1945 in Brazil

← 1944 1943 1942 1945 in Brazil → 1946 1947 1948
Decades:	1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s
See also:	Other events of 1945 Timeline of Brazilian history

Events in the year 1945 in Brazil.

Incumbents

• President: Getúlio Vargas (until 29 October); José Linhares (from 29 October)

Events

Brazilian Expeditionary Force shoulder sleeve insignia (Army component)

• February - A fourth transport of troops of the Brazilian Expeditionary Force reaches Italy, in preparation for the Spring 1945 offensive.
• 2 May - Brazilian troops arrive in Turin on the same day that the cessation of hostilities is announced.
• May - Bishop Carlos Duarte Costa, an outspoken critic of the regime of President Getúlio Vargas and of the Vatican's alleged relationship with fascist regimes,^[1] gives newspaper interviews accusing Brazil's Papal nuncio of Nazi-Fascist spying, and accusing Rome of having aided and abetted Hitler. Shortly afterwards he establishes the Brazilian Catholic Apostolic Church.
• 29 October - President Vargas resigns, beginning the period known as the Second Brazilian Republic. José Linhares becomes acting president.
• 2 December - A general election is held, the first since the establishment of Getúlio Vargas' Estado Novo.^[2] The presidential election is won by Eurico Gaspar Dutra of the Social Democratic Party (PSD), which also wins a majority of seats in both the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate.

Arts and culture

Books

• Oswald de Andrade - A Arcádia e a Inconfidência

Films

• O Cortiço
• O Gol da Vitória
• Não Adianta Chorar

Births

• 11 January - Geraldo Azevedo, singer and guitarist
• 13 August - Vânia Dantas Leite, pianist, conductor, music educator and composer^[3]
• 26 September - Gal Costa, singer
• 8 October - Paulo Thiago, film director and screenwriter
• 27 October - Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, 35th President of Brazil
• Unknown date - Eduardo Escorel, film editor and director

Deaths

• 25 February - Mário de Andrade, poet, novelist, musicologist, art historian and critic, and photographer (born 1893; heart attack)^[4]
• 12 April - Max Wolff Filho, war hero (born 1912; killed in action)^[5]

See also

1945 in Brazilian football

References

1. "Rebel in Rio", Time Magazine, July 23, 1945
2. Nohlen, D (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p173 ISBN 978-0-19-928358-3
3. Tyrrell, John (2001). The new Grove dictionary of music and musicians: Volume 21.
4. Suárez, José I., and Tomlins, Jack E., Mário de Andrade: The Creative Works (Cranbury, New Jersey: Associated University Presses, 2000).
5. EsSA Max Wolff Filho (Portuguese)