1950 in Brazil

Events in the year 1950 in Brazil.

Incumbents

24 June - The 1950 World Cup starts.^[1]
16 July- The World Cup ends, with the 2-1 defeat of Brazilian national team by Uruguay on Maracanã.^[2]
18 September- First television broadcasting in Brazil by TV Tupi.^[3]
3 October - The Brazilian general election^[4] is won by the Social Democratic Party, who remain the largest party in both the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate, although they lose their majority in the former. The presidential election is won by former President Getúlio Vargas of the Brazilian Labour Party.
date unknown - After being grounded because of a shortage of equipment, the airline Transportes Aéreos Bandeirantes is sold to Lóide Aéreo Nacional.^[5]

Alameda da Saudade 113, directed by Carlos Ortiz.
Caiçara, co-directed by Adolfo Celi, Tom Payne, and John Waterhouse, starring Celi and José Mauro de Vasconcelos.
Caraça, Porta do Céu, directed by Theodor Luts, starring Alvaro.
Quando a Noite Acaba, starring Tônia Carrero.

20 January - Daniel Benzali, actor
24 June - Prince Antônio of Orléans-Braganza, artist and member of the Imperial House of Brazil.^[6]

↑ Folha da Noite (25 June 1950). "Vitorioso o Brasil no encontro inaugural do Campeonato do Mundo" (Ano XXV, número 8.048, página 12 do 1° caderno). Retrieved 5 August 2014.
↑ Folha da Noite (17 July 1950). "Na viceliderança o Brasil" (Ano XXIX, número 8.070, página 12 do único caderno). Retrieved 5 August 2014.
↑ Folha da Noite (18 September 1950). "A televisão poderá tornar-se a voz e o olhar das Américas" (Ano XXIX, número 8.094, página 5 do único caderno). Retrieved 5 August 2014.
↑ Nohlen, D (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p173 ISBN 978-0-19-928358-3
↑ Pereira, Aldo (1987). Breve História da Aviação Comercial Brasileira (in Portuguese). Rio de Janeiro: Europa. pp. 305–306.
↑ Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels, Fürstliche Häuser (Limburg an der Lahn: C.A. Starke, 1991): Band XIV, 32.

1950 in South America

Sovereign states	Argentina Bolivia Brazil Chile Colombia Ecuador Guyana Paraguay Peru Suriname Uruguay Venezuela

Dependencies and other territories	Falkland Islands French Guiana South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands