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1952
Events in the year 1952 in Brazil.
Incumbents
Federal government
President: Getúlio Vargas
Vice President: Café Filho
Governors
Alagoas: Arnon de Mello
Amazonas: Álvaro Botelho Maia
Bahia: Régis Pacheco
Ceará: Raul Barbosa
Espírito Santo:
Jones dos Santos Neves (until 31 January)
Francisco Alves Ataíde (from 31 January)
Goiás: Pedro Ludovico Teixeira
Maranhão: Eugênio Barros
Mato Grosso: Fernando Corrêa da Costa
Minas Gerais: Juscelino Kubitschek
Pará: Zacarias de Assumpção
Paraíba: José Américo de Almeida
Paraná: Bento Munhoz da Rocha Neto
Pernambuco:
Agamenon Magalhães (until 24 August)
Antônio Torres Galvão (from 24 August-12 December)
Etelvino Lins de Albuquerque (starting 12 December)
Piauí: Pedro Freitas
Rio Grande do Norte: Silvio Piza Pedrosa
Rio Grande do Sul: Ernesto Dornelles
Santa Catarina: Irineu Bornhausen
São Paulo: Lucas Nogueira Garcez
Sergipe: Arnaldo Rollemberg Garcez
Vice governors
Alagoas: Antônio Guedes de Miranda
Ceará: Stênio Gomes da Silva
Espírito Santo: Francisco Alves Ataíde
Goiás: Jonas Ferreira Alves Duarte
Maranhão: Renato Bayma Archer da Silva
Mato Grosso: João Leite de Barros
Minas Gerais: Clóvis Salgado da Gama
Paraíba: João Fernandes de Lima
Piauí: Tertuliano Milton Brandão
Rio de Janeiro: Tarcísio Miranda
Rio Grande do Norte: Vacant
São Paulo: Erlindo Salzano
Sergipe: Edelzio Vieira de Melo
Events
February
February 14: Diário de Noite ran a report of mysterious bombs exploding in the city of Porto Alegre since the month of January.Bombas misteriosas explodindo em Porto Alegre, Diario da Noite (February 14, 1952) In May of the same year, the bomber, 24-year-old radio technician Herbert Rudiger was captured after maiming himself while fabricating another bomb. Rudiger confessed to the police that he was the author of the bombings while in the hospital and said his motive was fun he obtained with the sensationalism of the media.Descoberto o autor das bombas misteriosas, O Dia (June 4, 1952)
March
4 March: A crowded steam-powered passenger train derails while crossing a bridge over the Pavuna River near Anchieta station, sending two old wooden carriages broadside onto the adjacent line. A modern high-speed electric freight train travelling in the opposite direction ploughs into the wooden carriages, telescoping them upwards. 119 people are killed and more than 200 are injured, resulting in an outcry prompting a major new investment in Brazilian railways."119 mortos na catastrofe sem precedentes no país" (primeira página do 1° caderno), Folha da Manhã (5 de março de 1952).
15 March: The military assistance agreement between Brazil and the United States is signed by the Brazilian Minister of Foreign Affairs, João Neves da Fontoura and American ambassador, Herschel Johnson at the Itamaraty Palace in Rio de Janeiro."Firmado ontem no Rio o acordo de assistencia militar entre o Brasil e os Estados Unidos" (primeira página do 1° caderno), Folha da Manhã (16 de março de 1952).
April
28 April: Pan Am Flight 202 crashes in the Amazon Basin approximately 220 nmi km -1 southwest of Carolina, Maranhão. All 50 people on board are killed in the worst-ever accident involving the Boeing 377.Accidents and Incidents involving the Boeing 377. Retrieved 23 October 2013.
June
20 June: President Getúlio Vargas signs a law, creating the National Bank for Economic and Social Development (BNDES, formerly BNDE)."Criado o Banco Nacional de Desenvolvimento Economico" (primeira página do caderno Economia e Finanças), Folha da Manhã (21 de junho de 1952).
August
12 August: A Douglas C-47A registered PP-ANH is destroyed after a in-flight fire, causing it to crash near Palmeiras de Goiás. All 24 people on board are killed.Carlos Ari César Germano da Silva O rastro da bruxa: história da aviação comercial brasileira no século XX através dos seus acidentes 1928–1996 Palmeiras de Goiás EDIPUCRS 2 Porto Alegre 2008 118–125 978-85-7430-760-2 pt
October
14 October: The National Conference of Bishops of Brazil is founded in Rio de Janeiro.http://acervo.folha.com.br/fdm/1952/10/15/2 "Instalada a Conferencia Nacional dos Bispos"] na coluna Noticias do Rio (página 8 do 1° caderno), Folha da Manhã (15 de outubro de 1952).
29 October: The National Institute of Amazonian Research is created through Decree 31,672.2018-08-09 pt-br Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia - Sobre o INPA http://portal.inpa.gov.br/index.php/institucional portal.inpa.gov.br
December
14 December: The city of Paranavaí is founded.IBGE 2020
Arts and culture
Films
O Canto do Mar, directed by Alberto Cavalcanti.
Sai da frente, film debut of Amácio Mazzaropi.
Tico-Tico no Fubá, directed by Adolfo Celi, starring Anselmo Duarte and Tônia Carrero.http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/3969/year/1952.html Festival de Cannes: Tico-Tico no Fubá 2009-01-18 festival-cannes.com
Music
João Gilberto - "Quando Ela Sai"Castro, Ruy (trans. by Lysa Salsbury). "Bossa Nova: The Story of the Brazilian Music That Seduced the World." 2000. 1st English language edition. A Capella Books, an imprint of Chicago Review Press, Inc. 1-55652-409-9 First published in Brasil by Companhia das Letras. 1990.
Television
Sítio do Pica-pau Amarelo, written by Tatiana Belinky and based on the series of novels of same name by Monteiro Lobato.http://www.teledramaturgia.com.br/tele/sitio_tupib.asp Sítio do Picapau Amarelo (Tupi) - Teledramaturgia 2014-08-19 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20140201144003/http://www.teledramaturgia.com.br/tele/sitio_tupib.asp 2014-02-01
Births
January
18 January – Túlio Mourão, pianist and composer
February
22 February – Marcos Caruso, author, director, screenwriter and actor
May
10 May – Vanderlei Luxemburgo, professional football coach and former player
August
17 August – Nelson Piquet, racing driverIan Morrison The Guinness Guide to Formula One Guinness Books 1989 9780851123486 141
19 August – Milton Hatoum, writer
September
10 September – Paulo Betti, actor
December
14 December – Pedro Collor de Mello, business and brother of former president of Brazil Fernando Collor (died 1994)
Deaths
February
2 February – João Guilherme Fischer, agronomic engineer (born 1876)
References
See also
1952 in Brazilian football
1952 in
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Category:1950s in Brazil
Category:Years of the 20th century in Brazil
Brazil
1952 in South America