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Brazil
Everything about Brazil on 360n60: 1 news, 3 dates in history. Each told in 60 words.
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On this day · 3
- On this day · 21 January 1976
Concorde begins passenger flights
On 21 January 1976, British Airways and Air France began the first supersonic passenger flights with Concorde, from London to Bahrain and from Paris to Rio de Janeiro via Dakar. Concorde flew at twice the speed of sound and crossed the Atlantic in about three and a half hours. It retired in 2003.
- On this day · 21 April 1960
Brasília becomes Brazil's capital
On 21 April 1960, Brasília was inaugurated as Brazil's new capital, built in about four years on an empty high plain in the centre of the country. Planned by Lúcio Costa, with buildings by the architect Oscar Niemeyer, its layout is shaped like an aeroplane or a bird.
- On this day · 7 September 1822
Brazil declares independence
On 7 September 1822, Prince Pedro, the son of Portugal's king, declared Brazil's independence from Portugal, by the Ipiranga brook near São Paulo. He became Emperor Pedro I of Brazil. Brazilians celebrate the date as Independence Day.