1931 in Brazil
| 1931 in Brazil |
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| Year of Constitution: 1891 |
Events in the year 1931 in Brazil.
Incumbents
Federal government
- President: Getúlio Vargas (Head of the Provisional Government)
- Vice President: none
Governors
- Alagoas:
- till 9 August: Hermilo de Freitas Blackbird
- 9 August-31 October: Louis de France Albuquerque
- from 31 October: Tasso de Oliveira Tinoco
- Amazonas: Álvaro Botelho Maia
- Bahia:
- Ceará:
- Goiás:
- Maranhão:
- Mato Grosso:
- Minas Gerais:
- Pará:
- Paraíba:
- Paraná:
- Pernambuco:
- Piauí:
- Rio Grande do Norte:
- Rio Grande do Sul:
- Santa Catarina:
- São Paulo:
- Sergipe:
Vice governors
Events
- 12 October – The statue of Christ the Redeemer, overlooking Rio de Janeiro, is consecrated.[1][2]
- date unknown
- Frente Negra Brasileira, Brazil's first Black political party, is created.[3]
- The Caiçaras Club is founded in Rio de Janeiro.
Arts and culture
Books
- Jorge Amado – O País do Carnaval (The Country of Carnival)
- Júlio Afrânio Peixoto – História da literatura brasileira
Films
- Limite, directed by Mário Peixoto
Music
- Zequinha de Abreu's piece "Tico-Tico no Farelo" is renamed "Tico-Tico no Fubá"[4]
Births
- 8 January – Ozires Silva, entrepreneur, founder of Embraer
- 19 January – Ottomar Pinto, politician, Governor of Roraima (2004–2007)
- 10 February – Cauby Peixoto, singer (died 2016)
- 16 March – Augusto Boal, theatre director, writer and politician (died 2009)[5]
- 2 March – Ruth Rocha, writer
- 31 March – Ary Fernandes, playwright, actor, producer and filmmaker (died 2010)[6]
- 28 April – Nair Bello, actress and comedian (died 2007)
- 8 May – Etty Fraser, actress (died 2018)[7]
- 10 June – João Gilberto, singer and guitarist (died 2019)
- 13 June – Moysés Baumstein, holographer and artist (died 1991)
- 18 June – Fernando Henrique Cardoso, 34th President of Brazil
- 3 September – Paulo Maluf, politician
- 16 October – Mílton Alves da Silva, football player (died 1973)
- 17 October – José Alencar, politician
Deaths
- 26 January – Graça Aranha, writer and diplomat (born 1868)
- 9 June – Henrique Oswald, pianist and composer (born 1852)[8]
- 24 July – Nonô, footballer (born 1899)
- 8 September – Prince Luiz Gastão of Orléans-Braganza, descendant of the Brazilian Imperial Family (born 1911)
- 6 October – Oscar Cox, sportsman (born 1880)[9]
References
- ^ "Brazil: Crocovado mountain – Statue of Christ". Travel Channel. Archived from the original on 16 May 2007. Retrieved 7 July 2007.
- ^ "Sanctuary Status for Rio landmark". BBC. 13 October 2006. Archived from the original on 12 January 2008. Retrieved 7 July 2007.
- ^ Kimberly Jones-de-Oliveira, "The Politics of Culture or the Culture of Politics: Afro-Brazilian Mobilization, 1920–1968," Journal of Third World Studies, v. 20, part I (2003)
- ^ Discography of Américo Jacomino Canhoto
- ^ O Palco. Biographical info Augusto Boal (In Portuguese). Archived 20 November 2014 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Morre dramaturgo criador do Vigilante Rodoviário Portal de notícias Parana-online (Portuguese) – accessed 29 August 2010
- ^ "Morre a atriz Etty Fraser".
- ^ Henrique Oswald: A Biography of a Forgotten Brazilian Master by Fausto Borem de Oliveira
- ^ "Oscar Cox" (in Portuguese). Fluminense Football Club. Archived from the original on 21 February 2010. Retrieved 10 January 2010.
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