1951 in Brazil

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)

References

1. "Brazilian doctor takes office as the new president of the World Medical Association", 21 October 2011 Archived 2015-09-24 at the Wayback Machine . Accessed 13 August 2014
2. ESPM official website
3. "Proclamados eleitos os srs. Getulio Vargas e Cafe Filho" (página 3 do 1° caderno), Folha da Manhã (19 de janeiro de 1951).
4. "Assume hoje à tarde a presidencia da Republica o sr. Getulio Vargas" (primeira página do 1° caderno), Folha da Manhã (31 de janeiro de 1951).
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. ISBN   978-1-930365-01-8. Retrieved 28 August 2012.
7. "Constitui contravenção penal a prática de atos resultantes de preconceitos de raça ou côr" (página 6 do único caderno), Jornal do Brasil (5 de julho de 1951).
8. "Perecem 32 pessoas num desastre de aviação" (primeira página do 1° caderno), Folha da Manhã (13 de julho de 1951).
9. Jornal do Brasil (13 July 1951). "Espatifou-se contra o solo um avião da LAP". Ano LXI, número 160, páginas 1 e 7. Retrieved 15 July 2012.
10. "Saci comemora 60 anos | revistapontocom". Archived from the original on 2014-02-01. Retrieved 2014-08-13.
11. "Planalto confirma Carlos Minc como novo ministro do Meio Ambiente" (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2008-05-25.
12. "Rita Segato" (in Spanish). CGA. December 2014. Archived from the original on 23 December 2018. Retrieved 9 September 2018.
13. (in Portuguese) Biography of José Gomes Temporão at the Ministry of Health official website Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine

See also

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