1942 in Brazil

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Year of Constitution: 1937

Events in the year 1942 in Brazil.

## Establishments

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* Construction of the Basilica Shrine of Our Lady Mediatrix of All Graces was completed.

## Incumbents

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### Federal government

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* President: Getúlio Vargas

### Governors

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* Alagoas: Ismar de Góis Monteiro
* Amazonas: Álvaro Botelho Maia
* Bahia: Landulfo Alves (till 3 December); Renato Pinto Aleixo (from 3 December)
* Ceará: Francisco de Meneses Pimentel
* Espírito Santo: João Punaro Bley
* Goiás: Pedro Ludovico Teixeira
* Maranhão:
* Mato Grosso: Júlio Strübing Müller
* Minas Gerais: Benedito Valadares Ribeiro
* Pará: José Carneiro da Gama Malcher
* Paraíba: Rui Carneiro
* Paraná: Manuel Ribas
* Pernambuco: Agamenon Magalhães
* Piauí: Leônidas Melo
* Rio Grande do Norte: Rafael Fernandes Gurjão
* Rio Grande do Sul: Osvaldo Cordeiro de Farias
* Santa Catarina: Nereu Ramos
* São Paulo: Ademar de Barros (till 4 June); Fernando de Sousa Costa (from 4 June)
* Sergipe: Milton Pereira de Azevedo (till 27 March); Augusto Maynard Gomes (from 27 March)

### Vice governors

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* Rio Grande do Norte: no vice governor
* São Paulo: no vice governor

## Events

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* date unknown \- Aircraft manufacturer Companhia Aeronáutica Paulista is established in São Paulo.[1]

### January

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* January 28 \- Brazil breaks diplomatic relations with the Axis countries.[2]

### July

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

### August

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* August 17 \- The ships Itagiba and Arará are torpedoed by German submarine U-507.
* August 22 \- President Getúlio Vargas signs the declaration of war against Germany and Italy.[3][4]

### October

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* October 28 \- The Brazilian freighter Rio Branco attacks a German submarine.[5][6]

### November

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* November 1 \- The Cruzeiro "antigo" is adopted as the official currency.[7]

## Arts and culture

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### Books

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* Jorge Amado \- Gabriela
* Júlio Afrânio Peixoto \- Pepitas

### Films

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* Saludos Amigos (first appearance of José Carioca, the cigar-smoking Brazilian parrot)[8]

### Music

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* Heitor Villa-Lobos \- Rudepoêma (orchestral version) [9]

## Births

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### January

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* 19 January \- Nara Leão, singer and actress (died 1989)

### March

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* 6 March \- Flora Purim, jazz singer[10]
* 19 March \- José Serra, politician

### April

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* 20 April \- Roberto Freire, politician
* 23 April \- Jorge Antunes, composer[11]

### June

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

### August

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* 7 August \- Caetano Veloso, musician and writer
* 23 August
* Jarbas Vasconcelos, politician and lawyer
* Susana Vieira, actress (as Sônia Maria Vieira Gonçalves)

### October

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* 26 October \- Anecy Rocha, actress (died 1977)

## Deaths

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* 13 February \- Epitácio Pessoa, 11th President of Brazil (born (1865)
* 23 April \- Olga Benário Prestes, political activist (born 1908 in Germany)[12]
* 17 October \- Sebastião da Silveira Cintra, Roman Catholic cardinal (born 1882)

## References

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1. ^ Gunston, Bill (1993). World Encyclopedia of Aircraft Manufacturers. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press. p. 70.
2. ^ "O Brasil rompeu com os paises do "Eixo"". Folha da Noite. 29 January 1942. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
3. ^ "O Brasil na Guerra". Folha da Noite. 22 August 1942. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
4. ^ "O Brasil em estado de beligerância com a Alemanha e a Itália". O Estado de S. Paulo. 23 August 1942. Retrieved 25 May 2014.
5. ^ Afundado pelo "Rio Branco" um Submarino do "Eixo" (primeira página do 1° caderno), Folha da Manhã (29 de outubro de 1942).
6. ^ O navio brasileiro "Rio Branco" ataca um submarino do "Eixo" (página 1 do único caderno), O Estado de S. Paulo (29 de outubro de 1942).
7. ^ Cédulas do Cruzeiro (1942-1967). Accessed 24 May 2014
8. ^ Walt & El Grupo (documentary film, 2008).
9. ^ Kater, Carlos. 1987. "Villa-Lobos de Rubinstein". Latin American Music Review / Revista de Música Latinoamericana 8, no. 2 (Autumn-Winter): 246–53. (Portuguese)
10. ^ Julie Coryell, Laura Friedman; Ramsey Lewis (January 2000). Jazz-Rock Fusion: The People, the Music. Hal Leonard Corporation. p. 277\. ISBN 0-7935-9941-5.
11. ^ David M. Cummings (2000). International Who's Who In Music and Musicians' Directory: (In the Classical and Light Classical Fields). Psychology Press. p. 19.
12. ^ Morais, Fernando (December 2004). Olga. ISBN 9780802141897.

## See also

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* 1942 in Brazilian football
* List of Brazilian films of 1942

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