel Bandeira, poet (born 1886).

References

See also

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• 1968 in Brazilian television

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