1941 in Brazil

Last updated August 30, 2024

Incumbents

Federal government

President: Getúlio Vargas

Governors

Alagoas: José Maria Correia das Neves (till 19 February); Ismar de Góis Monteiro (from 19 February)
Amazonas: Álvaro Botelho Maia
Bahia: Landulfo Alves
Ceará: Francisco de Meneses Pimentel
Espírito Santo: João Punaro Bley
Goiás: Pedro Ludovico Teixeira
Maranhão:
Mato Grosso: Júlio Strübing Müller
Minas Gerais: Benedito Valadares Ribeiro
Pará: José Carneiro da Gama Malcher
Paraíba: Rui Carneiro
Paraná: Manuel Ribas
Pernambuco: Agamenon Magalhães
Piauí: Leônidas Melo
Rio Grande do Norte: Rafael Fernandes Gurjão
Rio Grande do Sul: Osvaldo Cordeiro de Farias
Santa Catarina: Nereu Ramos
São Paulo: Ademar de Barros (till 4 June); Fernando de Sousa Costa (from 4 June)
Sergipe: Erônides de Carvalho (till 30 June); Milton Pereira de Azevedo (from 30 June)

Vice governors

Rio Grande do Norte: no vice governor
São Paulo: no vice governor

Events

22 March – The Brazilian ship Taubaté is attacked by a German warplane in the Mediterranean Sea.^[1]
21 September – The Estádio Presidente Vargas is opened at Fortaleza.^[2]
date unknown
- The pulp and paper company Celulose Irani is founded in the State of Rio Grande do Sul.^[3]
- Oscar Lorenzo Fernández's nationalist-themed opera, Malazarte, to a libretto by José Pereira Graça Aranha, receives its première at the Teatro Municipal, Rio de Janeiro, eight years after it was completed.

Arts and culture

Films

Barulho na Universidade
24 Horas de Sonho

Births

February

11 February – Sérgio Mendes, musician
12 February – Dominguinhos, composer, accordionist and singer (died 2013)
15 February – Florinda Bolkan, actress

March

26 March – José Edison Mandarino, tennis player

April

19 April – Roberto Carlos, singer
22 April – José Guilherme Merquior, diplomat, academic, writer, literary critic and philosopher (died 1991)
29 April – Nana Caymmi, singer, daughter of Dorival Caymmi
21 June – Eduardo Suplicy, left-wing politician, economist and professor
7 August – Celso Lafer, jurist, philosopher and politician
30 August – Nelson Xavier, actor (died 2017)

Deaths

9 March – Nestor Gomez, politician (born 1875)

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References

↑ O "Taubaté" foi bombardeado (página 6 do 1° caderno), Jornal do Brasil (27 de março de 1941).
↑ Enciclopédia do Futebol Brasileiro, Volume 2 - Lance, Rio de Janeiro: Aretê Editorial S/A, 2001.
↑ - Celulose Irani Official Website

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