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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: GetÃÂºlio Vargas

Governors

: Ismar de GÃÂ³is Monteiro
Amazonas: ÃÂlvaro Botelho Maia
Bahia: Landulfo Alves (till 3 December); Renato Pinto Aleixo (from 3 December)
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
: 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 (till 4 June); Fernando de Sousa Costa (from 4 June)
: Milton Pereira de Azevedo (till 27 March); Augusto Maynard Gomes (from 27 March)

Vice governors

: no vice governor
: no vice governor

Events

date unknown - Aircraft manufacturer Companhia AeronÃÂ¡utica Paulista is established in SÃÂ£o Paulo.

January

January 28 - Brazil breaks diplomatic relations with the Axis countries.

July

July 26 - The Brazilian ship TamandarÃÂ© is sunk by the German submarine U-66 (1940) off the coast of Trinidad and Tobago.

August

August 17 - The ships Itagiba and ArarÃÂ¡ are torpedoed by German submarine U-507.
August 22 - President GetÃÂºlio Vargas signs the declaration of war against Germany and Italy.

October

October 28 - The Brazilian freighter Rio Branco attacks a German submarine.

November

November 1 - The Cruzeiro "antigo" is adopted as the official currency.

Arts and culture

Books

Jorge Amado - Gabriela
JÃÂºlio AfrÃÂ¢nio Peixoto - Pepitas

Films

Saludos Amigos (first appearance of JosÃÂ© Carioca, the cigar-smoking Brazilian parrot)

Music

Heitor Villa-Lobos - RudepoÃÂªma (orchestral version)

Births

January

19 January - Nara LeÃÂ£o, singer and actress (died 1989)

March

6 March - Flora Purim, jazz singer
19 March - JosÃÂ© Serra, politician

April

20 April - Roberto Freire, politician
23 April - Jorge Antunes, composer

June

3 June - Celso Amorim, diplomat and politician
26 June - Gilberto Gil, singer, guitarist, and songwriter

August

7 August - Caetano Veloso, musician and writer
23 August
Jarbas Vasconcelos, politician and lawyer
Susana Vieira, actress (as SÃÂ´nia Maria Vieira GonÃÂ§alves)

October

26 October - Anecy Rocha, actress (died 1977)

Deaths

13 February - EpitÃÂ¡cio Pessoa, 11th President of Brazil (born (1865)
23 April - Olga BenÃÂ¡rio Prestes, political activist (born 1908 in Germany)
17 October - SebastiÃÂ£o da Silveira Cintra, Roman Catholic cardinal (born 1882)

References

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