1941 in Brazil explained

Events in the year 1941 in Brazil.

Incumbents

Alagoas: José Maria Correia das Neves (till 19 February); Ismar de Góis Monteiro (from 19 February)
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: 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 (till 4 June); Fernando de Sousa Costa (from 4 June)
Sergipe: Erônides de Carvalho (till 30 June); Milton Pereira de Azevedo (from 30 June)

22 March – The Brazilian ship Taubaté is attacked by a German warplane in the Mediterranean Sea.^[1]
21 September – The Estádio Presidente Vargas is opened at Fortaleza.^[2]
date unknown
- The pulp and paper company Celulose Irani is founded in the State of Rio Grande do Sul.^[3]
- Oscar Lorenzo Fernández's nationalist-themed opera, Malazarte, to a libretto by José Pereira Graça Aranha, receives its première at the Teatro Municipal, Rio de Janeiro, eight years after it was completed.

19 April – Roberto Carlos, singer
22 April – José Guilherme Merquior, diplomat, academic, writer, literary critic and philosopher (died 1991)
29 April – Nana Caymmi, singer, daughter of Dorival Caymmi
21 June – Eduardo Suplicy, left-wing politician, economist and professor
7 August – Celso Lafer, jurist, philosopher and politician
30 August – Nelson Xavier, actor (died 2017)

http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=0qX8s2k1IRwC&dat=19410327&printsec=frontpage&hl=pt-BR O "Taubaté" foi bombardeado
Enciclopédia do Futebol Brasileiro, Volume 2 - Lance, Rio de Janeiro: Aretê Editorial S/A, 2001.
http://www.irani.com.br - Celulose Irani Official Website