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1923 in Brazil
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Incumbents
Federal government
Governors
- Alagoas: José Fernandes de Barros Lima
- Amazonas: César do Rego Monteiro
- Bahia: José Joaquim Seabra
- Ceará:
- till 12 July: Justiniano de Serpa
- from 12 July: Ildefonso Albano
- Goiás:
- till 27 July: Eugênio Rodrigues Jardim
- from 27 July: Miguel da Rocha Lima
- Maranhão:
- till 20 January: Raul da Cunha Machado
- from 20 January: Godofredo Mendes Viana
- Mato Grosso: Pedro Celestino Corrêa da Costa
- Minas Gerais: Raul Soares
- Pará: Antônio Emiliano de Sousa
- Paraíba: Sólon Barbosa de Lucena
- Paraná: Caetano Munhoz da Rocha
- Pernambuco: Sérgio Teixeira Lins de Barros Loreto
- Piauí: João Luís Ferreira
- Rio Grande do Norte: Antonio José de Melo e Sousa
- Rio Grande do Sul: Antônio Augusto Borges de Medeiros
- Santa Catarina:
- São Paulo:
- Sergipe:
Vice governors
Events
- 3 May - Brazil sign the Pan-American Treaty.[1]
- 13 August - Grand opening of the Copacabana Palace hotel in Rio de Janeiro.
- date unknown
- The Brazilian Society of Chemistry is founded.
- Brazil's first radio broadcasting station, the Radio Society of Rio de Janeiro, is founded; it is still working under the name Rádio MEC.
- Medeiros e Albuquerque becomes President of the Academia Brasileira de Letras.
- Construction of the Basilica of Our Lady of Lourdes, Belo Horizonte was completed.
Arts and culture
Films
- A Canção da Primavera, directed by Igino Bonfioli and Cyprien Segur.
- Augusto Anibal quer casar, directed by Luiz de Barros
- João da Mata, directed by and starring Amilar Alves
Births
- 11 January – Sérgio Porto, writer (died 1968)
- 22 January – Marcus Vinícius Dias, basketball player (died 1992)
- 19 April – Lygia Fagundes Telles, novelist and writer (died 2022)[2]
- 16 August – Millôr Fernandes, journalist, cartoonist, humorist and playwright (died 2012)[3]
- 30 October – Lourdinha Bittencourt, actress (died 1979)[4]
- 1 November – Newton Holanda Gurgel, Bishop of Crato 1993-2001 (died 2017)
- 14 November – Cleyde Yáconis, actress (died 2013)
Deaths
- 1 March – Rui Barbosa, writer and politician (born 1849)[5]
- 11 March – Júlia da Silva Bruhns, mother of Thomas Mann (born 1851)[6]
