The following lists events that happened in the year 1989 in Brazil.
Incumbents
Federal government
President: José Sarney
Vice President: vacant
Governors
Acre: Flaviano Melo (until 2 March) Édison Simão Cadaxo (from 2 March) Alagoas: Fernando Collor de Mello (until 14 May) Moacir Andrade (from 14 May) Amazonas: Amazonino Mendes Bahia: Waldir Pires (until 14 May) Nilo Moraes Coelho (from 14 May) Ceará: Tasso Jereissati Espírito Santo: Max Freitas Mauro Goiás: Henrique Santillo Maranhão: Epitácio Cafeteira Mato Grosso: Carlos Bezerra Mato Grosso do Sul: Marcelo Miranda Soares Minas Gerais: Newton Cardoso Pará: Hélio Gueiros Paraíba: Tarcísio Burity Paraná: Alvaro Dias Pernambuco: Miguel Arraes Piauí: Alberto Silva Rio Grande do Norte: Geraldo José Ferreira de Melo Rio de Janeiro: Moreira Franco Rio Grande do Sul: Pedro Simon Rondônia: Jerônimo Garcia de Santana Roraima: Romero Jucá Santa Catarina: Pedro Ivo Campos São Paulo: Orestes Quércia Sergipe: Antônio Carlos Valadares Tocantins: José Wilson Siqueira Campos (from 1 January)
Vice governors
Acre: Edison Simão Cadaxo
Alagoas: Moacir Andrade (until 14 May) Vacant thereafter (from 14 May) Amazonas: Vivaldo Barros Frota Bahia: Nilo Moraes Coelho (until 14 May) Vacant thereafter (from 14 May) Ceará: Francisco Castelo de Castro Espírito Santo: Carlos Alberto Batista da Cunha Goiás: Joaquim Domingos Roriz Maranhão: João Alberto Souza Mato Grosso: Edison de Oliveira Mato Grosso do Sul: George Takimoto Minas Gerais: Júnia Marise de Azeredo Coutinho Pará: Hermínio Calvinho Filho Paraíba: Vacant Paraná: Ary Veloso Queiroz Pernambuco: Carlos Wilson Rocha de Queirós Campos Piauí: Lucídio Portela Nunes Rio de Janeiro: Francisco Amaral Rio Grande do Norte: Garibaldi Alves Rio Grande do Sul: Sinval Sebastião Duarte Guazzelli Rondônia: Orestes Muniz Filho Santa Catarina: Casildo João Maldaner São Paulo: Almino Afonso Sergipe: Benedito de Figueiredo Tocantins: Darci Martins Coelho
Events
January
January 1: Tocantins, Brazil's 25th state, is established. January 15: Minister of Finance Maílson da Nóbrega launches Plano Verão and a new currency in the country, the Cruzado Novo (NCz$), which is equivalent to 1,000 Cruzados.
March
March 18: The Memorial da América Latina is inaugurated in São Paulo. It's an architectural project by Oscar Niemeyer with the concept and cultural project developed by the anthropologist Darcy Ribeiro.
May
May 8: The secretary general of Itamaraty, Paulo Tarso Flecha de Lima, signs a document at the Vietnamese embassy in Havana, Cuba, establishing diplomatic relations with Vietnam. May 20: Palmas, capital of the state of Tocantins, is founded.
July
July 16: Brazil defeats Uruguay 1-0, to win their fourth Copa America trophy. This is the first championship won by Brazil since the 1970 FIFA World Cup.
September
September 3: Varig Flight 254 crashes in the Amazon rainforest, near São José do Xingu, in Serra do Cachimbo. Of the 54 passengers and crew members, 12 died and many more sustained serious injuries.
November
November 15: In the centenary of the Proclamation of the Republic, Brazil holds its first democratic presidential elections since 1960, following the military regime (1964–85). November 16: Fernando Collor de Mello and Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva advance to the second round of the presidential election.
December
December 17: The second round of the elections is disputed between Fernando Collor and Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. Collor wins with 53% of the votes. The kidnappers of Brazilian businessman Abilio Diniz surrender and free him in the south zone of São Paulo.
Births
January
January 18: Marcelo Demoliner, tennis player
February
February 13: Rodrigo Possebon, footballer
April
April 10: Éverton Ribeiro, footballer
June
June 11: Ana Clara Duarte, tennis player Fagner, footballer
July
July 28: Felipe Kitadai, judoka
September
September 2: Alexandre Pato, footballer
October
October 12: Paulo Henrique Ganso, footballer
Deaths
January
January 6: Elisa Lispector, novelist (b. 1911)
March
March 20: Dina Sfat, actress (b. 1938)
June
June 7: Nara Leão, singer (b. 1942)
August
August 2: Luiz Gonzaga, singer (b. 1912) August 21: Raul Seixas, singer (b. 1945) August 27: Luiz Luz, footballer (b. 1909)