1939 in Brazil

← 1938 1937 1936 1939 in Brazil → 1940 1941 1942
Decades:	1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s
See also:	Other events of 1939 Timeline of Brazilian history

Events in the year 1939 in Brazil.

Incumbents

• President: Getúlio Vargas

Events

• 27 June - The municipality of Canoas obtains city status.
• 5 December - The Imperial Mausoleum is officially inaugurated at the Cathedral of Petrópolis.]]).^[1]
• date unknown - Serra dos Órgãos is designated a National Park.

Arts and culture

Films

• El Grito de la juventud (Argentine film directed by Brazilian director Raul Roulien)

Music

• Ary Barroso - "Aquarela do Brasil"

Births

• 8 February - Jonas Bloch, actor
• 14 March - Glauber Rocha, film director, actor and writer (died 1981).^[2]
• 30 April - Axel Schmidt-Preben, Olympic sailor^[3]
• 13 June - Antônio Pitanga, actor

Deaths

• 19 April - Lucílio de Albuquerque, painter (born 1887).^[4]
• 16 October - Malvina Tavares, anarchist, poet, and educator (born 1866)
• 25 November - Odette Vidal de Oliveira, candidate for beatification (born 1930).^[5]

See also

1939 in Brazilian football

References

1. Culture Wars in Brazil: The First Vargas Regime, 1930-1945 By Daryle Williams, p x
2. New York Times obituary
3. "Olympics". sports-reference. Retrieved 16 April 2013.
4. Culture Wars in Brazil: The First Vargas Regime, 1930-1945 By Daryle Williams, pg 263
5. "Beatification process of Brazilian girl begins", (AP), KHOU, Houston, Texas