1942 in Brazil

Events in the year 1942 in Brazil.

Establishments

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

Incumbents

Federal government

• President: Getúlio Vargas

Governors

• 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

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

Events

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

January

• January 28 - Brazil breaks diplomatic relations with the Axis countries.^[2]

July

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

August

• 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

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

November

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

Arts and culture

Books

• Jorge Amado - Gabriela
• Júlio Afrânio Peixoto - Pepitas

Films

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

Music

• Heitor Villa-Lobos - Rudepoêma (orchestral version) ^[9]

Births

January

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

March

• 6 March - Flora Purim, jazz singer^[10]
• 19 March - José Serra, politician

April

• 20 April - Roberto Freire, politician
• 23 April - Jorge Antunes, composer^[11]

June

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

August

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

October

• 26 October - Anecy Rocha, actress (died 1977)

Deaths

• 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)