1953 in Brazil
| 1953 in Brazil |
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| Flag |
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| Timeline of Brazilian history |
| Second Brazilian Republic |
| Year of Constitution: 1946 |
Events in the year 1953 in Brazil.
Incumbents[edit]
Federal government[edit]
Governors[edit]
- Alagoas: Arnon de Mello
- Amazonas: Álvaro Botelho Maia
- Bahia: Régis Pacheco
- Ceará: Raul Barbosa
- Espírito Santo: Francisco Alves Ataíde
- Goiás: Pedro Ludovico Teixeira
- Mato Grosso: Fernando Corrêa da Costa
- Minas Gerais: Juscelino Kubitschek
- Pará: Zacarias de Assumpção
- Paraíba: José Américo de Almeida
- Paraná: Bento Munhoz da Rocha Neto
- Pernambuco: Etelvino Lins de Albuquerque
- Piauí: Pedro Freitas
- Rio de Janeiro: Amaral Peixoto
- Rio Grande do Norte: Silvio Piza Pedrosa
- Rio Grande do Sul: Ildo Meneghetti
- Santa Catarina: Irineu Bornhausen
- São Paulo: Lucas Nogueira Garcez
- Sergipe: Arnaldo Rollemberg Garcez
Vice governors[edit]
- Alagoas: Antônio Guedes de Miranda
- Ceará: Stênio Gomes da Silva
- Espírito Santo: Francisco Alves Ataíde
- Goiás: Jonas Ferreira Alves Duarte
- Maranhão: Renato Bayma Archer da Silva
- Mato Grosso: João Leite de Barros
- Minas Gerais: Clóvis Salgado da Gama
- Paraíba: João Fernandes de Lima
- Piauí: Tertuliano Milton Brandão
- Rio de Janeiro: Tarcísio Miranda
- Rio Grande do Norte: Vacant
- São Paulo: Erlindo Salzano
- Sergipe: Edelzio Vieira de Melo
Events[edit]
- Date Unknown: JBS Group, a worldwide meat processing brand, was founded in Goiás.[1]
January[edit]
- January 20: Lima Barreto's film O Cangaceiro is released in cinemas.[2]
March[edit]
- March 23: The Brazilian branch of the German automaker Volkswagen is established in São Bernardo do Campo.[3]
April[edit]
- April 1: The Brazilian football team is defeated 3-2 by Paraguay at the Estadio Nacional, Lima, to finish second in the 1953 South American Championship.[4]
June[edit]
- June 30: The naval destroyer escort USS Pennewill (DE-175) is transferred from the United States to Brazilian ownership, taking on the new name Bertioga (BE–1).[5]
July[edit]
- July 25: The Ministry of Health is created.[6][7]
September[edit]
- September 27: RecordTV is launched in São Paulo.[8]
October[edit]
- October 3: President Getúlio Vargas signs the law that creates the state-owned multinational corporation Petrobras.[9][10]
Births[edit]
March[edit]
April[edit]
- 22 April: Lucinha Turnbull, singer, composer and guitarist
May[edit]
- 4 May: Lulu Santos, singer and guitarist
- 23 May: Armandinho, composer and singer
Deaths[edit]
March[edit]
- 20 March: Graciliano Ramos, writer (born 1892)
November[edit]
- 15 November: Jorge de Lima, writer (born 1893)
- 2 December – Miguel Osório de Almeida, physician and scientist (born 1890)[11]
References[edit]
- ^ Keren Blankfeld (2011-05-09). "JBS: The Story Behind the World's Biggest Meat Producer". Forbes.
- ^ "Memory of the World: National Cinematic Heritage" (PDF). UNESCO. September 1995. p. 15. Retrieved June 23, 2014.
- ^ "Volkswagen Newsroom". www.vwnews.com.br. Retrieved 2023-07-06.
- ^ Oliver, Guy (1992). The Guinness Record of World Soccer. Guinness publishing. p. 561. ISBN 0-85112-954-4.
- ^ This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
- ^ "Notícias de hoje do Brasil e do Mundo". Folha de S.Paulo (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2023-07-06.
- ^ "História do Ministério: Saúde no Brasil - do Sanitarismo à Municipalização". Ministério da Saúde.
- ^ "A história da RecordTV". Museu da TV, Rádio & Cinema. 1 March 2017. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
- ^ "Falará hoje à nação o presidente Vargas" (primeira página do 1° caderno), Folha da Manhã (3 de outubro de 1953).
- ^ ""Decidi-me a arrostar as incertezas e as agruras da batalha democratica"" (primeira página do 1° caderno), Folha da Manhã (4 de outubro de 1953).
- ^ "Perfil do Acadêmico". ABL (in Portuguese). 4 November 2014. Retrieved 14 October 2023.
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