The week that begins this Sunday (12) brings a date that entered the political history of the country: on March 14, 2018, an attack killed Rio de Janeiro councilwoman and human rights activist Marielle Franco, and her driver, Anderson Pedro Gomes. The car in which Marielle was – and which was driven by Anderson – was shot 13 times in downtown Rio. Marielle, who was the fifth most voted councilwoman in that legislature, had just left a conversation with black women, and was murdered with four shots to the head. This report by Repórter Brasil, on TV Brasil, reconstructs what happened that night: Woman, black, mother, lesbian, “create” from Maré, sociologist, militant for women’s rights, blacks, favela residents and LGBTQIA+ people: still in 2018, Repórter Rio, from TV Brasil, made a brief profile of Marielle, and showed how her trajectory and her causes inspired and mobilized women: Five years later, the crime has still not been fully elucidated. Although former military police officers Ronnie Lessa and Élcio Queiroz are in prison, accused of having fired the shots, there is one question that remains unanswered: who ordered the killing of Marielle and Anderson? The poet and the archeologist Other women are also remembered in the coming days: this March 12th marks the 130th birthday of the writer Gilka Machado. Gilka became known for being one of the first women in the country to write erotic poetry, and was also one of the founders of the Partido Republicado Feminino, in 1910 – the first feminist political party in Brazil. This episode of Momento Literário recalls the life and work of Gilka – who, from birth to offspring, flirted with art and literature: Niède Guidon is also celebrated this Sunday. The French-Brazilian archaeologist was born on March 12, 1933 – exactly 90 years ago. His studies on prehistory and his findings in the interior of Piauí, in the Serra da Capivara (which has the largest number of archaeological sites in the Americas), redefined the theory of the continent’s peopling. She spoke to the program Expedições, which aired in 2014 on TV Brasil, about the traces of the presence of the human species in the region, dating back to 60,000 years ago. The father of the samba school and the Syndic The week is also marked by the deaths of two black men who changed Brazilian music: Ismael Silva (deceased on March 14, 1978) and Tim Maia (deceased on March 15, 1998). Ismael Silva is the author of more than 200 sambas, regarded as one of the greatest partners of Noel Rosa, and made history when he founded, in 1928, the Leva Falar, the first known samba school. It was Ismael, by the way, who created the term samba school: in the Estácio neighborhood, where he lived, there was a “school for girls”. So, Ismael used to say: “if they teach girls, here we are going to teach samba”. All Voices, a program on Rádio MEC in 2016, brought the ups and downs of Bamba do Estácio’s career: Tim Maia needs no introduction – even so, he said he was “black, fat and boorish, trained in cornology, suffering and disabilities capillaries”. revived in this episode of Na Trilha da História, on Rádio Nacional, aired in 2018: In 2012, De Lá Pra Cá, on TV Brasil, also rescued stories and Tim Maia’s balance sheet: More dates 115 years since the birth of pianist Arnaldo Estrella, 95 years of pianist Edino Krieger and 85 years of philosopher Luiz Carlos Maciel – all now deceased. São Paulo student Alexandre Vannuchi Leme and the National Day of the Theater of the Oppressed (March 16) and the National Day of Jewish Immigration (March 18) are also celebrated. Check the weekly list* of Hoje é Dia with dates, historical facts and holidays: March 12 to 18, 2023 12 Birth of long-distance athlete from Brasilia Joaquim Cruz (60 years old) – gold medalist in the 800m at the 1984 Olympics Birth of singer and American composer James Taylor (75 years old) Birth of the Rio de Janeiro writer Gilka Machado (130 years old) – was one of the first women to write erotic poetry in Brazil; she was also one of the founders of the Feminine Republican Party Birth of Franco-Brazilian archaeologist Niède Guidon (90 years old) Librarian’s Day 13 Birth of the theologian, dissident cleric, natural philosopher, educator, theorist and British politician Joseph Priestley (290 years old) – To him the discovery of oxygen is normally credited, although Carl Wilhelm Scheele and Antoine Lavoisier also claim it 14 Death of the black councilwoman, a lesbian, human rights activist and child of the Maré community, Marielle Franco, and Anderson Gomes, the driver who drove the car of the councilor when they were shot dead (5 years old) Death of the singer and composer from Rio de Janeiro Ismael Silva (45 years old) Death of the poet from São Paulo Yde Schloenbach Blumenschein, known as Colombina (60 years old) Birth of the composer, flutist and conductor Benedito Lacerda (120 years old) ) Birth of pianist from Rio de Janeiro Arnaldo Estrella (115 years old) – he was one of the best pianists and teachers of his time Death of the composer and vi olonista from Minas Gerais Francisco Mário, known as Chico Mário (35 years old) – created the Musical Method by Colors for Children; brother of cartoonist Henfil and sociologist Betinho 15 Birth of Rio Grande do Sul philosopher Luiz Carlos Maciel (85 years old) Birth of Carioca diplomat Sérgio Vieira de Mello (75 years old) – senior UN official killed in Baghdad with 21 other people, victims of an attack on bomb against the local headquarters of the United Nations Death of musician Sebastião Rodrigues Maia, known as Tim Maia (25 years old) World Consumer Rights Day 16 Birth of composer, instrumentalist and singer from Bahia Josué de Barros (135 years old) – discoverer of Carmen Miranda National Day of the Theater of the Oppressed – date in honor of the date of birth of its creator, the playwright Augusto Boal 17 Death of the sambista, singer and composer from Rio de Janeiro Monsueto (50 years old) Death of the student leader from São Paulo Alexandre Vannuchi Leme (50 years old) – murdered by the military dictatorship Birth of Santa Catarina composer Edino Krieger (95 years old) The Brussels Treaty (75 years old) is signed – precursor to the North Atlantic Treaty, which 18th National Jewish Immigration Day *The dates are selected by the research team of the Ephemérides Project, from the Collection Management of Empresa Brasil de Comunicação (EBC), which brings themes related to culture, history, science and personalities, always emphasizing national and regional frameworks. 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