1947 in Brazil

Events in the year 1947 in Brazil.

Incumbents

Federal government

• President: Marshal Eurico Gaspar Dutra
• Vice President: Nereu Ramos

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

• Ceará:
• Espírito Santo:
• Goiás:
• Minas Gerais:
• Paraíba:
• Piaui:
• Rio Grande do Norte:
• São Paulo:

Events

São Paulo Museum of Art, opened 2 October

• 19 January - Parliamentary elections are held, for 19 vacant seats in the Chamber of Deputies, one additional Senator for each state (except Santa Catarina, which elected two), and for all state Governors and legislatures[1] The Brazilian Communist Party wins nearly 10% of the vote in the state elections, becoming the third party in the state of São Paulo (ahead of the UDN) and the single largest party in the federal capital, Rio de Janeiro.
• 31 May-17 June - The South American Basketball Championship 1947 is held in Rio de Janeiro.[2]
• 6 August - The Brazilian Socialist Party is founded.
• 2 October - The São Paulo Museum of Art opens to the public
• 22 December - The airline Lóide Aéreo Nacional is founded by Ruy Vacani.[3]

Arts and culture

Books

• Mario de Andrade - Contos Novos (posthumously published)

Films

• The End of the River (British film made in Brazil), directed by Derek Twist

Music

• Valdir Azevedo - "Brasileirinho"

Births

• 4 February - Garibaldi Alves Filho, politician
• 5 February - Regina Duarte, actress and politician
• 26 July - Siron Franco, painter, designer and sculptor
• 24 August - Paulo Coelho, novelist[4]
• 17 October - Nuno Leal Maia, actor
• 14 December - Dilma Rousseff, 36th President of Brazil

Deaths

• 12 January - Júlio Afrânio Peixoto, physician, politician and writer (born 1876)
• 21 April - Heitor da Silva Costa, civil engineer, designer and constructor of the Christ the Redeemer monument in Rio de Janeiro (born 1873)
• 21 July - Johann Baptist Reus, German-Brazilian Jesuit leader (born 1868)

References

1. Nohlen, D (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p173 ISBN 978-0-19-928358-3
2. FIBA.com archive for SAC1947
3. Pereira, Aldo (1987). Breve história da aviação comercial brasileira (in Portuguese). Rio de Janeiro: Europa. pp. 308–313.
4. Thind, Jessi An Interview with Paulo Coelho Archived 2009-12-27 at the Wayback Machine MSN Arabia

See also

• 1947 in Brazilian football
• List of Brazilian films of 1947