1923 in Brazil

Events in the year 1923 in Brazil.

Incumbents

Federal government

• President: Artur Bernardes
• Vice President: Estácio de Albuquerque Coimbra

Governors

• Alagoas:
• Amazonas:
• Bahia:
• Ceará:
• Goiás:
• Maranhão:
• Mato Grosso:
• Minas Gerais:
• Pará:
• Paraíba:
• Paraná:
• Pernambuco:
• Piauí:
• Rio Grande do Norte:
• Rio Grande do Sul:
• Santa Catarina:
• São Paulo:
• Sergipe:

Vice governors

• Rio Grande do Norte:
• São Paulo:

Events

• date unknown
  • The Brazilian Society of Chemistry is founded.
  • Brazil's first radio broadcasting station, the Radio Society of Rio de Janeiro, is founded; it is still working under the name Rádio MEC.
  • Medeiros e Albuquerque becomes President of the Academia Brasileira de Letras.
  • Construction of the Basilica of Our Lady of Lourdes, Belo Horizonte was completed.

Arts and culture

Films

• A Canção da Primavera, directed by Igino Bonfioli and Cyprien Segur.
• Augusto Anibal quer casar, directed by Luiz de Barros
• João da Mata, directed by and starring Amilar Alves

Births

• 11 January – Sérgio Porto, writer (died in 1968)
• 22 January – Marcus Vinícius Dias, basketball player (died 1992)
• 16 August – Millôr Fernandes, journalist, cartoonist, humorist and playwright (died 2012)[1]
• 30 October – Lourdinha Bittencourt, actress (died 1979)[2]
• 1 November – Newton Holanda Gurgel, Bishop of Crato 1993-2001
• 14 November – Cleyde Yáconis, actress (died 2013)

Deaths

• 1 March – Rui Barbosa, writer and politician (born 1849)[3]
• 11 March – Júlia da Silva Bruhns, mother of Thomas Mann (born 1851)[4]

References

1. "Millôr Online"
2. Bonventti, Rodolfo Carlos. "Lourdinha Bittencourt" (in Portuguese). Dramaturgia in Memorian.com.br. Archived from the original on 2014-10-26. Retrieved 2014-06-23.
3. Turner, CW (2005) [1945], Ruy Barbosa: Brazilian crusader for the essential freedoms, New York: Kessinger Publishing, ISBN 1-419-10424-1.
4. Miskolci, Richard. Thomas Mann: Artista Mestiço. São Paulo: Annablume/FAPESP, 2003.

See also

• 1923 in Brazilian football