1949 in Brazil explained

Events in the year 1949 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 Ceará: Faustino de Albuquerque Espírito Santo: Carlos Fernando Monteiro Lindenberg Goiás: Jerônimo Coimbra Bueno Maranhão: Sebastian Archer
• Mato Grosso: Arnaldo Estêvão de Figueiredo
• Minas Gerais: Milton Soares Campos
  • • • • • • • • • • Pará: Luís de Moura Carvalho Paraíba: Osvaldo Trigueiro Paraná: Moisés Lupion Pernambuco: Alexandre Barbosa Lima Sobrinho Piauí: José da Rocha Furtado Rio de Janeiro: Macedo Soares Rio Grande do Norte: José Augusto Varela Rio Grande do Sul: Walter Só Jobim Santa Catarina: Aderbal Ramos da Silva São Paulo: Ademar de Barros Sergipe: Jose Rollemberg

Vice governors

• • • • Ceará: Francisco de Menezes Pimentel Espírito Santo: José Rodrigues Sette Goiás: Hosanah de Campos Guimarães Maranhão: Saturnino Bello
      • Minas Gerais: José Ribeiro Pena Paraíba: José Targino Pereira da Costa Piauí: Osvaldo da Costa e Silva Rio Grande do Norte: Tomaz Salustino
• São Paulo: Luís Gonzaga Novelli Júnior

Events

• date unknown - The Centro Brasileiro de Pesquisas Físicas is founded by Cesar Lattes, José Leite Lopes, and Jayme Tiomno.

January

• 25 January

IEPAC, the forerunner of UniÍtalo, is founded by professor and Italian immigrant Pasquale Cascino.^{[1] [2]}

February

• 1 February

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Macapá is established as Territorial Prelature of Macapá from the Territorial Prelature of Santarém.^[3]

May

• 11 May

Brazil defeats Paraguay 7-0 to win the 1949 South American Championship.^{[4] [5]}

July

• 12 July

The first issue of the comic O Pato Donald is launched, giving rise to Editora Abril, founded by Victor Civita.^[6]

Arts and culture

Books

• Maria José Dupré - Dona Lola^[7]

Films

• Almas Adversas
• Estou Aí
• A Escrava Isaura
• O Homem que Passa
• Inocência
• Pinguinho de Gente
• Vendaval Maravilhoso

Music

• Afoxé music is introduced by a group called Filhos de Gandhi.

Births

January

• 27 January: Djavan, singer-songwriter

April

• 18 April: Antônio Fagundes, actor

May

• 14 May: Helvécio Ratton, film director, producer and screenwriter^[8]

August

• 12 August: Fernando Collor de Mello, President of Brazil 1990-1992

September

• 21 September: Odilo Scherer, Archbishop of São Paulo
• 25 September: Ronaldo Caiado, politician

Deaths

February

• 2 February: Pedro Paulo Bruno, painter, singer and poet (born 1888)^[9]

December

• 11 December: Rudolf Komorek, Salesian missionary (born 1890)^[10]

See also

• 1949 in Brazilian football
• List of Brazilian films of 1949

Notes and References

1. Web site: Uma trajectorÍa verdadeiramente Ítalo Brasileira. CIAO. 25 September 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20130927134858/http://page.issuu.com/120306152109-992f7b8490fc47c3b736d4abf16ac38a/swf/page_4.swf. 27 September 2013. dead. dmy-all.
2. Web site: UniÍtalo of Brazil Honors Daisaku Ikeda. Daisaku Ikeda. 25 September 2013.
3. Web site: Macapá (Diocese) [Catholic-Hierarchy] .
4. https://www.rsssf.org/tables/49safull.html South American Championship 1949
5. http://agenciasanluis.com/notas/2015/06/03/1949-1975-brasil-paraguay-bolivia-y-peru-campeones/ 1949-1975: Brasil, Paraguay, Bolivia y Perú, campeones
6. Web site: 2010-01-28. 2013-04-05. https://web.archive.org/web/20130405073356/http://www.abril.com.br/institucional/50anos/perfil05.html. Cópia arquivada.
7. Book: Sadlier, Darlene Joy. One Hundred Years After Tomorrow: Brazilian Women's Fiction in the 20th Century. February 1, 1992. Indiana University Press. 58–75. 0-253-35045-X. February 9, 2010.
8. Book: O cinema da retomada: depoimentos de 90 cineastas dos anos 90 . Nagib, Lúcia . Rosa, Almir . 360–365 . 2002 . Editora 34. 9788573262544 .
9. Web site: Pedro Bruno. Enciclopedia Itau Cultural. pt. 8 November 2022.
10. http://www.salesianmissions.org/about-us/ven-rudolf-komorek Salesian Missions