1937 in Brazil

Events in the year 1937 in Brazil.

Incumbents

Federal government

• President: Getúlio Vargas

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

• Rio Grande do Norte:
• São Paulo:

Events

• May 7 - One of the leaders of the communist revolution, Luis Carlos Prestes, is sentenced to 16 years and eight months in prison.[1]
• June 10 - National Democratic Union, ahead of support for the candidacy of Armando Sales de Oliveira for president in the 1938 elections is created.[2]
• June 14 - President Getúlio Vargas signed the decree establishing the Itatiaia National Park, the first national park in Brazil.[3][4]
• August 13 - The National Union of Students is founded in Rio de Janeiro.
• November 10 - The fourth Brazilian Constitution is granted by President Vargas, starting the Estado Novo.[5]
• December 2 - President Vargas signs the ordinance which extinguishes all political parties in the country.[6]

Arts and culture

Books

• Cyro dos Anjos - O Amauense Belmiro

Births

• January 27 – João Antônio, journalist and short story writer (died 1996)
• June 4 – Hugo Carvana, actor (died 2014)
• June 11 – Reginaldo Faria, actor and film director
• June 17 – Clodovil Hernandes, fashion designer, television presenter and politician (died 2009)
• August 22 – Ary Toledo, Brazilian humorist, singer, lyricist and actor
• October 23 – Carlos Lamarca, military turned guerrilla leader (died 1971)

Deaths

• May 4 - Noel Rosa, singer and songwriter (born 1910)
• November 9 - Estácio Coimbra, lawyer and politician (born 1872)

See also

1937 in Brazilian football

References

1. "Foram julgados hontem os principaes chefes da revolução communista de 1935" (primeira página da primeira seção), Folha da Manhã (8 de maio de 1937).
2. "A convenção hontem realizada pelas correntes politicas que apoiam o sr. Armando de Salles Oliveira" (primeira página da primeira seção), Folha da Manhã (11 de junho de 1937).
3. "O Parque Nacional de Itatiaya" (página 2 do caderno único), Folha da Noite (16 de junho de 1937).
4. Helton Perillo Ferreira Leite, Planalto do Itatiaia (2007), p. 20.
5. "Promulgada hontem nova Constituição para o paiz" (primeira página da primeira seção), Folha da Manhã (11 de novembro de 1937).
6. "Extinctos todos os partidos politicos do paiz" (primeira página da primeira seção), Folha da Manhã (4 de dezembro de 1937).

Bibliography

Helton Perillo Ferreira Leite. Planalto do Itatiaia. Publit, 2007. ISBN 857773076X. ISBN 978-85-7773-076-6.

See also

• 1937 in Brazilian football
• List of Brazilian films of 1937