The Maracana Stadium in Rio de Janeiro was built for the 1950 FIFA World Cup, which Brazil hosted, and was inaugurated on 16 June 1950. At the time it was the largest football stadium in the world, and the match that decided the tournament, between Brazil and Uruguay, was watched by a crowd of close to 200,000 people. Uruguay won 2-1, a result that stunned the country and is remembered in Brazil as the Maracanazo. The stadium was later renovated for the 2014 World Cup, where it hosted the final, and for the 2016 Summer Olympics. It is named after the Maracana River, which flows nearby, and it is closely associated with the Brazilian clubs Flamengo and Fluminense.
Before and after
- 26 January 1950Constitution of India
- 15 February 1950Release of Cinderella
- 21 March 1950Birth of Sergey Lavrov
- 23 March 1950Founding of World Meteorological Organization
- 16 June 1950Construction of Maracanã Stadium
- from 25 June 1950 to 27 July 1953Korean War
- 28 June 1950Seoul National University Hospital Massacre
- 9 July 1950Birth of Viktor Yanukovych
- 16 July 1950Uruguay wins the 1950 World Cup in the Maracana
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