1942 in Brazil explained

Events in the year 1942 in Brazil.

Establishments

• Construction of the Basilica Shrine of Our Lady Mediatrix of All Graces was completed.

Incumbents

Federal government

• President: Getúlio Vargas

Governors

• Alagoas: Ismar de Góis Monteiro
• Amazonas: Álvaro Botelho Maia
• Bahia: Landulfo Alves (till 3 December); Renato Pinto Aleixo (from 3 December)
• 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: Milton Pereira de Azevedo (till 27 March); Augusto Maynard Gomes (from 27 March)

Vice governors

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

Events

• date unknown - Aircraft manufacturer Companhia Aeronáutica Paulista is established in São Paulo.^[1]

January

• January 28 - Brazil breaks diplomatic relations with the Axis countries.^[2]

July

• July 26 - The Brazilian ship Tamandaré is sunk by the German submarine U-66 (1940) off the coast of Trinidad and Tobago.

August

• August 17 - The ships Itagiba and Arará are torpedoed by German submarine U-507.
• August 22 - President Getúlio Vargas signs the declaration of war against Germany and Italy.^{[3] [4]}

October

• October 28 - The Brazilian freighter Rio Branco attacks a German submarine.^{[5] [6]}

November

• November 1 - The Cruzeiro "antigo" is adopted as the official currency.^[7]

Arts and culture

Books

• Jorge Amado - Gabriela
• Júlio Afrânio Peixoto - Pepitas

Films

• Saludos Amigos (first appearance of José Carioca, the cigar-smoking Brazilian parrot)^[8]

Music

• Heitor Villa-Lobos - Rudepoêma (orchestral version) ^[9]

Births

January

• 19 January - Nara Leão, singer and actress (died 1989)

March

• 6 March - Flora Purim, jazz singer^[10]
• 19 March - José Serra, politician

April

• 20 April - Roberto Freire, politician
• 23 April - Jorge Antunes, composer^[11]

June

• 3 June - Celso Amorim, diplomat and politician
• 26 June - Gilberto Gil, singer, guitarist, and songwriter

August

• 7 August - Caetano Veloso, musician and writer
• 23 August
  • Jarbas Vasconcelos, politician and lawyer
  • Susana Vieira, actress (as Sônia Maria Vieira Gonçalves)

October

• 26 October - Anecy Rocha, actress (died 1977)

Deaths

• 13 February - Epitácio Pessoa, 11th President of Brazil (born (1865)
• 23 April - Olga Benário Prestes, political activist (born 1908 in Germany)^[12]
• 17 October - Sebastião da Silveira Cintra, Roman Catholic cardinal (born 1882)

See also

• 1942 in Brazilian football
• List of Brazilian films of 1942

Notes and References

1. Gunston, Bill (1993). World Encyclopedia of Aircraft Manufacturers. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press. p. 70.
2. News: O Brasil rompeu com os paises do "Eixo". 25 May 2014. Folha da Noite. 29 January 1942.
3. News: O Brasil na Guerra. 25 May 2014. Folha da Noite. 22 August 1942.
4. News: O Brasil em estado de beligerância com a Alemanha e a Itália. 25 May 2014. O Estado de S. Paulo. 23 August 1942.
5. http://acervo.folha.com.br/fdm/1942/10/29/141/ Afundado pelo "Rio Branco" um Submarino do "Eixo"
6. http://acervo.estadao.com.br/pagina/#!/19421029-22437-nac-0001-999-1-not O navio brasileiro "Rio Branco" ataca um submarino do "Eixo"
7. http://cedulasbrasileiras.blogspot.co.uk/2012/01/cedulas-do-cruzeiro-1942-1967.html Cédulas do Cruzeiro (1942-1967)
8. Walt & El Grupo (documentary film, 2008).
9. Kater, Carlos. 1987. "Villa-Lobos de Rubinstein". Latin American Music Review / Revista de Música Latinoamericana 8, no. 2 (Autumn-Winter): 246–53. (Portuguese)
10. Book: Julie Coryell. Laura Friedman. Ramsey Lewis. Jazz-Rock Fusion: The People, the Music. Hal Leonard Corporation. January 2000. 277. 0-7935-9941-5.
11. David M. Cummings (2000). International Who's Who In Music and Musicians' Directory: (In the Classical and Light Classical Fields). Psychology Press. p. 19.
12. Book: Olga. 9780802141897. Morais. Fernando. December 2004.