1992 ⟶ First World Oceans Day Celebrated

June 8: The first World Oceans Day is celebrated, coinciding...
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✊ Slavery Abolished in Brazil

Slavery banned in Brazil.⟶
Slavery Abolished in Brazil (1888)
AbolitionismSlaveryHuman RightsSocial ReformEmancipation
BrazilBrazil

🏙️ Brasília Construction Begins

Construction of Brasília, the new capital of Brazil to replace Rio de Janeiro, begins.⟶
Brasília Construction Begins (1956)
Urban PlanningCapital CityModernismBrazilian HistoryArchitecture
BrazilBrazil

🐳 Greenpeace Environmental Organization Founded

Greenpeace founded.⟶
Greenpeace Environmental Organization Founded (1971)
EnvironmentalismActivismConservationSocial ChangeClimate Change
CanadaCanada

🌊 First World Oceans Day Celebrated

June 8: The first World Oceans Day is celebrated, coinciding with the Earth Summit held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.⟶
First World Oceans Day Celebrated (1992)
EnvironmentalismUnited NationsSustainabilityConservationInternational Cooperation
BrazilBrazil

💰 Brazil Introduces the Real Currency

July 1: Plano real introduces the new real currency in Brazil.⟶
Brazil Introduces the Real Currency (1994)
CurrencyEconomic ReformHyperinflationFinanceMonetary Policy
BrazilBrazil

🪦 Death of the 'Man of the Hole', Last of his Indigenous Group

August 24: "Man of the Hole", reclusive indigenous Brazilian and last of his ethnicity, dies.⟶
Death of the 'Man of the Hole', Last of his Indigenous Group (2022)
Indigenous PeoplesAnthropologyGenocide
BrazilBrazil