1923 in Brazil

Events in the year 1923 in Brazil.

Incumbents

Federal government

• President: Artur Bernardes
• Vice President: Estácio de Albuquerque Coimbra

Governors

• Alagoas:
• Amazonas:
• Bahia:
• Ceará:
• 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

• date unknown
  • The Brazilian Society of Chemistry is founded.
  • Brazil's first radio broadcasting station, the Radio Society of Rio de Janeiro, is founded; it is still working under the name Rádio MEC.
  • Medeiros e Albuquerque becomes President of the Academia Brasileira de Letras.
  • Construction of the Basilica of Our Lady of Lourdes, Belo Horizonte was completed.

Arts and culture

Films

• A Canção da Primavera, directed by Igino Bonfioli and Cyprien Segur.
• Augusto Anibal quer casar, directed by Luiz de Barros
• João da Mata, directed by and starring Amilar Alves

Births

• 11 January - Sérgio Porto, writer (died in 1968)
• 22 January - Marcus Vinícius Dias, basketball player (died 1992)
• 16 August - Millôr Fernandes, journalist, cartoonist, humorist and playwright (died 2012)[1]
• 30 October - Lourdinha Bittencourt, actress (died 1979)
• 1 November - Newton Holanda Gurgel, Bishop of Crato 1993-2001
• 14 November - Cleyde Yáconis, actress (died 2013)

Deaths

• 1 March - Rui Barbosa, writer and politician (born 1849)[2]
• 11 March - Júlia da Silva Bruhns, mother of Thomas Mann (born 1851)[3]

References

1. "Millôr Online"
2. Turner, CW (2005) [1945], Ruy Barbosa: Brazilian crusader for the essential freedoms, New York: Kessinger Publishing, ISBN 1-419-10424-1.
3. Miskolci, Richard. Thomas Mann: Artista Mestiço. São Paulo: Annablume/FAPESP, 2003.

See also

• 1923 in Brazilian football