Events in the year 1947 in Brazil.
Incumbents
editFederal government
editGovernors
edit- Alagoas:
- Antonio Guedes de Miranda (until 29 March)
- Silvestre Pericles (from 29 March)
- Amazonas:
- Siseno Sarmento (until 1 March)
- João Nogueira da Mata (1 March-8 May)
- Leopoldo da Silva Amorim Neves (from 8 May)
- Bahia:
- Cândido Caldas (until 10 April)
- Otávio Mangabeira (from 10 April)
- Ceará:
- José Machado Lopes (until 3 February)
- José Feliciano de Ataíde (3 February-1 March)
- Faustino de Albuquerque (from 1 March)
- Espírito Santo:
- Moacir Ubirajara da Silva (until 29 March)
- Carlos Fernando Monteiro Lindenberg (from 29 March)
- Goiás:
- Joaquim Machado de Araújo (until 22 March)
- Jerônimo Coimbra Bueno (from 22 March)
- Maranhão: Saturnino Bello
- Mato Grosso:
- Jose Marcelo Moreira (until 8 April)
- Arnaldo Estêvão de Figueiredo (from 8 April)
- Minas Gerais:
- Alcides Lins (until 19 March)
- Milton Soares Campos (from 19 March)
- Pará:
- José Faustino Santos (until 11 March)
- Luís de Moura Carvalho (from 11 March)
- Paraíba:
- José Gomes da Silva (until 4 March)
- Osvaldo Trigueiro (from 4 March)
- Paraná:
- Mário Gomes (until 6 February)
- Antônio Augusto de Carvalho Chaves (6 February-12 March)
- Moisés Lupion (from 12 March)
- Pernambuco: Demerval Peixoto
- Rio de Janeiro: Hugo Silva
- Rio Grande do Norte:
- Ubaldo Bezerra de Melo (until 15 January)
- Orestes da Rocha Lima (15 January-31 July)
- José Augusto Varela (from 31 July)
- Rio Grande do Sul:
- Pompílio Cylon Fernandes Rosa (until 26 March)
- Walter Só Jobim (from 26 March)
- Santa Catarina: Aderbal Ramos da Silva
- São Paulo:
- José Carlos de Macedo Soares (until 14 March)
- Ademar de Barros (from 14 March)
- Sergipe:
- Antônio de Freitas Brandão (until 30 January)
- Joaquim Sabino Ribeiro (30 January-29 March)
- Jose Rollemberg (from 29 March)
Vice governors
edit- Ceará: Osvaldo da Costa e Silva
- Espírito Santo: José Rodrigues Sette
- Goiás: Hosanah de Campos Guimarães
- Maranhão: Saturnino Bello (from 22 October)
- Minas Gerais: José Ribeiro Pena (from 4 September)
- Paraíba: José Targino Pereira da Costa (from 1947)
- Piauí: Osvaldo da Costa e Silva (from 28 April)
- Rio Grande do Norte: Tomaz Salustino (from 31 July)
- São Paulo: Luís Gonzaga Novelli Júnior (from 28 November)
Events
edit
January
edit- 19 January: Parliamentary elections are held, for 19 vacant seats in the Chamber of Deputies, one additional Senator for each state (except Santa Catarina, which elected two), and for all state governors and legislatures. [1] The Brazilian Communist Party win nearly 10% of the vote in the state elections, becoming the third party in the state of São Paulo (ahead of the UDN) and the single largest party in the federal capital, Rio de Janeiro.[2][3]
May
edit- 7 May:
- President Eurico Gaspar Dutra signs a decree-law, suspending the functioning of the General Command of Workers.[4]
- The Superior Electoral Court decides to cancel the registration of the Communist Party of Brazil.[5][6]
- 31 May: The South American Basketball Championship 1947 begins in Rio de Janeiro.[7]
June
edit- 17 June: The South American Basketball Championship 1947 ends in Rio de Janeiro.[8]
August
edit- 6 August: The Brazilian Socialist Party is founded.[9]
October
edit- 2 October: Journalist Assis Chateaubriand and painter Pietro Maria Bardi open the São Paulo Museum of Art to the public.[10]
December
edit- 22 December: The airline Lóide Aéreo Nacional is founded by Ruy Vacani.[11]
Arts and culture
editBooks
edit- Mario de Andrade - Contos Novos (posthumously published)
Films
edit- The End of the River (British film made in Brazil), directed by Derek Twist
Music
editBirths
editJanuary
edit- 1 January - Miriam Batucada, singer (died 1994)
- 8 January - Rosa Magalhães, professor and artist
- 25 January - Tostão, footballer[12]
February
edit- 4 February - Garibaldi Alves Filho, politician
- 5 February - Regina Duarte, actress and politician
- 21 February - Renata Sorrah, actress
June
edit- 18 June - Antonio Galves, mathematician (d. 2023)
July
edit- 16 July - Valnice Milhomens, pastor, apostle, author and televangelist
- 26 July - Siron Franco, painter, designer and sculptor
August
edit- 24 August - Paulo Coelho, novelist[13]
October
edit- 17 October - Nuno Leal Maia, actor
December
edit- 14 December - Dilma Rousseff, 36th President of Brazil
- 31 December - Rita Lee, singer (d. 2023)
Deaths
editJanuary
edit- 12 January - Júlio Afrânio Peixoto, physician, politician and writer (born 1876)
April
edit- 21 April - Heitor da Silva Costa, civil engineer, designer and constructor of the Christ the Redeemer monument in Rio de Janeiro (born 1873)
July
edit- 21 July - Johann Baptist Reus, German-Brazilian Jesuit leader (born 1868)
References
edit- ^ Nohlen, D (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p173 ISBN 978-0-19-928358-3
- ^ "Cronologia das eleições no Brasil (1945 - 2008)". Tribunal Superior Eleitoral. Archived from the original on 2011-11-13. Retrieved 11 October 2011.
- ^ Eleições em ordem (primeira página do único caderno), Folha da Noite (20 de janeiro de 1947).
- ^ Suspenso o funcionamento da Confederação Geral dos Trabalhadores do Brasil (página 2 do 1° caderno), Folha da Manhã (8 de maio de 1947).
- ^ Foi cancelado o registro do P.C.B. (primeira página do 1° caderno), Folha da Noite (8 de maio de 1947).
- ^ Julgados historicos tse.jus.br
- ^ FIBA.com archive for SAC1947[dead link]
- ^ FIBA.com archive for SAC1947[dead link]
- ^ (in Portuguese)História do PSB. Brazilian Socialist Party official website. Archived 3 November 2010 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Inauguração do Museu de Arte (página 7 do 1° caderno), Folha da Manhã (3 de outubro de 1947).
- ^ Pereira, Aldo (1987). Breve história da aviação comercial brasileira (in Portuguese). Rio de Janeiro: Europa. pp. 308–313.
- ^ 1947 in Brazil at National-Football-Teams.com
- ^ Thind, Jessi An Interview with Paulo Coelho Archived 2009-12-27 at the Wayback Machine MSN Arabia
See also
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