1968 in Brazil

Events of the year 1968 in Brazil

Incumbents

28 March: A 16 year-old student named Edson Luís de Lima Souto, is killed after being shot in the chest by a police officer. This was during a protest between students and the Military Police at the Calabouço restaurant, in the UNE building, in Rio de Janeiro.

5 April: The Minister of Justice, Luís Antônio da Gama e Silva, signs an act, prohibiting the functioning of the leftist political movement, known as Frente Ampla.
20 April: A bomb attack destroys the headquarters entrance of the newspaper O Estado de S. Paulo, in São Paulo.

15 May: A bomb explodes at the door of the São Paulo Stock Exchange.
26 May: Dr. Euryclides de Jesus Zerbini and his team perform the first heart transplant in Latin America.
28 May: A 23rd star representing the state of Acre, established six years before, is added to the flag of Brazil.

26 June: The Passeata dos Cem Mil (March of the One Hundred Thousand), a demonstration organized by the student movement against the military regime, takes place in the center of Rio de Janeiro.

5 July: The Minister of Justice, Luís Antônio da Gama e Silva bans street demonstrations across the country.
13 July: Martha Vasconcellos becomes the second Brazilian to win the Miss Universe title, in the pageant held in Miami Beach, Florida, United States.

1-11 November: Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom arrives in Brazil for an eleven-day visit.
7 November: The new headquarters of the São Paulo Museum of Art on Avenida Paulista is inaugurated with the presence of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom.

13 December: President Costa e Silva issues Institucional Act Number 5, giving the President powers to intervene on local governments, suspend Congress, ban political meetings, as well as censor the press, music and film.
16 December: Mobster Castor de Andrade is arrested, after Secretary of Public Security of Guanabara, General Luís de França Oliveira, starts one of the biggest attacks against crime.
30 December: The Secretariat of the National Defense Council publishes a list of impeached federal deputies.