1985 in Brazil

The following events occurred in Brazil in the year 1985.

Incumbents

President:

Acre: Nabor JúniorAlagoas: Divaldo Suruagy Amazonas: Gilberto Mestrinho Bahia: João Durval Carneiro Ceará: Gonzaga Mota Espírito Santo: Gerson Camata Goiás: Iris Rezende Maranhão: Luís Rocha Mato Grosso: Julio Campos [List of Governors of List of Governors of Mato Grosso|Mato Grosso do Sul|Mato Grosso do Sul]: Wilson Barbosa Martins Minas Gerais: Hélio Garcia Pará: Jader Barbalho Paraíba: Wilson BragaParaná: José RichaPernambuco: Roberto Magalhães Piauí: Hugo Napoleão Rio de Janeiro: Leonel BrizolaRio Grande do Norte: José Agripino Maia Rio Grande do Sul: Jair de Oliveira SoaresRondônia:

Acre: Iolanda Ferreira Lima Fleming Alagoas: José de Medeiros Tavares Amazonas: Manoel Henriques Ribeiro Bahia: Edvaldo de Oliveira Flores Ceará: José Adauto BezerraEspírito Santo: José Moraes Goiás: Onofre Quinan Maranhão: João Rodolfo Ribeiro Gonçalves Mato Grosso: Wilmar Peres de Faria Mato Grosso do Sul: Ramez TebetMinas Gerais: vacantPará: Laércio Dias Franco Paraíba: José Carlos da Silva Júnior Paraná: João Elísio Ferraz de Campos Pernambuco: Gustavo Krause Gonçalves Sobrinho Piauí: José Raimundo Bona Medeiros Rio de Janeiro: Darcy RibeiroRio Grande do Norte: Radir Pereira Rio Grande do Sul: Cláudio Ênio Strassburger Santa Catarina: Victor Fontana São Paulo: Orestes Quércia Sergipe: Antônio Carlos Valadares

January 11: The first edition of the Rock In Rio festival takes place in Cidade do Rock at Barra da Tijuca featuring performances from Queen and Iron Maiden.January 15: Tancredo Neves is elected President of Brazil by 480 votes against 180 for Paulo Maluf in the indirect presidential election, which brings an end to the military regime.January 20: Inauguration of the São Paulo-Guarulhos International Airport.

February 8: The first Brazilian artificial satellite, Brasilsat A1, is launched from the Kourou launch base in French Guiana.

21 April: Brazilian President Tancredo Neves dies and is succeeded by Vice President José Sarney. The vice president post is left vacant until 1990.

8 May: The National Congress of Brazil approves the constitutional amendment, which establishes direct elections for President of the Republic with two rounds and fixed date, as well as for mayors of the capitals.

6 June: The remains of Josef Mengele, the physician notorious for Nazi human experimentation on inmates of Auschwitz concentration camp, buried in 1979 under the name of Wolfgang Gerhard, are exhumed in Embu das Artes, Brazil.

30 September: Severe hail storm, with ice stones weighing up to 1 kg, hits the municipality of Itabirinha, in the Rio Doce Valley, inland Minas Gerais. Around 50% of the homes in the urban core were affected, including 900 homes damaged and 50 completely destroyed, leaving more than 20 people dead and 600 injured. Of the approximately 10,000 inhabitants, 4,000 were left homeless.