Events in the year 1948 in Brazil.
Incumbents edit
Federal government edit
Governors edit
- Alagoas: Silvestre Pericles
- Amazonas: Leopoldo da Silva Amorim Neves
- Bahia: Otávio Mangabeira
- Ceará: Faustino de Albuquerque
- Espírito Santo: Carlos Fernando Monteiro Lindenberg
- Goiás: Jerônimo Coimbra Bueno
- Maranhão: Sebastião Archer
- Mato Grosso: Arnaldo Estêvão de Figueiredo
- Minas Gerais: Milton Soares Campos
- Pará: Luís de Moura Carvalho
- Paraíba: Osvaldo Trigueiro
- Paraná: Moisés Lupion
- Pernambuco:
- Otávio Correia de Araújo (until 14 February)
- Alexandre Barbosa Lima Sobrinho (from 14 February)
- Piauí: José da Rocha Furtado
- Rio de Janeiro: Macedo Soares
- Rio Grande do Norte: José Augusto Varela
- Rio Grande do Sul: Walter Só Jobim
- Santa Catarina: Aderbal Ramos da Silva
- São Paulo: Ademar de Barros
- Sergipe: Jose Rollemberg
Vice governors edit
- Ceará: Francisco de Menezes Pimentel
- Espírito Santo: José Rodrigues Sette
- Goiás:
- Hosanah de Campos Guimarães (until 30 June)
- Vacant thereafter (from 30 June)
- Maranhão: Saturnino Bello
- Minas Gerais: José Ribeiro Pena
- Paraíba: José Targino Pereira da Costa
- Piauí: Osvaldo da Costa e Silva
- Rio Grande do Norte: Tomaz Salustino
- São Paulo: Luís Gonzaga Novelli Júnior
Events edit
- date unknown
- The municipality of Paiçandu is founded by the Companhia de Melhoramentos do Norte do Paraná.
- The Escola de Arte Dramática (School of Dramatic Art) is founded by Alfredo Mesquita in São Paulo.
- Opening of the headquarters of the Banco Boavista, designed by Oscar Niemeyer.[1]
January edit
- January 7: The Chamber of Deputies approves the project to revoke the mandates of communist parliamentarians.[2][3]
April edit
- April 21: The Center for Petroleum Studies and Defense is created in Rio de Janeiro. This would markthe beginning of the Oil is Ours campaign, opposing the Petroleum Statute that was being processed in the Brazilian Congress.[4]
December edit
- December 25: The Samba school GRES Beija-Flor is established.[5]
Arts and culture edit
Books edit
- Alfonso Arinos - Pelo Sertão, with illustrations by Livio Abramo
Films edit
- Folias Cariocas, directed by Manoel Jorge and Hélio Thys, starring Dercy Gonçalves.[6]
- Poeira de Estrelas, directed by Moacyr Fenelon and starring Lourdinha Bittencourt and Emilinha Borba.[7]
Births edit
January edit
- January 11: José Scheinkman, economist
February edit
- February 16: Ellen Gracie, judge
March edit
- March 7: Danilo Caymmi, musician, singer, composer and arranger, son of Dorival Caymmi
- March 15: Sérgio Vieira de Mello, UN diplomat (died 2003)
June edit
- June 27: Zezé Motta, actress and singer[8]
August edit
- August 12: Ana de Hollanda, politician
September edit
- September 12: Caio Fernando Abreu, writer (died 1998)[9]
December edit
- December 25: Joel Santana, footballer and manager
Deaths edit
- Date Unknown: Humberto Rosa, painter (born 1908)
July edit
- July 4: Monteiro Lobato, writer (born 1882)
- July 22: Sud Mennucci, journalist and educator (born 1882)[10]
August edit
- August 27: Oscar Lorenzo Fernández, composer (born 1897)[11]
References edit
- ^ INEPAC. Guia de Bens Tombados Archived 2013-03-16 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Cassados os mandatos dos parlamentares comunistas" (primeira página do único caderno), Folha da Noite (8 de janeiro de 1948).
- ^ "A Camara dos Deputados, por 169 contra 74 votos, aprovou, ontem, o projeto de cassação dos mandatos dos parlamentares comunistas" (página 7 do único caderno), Jornal do Brasil (8 de janeiro de 1948).
- ^ "Centro de Estudos e Defesa do Petroleo" (página 4 do caderno Economia e Finanças), Folha da Manhã (23 de abril de 1948).
- ^ "História", Beija-Flor (23 de abril de 1948).
- ^ "Folias Cariocas" (in Portuguese). Ministry of Culture:Cinemateca brasiliera. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 22 June 2014.
- ^ "Poeira de Estrelas" (in Portuguese). Ministry of Culture:Cinemateca brasiliera. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 22 June 2014.
- ^ Lopes, Nei (2004). Enciclopedia Brasileira Da Diaspora Africana. Selo Negro. p. 454. ISBN 978-85-87478-21-4. Retrieved 28 August 2012.
- ^ Abreu, Caio Fernando. 2005. Caio 3D. Rio de Janeiro, RJ: Agir
- ^ "Sud Mennucci". Sao Paolo Antiga (in Portuguese). Retrieved October 19, 2023.
- ^ Béhague, Gerard. 2001. "Fernândez, Oscar Lorenzo". The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, edited by Stanley Sadie and John Tyrrell. London: Macmillan; New York: Grove’s Dictionaries.
See also edit
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