1953 in Brazil explained

Events in the year 1953 in Brazil.

Incumbents

Federal government

• President: Getúlio Vargas
• Vice President: Café Filho

Governors

• Alagoas: Arnon de Mello
• Amazonas: Álvaro Botelho Maia
  • Bahia: Régis Pacheco Ceará: Raul Barbosa
• Espírito Santo: Francisco Alves Ataíde
  • Goiás: Pedro Ludovico Teixeira Mato Grosso: Fernando Corrêa da Costa
    • • Minas Gerais: Juscelino Kubitschek Pará: Zacarias de Assumpção Paraíba: José Américo de Almeida Paraná: Bento Munhoz da Rocha Neto
    • Pernambuco: Etelvino Lins de Albuquerque Piauí: Pedro Freitas Rio de Janeiro: Amaral Peixoto
      • • Rio Grande do Norte: Silvio Piza Pedrosa Rio Grande do Sul: Ildo Meneghetti Santa Catarina: Irineu Bornhausen São Paulo: Lucas Nogueira Garcez Sergipe: Arnaldo Rollemberg Garcez

Vice governors

• • • Alagoas: Antônio Guedes de Miranda Ceará: Stênio Gomes da Silva Espírito Santo: Francisco Alves Ataíde
  • Goiás: Jonas Ferreira Alves Duarte Maranhão: Renato Bayma Archer da Silva
    • • • • Mato Grosso: João Leite de Barros Minas Gerais: Clóvis Salgado da Gama Paraíba: João Fernandes de Lima Piauí: Tertuliano Milton Brandão Rio de Janeiro: Tarcísio Miranda Rio Grande do Norte: Vacant
  • São Paulo: Erlindo Salzano Sergipe: Edelzio Vieira de Melo

Events

• Date Unknown: JBS Group, a worldwide meat processing brand, was founded in Goiás.^[1]

January

• January 20

Lima Barreto's film O Cangaceiro is released in cinemas.^[2]

March

• March 23

The Brazilian branch of the German automaker Volkswagen is established in São Bernardo do Campo.^[3]

April

• April 1

The Brazilian football team is defeated 3-2 by Paraguay at the Estadio Nacional, Lima, to finish second in the 1953 South American Championship.^[4]

June

• June 30

The naval destroyer escort USS Pennewill (DE-175) is transferred from the United States to Brazilian ownership, taking on the new name Bertioga (BE–1).

July

• July 25

The Ministry of Health is created.^{[5] [6]}

September

• September 27

RecordTV is launched in São Paulo.^[7]

October

• October 3

President Getúlio Vargas signs the law that creates the state-owned multinational corporation Petrobras.^{[8] [9]}

Births

March

• 3 March

Zico, footballer and coach

April

• 22 April

Lucinha Turnbull, singer, composer and guitarist

May

• 4 May

Lulu Santos, singer and guitarist

• 23 May

Armandinho, composer and singer

Deaths

March

• 20 March

Graciliano Ramos, writer (born 1892)

November

• 15 November

Jorge de Lima, writer (born 1893)

• 2 December  - Miguel Osório de Almeida, physician and scientist (born 1890)^[10]

See also

• 1953 in Brazilian football

Notes and References

1. News: JBS: The Story Behind the World's Biggest Meat Producer . 2011-05-09 . Keren Blankfeld . Forbes .
2. Web site: Memory of the World: National Cinematic Heritage . September 1995 . . June 23, 2014 . 15.
3. Web site: 2023-07-06. Volkswagen Newsroom. www.vwnews.com.br.
4. Book: Oliver, Guy. The Guinness Record of World Soccer. 561. 1992. Guinness publishing. 0-85112-954-4.
5. Web site: 2023-07-06. pt-BR. Notícias de hoje do Brasil e do Mundo. Folha de S.Paulo.
6. Web site: História do Ministério: Saúde no Brasil - do Sanitarismo à Municipalização. Ministério da Saúde.
7. Web site: 30 July 2021. 1 March 2017. A história da RecordTV. Museu da TV, Rádio & Cinema.
8. http://acervo.folha.com.br/fdm/1953/10/03/2 "Falará hoje à nação o presidente Vargas"
9. http://acervo.folha.com.br/fdm/1953/10/04/2 ""Decidi-me a arrostar as incertezas e as agruras da batalha democratica""
10. Web site: Perfil do Acadêmico. pt. ABL. 4 November 2014 . 14 October 2023.