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1940 in Brazil

Events in the year 1940 in Brazil.

Incumbents

Federal government

President: GetÃÂºlio Vargas

Governors

:
Osman Laurel (until 31 October)
JosÃÂ© Maria Correia das Neves (from 31 October)
Amazonas: ÃÂlvaro Botelho Maia
Bahia: Landulfo Alves
CearÃÂ¡: Francisco de Meneses Pimentel
EspÃÂrito Santo: JoÃÂ£o Punaro Bley
: Pedro Ludovico Teixeira
MaranhÃÂ£o:
Mato Grosso: JÃÂºlio StrÃÂ¼bing MÃÂ¼ller
Minas Gerais: Benedito Valadares Ribeiro
: JosÃÂ© Carneiro da Gama Malcher
:
till 29 July: Argemiro de Figueiredo
29 July-16 August: AntÃÂ´nio Galdino Guedes
starting 16 August: Rui Carneiro
ParanÃÂ¡: Manuel Ribas
: Agamenon MagalhÃÂ£es
: LeÃÂ´nidas Melo
Rio Grande do Norte: Rafael Fernandes GurjÃÂ£o
Rio Grande do Sul: Osvaldo Cordeiro de Farias
: Nereu Ramos
SÃÂ£o Paulo: Ademar de Barros
: ErÃÂ´nides de Carvalho

Vice governors

: no vice governor
: no vice governor

Events

27 April - The EstÃÂ¡dio do Pacaembu is inaugurated, at a ceremony attended by President GetÃÂºlio Vargas.

May

1 May: President GetÃÂºlio Vargas signs a decree, establishing the country's minimum wage.
12 May - The Interlagos Circuit is inaugurated in SÃÂ£o Paulo.
5 June - President Vargas approves broad military collaboration between Brazil and the United States.

date unknown - The minority Baenan language becomes extinct.

Arts and culture

Films

Argila, directed by Humberto Mauro

Births

22 February - Aracy Balabanian, actress (died 2023)
29 March - Astrud Gilberto, singer-songwriter (died 2023)
15 May - Oscar Castro-Neves, guitarist, arranger, and composer (died 2013)
19 May - Carlos Diegues, film director (died 2025)
23 June - SÃÂ©rgio Reis, singer and actor
9 July - Jair da Costa, footballer (died 2025)
21 July - Marco Maciel, politician (died 2021)
23 September - Michel Temer, politician
23 October - PelÃÂ©, footballer (died 2022)
16 December - Adelaide Neri, teacher and politician.

Deaths

29 January - Pedro de AlcÃÂ¢ntara, Prince of GrÃÂ£o-ParÃÂ¡, born second-in-line to the Imperial throne of Brazil (born 1875)
6 October - Adolfo Lutz, physician and epidemiologist (born 1855)
8 November - Evandro Chagas, physician and biomedical scientist (born 1905; air crash)
date unknown - Manuel F. Araujo, actor (born 1880)

References

See also