1951 in Brazil

Events in the year 1951 in Brazil.

Incumbents

Federal government

• President: Marshal Eurico Gaspar Dutra (till 31 January); Getúlio Vargas (from 31 January)
• Vice President: Nereu Ramos (till 31 January); Café Filho (from 31 January)

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

• Alagoas:
• Ceará:
• Espírito Santo:
• Goiás:
• Mato Grosso:
• Minas Gerais:
• Paraíba:
• Piaui:
• Rio Grande do Norte:
• São Paulo:

Events

• March - Clarice Lispector returns from London with her husband, Maury Gurgel Valente, following a miscarriage.[1]
• 1 June - Última Hora, a tabloid newspaper, is founded by Samuel Wainer and personally endorsed by President Vargas.[2]
• October - João Carlos Muniz of Brazil is President of the United Nations Security Council.
• November - Elizabeth Bishop, on a traveling fellowship from Bryn Mawr College, arrives in Santos with the aim of circumnavigating South America by boat.
• date unknown
  • The Brazilian Medical Association is founded.[3]
  • The Escola Superior de Propaganda e Marketing is founded in São Paulo.[4]

Arts and culture

Books

• Ștefan Baciu - Analiza cuvântului dor

Films

• Agüenta Firme, Isidoro, directed by Luiz de Barros.
• Aí Vem o Barão, directed by Watson Macedo, starring Oscarito, José Lewgoy and Eliana.
• Amazon Symphony, directed by Anelio Latini, starring Almirante.
• Quando a Noite Acaba, starring Tônia Carrero.
• O Saci, directed by Rodolfo Nanni, starring Paulo Matozinho.[5]

Births

• 29 April - Vinicius Cantuária, jazz musician
• 12 July - Carlos Minc, geographer, environmentalist and politician[6]
• 14 August - Rita Segato (in Argentina), anthropologist, feminist and academic[7]
• 20 October - José Gomes Temporão, doctor and politician[8]

Deaths

• 2 August - Joseph Franz Seraph Lutzenberger, German-born architect and artist (born 1882)
• 13 November - Walter de Souza Goulart, footballer (born 1912)

References

1. Edilberto Coutinho, Criaturas de papel, p. 170
2. Tulchin, Joseph S.; Espach, Ralph H. (17 August 2000). Combating Corruption in Latin America. Woodrow Wilson Center Press. p. 178. ISBN 978-1-930365-01-8. Retrieved 28 August 2012.
3. "Brazilian doctor takes office as the new president of the World Medical Association", 21 October 2011 Archived 2015-09-24 at the Wayback Machine. Accessed 13 August 2014
4. ESPM official website
5. "Saci comemora 60 anos | revistapontocom". Archived from the original on 2014-02-01. Retrieved 2014-08-13.
6. "Planalto confirma Carlos Minc como novo ministro do Meio Ambiente" (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2008-05-25.
7. "Rita Segato" (in Spanish). CGA. December 2014. Retrieved 9 September 2018.
8. (in Portuguese) Biography of José Gomes Temporão at the Ministry of Health official website

See also

• 1951 in Brazilian football
• List of Brazilian films of 1951