Events in the year 1948 in Portugal.

Incumbents

* President: Óscar Carmona * Prime Minister: António de Oliveira Salazar

Arts and entertainment

*March – The

Hot Club of Portugal The Hot Club of Portugal (Hot Clube de Portugal) is the oldest jazz club in Portugal and has uninterruptedly developed its activity since 1948. It occupies a cellar in Praça da Alegria (Square of Joy) in Lisbon. With an almost daily concert ...

is established

Sports

* CD Operário founded *

A.D. Lousada Associação Desportiva de Lousada or simply AD Lousada is a Portuguese club, based in Lousada, district of Porto. The club has various sports, specially football, field hockey and basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, ...

founded *

C.D. Montijo Clube Desportivo de Montijo commonly known as simply as Montijo was a football club from the city of Montijo, Setúbal. The club was founded in 1948 and folded in 2007 due to financial problems. As Clube Desportivo de Montijo, it played in the P ...

founded *

C.D. Pinhalnovense Clube Desportivo Pinhalnovense is a Portugal, Portuguese Association football, football club based in the town of Pinhal Novo, Palmela, Setúbal District. Founded in 1948, it currently plays in AF Setúbal 2ª Divisão, holding home games at ''Ca ...

founded *

C.D. Portosantense Clube Desportivo Portosantense, simply Portosantense, is a Portuguese football based in Porto Santo, Madeira. Founded in 1948, it currently plays in the Terceira Divisão The Terceira Divisão Portuguesa (in English: ''Portuguese Third Divisi ...

founded

Births

*10 January –

Moisés Matias de Andrade Moises or Moisés is a male name common among people of Iberian origin. It is the Spanish, Portuguese and Tagalog equivalent of the name Moses. ;Places * Doctor Moisés Bertoni, a village in the Caazapá department of Paraguay * Moises Padilla, a ...

, footballer (d. 2008) *17 January – Alfredo Murça, footballer (d. 2007) *29 March –

Fernando Tordo Fernando Travassos Tordo (born March 29, 1948 in Lisbon, Portugal) is Portuguese singer and songwriter. Since 2003 he has been a Commander of the Order of Merit, an honor bestowed on him by the Portuguese President Jorge Sampaio. Considered one ...

, singer and composer *25 June –

Manuel Bento Manuel Galrinho Bento (25 June 1948 – 1 March 2007) was a Portuguese professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Bento was best known for his 20-year spell at Benfica, having retired well into his 40s after appearing in nearly 650 off ...

, footballer (d. 2007) *25 July – Carlos Silva Valente, footballer *4 August – Braulio Barbosa de Lima, footballer *11 August –

António Taí António Carlos Sousa Laranajeira Lima Taí (born 11 August 1948, Amarante) is a former Portuguese footballer who played for Boavista and FC Porto, as left back In the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield position whose ...

, footballer *21 October – Francisco Mário, footballer *30 October –

Ilda Figueiredo Maria Ilda da Costa Figueiredo (born 30 October 1948 in Troviscal, Oliveira do Bairro) is a Portuguese politician and Member of the European Parliament for the Portuguese Communist Party, part of the European United Left - Nordic Green Left grou ...

, politician *2 November –

Manuel Carvalho da Silva Manuel Carvalho da Silva (born 2 November 1948 in Viatodos, Barcelos, Portugal, Barcelos) is a Portugal, Portuguese Sociology, sociologist, research Professor#Research professor, professor and former Secretary-General of the General Confederati ...

, sociologist *6 November –

Quinito Joaquim Lucas Duro de Jesus (born 6 November 1948), known as Quinito, is a Portuguese former football midfielder and manager. Playing career Born in Setúbal, Quinito played in exactly ten Primeira Liga seasons during his professional career, mak ...

, footballer *23 November – Leonor Beleza, politician

Full date missing

Julião Sarmento Julião Manuel Tavares Sena Sarmento (4 November 1948 – 4 May 2021) was a Portuguese multimedia artist and painter. Biography / Work Born in Lisbon in 1948, Sarmento studied painting and architecture at the Lisbon School of Fine Arts. He be ...

, painter and multimedia artist

Deaths

*15 December –

João Tamagnini Barbosa João Tamagnini de Sousa Barbosa (30 December 1883 – 15 December 1948), commonly known as João Tamagnini Barbosa (), or Tamagnini Barbosa, was a Portuguese people, Portuguese military officer and politician of the Portuguese First Republi ...

, military officer and politician (born

1883 Events January–March * January 4 – ''Life'' magazine is founded in Los Angeles, California, United States. * January 10 – A fire at the Newhall Hotel in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States, kills 73 people. * Ja ...

)

References

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