1943 in Portugal explained

Events in the year 1943 in Portugal.

Incumbents

• President

Óscar Carmona

• Prime Minister

António de Oliveira Salazar

Events

• August  - Luso-British agreement is signed, leasing air basis in the Azores to the UK.^[1]

Arts and entertainment

• 28 November  - First issue of the weekly newspaper O Benfica

Sports

• GD Bragança founded
• Santa Maria FC founded

Births

• 5 February  - Manuel Luís dos Santos, footballer
• 19 February  - Amandio Malta da Silva, footballer
• 22 February  - Antônio Lino da Silva Dinis, Bishop of Itumbiara (died 2013).^[2]
• 20 March  - Alice Vieira, children's writer.^[3]
• 25 June  - Serafim Pereira, footballer (died 1994)
• 3 September  - Marinho, footballer
• 2 October  - Eduardo Serra, cinematographer
• 28 October  - João Aguiar, journalist and novelist (died 2010)
• 18 November  - Manuel António Pina, journalist and poet (died 2012)

Deaths

• 10 January  - Manuel Maria Coelho, military officer and politician (born 1857)
• 11 March  - Infanta Maria Josepha of Portugal (born 1857)
• May  - Dom Aleixo, war hero of East Timor (born 1886)

Notes and References

1. Web site: G R Bromet_P.
2. Web site: Bishop Antônio Lino da Silva Dinis . catholic-hierarchy.org . 3 December 2016 .
3. Web site: Alice Vieira. 20 June 2018 . Editorial Caminho. pt. https://web.archive.org/web/20100324005257/http://html.editorial-caminho.pt/show_autor__q1area_--_3Dcatalogo__--_3D_obj_--_3D31810__q236__q30__q41__q5.htm. 24 March 2010. dead.