1950 in Brazil explained

Events in the year 1950 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 (until 30 June)
  • Hosanah Guimarães (from 30 June)
• Maranhão: Sebastian Archer
• Mato Grosso:
  • Arnaldo Estêvão de Figueiredo (until 1 July)
  • Jari Gomes (from 1 July)
• Minas Gerais: Milton Soares Campos
• Pará:
  • Luís de Moura Carvalho (until 30 June)
  • Alberto Engelhard (from 30 June)
    • • • • • • • • Paraíba: Osvaldo Trigueiro Paraná: Moisés Lupion Pernambuco: Alexandre Barbosa Lima Sobrinho 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 - After being grounded because of a shortage of equipment, the airline Transportes Aéreos Bandeirantes is sold to Lóide Aéreo Nacional.^[1]

April

• 6 April

At Tanguá on the Leopoldina Railway, heavy rain causes flooding in the Rio Tanguá and a bridge to collapse under a train going from Rio de Janeiro to Vitória. The locomotive and several cars fall into the river; 90 people swim to safety, but 110 are killed and over 300 injured.^{[2] [3] [4]}

June

• 24 June

The 1950 World Cup begins in Brazil.^[5]

July

• 16 July

The 1950 World Cup ends, with the 2-1 defeat of the Brazilian national team by Uruguay at the Maracanã.^[6]

• 28 July

A Constellation plane crashes into Morro do Chapéu, near Porto Alegre airport, killing 50 people.^{[7] [8]}

September

• 18 September

The first television channel in Brazil, TV Tupi opens in São Paulo, by businessman Assis Chateaubriand.^[9]

October

• 3 October

The Brazilian general election^[10] is won by the Social Democratic Party, who remain the largest party in both the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate, although they lose their majority in the former. The presidential election is won by former President Getúlio Vargas of the Brazilian Labour Party.^[11]

Arts and culture

Books

• Ulrich Becher - Brasilianischer Romanzero (published in Vienna)

Films

• Alameda da Saudade 113, directed by Carlos Ortiz.
• Caiçara, co-directed by Adolfo Celi, Tom Payne, and John Waterhouse, starring Celi and José Mauro de Vasconcelos.
• Caraça, Porta do Céu, directed by Theodor Luts, starring José Álvaro Morais.
• Quando a Noite Acaba, starring Tônia Carrero.

Births

January

• 2 January

Débora Duarte, actress

• 14 January

Nelson Bornier, lawyer and politician (died 2021)

• 15 January

Bebeto de Freitas, volleyball coach and president of Botafogo FR (died 2018)

• 20 January

Daniel Benzali, actor

February

• 12 February

João W. Nery, writer and LGBT activist (died 2018)^[12]

• 23 February

Marcel Telles, businessman^[13]

March

• 15 March

Cláudio Duarte, footballer and coach

April

• 7 April

Marisa Letícia Lula da Silva, former First Lady of Brazil (died 2017)^[14]

May

• 2 May

Fausto Silva, television presenter

June

• 8 June

Sonia Braga, actress

July

• 21 July

Galvão Bueno, play by play announcer

August

• 1 August

José Dumont, actor

September

• 7 September

Mário Sérgio, footballer (died 2016)^[15]

Deaths

May

• 8 May

Vital Brazil, physician and immunologist (born 1865)^[16]

October

• 2 October

J. Carlos, illustrator and designer (born 1884)

See also

• 1950 in Brazilian football
• List of Brazilian films of 1950

Notes and References

1. Book: Pereira, Aldo . Breve História da Aviação Comercial Brasileira . Europa . Rio de Janeiro . pt . 1987 . 305–306.
2. Web site: 13 January 2013. Folha da Manhã. 7 April 1950. Ano XXV, número 7.981, página 1 do 1° caderno. Dezenas de mortos e centenas de feridos num desastre ferroviario.
3. Web site: This Day in History: Apr 06: 1950: Train falls off bridge in Brazil. 2018-03-09. History (TV network).
4. News: Brazil Train Crash. The Mercury. Hobart, Australia. 1950-04-24. 2018-03-09. 2.
5. Web site: Vitorioso o Brasil no encontro inaugural do Campeonato do Mundo. Folha da Noite. Folha da Noite. 25 June 1950. Ano XXV, número 8.048, página 12 do 1° caderno. 5 August 2014.
6. Web site: Na viceliderança o Brasil. Folha da Noite. Folha da Noite. 17 July 1950. Ano XXIX, número 8.070, página 12 do único caderno. 5 August 2014.
7. Web site: 7 March 2013. Folha da Manhã. 29 July 1950. Ano XXVI, número 8.077, página 1 do único caderno. Perecem 49 pessoas em desastre de avição no Rio Grande do Sul.
8. Web site: 7 March 2013. Jornal do Brasil. 30 July 1950. Edição nº 177, Ano LX, página 6. A horrível tragédia do Constelation da Panair.
9. Web site: A televisão poderá tornar-se a voz e o olhar das Américas. Folha da Noite. Folha da Noite. 18 September 1950. Ano XXIX, número 8.094, página 5 do único caderno. 5 August 2014.
10. [Dieter Nohlen|Nohlen, D]
11. Web site: 13 August 2011. Folha da Noite. 4 October 1950. Ano XXIX, número 8.105, página 1 do único caderno. Getulio e Garcez na frente.
12. Web site: Pioneiro na luta trans no Brasil, João W. Nery morre aos 68 anos . Portuguese . guiagaysaopaulo.com.br . 26 October 2018. 28 July 2019.
13. News: Today's ranking of the world's richest people of brazil. Bloomberg. 6 November 2013. 6 November 2013.
14. News: Brazil's former first lady, central to the rise and fall of a president, dies at 66. 3 February 2017. Associated Press. Los Angeles Times.
15. Web site: Mario Sergio. pt. Terceiro Tempo. 24 November 2023.
16. Web site: Vital Brazil . oswaldocruz.fiocruz.br . Biblioteca Virtual Oswaldo Cruz . 15 October 2020 . 10 June 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210610191950/http://oswaldocruz.fiocruz.br/index.php/en/holdings/correspondence/scientific-correspondence/vital-brazil . dead .