1940 in Brazil explained

Events in the year 1940 in Brazil.

Incumbents

Federal government

• President

Getúlio Vargas

Governors

• Alagoas:
  • Osman Laurel (until 31 October)
  • José Maria Correia das Neves (from 31 October)
• Amazonas: Álvaro Botelho Maia
• Bahia: Landulfo Alves
• Ceará: Francisco de Meneses Pimentel
• Espírito Santo: João Punaro Bley
• Goiás: Pedro Ludovico Teixeira
• Maranhão:
• Mato Grosso: Júlio Strübing Müller
• Minas Gerais: Benedito Valadares Ribeiro
• Pará: José Carneiro da Gama Malcher
• Paraíba:
  • • • till 29 July: Argemiro de Figueiredo 29 July-16 August: Antônio Galdino Guedes
  • starting 16 August: Rui Carneiro
• Paraná: Manuel Ribas
• Pernambuco: Agamenon Magalhães
  • • Piauí: Leônidas Melo Rio Grande do Norte: Rafael Fernandes Gurjão Rio Grande do Sul: Osvaldo Cordeiro de Farias
• Santa Catarina: Nereu Ramos
• São Paulo: Ademar de Barros
• Sergipe: Erônides de Carvalho

Vice governors

• Rio Grande do Norte: no vice governor
• São Paulo: no vice governor

Events

• 27 April - The Estádio do Pacaembu is inaugurated, at a ceremony attended by President Getúlio Vargas.

May

• 1 May

President Getúlio Vargas signs a decree, establishing the country's minimum wage.^[1]

• 12 May - The Interlagos Circuit is inaugurated in São Paulo.
• 5 June - President Vargas approves broad military collaboration between Brazil and the United States.
• date unknown - The minority Baenan language becomes extinct.^[2]

Arts and culture

Films

• Argila, directed by Humberto Mauro

Births

• 22 February - Aracy Balabanian, actress (died 2023)
• 29 March - Astrud Gilberto, singer-songwriter (died 2023)^[3]
• 15 May - Oscar Castro-Neves, guitarist, arranger, and composer (died 2013)^[4]
• 19 May - Carlos Diegues, film director
• 23 June - Sérgio Reis, singer and actor
• 21 July - Marco Maciel, politician (died 2021)
• 23 September - Michel Temer, politician
• 23 October - Pelé, footballer (died 2022)^[5]
• 16 December - Adelaide Neri, teacher and politician.^[6]

Deaths

• 29 January - Pedro de Alcântara, Prince of Grão-Pará, born second-in-line to the Imperial throne of Brazil (born 1875)
• 6 October - Adolfo Lutz, physician and epidemiologist (born 1855)
• 8 November - Evandro Chagas, physician and biomedical scientist (born 1905; air crash)
• date unknown - Manuel F. Araujo, actor (born 1880)

See also

• 1940 in Brazilian football
• List of Brazilian films of 1940

Notes and References

1. http://acervo.folha.com.br/fdn/1940/5/2/1 "Assignado o decreto que institue o salario minimo no paiz"
2. Loukotka . Čestmír . Čestmír Loukotka . Documents et Vocabulaires Inédits de Langues et de Dialects Sud-Américains . . 52 . 7–60 . 10.3406/jsa.1963.2001 . 1963.
3. https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/jun/06/astrud-gilberto-bossa-nova-singer-of-the-girl-from-ipanema-dies-aged-83 Astrud Gilberto, bossa nova singer of The Girl from Ipanema, dies aged 83
4. http://oglobo.globo.com/cultura/morre-oscar-castro-neves-um-dos-precursores-da-bossa-nova-10191472 Morre Oscar Castro Neves (in Portuguese)
5. Book: Pelé : the autobiography . Pelé . Duarte, Orlando . Bellos, Alex . 2006 . Simon & Schuster UK Ltd . London . 978-0-7432-7582-8 . 14 . 2 October 2010 . Shortly before I came along, there was another arrival in Três Corações: electricity. In order to celebrate this great improvement to our daily lives, Dondinho named me Edson, a tribute to Thomas Edison, the inventor of the lightbulb. In fact, on my birth certificate I am actually called Edison with an 'i', a mistake that persists to this day. I'm Edson with no 'i', but to my eternal annoyance quite often the 'i' appears on official or personal documents and time after time I have to explain why. As if that wasn't confusing enough, they got the date wrong on my birth certificate as well – it says 21 October. I'm not sure how this came about; probably because in Brazil we're not so fussy about accuracy. This is another mistake that carries on to this day. When I took out my first passport, the date was put in as 21 October and each time I have renewed it the date has stayed the same..
6. News: Mello. Bruna. Mãe de prefeita, a ex-deputada Adelaide Neri morre aos 77 anos. Mother of mayor, former deputy Adelaide Neri dies at 77. . pt. 24 May 2018. 13 September 2022.