1942 in Brazil

Events in the year 1942 in Brazil.

Establishments

• Construction of the Basilica Shrine of Our Lady Mediatrix of All Graces was completed.

Incumbents

Federal government

• President: Getúlio Vargas

Governors

• Alagoas:
• Amazonas:
• Bahia:
• Ceará:
• Espírito Santo:
• Goiás:
• Maranhão:
• Mato Grosso:
• Minas Gerais:
• Pará:
• Paraíba:
• Paraná:
• Pernambuco:
• Piauí:
• Rio Grande do Norte:
• Rio Grande do Sul:
• Santa Catarina:
• São Paulo:
• Sergipe:

Vice governors

• Rio Grande do Norte:
• São Paulo:

Events

• 28 January- Brazil breaks diplomatic relations with the Axis countries.[1]
• July 26- The Brazilian ship Tamandaré is sunk by the German submarine U-66 (1940) off the coast of Trinidad and Tobago.
• August 17 - The ships Itagiba and Arará are torpedoed by German submarine U-507.
• August 22 - President Getúlio Vargas signs the declaration of war against Germany and Italy.[2][3]
• 1 November - The Cruzeiro "antigo" is adopted as the official currency.[4]
• date unknown - Aircraft manufacturer Companhia Aeronáutica Paulista is established in São Paulo.[5]

Arts and culture

Books

• Jorge Amado - Gabriela
• Júlio Afrânio Peixoto - Pepitas

Films

• Saludos Amigos (first appearance of José Carioca, the cigar-smoking Brazilian parrot)[6]

Music

• Heitor Villa-Lobos - Rudepoêma (orchestral version) [7]

Births

• 19 January - Nara Leão, singer and actress (died 1989)
• 6 March - Flora Purim, jazz singer[8]
• 19 March - José Serra, politician
• 20 April - Roberto Freire, politician
• 23 April - Jorge Antunes, composer[9]
• 3 June - Celso Amorim, diplomat and politician
• 26 June - Gilberto Gil, singer, guitarist, and songwriter
• 7 August - Caetano Veloso, musician and writer
• 23 August
  • Jarbas Vasconcelos, politician and lawyer
  • Susana Vieira, actress (as Sônia Maria Vieira Gonçalves)
• 26 October - Anecy Rocha, actress (died 1977)

Deaths

• 23 April - Olga Benário Prestes, political activist (born 1908 in Germany)[10]
• 17 October - Sebastião da Silveira Cintra, Roman Catholic cardinal (born 1882)

References

1. "O Brasil rompeu com os paises do "Eixo"". Folha da Noite. 29 January 1942. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
2. "O Brasil na Guerra". Folha da Noite. 22 August 1942. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
3. "O Brasil em estado de beligerância com a Alemanha e a Itália". O Estado de S. Paulo. 23 August 1942. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
4. Cédulas do Cruzeiro (1942-1967). Accessed 24 May 2014
5. Gunston, Bill (1993). World Encyclopedia of Aircraft Manufacturers. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press. p. 70.
6. Walt & El Grupo (documentary film, 2008).
7. Kater, Carlos. 1987. "Villa-Lobos de Rubinstein". Latin American Music Review / Revista de Música Latinoamericana 8, no. 2 (Autumn-Winter): 246–53. (Portuguese)
8. Julie Coryell, Laura Friedman; Ramsey Lewis (January 2000). Jazz-Rock Fusion: The People, the Music. Hal Leonard Corporation. p. 277. ISBN 0-7935-9941-5.
9. David M. Cummings (2000). International Who's Who In Music and Musicians' Directory: (In the Classical and Light Classical Fields). Psychology Press. p. 19.

See also

• 1942 in Brazilian football
• List of Brazilian films of 1942