Events in the year 1952 in Brazil.

Incumbents

Federal government

* President: Getúlio Vargas * Vice President: Café Filho

Governors

Álvaro Botelho Maia Álvaro (, , ) is a Spanish, Galician and Portuguese male given name and surname (see Spanish naming customs) of Visigothic origin. Some claim it may be related to the Old Norse name Alfarr, formed of the elements ''alf'' "elf" and ''arr'' "warrior ...

* Bahia: Régis Pacheco *

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 ...

Raul Barbosa Raul António dos Santos Barbosa (born 18 May 1972) is an Angolan footballer. He played in three matches for the Angola national football team in 1998. He was also named in Angola's squad for the 1998 African Cup of Nations The 1998 African ...

* Espírito Santo: **

Jones dos Santos Neves Jones may refer to: People *Jones (surname), a common Welsh and English surname *List of people with surname Jones *Jones (singer), a British singer-songwriter Arts and entertainment * Jones (''Animal Farm''), a human character in George Orwell' ...

(until 31 January) ** Francisco Alves Ataíde (from 31 January) * Goiás:

Pedro Ludovico Teixeira Pedro is a masculine given name. Pedro is the Spanish, Portuguese, and Galician name for ''Peter''. Its French equivalent is Pierre while its English and Germanic form is Peter. The counterpart patronymic surname of the name Pedro, meaning " ...

* Maranhão: Eugênio Barros *

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 ...

: Fernando Corrêa da Costa * Minas Gerais: Juscelino Kubitschek * Pará:

Zacarias de Assumpção Zechariah most often refers to: * Zechariah (Hebrew prophet), author of the Book of Zechariah * Zechariah (New Testament figure), father of John the Baptist Zechariah or its many variant forms and spellings may also refer to: People * Zechari ...

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 ...

: José Américo de Almeida * Paraná: Bento Munhoz da Rocha Neto * Pernambuco: **

Agamenon Magalhães In Greek mythology, Agamemnon (; grc-gre, Ἀγαμέμνων ''Agamémnōn'') was a king of Mycenae who commanded the Greeks during the Trojan War. He was the son, or grandson, of King Atreus and Queen Aerope, the brother of Menelaus, the husb ...

(until 24 August) ** Antônio Torres Galvão (from 24 August-12 December) ** Etelvino Lins de Albuquerque (starting 12 December) *

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 ...

: Pedro Freitas * Rio Grande do Norte: Silvio Piza Pedrosa *

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 ...

: Ernesto Dornelles * Santa Catarina: Irineu Bornhausen * São Paulo: Lucas Nogueira Garcez * Sergipe: Arnaldo Rollemberg Garcez

Vice governors

* Alagoas: Antônio Guedes de Miranda *

: Stênio Gomes da Silva * Espírito Santo: Francisco Alves Ataíde * Goiás: Jonas Ferreira Alves Duarte * Maranhão: Renato Bayma Archer da Silva *

: João Leite de Barros * Minas Gerais: Clóvis Salgado da Gama *

: João Fernandes de Lima *

: Tertuliano Milton Brandão * Rio de Janeiro: Tarcísio Miranda * Rio Grande do Norte: ''Vacant'' * São Paulo: Erlindo Salzano * Sergipe: Edelzio Vieira de Melo

Events

February

February 14 Events Pre-1600 * 748 – Abbasid Revolution: The Hashimi rebels under Abu Muslim Khorasani take Merv, capital of the Umayyad province Khorasan, marking the consolidation of the Abbasid revolt. * 842 – Charles the Bald and Louis ...

: The

Diário de Noite ''Diário de Noite'' (''Evening Diary'') was a Portuguese language daily newspaper published from Panjim, Goa. The first issue was published on 1 December 1919. Luís de Menezes Luis is a given name. It is the Spanish form of the originally ...

newspaper ran a report of mysterious bombs exploding in the city of Porto Alegre since the month of January. In May of the same year, the bomber, 24-year-old radio technician Herbert Rudiger was captured after maiming himself while fabricating another bomb. Rudiger confessed to the police that he was the author of the bombings while in the hospital and said his motive was fun he obtained with the sensationalism of the media.

March

4 March Events Pre-1600 *AD 51 – Nero, later to become Roman emperor, is given the title ''princeps iuventutis'' (head of the youth). * 306 – Martyrdom of Saint Adrian of Nicomedia. * 852 – Croatian Knez Trpimir I issues a statute, ...

: A crowded steam-powered passenger train derails while crossing a bridge over the Pavuna River near Anchieta station, sending two old wooden carriages broadside onto the adjacent line. A modern high-speed electric freight train travelling in the opposite direction ploughs into the wooden carriages, telescoping them upwards. 119 people are killed and more than 200 are injured, resulting in an outcry prompting a major new investment in Brazilian railways. *

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 ...

: The military assistance agreement between Brazil and the United States is signed by the Brazilian Minister of Foreign Affairs,

João Neves da Fontoura João Neves da Fontoura was a Brazilian lawyer, diplomat and politician. He was born in Cachoeira do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, on 16 November 1887 and died in Rio de Janeiro on 31 March 1963. Biography Fontoura was the son of colonel Isidoro Neve ...

and

American ambassador Ambassadors of the United States are persons nominated by the president to serve as the country's diplomatic representatives to foreign nations, international organizations, and as ambassadors-at-large. Under Article II, Section 2 of the U.S. ...

Herschel Johnson Herschel Vespasian Johnson (May 3, 1894 – April 16, 1966) was a United States of America, U.S. diplomat from North Carolina. He was the great grandson of Governor Herschel Vespasian Johnson. He served as a U.S. Foreign Service Officer from ...

at the Itamaraty Palace in Rio de Janeiro.

April

28 April Events Pre-1600 * 224 – The Battle of Hormozdgan is fought. Ardashir I defeats and kills Artabanus V effectively ending the Parthian Empire. * 357 – Emperor Constantius II enters Rome for the first time to celebrate his victory ...

Pan Am Flight 202 Pan American World Airways Flight 202 was a Boeing 377 Stratocruiser aircraft that crashed in the Amazon Basin about southwest of Carolina, Brazil on April 29, 1952. The accident happened en route from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, to Port of Spain ...

crashes in the

Amazon Basin The Amazon basin is the part of South America drained by the Amazon River and its tributaries. The Amazon drainage basin covers an area of about , or about 35.5 percent of the South American continent. It is located in the countries of Bolivi ...

approximately southwest of

Carolina, Maranhão Carolina is a municipality in the state of Maranhão in the Northeast region of Brazil. Carolina is served by Brig. Lysias Augusto Rodrigues Airport. See also *List of municipalities in Maranhão This is a list of the municipalities in the s ...

. All 50 people on board are killed in the worst-ever accident involving the

Boeing 377 The Boeing 377 Stratocruiser was a large long-range airliner developed from the C-97 Stratofreighter military transport, itself a derivative of the B-29 Superfortress. The Stratocruiser's first flight was on July 8, 1947. Its design was advanced ...

June

20 June Events Pre-1600 * 451 – Battle of Chalons: Flavius Aetius' battles Attila the Hun. After the battle, which was inconclusive, Attila retreats, causing the Romans to interpret it as a victory. * 1180 – First Battle of Uji, starti ...

: President Getúlio Vargas signs a law, creating the National Bank for Economic and Social Development (BNDES, formerly BNDE).

August

12 August Events Pre-1600 *1099 – First Crusade: Battle of Ascalon Crusaders under the command of Godfrey of Bouillon defeat Fatimid Caliphate, Fatimid forces led by Al-Afdal Shahanshah. This is considered the last engagement of the First Crusade. ...

: A Douglas C-47A registered ''PP-ANH'' is destroyed after a in-flight fire, causing it to crash near

Palmeiras de Goiás Palmeiras de Goiás is a municipality in southeastern Goiás state, Brazil. Location Palmeiras de Goiás is located in the statistical micro-region of Vale do Rio dos Bois at a distance of 88 kilometers from the state capital, Goiânia. It is 26 ...

. All 24 people on board are killed.

October

14 October Events Pre-1600 *1066 – The Norman Conquest, Norman conquest of England begins with the Battle of Hastings. *1322 – Robert the Bruce, Robert the Bruce of Scotland defeats King Edward II of England at the Battle of Old Byland, forc ...

: The National Conference of Bishops of Brazil is founded in Rio de Janeiro. *

29 October Events Pre-1600 * 312 – Constantine the Great enters Rome after his victory at the Battle of the Milvian Bridge, stages a grand '' adventus'' in the city, and is met with popular jubilation. Maxentius' body is fished out of the Tiber an ...

: The National Institute of Amazonian Research is created through ''Decree 31,672''.

December

14 December Events Pre-1600 * 557 – Constantinople is severely damaged by 557 Constantinople earthquake, an earthquake, which cracks the dome of Hagia Sophia. * 835 – Sweet Dew Incident: Emperor Wenzong of Tang, Emperor Wenzong of the Tang dyn ...

: The city of Paranavaí is founded.

Arts and culture

Films

*'' O Canto do Mar'', directed by Alberto Cavalcanti. *''

Sai da frente Sai da Frente is a Brazilian film, from 1952, which marks the debut of Mazzaropi in cinemas, hitherto artist of success in the circus, radio and television. Cast *Amácio Mazzaropi .... Isidoro Colepicola * Ludy Veloso .... Maria * Leila Parisi * ...

'', film debut of

Amácio Mazzaropi Amácio Mazzaropi (São Paulo, April 9, 1912 – São Paulo, June 13, 1981) was a Brazilian actor and filmmaker. Biography A comic performer from a circus background, he became popular in Brazil with his character Jeca Tatu, a portrayal of the ru ...

. *''

Tico-Tico no Fubá "Tico-Tico no fubá" (; "rufous-collared sparrow in the cornmeal") is a Brazilian choro song written by Zequinha de Abreu in 1917. Its original title was "Tico-Tico no farelo" ("sparrow in the bran"), but since Brazilian guitarist Américo Jacom ...

'', directed by Adolfo Celi, starring

Anselmo Duarte Anselmo Duarte Bento (; 21 April 1920 – 7 November 2009) was a Brazilian actor, screenwriter and film director. Early life Duarte was born in Salto, São Paulo on 21 April 1920. He was raised by his mother, alongside his six siblings. ...

and

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 ...

Music

* João Gilberto - "Quando Ela Sai"

Television

*'' Sítio do Pica-pau Amarelo'', written by

Tatiana Belinky Tatiana Belinky (18 March 1919 – 15 June 2013) was a Russian-born Brazilian children literature, children's writer. She wrote over 250 books for children. Biography Born in Petrograd, Belinky came to Brazil with her family when she was ...

and based on the series of novels of same name by

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 ...

Births

January

18 January Events Pre-1600 * 474 – Seven-year-old Leo II succeeds his maternal grandfather Leo I as Byzantine emperor. He dies ten months later. * 532 – Nika riots in Constantinople fail. * 1126 – Emperor Huizong abdicates the Chines ...

–

Túlio Mourão Os Mutantes (meaning '' the mutants''; ) are an influential Brazilian Rock music, rock band that were linked with the Tropicalismo, Tropicália movement, a dissident musical movement during the Brazilian dictatorship of the late 1960s. The band ...

, pianist and composer

February

22 February Events Pre-1600 *1076 – Having received a letter during the Lenten synod of 14–20 February demanding that he abdicate, Pope Gregory VII excommunicates Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor. *1316 – The Battle of Picotin, between Ferdinand ...

–

Marcos Caruso Marcos Vianna Caruso (born 22 February 1952) is a Brazilian actor, screenwriter, playwright, and stage director. He graduated in Law from the Law School of Largo de São Francisco. He is the author of several plays written in partnership with t ...

, author, director, screenwriter and actor

May

10 May Events Pre-1600 *28 BC – A sunspot is observed by Han dynasty astronomers during the reign of Emperor Cheng of Han, one of the earliest dated sunspot observations in China. *1291 – Scottish nobles recognize the authority of Edward ...

– Vanderlei Luxemburgo, professional football coach and former player

August

17 August Events Pre-1600 * 309/310 – Pope Eusebius is banished by the Emperor Maxentius to Sicily, where he dies, possibly from a hunger strike. * 682 – Pope Leo II begins his pontificate. * 986 – Byzantine–Bulgarian wars: Battle of ...

– Nelson Piquet, racing driver *

19 August Events Pre-1600 *295 BC – The first temple to Venus, the Roman goddess of love, beauty and fertility, is dedicated by Quintus Fabius Maximus Gurges during the Third Samnite War. * 43 BC – Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus, later know ...

–

Milton Hatoum Milton Hatoum (born August 19, 1952) is a Brazilian writer, translator and professor. Hatoum is one of Brazil's most eminent contemporary writers. Among other honors, Hatoum was awarded Brazil's most prestigious literary award, the Jabuti Prize, ...

, writer

September

10 September Events Pre-1600 * 506 – The bishops of Visigothic Gaul meet in the Council of Agde. *1419 – John the Fearless, Duke of Burgundy is assassinated by adherents of the Dauphin, the future Charles VII of France. *1509 – An eart ...

–

Paulo Betti Paulo Sérgio Betti (born 8 September 1952) is a Brazilian actor, playwright, and stage director. He also works occasionally as film producer and director. Biography Paulo Sérgio Betti was born on 8 September 1952 in Rafard, a small town in the ...

, actor

December

– Pedro Collor de Mello, business and brother of former president of Brazil Fernando Collor (died

1994 File:1994 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 1994 Winter Olympics are held in Lillehammer, Norway; The Kaiser Permanente building after the 1994 Northridge earthquake; A model of the MS Estonia, which Sinking of the MS Estonia, sank in ...

)

Deaths

February

2 February Events Pre-1600 * 506 – Alaric II, eighth king of the Visigoths, promulgates the Breviary of Alaric (''Breviarium Alaricianum'' or ''Lex Romana Visigothorum''), a collection of "Roman law". * 880 – Battle of Lüneburg Heath: King ...

– João Guilherme Fischer, agronomic engineer (born

1876 Events January–March * January 1 ** The Reichsbank opens in Berlin. ** The Bass Brewery Red Triangle becomes the world's first registered trademark symbol. * February 2 – The National League of Professional Base Ball Clubs i ...

)

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References

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