1936 in Brazil

← 1935 1934 1933 1936 in Brazil → 1937 1938 1939
Decades:	1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s
See also:	Other events of 1936 Timeline of Brazilian history

Events in the year 1936 in Brazil.

Incumbents

• President: Getúlio Vargas

Events

• April 16 - Pedro Calmon is elected to the Academia Brasileira de Letras.^[1]
• October 16 - President Vargas signed the decree, which gives the name of the aviator Alberto Santos Dumont Airport located in Punta Dungeon, in the city of Rio de Janeiro, currently named Santos Dumont Airport, Brazil's first civilian airport.^[2]

Arts and culture

Films

• Noites Cariocas, directed and written by Enrique Cadícamo and featuring Grande Otelo.

Births

• January 13 - Renato Aragão, actor and comedian
• January 19 - Carlos Mário da Silva Velloso, president of the Supreme Federal Tribunal 1999-2001.
• March 12 - Carlos Alberto de Nóbrega, actor, comedian and humorist.
• March 26 - Éder Jofre, pugilist
• April 24 - Esther Pillar Grossi, educator and politician
• May 23 - Wadih Mutran, politician

Deaths

• date unknown
  • pt:Geminiano Lira Castro, politician (born 1863)
  • pt:Aarão Reis, engineer (born 1853)

References

1. "O sr. Pedro Calmon eleito substituto do escriptor Felix Pachceco, na Academia Brasileira de Letras" (página 2 da primeira seção), Folha da Manhã (17 de abril de 1936).
2. "Semana da asa" (página 3 da primeira seção), Folha da Manhã (18 de outubro de 1936).