Today is the Day: trans visibility and the fight against cancer are highlights

This Sunday (29) is the National Day of Transgender Visibility. The date aims to promote rights and combat prejudice against transgender people. In 2015, Portal EBC produced the multimedia special “I, trans, want to show you who I am”. In the special, these three questions were asked: TV Brasil has also already made content about the date: On January 30th, National Comics Day is celebrated. The date was created in memory of the launch of the comic book “The adventures of Nhô-quim”, in 1869. Repórter Brasil and TV Brasil programs, TV Brasil, have already spoken about the celebration: The week also has the World Magician’s Day (January 31) and Iemanjá Day (same date celebrated by Catholics as Nossa Senhora dos Navegantes Day). In 2016, the EBC Portal explained the origins of the date. In the same year, the Momento Três program made a list of songs created in honor of the “Queen of the Sea”. To end the week of celebration and awareness dates, February 4th is World Cancer Day. The event aims to raise awareness about ways to prevent the disease, and was created in 2008 by the International Union Against Cancer (UICC). One of the tips, published in Agência Brasil two years ago, points to the benefits of physical exercise. Another points to the importance of routine examinations and early diagnosis of the disease. Birth and deaths The week is also marked by the remembrance of famous figures in world history and Brazilian culture. On the 30th, the death of Indian pacifist leader and activist Mahatma Gandhi completes 75 years. His story was told on Portal EBC in 2014 and on TV Brasil in 2019. On February 3, the death of singer and composer from Rio de Janeiro, Silvio Caldas, completes 25 years. Considered one of the biggest names in radio in the Golden Age, he was the subject of the program Toda As Vozes, on Rádio MEC AM, in 2015. On the same day, the birth of actress Dulcina de Moraes turns 115. Died in 1996, Dulcina (who was the founder of Fundação Brasileira de Teatro) had her trajectory told in a report by Radioagência Nacional in 2021. Check out the weekly list on Hoje é Dia with dates, historical facts and holidays: January 29 to February 4 2023 29 Birth of singer and composer from Pernambuco Stefana de Macedo (120 years old) – was a pioneer among folk singers and with the guitar, when the instrument was restricted to those who were called “malandros”, and inaugurated the line of folk singers, at a time when only men acted Day of Trans Visibility 30 Death of Indian pacifist leader and activist Mahatma Gandhi (75 years old) Appointment of Adolf Hitler as Chancellor of Germany (90 years old) National Comic Day Day of Saudade 31 Death of Catholic priest Italian João Melchior, Dom Bosco (135 years old) – co-patron saint of Brasilia Birth of singer and instrumentalist from Rio de Janeiro Milton Santos de Almeida, Miltinho (95 years old) – consecrated himself with the success “Mulher de 30” Death of the Rio de Janeiro composer of tacky music and black music Edvaldo Braga, the “Idolo Negro” (50 years old) The United States launches its first satellite, Explorer I (65 years old) Dia Mundial do Mágico 1 Death by São Paulo circus entrepreneur João Batista Sérgio Murad, Beto Carrero (15 years old) First performance of the opera “Manon Lescaut”, by Giacomo Puccini, at Teatro Reggio, in Turin (130 years old) Space shuttle Columbia disintegrates when entering the atmosphere (20 years old) years) Advertising Day 2 Iemanjá Day – also known for its Afro-Brazilian syncretism with Nossa Senhora dos Navegantes World Wetlands Day – considered by the UN to be one of the most productive and endangered ecosystems in the world. The largest continental wetland on the planet is in Brazil: the Pantanal. 3 Death of the singer and composer from Rio de Janeiro Sílvio Caldas (25 years old) Death of the inventor, engraver and printer of the Holy Roman Empire Johannes Gutenberg (555 years old) – considered the “Father of the Press” Birth of the actress Dulcina de Moraes (115 years old) ) – founder of the Fundação Brasileira de Teatro (FBT), later transformed into the Faculdade de Artes Dulcina de Moraes, in Brasília Death of the Austrian essayist, journalist, literary critic, art critic, music critic and historian Otto Maria Carpeaux (45 years old) Death of the singer, guitarist and composer from Rio de Janeiro Cícero Nunes (30 years old) Day of Navigation of the São Francisco River 4 Proclaimed the independence of Ceylon, current Sri Lanka (75 years old) World Cancer Day

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