1923 in Brazil

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Events in the year 1923 in Brazil.

## Incumbents

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### Federal government

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

### Governors

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* Alagoas: José Fernandes de Barros Lima
* Amazonas: César do Rego Monteiro
* Bahia: José Joaquim Seabra
* Ceará:
* till 12 July: Justiniano de Serpa
* from 12 July: Ildefonso Albano
* Goiás:
* till 27 July: Eugênio Rodrigues Jardim
* from 27 July: Miguel da Rocha Lima
* Maranhão:
* till 20 January: Raul da Cunha Machado
* from 20 January: Godofredo Mendes Viana
* Mato Grosso: Pedro Celestino Corrêa da Costa
* Minas Gerais: Raul Soares
* Pará: Antônio Emiliano de Sousa
* Paraíba: Sólon Barbosa de Lucena
* Paraná: Caetano Munhoz da Rocha
* Pernambuco: Sérgio Teixeira Lins de Barros Loreto
* Piauí: João Luís Ferreira
* Rio Grande do Norte: Antonio José de Melo e Sousa
* Rio Grande do Sul: Antônio Augusto Borges de Medeiros
* Santa Catarina:
* São Paulo:
* Sergipe:

### Vice governors

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* Rio Grande do Norte:
* São Paulo:

## Events

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* 3 May \- Brazil sign the Pan-American Treaty.[1]
* 13 August \- Grand opening of the Copacabana Palace hotel in Rio de Janeiro.

* 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

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### Films

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* 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

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* 11 January – Sérgio Porto, writer (died 1968)
* 22 January – Marcus Vinícius Dias, basketball player (died 1992)
* 19 April – Lygia Fagundes Telles, novelist and writer (died 2022)[2]
* 16 August – Millôr Fernandes, journalist, cartoonist, humorist and playwright (died 2012)[3]
* 30 October – Lourdinha Bittencourt, actress (died 1979)[4]
* 1 November – Newton Holanda Gurgel, Bishop of Crato 1993-2001 (died 2017)
* 14 November – Cleyde Yáconis, actress (died 2013)

## Deaths

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* 1 March – Rui Barbosa, writer and politician (born 1849)[5]
* 11 March – Júlia da Silva Bruhns, mother of Thomas Mann (born 1851)[6]

## References

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1. ^ League of Nations Treaty Series, vol. 33, pp. 26-45.
2. ^ Acclaimed Brazilian writer Telles dies at 98
3. ^ "Millôr Online"
4. ^ Bonventti, Rodolfo Carlos. "Lourdinha Bittencourt" (in Portuguese). Dramaturgia in Memorian.com.br. Archived from the original on 2014-10-26. Retrieved 2014-06-23.
5. ^ Turner, CW (2005) [1945], Ruy Barbosa: Brazilian crusader for the essential freedoms, New York: Kessinger Publishing, ISBN 1-419-10424-1.
6. ^ Miskolci, Richard. Thomas Mann: Artista Mestiço. São Paulo: Annablume/FAPESP, 2003.

## See also

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* 1923 in Brazilian football

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