1923 in Brazil

← 1922 1921 1920 1923 in Brazil → 1924 1925 1926
Decades:	1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s
See also:	Other events of 1923 Timeline of Brazilian history

Events in the year 1923 in Brazil.

Incumbents

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

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.

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)
• 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)^[2]
• 11 March - Júlia da Silva Bruhns, mother of Thomas Mann (born 1851)^[3]

See also

• 1923 in Brazilian football

References

1. "Millôr Online"
2. Turner, CW (2005) [1945], Ruy Barbosa: Brazilian crusader for the essential freedoms, New York: Kessinger Publishing, ISBN 1-419-10424-1.
3. Miskolci, Richard. Thomas Mann: Artista Mestiço. São Paulo: Annablume/FAPESP, 2003.