1931 in Brazil

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Year of Constitution: 1891

Events in the year 1931 in Brazil.

## Incumbents

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### Federal government

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* President: Getúlio Vargas (Head of the Provisional Government)
* Vice President: none

### Governors

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* Alagoas:
* till 9 August: Hermilo de Freitas Blackbird
* 9 August-31 October: Louis de France Albuquerque
* from 31 October: Tasso de Oliveira Tinoco
* Amazonas: Álvaro Botelho Maia
* Bahia: Leopoldo Afrânio Bastos do Amaral, then Raimundo Rodrigues Barbosa, then Juracy Magalhães
* Ceará:
* till 13 June: Manuel Fernandes Távora
* 13 June - 22 September: João da Silva Leal
* from 22 September: Roberto Carneiro de Mendonça
* Goiás: Pedro Ludovico Teixeira
* Maranhão:
* till 9 January: José Maria Perdigão
* 9 January - 18 August: Astolfo Serra
* 18 August - 8 September: Joaquim Aquino Correia
* from 8 September: Lourival Seroa da Mota
* Mato Grosso: Antonino Mena Gonçalves, then Artur Antunes Maciel
* Minas Gerais: Olegário Maciel
* Pará: Joaquim de Magalhães Barata
* Paraíba: Antenor de França Navarro
* Paraná:
* Mário Alves Monteiro Tourinho
* João Perneta
* Pernambuco: Carlos de Lima Cavalcanti
* Piauí:
* till 29 January: Humberto de Areia Leão
* 29 January - May 21: Joaquim de Lemos Cunha
* from 21 May: Landry Sales
* Rio Grande do Norte:
* till 28 January: Irenaeus Jofili
* 29 January - 31 July: Aluisio de Moura Andrade
* from 31 July: Hercolino Cascardo
* Rio Grande do Sul: José Antônio Flores da Cunha
* Santa Catarina:
* São Paulo:
* Sergipe:

### Vice governors

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* Rio Grande do Norte:
* São Paulo:

## Events

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12 October: Statue of Christ the Redeemer

* 15 January – Eleven Italian seaplanes led by Italo Balbo land at Botafogo Bay after a 6,000 mile flight from Italy that began on December 17. The pilots are greeted by President Getúlio Vargas.[1]
* 16 September – Frente Negra Brasileira, Brazil's first Black political party, is founded.[2]
* 12 October – The statue of Christ the Redeemer, overlooking Rio de Janeiro, is consecrated.[3][4]
* date unknown
* The Caiçaras Club is founded in Rio de Janeiro.

## Arts and culture

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### Books

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* Jorge Amado – O País do Carnaval (The Country of Carnival)
* Júlio Afrânio Peixoto – História da literatura brasileira

### Films

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* Limite, directed by Mário Peixoto

### Music

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* Zequinha de Abreu's piece "Tico-Tico no Farelo" is renamed "Tico-Tico no Fubá"[5]

## Births

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* 8 January – Ozires Silva, entrepreneur, founder of Embraer
* 19 January – Ottomar Pinto, politician, Governor of Roraima (2004–2007) (died 2007)
* 10 February – Cauby Peixoto, singer (died 2016)
* 14 February – Newton de Sordi, footballer (died 2013)
* 16 March – Augusto Boal, theatre director, writer and politician (died 2009)[6]
* 2 March – Ruth Rocha, writer
* 31 March – Ary Fernandes, playwright, actor, producer and filmmaker (died 2010)[7]
* 28 April – Nair Bello, actress and comedian (died 2007)
* 8 May – Etty Fraser, actress (died 2018)[8]
* 10 June – João Gilberto, singer and guitarist (died 2019)
* 13 June – Moysés Baumstein, holographer and artist (died 1991)
* 18 June – Fernando Henrique Cardoso, 34th President of Brazil[9]
* 29 June – Palmirinha Onofre, cook and television presenter (died 2023)[10]
* 9 August – Mário Zagallo, footballer and manager (died 2024)[11]
* 3 September – Paulo Maluf, politician
* 16 October – Mílton Alves da Silva, football player (died 1973)
* 17 October – José Alencar, politician (died 2011)[12]

## Deaths

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* 26 January – Graça Aranha, writer and diplomat (born 1868)[13]
* 9 June – Henrique Oswald, pianist and composer (born 1852)[14]
* 24 July – Nonô, footballer (born 1899)
* 8 September – Prince Luiz Gastão of Orléans-Braganza, descendant of the Brazilian Imperial Family (born 1911)
* 6 October – Oscar Cox, sportsman (born 1880)[15]

## References

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1. ^ "Air Fleet Roars into Rio; 6,000 Mile Flight Ends". Chicago Daily Tribune. 16 January 1931. p. 12.
2. ^ Kimberly Jones-de-Oliveira, "The Politics of Culture or the Culture of Politics: Afro-Brazilian Mobilization, 1920–1968," Journal of Third World Studies, v. 20, part I (2003)
3. ^ "Brazil: Crocovado mountain – Statue of Christ". Travel Channel. Archived from the original on 16 May 2007. Retrieved 7 July 2007.
4. ^ "Sanctuary Status for Rio landmark". BBC. 13 October 2006. Archived from the original on 12 January 2008. Retrieved 7 July 2007.
5. ^ Discography of Américo Jacomino Canhoto
6. ^ O Palco. Biographical info Augusto Boal (In Portuguese). Archived 20 November 2014 at the Wayback Machine
7. ^ Morre dramaturgo criador do Vigilante Rodoviário Portal de notícias Parana-online (Portuguese) – accessed 29 August 2010
8. ^ "Morre a atriz Etty Fraser".
9. ^ Ted George Goertzel (1999). Fernando Henrique Cardoso : reinventing democracy in Brazil. Lynne Rienner Publishers. p. 1\. ISBN 9781555878313.
10. ^ Morre Palmirinha Onofre, cozinheira e apresentadora ícone da TV, aos 91 anos
11. ^ "FIFA celebrates legendary Zagallo as he turns 90". FIFA. Retrieved 1 August 2022.
12. ^ Tom Phillips (1 April 2011). "José Alencar obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 1 August 2022.
13. ^ "Necrologies". Bulletin of the Pan American Union. 65. The Union: 322. 1931.
14. ^ Henrique Oswald: A Biography of a Forgotten Brazilian Master by Fausto Borem de Oliveira
15. ^ "Oscar Cox" (in Portuguese). Fluminense Football Club. Archived from the original on 21 February 2010. Retrieved 10 January 2010.

## See also

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* 1931 in Brazilian football
* List of Brazilian films of 1931

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