1954 in Brazil explained

Events in the year 1954 in Brazil.

Incumbents

Federal government

• President:
  • Getúlio Vargas (until August 24)
  • Café Filho (from August 24)
• Vice President:
  • Café Filho (until August 24)
  • Vacant (from August 24)

Governors

• • • • Alagoas: Arnon de Mello Amazonas: Álvaro Botelho Maia Bahia: Régis Pacheco Ceará:
  • Raul Barbosa (from 1 July)
  • Stênio Gomes da Silva (until 31 July)
• Espírito Santo: Francisco Alves Ataíde
  • Goiás: Pedro Ludovico Teixeira Maranhão: Eugênio Barros
• 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 (until 30 June)
• Espírito Santo: Francisco Alves Ataíde
• Goiás: Jonas Ferreira Alves Duarte (until 1 July)
• 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 (until 25 March)
  • Francisco Ferreira de Castro (from 25 March)
• Rio de Janeiro:
  • Tarcísio Miranda (until 25 March)
  • Roberto Silveira (from 25 March)
• Rio Grande do Norte: Vacant
• São Paulo:
  • Erlindo Salzano (until 31 January)
  • Porfírio da Paz (from 31 January)
• Sergipe: Edelzio Vieira de Melo

Events

August

• August 5

An assassination is attempted against journalist and politician Carlos Lacerda outside his home at 180 Rua Tonelero, where he and one of his bodyguards are injured. Air Force major Rubens Florentino (serving as Lacerda's bodyguard) is killed. That same day, further investigations uncover the involvement of a member of President Getúlio Vargas' security are involved in the assassination attempt.^{[1] [2] [3]}

• August 8

Gregório Fortunato, head of Vargas' personal security, confesses to masterminding the assassination attempt. The Air Force take charge of the investigations and Fortunato is apprehended.^[4]

• August 22

19 Brazilian Army generals sign a manifesto demanding Vargas' resignation.^{[5] [6]}

• August 23

President Vargas meets with his ministers to analyze the political crisis that arose after the attack. It is decided that Vargas will go on leave until the end of the investigations.^[7]

• August 24

The military do not accept Vargas' agreement and demand for his resignation. At the Catete Palace, President of Brazil Getúlio Vargas commits suicide by shooting himself in the heart. Vice President Café Filho becomes the 18th President of Brazil.^[8]

October

• October 3

Parliamentary elections are held in Brazil.

Births

February

• February 19: Sócrates, footballer (d. 2011)

May

• May 20: João Batista Nunes, footballer
• May 28: João Carlos de Oliveira, athlete

June

• June 2:
  • Diana, singer
  • Mattos Nascimento, trombonist
• June 28: Daniel Dantas, actor

December

• December 24: Luís Carlos Melo Lopes, footballer
• December 25: João Justino Amaral dos Santos, footballer

Deaths

• August 24: Getúlio Vargas, 14th and 17th President of Brazil

See also

• 1954 in Brazilian football
• List of Brazilian films of 1954

Notes and References

1. http://acervo.folha.com.br/fdn/1954/08/05/2 "No atentado contra o jornalista Carlos de Lacerda foi assassinado a tiros um major da Aeronautica"
2. Web site: 2018-09-10. Vargas – 50 anos: "Crime da rua Tonelero" ainda gera dúvida. Folha de S. Paulo.
3. Web site: 2018-09-10. TONELEROS, ATENTADO DA . CPDOC – Centro de Pesquisa e Documentação de História Contemporânea do Brasil.
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5. Web site: 2016-11-11. 2011-07-06. .: Politica Para Politicos :.. https://web.archive.org/web/20110706154113/http://www.politicaparapoliticos.com.br/interna.php?t=756076 . 2011-07-06 .
6. Web site: 2021-10-24. CPDOC-Centro de Pesquisa e Documentação História Contemporânea do. pt-br. Brasil. Getúlio Dornelles Vargas. CPDOC - Centro de Pesquisa e Documentação de História Contemporânea do Brasil.
7. Web site: 17 February 2009. 24 August 1954. en. British Broadcasting Corporation. 1954: Brazilian president found dead.
8. http://acervo.folha.com.br/fdn/1954/08/24/2 "Final dramático da crise politica"