Events in the year 1948 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 * Maranhão: Sebastião 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 ...

* 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 ...

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: ** Otávio Correia de Araújo (until 14 February) ** Alexandre Barbosa Lima Sobrinho (from 14 February) *

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'' **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 Alfredo (, ) is a cognate of the Anglo-Saxon name Alfred and a common Italian, Galician, Portuguese and Spanish language personal name. People with the given name include: *Alfredo (born 1946), Brazilian footballer born as Alfredo Mostarda Filho ...

in São Paulo. **Opening of the headquarters of the Banco Boavista, designed by Oscar Niemeyer.

January

January 7 Events Pre-1600 *49 BC – The Senate of Rome says that Caesar will be declared a public enemy unless he disbands his army. This prompts the tribunes who support him to flee to Ravenna, where Caesar is waiting. * 1325 – Alfonso IV ...

: 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 ...

approves the project to revoke the mandates of communist parliamentarians.

April

April 21 Events Pre-1600 *753 BC – Romulus founds Rome ( traditional date). * 43 BC – Battle of Mutina: Mark Antony is again defeated in battle by Aulus Hirtius, who is killed. Antony fails to capture Mutina and Decimus Brutus is murdered ...

: 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.

December

* December 25: The Samba school GRES Beija-Flor is established.

Arts and culture

Books

* Alfonso Arinos - ''Pelo Sertão'', with illustrations by Livio Abramo

Films

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Folias Cariocas ''Folias Cariocas'' is a 1948 Brazilian musical comedy film directed by Manoel Jorge and Hélio Thys. It stars Lauro Borges, Dercy Gonçalves Dolores Gonçalves Costa (23 June 1905 – 19 July 2008), known by her stage name Dercy Gonçalves, ...

'', directed by Manoel Jorge and Hélio Thys, starring

Dercy Gonçalves Dolores Gonçalves Costa (23 June 1905 – 19 July 2008), known by her stage name Dercy Gonçalves, was a Brazilian actress, comedian and singer. In her 86-year-long career, she worked in the theater, revues, film, radio and television, becoming ...

. *''

Poeira de Estrelas ''Poeira de Estrelas'' is a 1948 Brazilian musical comedy film directed by Moacyr Fenelon. It stars Lourdinha Bittencourt and Emilinha Borba Emilinha Borba (August 31, 1923 in Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro ( , , ; literally 'River of Janu ...

'', directed by

Moacyr Fenelon Moacyr, also spelled Moacir, is a Brazilian masculine name of Tupi origin. According to the Brazilian philologist Eduardo de Almeida Navarro, it means "regret", "repentance". It can refer to: * Moacir Barbosa Nascimento (1921–2000), nicknamed Bar ...

and starring

Lourdinha Bittencourt Lourdinha Bittencourt (née Maria de Lourdes Bittencourt; October 30, 1923 – August 19, 1979) was a Brazilian actress and singer who took part in the musical ensemble Trio de Ouro from 1952 to 1957, replacing the lead singer Dalva de Oliveira. ...

and

Emilinha Borba Emilinha Borba (August 31, 1923 in Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro ( , , ; literally 'River of January'), or simply Rio, is the capital of the state of the same name, Brazil's third-most populous state, and the second-most populous city in ...

Births

January

*January 11: José Scheinkman, economist

February

*February 16: Ellen Gracie, judge

March

*March 7: Danilo Caymmi, musician, singer, composer and arranger, son of Dorival Caymmi *March 15: Sérgio Vieira de Mello, UN diplomat (died

2003 File:2003 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The crew of STS-107 perished when the Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated during reentry into Earth's atmosphere; SARS became an epidemic in China, and was a precursor to SARS-CoV-2; A des ...

)

June

*June 27: Zezé Motta, actress and singer

August

*August 12:

Ana de Hollanda Anna Maria Alvim Buarque de Hollanda (born 12 August 1948) was the Minister of Culture of Brazil from 2011 to 2012. She worked as a singer before, and is the sister of singer-songwriter Chico Buarque and daughter of sociologist Sérgio Buarque de ...

, politician

September

*September 12:

Caio Fernando Abreu Caio Fernando Loureiro de Abreu (September 12, 1948 – February 25, 1996), best known as Caio Fernando Abreu, was one of the most influential and original Brazilian writers of the 1970s and 1980s. Caio F., as he habitually signed his letters, was b ...

, writer (died

1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The '' Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently ...

)

December

*December 25:

Joel Santana Joel Natalino Santana (born 25 December 1948) is a Brazilian football coach and former player. The last team he coached was Vasco da Gama, in 2014. Biography Born in Rio de Janeiro, Santana played his entire career as a central defender in his ...

, footballer and manager

Deaths

*''Date Unknown'':

Humberto Rosa Humberto Rosa may refer to: * Humberto Rosa (footballer) (1932–2017), Argentine football player and coach * Humberto Rosa (painter) Humberto Rosa (January 18, 1908 – 1948) was a Brazilian artist who worked in painting and drawing. He was part ...

, painter (born

1908 Events January * January 1 – The British ''Nimrod'' Expedition led by Ernest Shackleton sets sail from New Zealand on the ''Nimrod'' for Antarctica. * January 3 – A total solar eclipse is visible in the Pacific Ocean, and is the 46 ...

)

July

*July 4:

Monteiro Lobato José Bento Renato Monteiro Lobato (18 April 1882 – 4 July 1948) was one of Brazil's most influential writers, mostly for his children's books set in the fictional Sítio do Picapau Amarelo (Yellow Woodpecker Farm) but he had been previously ...

, writer (born

1882 Events January–March * January 2 ** The Standard Oil Trust is secretly created in the United States to control multiple corporations set up by John D. Rockefeller and his associates. ** Irish-born author Oscar Wilde arrives in ...

) *July 22: Sud Mennucci, journalist and educator (born

)

August

*August 27:

Oscar Lorenzo Fernández Oscar Lorenzo Fernández (4 November 1897 – 27 August 1948) was a Brazilian composer of Spanish descent. He was born and died in Rio de Janeiro. Life Fernández studied at the Instituto Nacional de Música with Francisco Braga, Frederico Nas ...

, composer (born

1897 Events January–March * January 2 – The International Alpha Omicron Pi sorority is founded, in New York City. * January 4 – A British force is ambushed by Chief Ologbosere, son-in-law of the ruler. This leads to a puniti ...

)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.

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References

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