1951 in Brazil explained

Events in the year 1951 in Brazil.

Incumbents

Federal government

• President:
  • Marshal Eurico Gaspar Dutra (until 30 January)
  • Getúlio Vargas (from 31 January)
• Vice President:
  • Nereu Ramos (until 30 January)
  • Café Filho (from 31 January)

Governors

• Alagoas:
  • Silvestre Pericles (until 31 January)
  • Arnon de Mello (from 31 January)
• Amazonas:
  • Leopoldo da Silva Amorim Neves (until 31 January)
  • Álvaro Botelho Maia (from 31 January)
• Bahia:
  • Otávio Mangabeira (until 31 January)
  • Régis Pacheco (from 31 January)
• Ceará:
  • Faustino de Albuquerque (until 31 January)
  • Raul Barbosa (from 31 January)
• Espírito Santo:
  • Carlos Fernando Monteiro Lindenberg (until 31 January)
  • Jones dos Santos Neves (from 31 January)
• Goiás:
  • Hosanah Guimarães (until 31 January)
  • Pedro Ludovico Teixeira (from 31 January)
• Maranhão:
  • Sebastião Archer (until 31 January)
  • Traiaú Rodrigues Moreira (from 31 January)
• Mato Grosso:
  • Jari Gomes (until 31 January)
  • Fernando Corrêa da Costa (from 31 January)
• Minas Gerais:
  • Milton Soares Campos (until 31 January)
  • Juscelino Kubitschek (from 31 January)
• Pará:
  • Alberto Engelhard (until 25 January:)
  • Waldir Bouhid (25 January-27 January)
  • Arnaldo Lobo (27 January-9 February)
  • Abel Nunes de Figueiredo (9 February-20 February)
  • Zacarias de Assumpção (from 20 February)
• Paraíba:
  • Osvaldo Trigueiro (until 31 January)
  • José Américo de Almeida (from 31 January)
• Paraná:
  • Moisés Lupion (until 31 January)
  • Bento Munhoz da Rocha Neto (from 31 January)
• Pernambuco:
  • Alexandre Barbosa Lima Sobrinho (until 31 January)
  • Agamenon Magalhães (from 31 January)
• Piauí:
  • José da Rocha Furtado (until 31 January)
  • Pedro Freitas (from 31 January)
• Rio de Janeiro:
  • Macedo Soares (until 31 January)
  • Amaral Peixoto (from 31 January)
• Rio Grande do Norte:
  • José Augusto Varela (until 31 January)
  • Jerônimo Dix-Sept Rosado (31 January-16 July)
  • Silvio Piza Pedrosa (from 16 July)
• Rio Grande do Sul:
  • Walter Só Jobim (till 31 January)
  • Ernesto Dornelles (from 31 January)
• Santa Catarina:
  • Aderbal Ramos da Silva (until 31 January)
  • Irineu Bornhausen (from 31 January)
• São Paulo:
  • Ademar de Barros (until 31 January)
  • Lucas Nogueira Garcez (from 31 January)
• Sergipe:
  • Jose Rollemberg (until 31 January)
  • João Dantas Martins dos Reis (31 January-17 February)
  • Edélzio Vieira de Melo (17 February-12 March)
  • Arnaldo Rollemberg Garcez (from 12 March)

Vice governors

• Alagoas:
  • Francisco de Menezes Pimentel (until 31 January)
  • Antônio Guedes de Miranda (from 31 January)
  • Ceará: Stênio Gomes da Silva Espírito Santo:
  • José Rodrigues Sette (until 31 January)
  • Francisco Alves Ataíde (from 31 January)
• Goiás: Jonas Ferreira Alves Duarte (from 31 January)
• Maranhão:
  • Saturnino Bello (until 31 January)
  • Renato Bayma Archer da Silva (from 31 January)
• Mato Grosso: João Leite de Barros (from 31 January)
• Minas Gerais:
  • José Ribeiro Pena (until 31 January)
  • Clóvis Salgado da Gama (from 31 January)
• Paraíba:
  • José Targino Pereira da Costa (until 31 January)
  • João Fernandes de Lima (from 31 January)
• Piauí:
  • Osvaldo da Costa e Silva (until 31 January)
  • Tertuliano Milton Brandão (from 31 January)
• Rio de Janeiro: Tarcísio Miranda (from 31 January)
• Rio Grande do Norte:
  • Tomaz Salustino (until 31 January)
  • Sylvio Pedroza (31 January-16 July)
  • Vacant (from 16 July)
• São Paulo:
  • Luís Gonzaga Novelli Júnior (until 31 January)
  • Erlindo Salzano (from 31 January)
• Sergipe: Edelzio Vieira de Melo (from 31 January)

Events

• date unknown
  • The Brazilian Medical Association is founded.^[1]
  • The Escola Superior de Propaganda e Marketing is founded in São Paulo.^[2]

January

• 18 January

Getúlio Vargas is proclaimed president-elect by the Superior Electoral Court.^[3]

• 13 January

Getúlio Vargas assumes his second term as the 17th President of Brazil, this time elected by direct vote.^[4]

March

• Unknown Date: Clarice Lispector returns from London with her husband, Maury Gurgel Valente, following a miscarriage.^[5]

June

• 12 June

Última Hora, a tabloid newspaper, is founded by Samuel Wainer and personally endorsed by President Vargas.^[6]

July

• 3 July

President Getúlio Vargas signs the Afonso Arinos Law, which prohibits racial discrimination in Brazil.^[7]

• 12 July

A Linhas Aéreas Paulistas plane collides with a tree located 3 kilometers from the runway at the Aracaju airport, killing 32 passengers and crew.^{[8] [9]}

Arts and culture

Books

• Ștefan Baciu - Analiza cuvântului dor

Films

• Agüenta Firme, Isidoro, directed by Luiz de Barros.
• Aí Vem o Barão, directed by Watson Macedo, starring Oscarito, José Lewgoy and Eliana.
• Amazon Symphony, directed by Anelio Latini, starring Almirante.
• Quando a Noite Acaba, starring Tônia Carrero.
• O Saci, directed by Rodolfo Nanni, starring Paulo Matozinho.^[10]

Births

January

• 2 January:
  • Lula Ferreira, professional basketball coach
  • Waldir Peres, footballer (died 2017)

April

• 9 April: Sérgio Rezende, filmmaker
• 29 April: Vinicius Cantuária, jazz musician

July

• 12 July: Carlos Minc, geographer, environmentalist and politician^[11]

August

• 13 August: Beto Guedes, singer, songwriter, and guitarist
• 14 August: Rita Segato (in Argentina), anthropologist, feminist and academic^[12]

October

• 20 October: José Gomes Temporão, doctor and politician^[13]

Deaths

August

• 2 August: Joseph Franz Seraph Lutzenberger, German-born architect and artist (born 1882)

November

• 13 November: Walter de Souza Goulart, footballer (born 1912)

See also

• 1951 in Brazilian football
• List of Brazilian films of 1951

Notes and References

1. http://www.hospitalar.com/ingles/imprensa/not620.html "Brazilian doctor takes office as the new president of the World Medical Association", 21 October 2011
2. http://www.espm.br/ ESPM official website
3. http://acervo.folha.com.br/fdm/1951/01/19/2/ "Proclamados eleitos os srs. Getulio Vargas e Cafe Filho"
4. http://acervo.folha.com.br/fdm/1951/01/31/2/ "Assume hoje à tarde a presidencia da Republica o sr. Getulio Vargas"
5. Edilberto Coutinho, Criaturas de papel, p. 170
6. Tulchin, Joseph S.; Espach, Ralph H. (17 August 2000). Combating Corruption in Latin America. Woodrow Wilson Center Press. p. 178. . Retrieved 28 August 2012.
7. http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=0qX8s2k1IRwC&dat=19510705&printsec=frontpage&hl=pt-BR "Constitui contravenção penal a prática de atos resultantes de preconceitos de raça ou côr"
8. http://acervo.folha.com.br/fdm/1951/07/13/2/ "Perecem 32 pessoas num desastre de aviação"
9. Web site: 15 July 2012. Jornal do Brasil. 13 July 1951. Ano LXI, número 160, páginas 1 e 7. Espatifou-se contra o solo um avião da LAP.
10. Web site: Saci comemora 60 anos revistapontocom . 2014-08-13 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140201224022/http://www.revistapontocom.org.br/edicoes-anteriores-de-materias/saci-comemora-60-anos . 2014-02-01 . dead .
11. Web site: Planalto confirma Carlos Minc como novo ministro do Meio Ambiente . 2008-05-25 . pt.
12. Web site: Rita Segato. December 2014. CGA. es. 9 September 2018. 23 December 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20181223114952/http://www.cga.org.ar/trayectorias-37-rita-segato. dead.
13. Biography of José Gomes Temporão at the Ministry of Health official website