1939 in Brazil
Events in the year 1939 in Brazil.
Incumbents
Events
- 27 June - The municipality of Canoas obtains city status.
- 5 December - The Imperial Mausoleum is officially inaugurated at the Cathedral of Petrópolis.]]).[1]
- date unknown - Serra dos Órgãos is designated a National Park.
Arts and culture
Films
- El Grito de la juventud (Argentine film directed by Brazilian director Raul Roulien)
Music
Births
- 8 February - Jonas Bloch, actor
- 14 March - Glauber Rocha, film director, actor and writer (died 1981).[2]
- 30 April - Axel Schmidt-Preben, Olympic sailor[3]
- 13 June - Antônio Pitanga, actor
Deaths
- 19 April - Lucílio de Albuquerque, painter (born 1887).[4]
- 16 October - Malvina Tavares, anarchist, poet, and educator (born 1866)
- 25 November - Odette Vidal de Oliveira, candidate for beatification (born 1930).[5]
See also
References
- ↑ Culture Wars in Brazil: The First Vargas Regime, 1930-1945 By Daryle Williams, p x
- ↑ New York Times obituary
- ↑ "Olympics". sports-reference. Retrieved 16 April 2013.
- ↑ Culture Wars in Brazil: The First Vargas Regime, 1930-1945 By Daryle Williams, pg 263
- ↑ "Beatification process of Brazilian girl begins", (AP), KHOU, Houston, Texas
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