1920 in Brazil

none 1920 Events in the year 1920 in Brazil. Incumbents Federal government President: Epitácio Pessoa Vice President: Delfim Moreira (until 1 July); vacant (1 July to 10 November); Francisco Álvaro Bueno de Paiva (from 10 November) Governors Alagoas: José Fernandes de Barros Lima Amazonas: Pedro de Alcântara Bacelar Bahia: Antônio Ferrão Muniz de Aragão, then José Joaquim Seabra Ceará: till 12 July: João Tomé de Sabóia e Silva from 12 12 July: Justiniano de Serpa Goiás: João Alves de Castro Maranhão: Urbano Santos Mato Grosso: Francisco de Aquino Correia Minas Gerais: Artur Bernardes Pará: Lauro Sodré Paraíba: till 22 October: Francisco Camilo de Holanda from 22 October: Sólon Barbosa de Lucena Paraná: Afonso Camargo Caetano Munhoz da Rocha Pernambuco: till 28 October: José Rufino Bezerra Cavalcanti from 28 October: Otávio Hamilton Tavares Barreto Piauí: till 1 July: Eurípedes Clementino de Aguiar from 1 July: João Luís Ferreira Rio Grande do Norte: Joaquim Ferreira Chaves Rio Grande do Sul: Antônio Augusto Borges de Medeiros Santa Catarina: São Paulo: Sergipe: Vice governors Rio Grande do Norte: São Paulo: Events 20 April - Opening ceremony of the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, at which Brazil competes for the first time.Official Olympic Reports https://web.archive.org/web/20060622162855/http://www.la84foundation.org/5va/reports_frmst.htm 2006-06-22 Sport shooter Guilherme Paraense is the first Brazilian to win a gold medal. Arts and culture Books Monteiro Lobatohttps://archive.today/20140118205736/http://www.e-biografias.net/monteiro_lobato/ Monteiro Lobato - E-Biografias writes the first of his Sítio do Picapau Amarelo novel series. Films Coração de Gaúcho, directed by and starring Luiz de Barros O Crime de Cravinhos, directed by Arturo Carrari and starring Rodolfo Arena. O Garimpeiro, directed by and starring Vittorio Capellaro Births 9 January - João Cabral de Melo Neto, poet and diplomat (died 1999)Academia Brasileira de Letras profile of João Cabral de Melo Neto 21 April - Anselmo Duarte, actor, screenwriter and film director (died 2009)Anselmo Duarte morre em SP aos 89 anos pt http://www1.folha.uol.com.br/folha/ilustrada/ult90u649109.shtml Folha de S.Paulo November 7, 2009 2009-11-07 http://arquivo.pt/wayback/20091224104737/http%3A//www1%2Efolha%2Euol%2Ecom%2Ebr/folha/ilustrada/ult90u649109%2Eshtml December 24, 2009 live 26 July - Celso Furtado (died 2004) Deaths 26 March - Prince Luís, claimant to the Brazilian throne (born 1878; rheumatism)Barman, Roderick J. (2002). Princess Isabel of Brazil: gender and power in the nineteenth century. Wilmington, Delaware: Scholarly Resources. 0-8420-2846-3. BR História. nº 4, Year 1. Duetto, 2007. p 232 1 July - Delfim Moreira, politician (born 1868) 16 October - Alberto Nepomuceno, conductor and composer (born 1864)Naxos Records Nepomuceno Biography, and Program Notes to Marco Polo Recording of Piano Works http://www.naxos.com/mainsite/blurbs_reviews.asp?item_code=8.223548&catNum=223548&filetype=About%20this%20Recording&language=English Maria Inês Guimarães 1994 2007-11-28 References See also 1920 in Brazilian football 1920 in Category:1920s in Brazil Category:Years of the 20th century in Brazil Brazil Brazil