Events in the year 1950 in Brazil.

Incumbents

Federal government

* President: Marshal Eurico Gaspar Dutra * Vice President: Nereu Ramos

Governors

* Alagoas: Silvestre Pericles * Amazonas: Leopoldo da Silva Amorim Neves * Bahia:

Otávio Mangabeira Otávio Mangabeira (27 August 1886 – 29 November 1960) was a Brazilian politician, professor, and engineer. He served as governor of Bahia, represented Bahia in the Senate of Brazil, and was the Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1926 to 1930 ...

Ceará Ceará (, pronounced locally as or ) is one of the 26 states of Brazil, located in the northeastern part of the country, on the Atlantic coast. It is the eighth-largest Brazilian State by population and the 17th by area. It is also one of the ...

: 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 Mato Grosso ( – lit. "Thick Bush") is one of the states of Brazil, the third largest by area, located in the Central-West region. The state has 1.66% of the Brazilian population and is responsible for 1.9% of the Brazilian GDP. Neighboring ...

: **

Arnaldo Estêvão de Figueiredo Arnaldo is a given name. Notable people with the name include: * Arnaldo Abrantes (born 1986), Portuguese track and field sprinter * Arnaldo Alonso (born 1979), Paraguayan footballer * Arnaldo André (born 1943), soap-opera Paraguayan actor * Arn ...

(until 1 July) **

Jari Gomes Jari may refer to: Finnish male given name The name ''Jari'' derives from the Finnish name ''Jalmari'', which in turn derives from the Old Norse male name ''Hjalmar'' or ''Hjálmarr'' (''hjalmr'' 'helmet' + ''arr'' 'warrior/army'). This name is co ...

(from 1 July) * Minas Gerais:

Milton Soares Campos Milton may refer to: Names * Milton (surname), a surname (and list of people with that surname) ** John Milton (1608–1674), English poet * Milton (given name) ** Milton Friedman (1912–2006), Nobel laureate in Economics, author of '' Free t ...

* Pará: **

Luís de Moura Carvalho Luis is a given name. It is the Spanish form of the originally Germanic name or . Other Iberian Romance languages have comparable forms: (with an accent mark on the i) in Portuguese and Galician, in Aragonese and Catalan, while is archaic ...

(until 30 June) **

Alberto Engelhard Alberto is the Romance version of the Latinized form (''Albertus'') of Germanic ''Albert''. It is used in Italian, Portuguese and Spanish. The diminutive forms are ''Albertito'' in Spain or ''Albertico'' in some parts of Latin America, Albertin ...

(from 30 June) *

Paraíba Paraíba ( Tupi: ''pa'ra a'íba''; ) is a state of Brazil. It is located in the Brazilian Northeast, and it is bordered by Rio Grande do Norte to the north, Ceará to the west, Pernambuco to the south and the Atlantic Ocean to the east. Paraíba ...

Osvaldo Trigueiro Osvaldo may refer to the following people: Given name *Osvaldo Alonso, Cuban football player *Osvaldo Ardiles (born 1952), an Argentine football player and coach *Osvaldo Bagnoli, an Italian football coach *Osvaldo Brandão, a Brazilian football c ...

* Paraná:

Moisés Lupion Moisés Wille Lupion de Troia (March 25, 1908 — August 29, 1991) was a Brazil, Brazilian accountant, businessman, and politician who twice served as governor of the state of Paraná (state), Paraná. References

1908 births 1991 deat ...

* Pernambuco:

Alexandre Barbosa Lima Sobrinho Alexandre may refer to: * Alexandre (given name) * Alexandre (surname) * Alexandre (film) See also * Alexander * Xano (disambiguation) Xano is the name of: * Xano, a Portuguese hypocoristic of the name " Alexandre (disambiguation)" * Idálio ...

Piauí Piaui (, ) is one of the states of Brazil, located in the country's Northeast Region. The state has 1.6% of the Brazilian population and produces 0.7% of the Brazilian GDP. Piaui has the shortest coastline of any coastal Brazilian state at 66&n ...

: José da Rocha Furtado * Rio de Janeiro: Macedo Soares * Rio Grande do Norte:

José Augusto Varela José is a predominantly Spanish and Portuguese form of the given name Joseph. While spelled alike, this name is pronounced differently in each language: Spanish ; Portuguese (or ). In French, the name ''José'', pronounced , is an old vernacu ...

Rio Grande do Sul Rio Grande do Sul (, , ; "Great River of the South") is a Federative units of Brazil, state in the South Region, Brazil, southern region of Brazil. It is the Federative_units_of_Brazil#List, fifth-most-populous state and the List of Brazilian st ...

: Walter Só Jobim * Santa Catarina: Aderbal Ramos da Silva * São Paulo:

Ademar de Barros Adhemar Pereira de Barros (22 April 1901 – 12 March 1969) was the mayor of São Paulo (1957–1961), and twice elected Governor of São Paulo (1947–1951 & 1963–1966). Barros was born in Piracicaba, Brazil. He was the federal interv ...

* Sergipe: Jose Rollemberg

Vice governors

: Francisco de Menezes Pimentel * Espírito Santo:

José Rodrigues Sette José is a predominantly Spanish and Portuguese form of the given name Joseph. While spelled alike, this name is pronounced differently in each language: Spanish ; Portuguese (or ). In French, the name ''José'', pronounced , is an old vernacu ...

* Goiás: ** Hosanah de Campos Guimarães (until 30 June) **''Vacant'' thereafter (from 30 June) * Maranhão: Saturnino Bello * Minas Gerais: José Ribeiro Pena *

: José Targino Pereira da Costa *

: 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 Transportes Aéreos Bandeirantes (TABA) was a Brazilian airline founded in 1945. In 1950 it was incorporated by Lóide Aéreo Nacional. History TABA (from Transportes Aéreos Bandeirantes) was founded in 1945 by Alberto Martins Torres, a former ...

is sold to

Lóide Aéreo Nacional Lóide Aéreo Nacional S/A was a Brazilian airline founded in 1947 as Transporte Carga Aérea (TCA). It was renamed Lóide Aéreo Nacional in 1949, after it merged with Linhas Aéreas Paulistas (LAP) and Transportes Aéreos Bandeirantes (TABA). ...

April

* 6 April: At Tanguá on the Leopoldina Railway, heavy rain causes flooding in the Rio Tanguá and a bridge to collapse under a train going from Rio de Janeiro to Vitória. The locomotive and several cars fall into the river; 90 people swim to safety, but 110 are killed and over 300 injured.

June

24 June Events Pre-1600 * 1312 BC – Mursili II launches a campaign against the Kingdom of Azzi-Hayasa. * 109 – Roman emperor Trajan inaugurates the Aqua Traiana, an aqueduct that channels water from Lake Bracciano, northwest of Rome. * ...

: The 1950 World Cup begins in Brazil.

July

16 July Events Pre-1600 * 622 – The beginning of the Islamic calendar. * 997 – Battle of Spercheios: Bulgarian forces of Tsar Samuel are defeated by a Byzantine army under general Nikephoros Ouranos at the Spercheios River in Greece. *1054 ...

: The 1950 World Cup ends, with the 2-1 defeat of the Brazilian national team by Uruguay at the Maracanã. *

28 July Events Pre-1600 *1364 – Troops of the Republic of Pisa and the Republic of Florence clash in the Battle of Cascina. *1540 – Henry VIII of England marries his fifth wife, Catherine Howard, on the same day his former Chancellor, Tho ...

: A Constellation plane crashes into

Morro do Chapéu Morro do Chapéu is a municipality in the Brazilian state of Bahia, 386 km northwest of its capital, Salvador, 1012 meters above the sea level, because of which it is one of the coolest towns in Bahia, with temperatures occasionally falling ...

, near Porto Alegre airport, killing 50 people.

September

18 September Events Pre-1600 * 96 – Domitian, who has been conducting a reign of terror for the past three years, is assassinated as a result of a plot by his wife Domitia and two Praetorian prefects. * 96 – Nerva is proclaimed Roman empero ...

: The first television channel in Brazil, TV Tupi opens in São Paulo, by businessman Assis Chateaubriand.

October

3 October Events Pre-1600 *2457 BC – Gaecheonjeol, Hwanung (환웅) purportedly descended from heaven. South Korea's National Foundation Day. *52 BC – Gallic Wars: Vercingetorix, leader of the Gauls, surrenders to the Romans under Julius Cae ...

: The Brazilian general election Nohlen, D (2005) ''Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II'', p173 is won by the Social Democratic Party, who remain the largest party in both the

Chamber of Deputies The chamber of deputies is the lower house in many bicameral legislatures and the sole house in some unicameral legislatures. Description Historically, French Chamber of Deputies was the lower house of the French Parliament during the Bourbon R ...

and the

Senate A senate is a deliberative assembly, often the upper house or chamber of a bicameral legislature. The name comes from the ancient Roman Senate (Latin: ''Senatus''), so-called as an assembly of the senior (Latin: ''senex'' meaning "the el ...

, although they lose their majority in the former. The presidential election is won by former President Getúlio Vargas of the Brazilian Labour Party.

Arts and culture

Books

Ulrich Becher Ulrich Becher (2 January 1910 – 15 April 1990) was a German author and playwright. Overview Becher was born in Berlin, where, after attending the Wickersdorf Free School Community, he studied law. During his school years he had already made ...

- ''Brasilianischer Romanzero'' (published in Vienna)

Films

*''Alameda da Saudade 113'', directed by

Carlos Ortiz Carlos Ortíz may refer to: * Carlos Ortiz (boxer) (1936–2022), Puerto Rican boxer * Carlos Escobar Ortiz (born 1989), Chilean footballer * Carlos Ortiz (wrestler) (born 1974), retired wrestler from Cuba * Carlos Arias Ortiz, Mexican biochemist ...

. *''

Caiçara Caicara or Caiçara may refer to: People * Caiçaras, the traditional population of the coastal regions of the southeast and south of Brazil * Júnior Caiçara (born 1989), Brazilian footballer Places Brazil * Caiçaras Club, a private club on ...

'', co-directed by Adolfo Celi, Tom Payne, and John Waterhouse, starring Celi and

José Mauro de Vasconcelos José Mauro de Vasconcelos (February 26, 1920 – July 24, 1984) was a Brazilian writer. Biography José Mauro was born in Rio de Janeiro on February 26, 1920. His family was very poor, and when he was still very young, he migrated to Natal ...

. *''Caraça, Porta do Céu'', directed by Theodor Luts, starring José Álvaro Morais. *''Quando a Noite Acaba'', starring

Tônia Carrero Maria Antonieta Portocarrero Thedim ( née de Farias; 23 August 1922 – 3 March 2018), known professionally as Tônia Carrero, was a Brazilian actress. Early life Carrero was born and raised in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Career She made her t ...

Births

January

2 January Events Pre-1600 * 69 – The Roman legions in Germania Superior refuse to swear loyalty to Galba. They rebel and proclaim Vitellius as emperor. * 366 – The Alemanni cross the frozen Rhine in large numbers, invading the Roman Empir ...

: Débora Duarte, actress *

14 January Events Pre-1600 * 1236 – King Henry III of England marries Eleanor of Provence. *1301 – Andrew III of Hungary dies, ending the Árpád dynasty in Hungary. 1601–1900 *1639 – The "Fundamental Orders", the first written const ...

: Nelson Bornier, lawyer and politician (died

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) *

15 January Events Pre-1600 * 69 – Otho seizes power in Rome, proclaiming himself Emperor of Rome, beginning a reign of only three months. * 1541 – King Francis I of France gives Jean-François Roberval a commission to settle the province of ...

Bebeto de Freitas Paulo Roberto de Freitas, best known as Bebeto (January 15, 1950 – March 13, 2018), was a Brazilian volleyball coach and football manager. He was the president of Botafogo FR football club. Bebeto was born in Rio de Janeiro. He coached several ...

, volleyball coach and president of Botafogo FR (died

2018 File:2018 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2018 Winter Olympics opening ceremony in PyeongChang, South Korea; Protests erupt following the Assassination of Jamal Khashoggi; March for Our Lives protests take place across the United ...

) * 20 January: Daniel Benzali, actor

February

12 February Events Pre-1600 *1404 – The Italian professor Galeazzo di Santa Sophie performed the first post-mortem autopsy for the purposes of teaching and demonstration at the Heiligen–Geist Spital in Vienna. *1429 – English forces under S ...

João W. Nery João W. Nery (12 February 1950 – 26 October 2018), was a Brazilian writer, psychologist, and LGBT activist. He was the first transgender man to have undergone sex-change surgery in Brazil; Roberto Farina Case, Dr. Roberto Farina performed the ...

, writer and LGBT activist (died

) *

23 February Events Pre-1600 * 303 – Roman emperor Diocletian orders the destruction of the Christian church in Nicomedia, beginning eight years of Diocletianic Persecution. * 532 – Byzantine emperor Justinian I lays the foundation stone of a ...

: Marcel Telles, businessman

March

15 March Events Pre-1600 * 474 BC – Roman consul Aulus Manlius Vulso celebrates an ovation for concluding the war against Veii and securing a forty years' truce. *44 BC – The assassination of Julius Caesar takes place. * 493 – Odoa ...

: Cláudio Duarte, footballer and coach

April

* 7 April:

Marisa Letícia Lula da Silva Marisa Letícia Lula da Silva ('' née'' Casa; 7 April 1950 – 3 February 2017) was the wife of the 35th and 39th president of Brazil Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, and First Lady of Brazil from 2003 to 2010. Lula's first wife, Maria de Lourdes ...

, former First Lady of Brazil (died

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)

May

2 May Events Pre-1600 *1194 – King Richard I of England gives Portsmouth its first Royal Charter. *1230 – William de Braose is hanged by Prince Llywelyn the Great. *1536 – Anne Boleyn, Queen of England, is arrested and imprison ...

: Fausto Silva, television presenter

June

8 June Events Pre-1600 * 218 – Battle of Antioch: With the support of the Syrian legions, Elagabalus defeats the forces of emperor Macrinus. * 452 – Attila leads a Hun army in the invasion of Italy, devastating the northern provinces ...

Sonia Braga Sonia, Sonja or Sonya, a name of Greek origin meaning wisdom, may refer to: People * Sonia (name), a feminine given name (lists people named, Sonia, Sonja and Sonya) :* Sonia (actress), Indian film actress in Malayalam and Tamil films :* Sonia ...

, actress

July

21 July Events Pre-1600 * 356 BC – The Temple of Artemis in Ephesus, one of the Seven Wonders of the World, is destroyed by arson. * 230 – Pope Pontian succeeds Urban I as the eighteenth pope. After being exiled to Sardinia, he became the ...

Galvão Bueno Carlos Eduardo dos Santos Galvão Bueno, known as Galvão Bueno (Portuguese pronunciation: �awˈvɐ̃w̃ buˈenu, is a Brazilian personality and commentator, where he hosted Brazil national football team matches, key Brazilian football champi ...

, play by play announcer

August

1 August Events Pre-1600 * 30 BC – Octavian (later known as Augustus) enters Alexandria, Egypt, bringing it under the control of the Roman Republic. *AD 69 – Batavian rebellion: The Batavians in Germania Inferior (Netherlands) revolt under ...

: José Dumont, actor

September

7 September Events Pre-1600 * 70 – A Roman army under Titus occupies and plunders Jerusalem. * 878 – Louis the Stammerer is crowned as king of West Francia by Pope John VIII. * 1159 – Pope Alexander III is chosen. *1191 – Third C ...

: Mário Sérgio, footballer (died

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)

Deaths

May

* 8 May: Vital Brazil, physician and immunologist (born

1865 Events January–March * January 4 – The New York Stock Exchange opens its first permanent headquarters at Broad Street (Manhattan), 10-12 Broad near Wall Street, in New York City. * January 13 – American Civil War : Sec ...

)

October

2 October Events Pre-1600 * 829 – Theophilos succeeds his father Michael II as Byzantine Emperor. * 939 – Battle of Andernach: Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor, crushes a rebellion against his rule, by a coalition of Eberhard of Franconia and oth ...

J. Carlos José Carlos de Brito e Cunha, known as J. Carlos, (July 18, 1884 — October 2, 1950) was a Brazilian cartoonist, illustrator and graphic designer. J. Carlos also did sculpture, wrote vaudeville plays, wrote lyrics for samba and was a major tal ...

, illustrator and designer (born

1884 Events January–March * January 4 – The Fabian Society is founded in London. * January 5 – Gilbert and Sullivan's ''Princess Ida'' premières at the Savoy Theatre, London. * January 18 – Dr. William Price atte ...

)