Brazilian Days 337
December 3
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DAY OF:
Dia do Selecionador de Pessoal
(Headhunter).
Dia Internacional dos Deficientes Físico
(International Day of People with Disability). In 1976, the UN General Assembly proclaimed 1981 as the International Year of Disabled People, and the period 1983-1992 as the Decade of Disabled Peoples. Since 1992, 3 December is promoted as the International Day of Persons with Disabilities. Over one billion people, about 15 percent of the world’s population, live with some form of disability. Most of them face physical, social, economic and attitudinal barriers that exclude them from participating fully and effectively as equal members of society. In 2006, the Convention on the Rights of People with Disability was adopted by the UN General Assembly. The Convention is intended as a human rights instrument with an explicit, development dimension.
Theme for 2013:
“Break Barriers, Open Doors: for an inclusive society and development for all”
BRAZILIAN HISTORY:
1990
Death of actress Henriette Morineau (1908-1990)
Henriette Fernande Zoé Morineau was born in Niort, France. She quickly became interested in literature and its interpretation. She started to have drama classes, and in 1926, she started a tour through France, with Comédie Française. Three years later, Henriette made a tour through various European countries, and met Georges Mourineau. She married him, when she arrived in Rio de Janeiro in 1930. In 1942, she participated in a tour through South America, with a repertoire of five theater pieces. In 1946, she founded the company Os Artistas Unidos, which organized theater pieces for children and adults. Henriette also acted in movies such as ‘O Comprador de Fazendas’ (1951), ‘Presença da Anita’ (1951), and a TV series ‘Água Viva’ (1980).
2000
First place in ATP World Ranking for Gustavo Kuerten.
Guga reached the first place after his victory against André Agassi in the Master Cup, in Lisbon.
1530
Departure of Martim Afonso de Sousa, from Lisbon.
Martim became the founder of the first city in Brazil: São Vicente (SP), on 21 January 1532.
1902
Death of President Prudente de Moraes.
The third president, and the first directly elected, died in Piracicaba (SP), at the age of 61. Prudente succeeded Floriano Peixoto on 15 November 1894 as President of Brazil, and stayed in office until the end of his mandate on 15 November 1898.
1904
Birth of Roberto Marinho, former owner of Organizações Globo.
Roberto Marinho was one of the participating lieutenants in the 1922 Copacabana Revolt, but he left the fortress early. He inherited Globo newspaper, founded by his father Irineu in 1925. The radio division (Rádio Globo) was founded in 1944. On 26 April 1965, Roberto founded Rede Globo, with has become the largest broadcast corporation in Brazil, and the second largest in the world. His son Roberto Irineu Marinho (1947) became the new owner in 2003.
1937
Dissolution of Ação Integralista by President Getúlio Vargas.
1994
Dayvison André da Silva, 13 years, managed to escape from his prison
Dayvison was kept prisoner in the prison for two years and six months, in the city of São Bernardo do Campo, em São Paulo.
By Adriano Antoine Robbesom © 2007, 2015
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