1948 in Brazil explained

Events in the year 1948 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: Sebastião Archer
• Mato Grosso: Arnaldo Estêvão de Figueiredo
• Minas Gerais: Milton Soares Campos
  • • • Pará: Luís de Moura Carvalho Paraíba: Osvaldo Trigueiro Paraná: Moisés Lupion Pernambuco:
  • Otávio Correia de Araújo (until 14 February)
  • Alexandre Barbosa Lima Sobrinho (from 14 February)
    • • • • • 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 (until 30 June)
  • Vacant thereafter (from 30 June)
• 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 municipality of Paiçandu is founded by the Companhia de Melhoramentos do Norte do Paraná.
  • The Escola de Arte Dramática (School of Dramatic Art) is founded by Alfredo Mesquita in São Paulo.
  • Opening of the headquarters of the Banco Boavista, designed by Oscar Niemeyer.^[1]

January

• January 7

The Chamber of Deputies approves the project to revoke the mandates of communist parliamentarians.^{[2] [3]}

April

• April 21

The Center for Petroleum Studies and Defense is created in Rio de Janeiro. This would markthe beginning of the Oil is Ours campaign, opposing the Petroleum Statute that was being processed in the Brazilian Congress.^[4]

December

• December 25

The Samba school GRES Beija-Flor is established.^[5]

Arts and culture

Books

• Alfonso Arinos - Pelo Sertão, with illustrations by Livio Abramo

Films

• Folias Cariocas, directed by Manoel Jorge and Hélio Thys, starring Dercy Gonçalves.^[6]
• Poeira de Estrelas, directed by Moacyr Fenelon and starring Lourdinha Bittencourt and Emilinha Borba.^[7]

Births

January

• January 11: José Scheinkman, economist

February

• February 16: Ellen Gracie, judge

March

• March 7: Danilo Caymmi, musician, singer, composer and arranger, son of Dorival Caymmi
• March 15: Sérgio Vieira de Mello, UN diplomat (died 2003)

June

• June 27: Zezé Motta, actress and singer^[8]

August

• August 12: Ana de Hollanda, politician

September

• September 12: Caio Fernando Abreu, writer (died 1998)^[9]

December

• December 25: Joel Santana, footballer and manager

Deaths

• Date Unknown: Humberto Rosa, painter (born 1908)

July

• July 4: Monteiro Lobato, writer (born 1882)
• July 22: Sud Mennucci, journalist and educator (born 1882)^[10]

August

• August 27: Oscar Lorenzo Fernández, composer (born 1897)^[11]

See also

• 1948 in Brazilian football
• List of Brazilian films of 1948

Notes and References

1. INEPAC. Guia de Bens Tombados
2. http://acervo.folha.com.br/fdn/1948/01/08/1 "Cassados os mandatos dos parlamentares comunistas"
3. http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=0qX8s2k1IRwC&dat=19480108&printsec=frontpage&hl=pt-BR "A Camara dos Deputados, por 169 contra 74 votos, aprovou, ontem, o projeto de cassação dos mandatos dos parlamentares comunistas"
4. http://acervo.folha.com.br/fdm/1948/04/23/167 "Centro de Estudos e Defesa do Petroleo"
5. https://www.beija-flor.com.br/sobre-a-escola "História"
6. Web site: Folias Cariocas. Ministry of Culture:Cinemateca brasiliera. 22 June 2014. pt. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304112233/http://cinemateca.gov.br/cgi-bin/wxis.exe/iah/?IsisScript=iah%2Fiah.xis&base=FILMOGRAFIA&lang=P&nextAction=search&exprSearch=ID%3D013804&format=detailed.pft. 4 March 2016. dead.
7. Web site: Poeira de Estrelas . Ministry of Culture:Cinemateca brasiliera . 22 June 2014 . pt . dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304070221/http://cinemateca.gov.br/cgi-bin/wxis.exe/iah/?IsisScript=iah%2Fiah.xis&base=FILMOGRAFIA&lang=P&nextAction=search&exprSearch=ID%3D005523&format=detailed.pft . 4 March 2016 .
8. Book: Lopes, Nei. Enciclopedia Brasileira Da Diaspora Africana. 28 August 2012. 2004. Selo Negro. 978-85-87478-21-4. 454.
9. Abreu, Caio Fernando. 2005. Caio 3D. Rio de Janeiro, RJ: Agir
10. Web site: Sud Mennucci. Sao Paolo Antiga. October 19, 2023. pt.
11. Béhague, Gerard. 2001. "Fernândez, Oscar Lorenzo". The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, edited by Stanley Sadie and John Tyrrell. London: Macmillan; New York: Grove’s Dictionaries.