28 March: A 16 year-old student named Edson Luís de Lima Souto, is killed after being shot in the chest by a police officer. This was during a protest between students and the Military Police at the Calabouço restaurant, in the UNE building, in Rio de Janeiro.
April
5 April: The Minister of Justice, Luís Antônio da Gama e Silva, signs an act, prohibiting the functioning of the leftist political movement, known as Frente Ampla.
16 December: Mobster Castor de Andrade is arrested, after Secretary of Public Security of Guanabara, General Luís de França Oliveira, starts one of the biggest attacks against crime.