1950 in Brazil
Events in the year 1950 in Brazil.
| 1950 in Brazil |
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| Timeline of Brazilian history |
| Second Brazilian Republic |
| Year of Constitution: 1946 |
Incumbents
Federal government
Governors
- 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 (until 30 June)
- Hosanah Guimarães (from 30 June)
- Maranhão: Sebastian Archer
- Mato Grosso:
- Arnaldo Estêvão de Figueiredo (until 1 July)
- Jari Gomes (from 1 July)
- Minas Gerais: Milton Soares Campos
- Pará:
- Luís de Moura Carvalho (until 30 June)
- Alberto Engelhard (from 30 June)
- Paraíba: Osvaldo Trigueiro
- Paraná: Moisés Lupion
- Pernambuco: Alexandre Barbosa Lima Sobrinho
- 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
- 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
- date unknown - After being grounded because of a shortage of equipment, the airline Transportes Aéreos Bandeirantes is sold to Lóide Aéreo Nacional.[1]
April
June
- 24 June: The 1950 World Cup begins in Brazil.[5]
July
- 16 July: The 1950 World Cup ends, with the 2-1 defeat of the Brazilian national team by Uruguay at the Maracanã.[6]
- 28 July: A Constellation plane crashes into Morro do Chapéu, near Porto Alegre airport, killing 50 people.[7][8]
September
- 18 September: The first television channel in Brazil, TV Tupi opens in São Paulo, by businessman Assis Chateaubriand.[9]
October
- 3 October: The Brazilian general election[10] is won by the Social Democratic Party, who remain the largest party in both the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate, although they lose their majority in the former. The presidential election is won by former President Getúlio Vargas of the Brazilian Labour Party.[11]
Arts and culture
Books
- Ulrich Becher - Brasilianischer Romanzero (published in Vienna)
Films
- Alameda da Saudade 113, directed by Carlos Ortiz.
- Caiçara, co-directed by Adolfo Celi, Tom Payne, and John Waterhouse, starring Celi and José Mauro de Vasconcelos.
- Caraça, Porta do Céu, directed by Theodor Luts, starring José Álvaro Morais.
- Quando a Noite Acaba, starring Tônia Carrero.
Births
January
- 2 January: Débora Duarte, actress
- 14 January: Nelson Bornier, lawyer and politician (died 2021)
- 15 January: Bebeto de Freitas, volleyball coach and president of Botafogo FR (died 2018)
- 20 January: Daniel Benzali, actor
February
- 12 February: João W. Nery, writer and LGBT activist (died 2018)[12]
March
- 15 March: Cláudio Duarte, footballer and coach
April
- 7 April: Marisa Letícia Lula da Silva, former First Lady of Brazil (died 2017)[13]
May
- 2 May: Fausto Silva, television presenter
June
- 8 June: Sonia Braga, actress
July
- 21 July: Galvão Bueno, play by play announcer
August
- 1 August: José Dumont, actor
Deaths
May
- 8 May: Vital Brazil, physician and immunologist (born 1865)[14]
References
- Pereira, Aldo (1987). Breve História da Aviação Comercial Brasileira (in Portuguese). Rio de Janeiro: Europa. pp. 305–306.
- Folha da Manhã (7 April 1950). "Dezenas de mortos e centenas de feridos num desastre ferroviario". Ano XXV, número 7.981, página 1 do 1° caderno. Retrieved 13 January 2013.
- "This Day in History: Apr 06: 1950: Train falls off bridge in Brazil". History (TV network). Retrieved 2018-03-09.
- "Brazil Train Crash". The Mercury. Hobart, Australia. 1950-04-24. p. 2. Retrieved 2018-03-09.
- Folha da Noite (25 June 1950). "Vitorioso o Brasil no encontro inaugural do Campeonato do Mundo". Retrieved 5 August 2014.
- Folha da Noite (17 July 1950). "Na viceliderança o Brasil". Retrieved 5 August 2014.
- Folha da Manhã (29 July 1950). "Perecem 49 pessoas em desastre de avição no Rio Grande do Sul". Ano XXVI, número 8.077, página 1 do único caderno. Retrieved 7 March 2013.
- Jornal do Brasil (30 July 1950). "A horrível tragédia do Constelation da Panair". Edição nº 177, Ano LX, página 6. Retrieved 7 March 2013.
- Folha da Noite (18 September 1950). "A televisão poderá tornar-se a voz e o olhar das Américas". Retrieved 5 August 2014.
- Nohlen, D (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p173 ISBN 978-0-19-928358-3
- Folha da Noite (4 October 1950). "Getulio e Garcez na frente". Ano XXIX, número 8.105, página 1 do único caderno. Retrieved 13 August 2011.
- "Pioneiro na luta trans no Brasil, João W. Nery morre aos 68 anos" (in Portuguese). guiagaysaopaulo.com.br. 26 October 2018. Retrieved 28 July 2019.
- "Brazil's former first lady, central to the rise and fall of a president, dies at 66". Los Angeles Times. Associated Press. 3 February 2017.
- "Vital Brazil". oswaldocruz.fiocruz.br. Biblioteca Virtual Oswaldo Cruz. Retrieved 15 October 2020.
See also
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