Events in the year 1931 in Brazil.
Incumbents
editFederal government
edit- President: Getúlio Vargas (Head of the Provisional Government)
- Vice President: none
Governors
edit- Alagoas:
- till 9 August: Hermilo de Freitas Blackbird
- 9 August-31 October: Louis de France Albuquerque
- from 31 October: Tasso de Oliveira Tinoco
- Amazonas: Álvaro Botelho Maia
- Bahia: Leopoldo Afrânio Bastos do Amaral, then Raimundo Rodrigues Barbosa, then Juracy Magalhães
- Ceará:
- till 13 June: Manuel Fernandes Távora
- 13 June - 22 September: João da Silva Leal
- from 22 September: Roberto Carneiro de Mendonça
- Goiás: Pedro Ludovico Teixeira
- Maranhão:
- till 9 January: José Maria Perdigão
- 9 January - 18 August: Astolfo Serra
- 18 August - 8 September: Joaquim Aquino Correia
- from 8 September: Lourival Seroa da Mota
- Mato Grosso: Antonino Mena Gonçalves, then Artur Antunes Maciel
- Minas Gerais: Olegário Maciel
- Pará: Joaquim de Magalhães Barata
- Paraíba: Antenor de França Navarro
- Paraná:
- Pernambuco: Carlos de Lima Cavalcanti
- Piauí:
- till 29 January: Humberto de Areia Leão
- 29 January - 21 May: Joaquim de Lemos Cunha
- from 21 May: Landry Sales
- Rio Grande do Norte:
- till 28 January: Irenaeus Jofili
- 29 January - 31 July: Aluisio de Moura Andrade
- from 31 July: Hercolino Cascardo
- Rio Grande do Sul: José Antônio Flores da Cunha
- Santa Catarina:
- São Paulo:
- Sergipe:
Vice governors
editEvents
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- 15 January – Eleven Italian seaplanes led by Italo Balbo land at Botafogo Bay after a 6,000 mile flight from Italy that began on 17 December. The pilots are greeted by President Getúlio Vargas.[1]
- 16 September – Frente Negra Brasileira, Brazil's first Black political party, is founded.[2]
- 12 October – The statue of Christ the Redeemer, overlooking Rio de Janeiro, is consecrated.[3][4]
- date unknown
- The Caiçaras Club is founded in Rio de Janeiro.[citation needed]
Arts and culture
editBooks
edit- Jorge Amado – O País do Carnaval (The Country of Carnival)
- Júlio Afrânio Peixoto – História da literatura brasileira
Films
edit- Limite, directed by Mário Peixoto
Music
edit- Zequinha de Abreu's piece "Tico-Tico no Farelo" is renamed "Tico-Tico no Fubá"[5]
Births
edit- 8 January – Ozires Silva, entrepreneur, founder of Embraer
- 19 January – Ottomar Pinto, politician, Governor of Roraima (2004–2007) (died 2007)
- 10 February – Cauby Peixoto, singer (died 2016)
- 14 February – Newton de Sordi, footballer (died 2013)
- 16 March – Augusto Boal, theatre director, writer and politician (died 2009)[6]
- 2 March – Ruth Rocha, writer
- 31 March – Ary Fernandes, playwright, actor, producer and filmmaker (died 2010)[7]
- 28 April – Nair Bello, actress and comedian (died 2007)
- 8 May – Etty Fraser, actress (died 2018)[8]
- 10 June – João Gilberto, singer and guitarist (died 2019)
- 13 June – Moysés Baumstein, holographer and artist (died 1991)
- 18 June – Fernando Henrique Cardoso, 34th President of Brazil[9]
- 29 June – Palmirinha Onofre, cook and television presenter (died 2023)[10]
- 9 August – Mário Zagallo, footballer and manager (died 2024)[11]
- 3 September – Paulo Maluf, politician
- 16 October – Mílton Alves da Silva, football player (died 1973)
- 17 October – José Alencar, politician (died 2011)[12]
Deaths
edit- 26 January – Graça Aranha, writer and diplomat (born 1868)[13]
- 9 June – Henrique Oswald, pianist and composer (born 1852)[14]
- 24 July – Nonô, footballer (born 1899)
- 8 September – Prince Luiz Gastão of Orléans-Braganza, descendant of the Brazilian Imperial Family (born 1911)
- 6 October – Oscar Cox, sportsman (born 1880)[15]
References
edit- ^ "Air Fleet Roars into Rio; 6,000 Mile Flight Ends". Chicago Daily Tribune. 16 January 1931. p. 12.
- ^ Kimberly Jones-de-Oliveira, "The Politics of Culture or the Culture of Politics: Afro-Brazilian Mobilization, 1920–1968," Journal of Third World Studies, v. 20, part I (2003)
- ^ "Brazil: Crocovado mountain – Statue of Christ". Travel Channel. Archived from the original on 16 May 2007. Retrieved 7 July 2007.
- ^ "Sanctuary Status for Rio landmark". BBC. 13 October 2006. Archived from the original on 12 January 2008. Retrieved 7 July 2007.
- ^ Discography of Américo Jacomino Canhoto
- ^ O Palco. Biographical info Augusto Boal (In Portuguese). Archived 20 November 2014 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Morre dramaturgo criador do Vigilante Rodoviário Portal de notícias Parana-online (Portuguese) – accessed 29 August 2010
- ^ "Morre a atriz Etty Fraser".
- ^ Ted George Goertzel (1999). Fernando Henrique Cardoso : reinventing democracy in Brazil. Lynne Rienner Publishers. p. 1. ISBN 9781555878313.
- ^ Morre Palmirinha Onofre, cozinheira e apresentadora ícone da TV, aos 91 anos
- ^ "FIFA celebrates legendary Zagallo as he turns 90". FIFA. Retrieved 1 August 2022.
- ^ Tom Phillips (1 April 2011). "José Alencar obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 1 August 2022.
- ^ "Necrologies". Bulletin of the Pan American Union. 65. The Union: 322. 1931.
- ^ Henrique Oswald: A Biography of a Forgotten Brazilian Master by Fausto Borem de Oliveira
- ^ "Oscar Cox" (in Portuguese). Fluminense Football Club. Archived from the original on 21 February 2010. Retrieved 10 January 2010.
See also
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