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1924 in Brazil
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Events in the year 1924 in Brazil.
Incumbents
Federal government
Governors
- Alagoas: José Fernandes de Barros Lima (till 12 June); Pedro da Costa Rego (from 12 June)
- Amazonas: César do Rego Monteiro (until 30 October); Raimundo Rodrigues Barbosa (30 October - 2 December); Alfredo Sá
- Bahia: José Joaquim Seabra, then Góis Calmon
- Ceará:
- till 12 July: Ildefonso Albano
- from 12 July: José Moreira da Rocha
- Goiás:
- till March 31: Miguel da Rocha Lima
- March 31 - April 25: Joaquim Rufino Ramos Jubé
- from April 25: Miguel da Rocha Lima
- Maranhão: Godofredo Mendes Viana
- Mato Grosso: Pedro Celestino Corrêa da Costa, then Estêvão Alves Correia
- Minas Gerais:
- till 4 August: Raul Soares
- 4 August - 21 December: Olegário Maciel
- from 21 December: Fernando de Mello Viana
- Pará: Antônio Emiliano de Sousa
- ParaÃba:
- till 22 October: Sólon Barbosa de Lucena
- from 22 October: João Suassuna
- Paraná: Caetano Munhoz da Rocha
- Pernambuco: Sérgio Teixeira Lins de Barros Loreto
- PiauÃ:
- till 1 July: João LuÃs Ferreira
- from 1 July: Matias OlÃmpio de Melo
- Rio Grande do Norte: José Augusto Bezerra de Medeiros
- Rio Grande do Sul: Antônio Augusto Borges de Medeiros
- Santa Catarina: HercÃlio Luz (until 20 October)
- São Paulo:
- Sergipe:
Vice governors
Events
- Colégio Campos Salles, private school is founded.
- 4 May â Among competitors at the Summer Olympics are eight Brazilian athletes, two rowers and a sport shooter. The country does not win any medals.[1]
- 5-28 July - Military revolt in São Paulo.[2]
Arts and culture
Films
- Gigolete, directed by Vittorio Verga and starring Augusto AnÃbal
- O Trem da Morte, starring Arturo Carrari
- Paulo e Virginia, directed by Francisco de Almeida Fleming
Books
Births
- 25 April â Paulo Machado de Carvalho Filho, businessman and impresario (died 2010)
- 13 May â Sérgio Hingst, actor (died 2004)
- 4 June â Adelmar Faria Coimbra-Filho, biologist and primatologist, after whom Coimbra Filho's titi is named after him. (died 2016)[3]
- 13 August
- Helena Meirelles, guitarist and composer (died 2005)
- Serafim Fernandes de Araújo, cardinal (died 2019)
- 10 October â LÃdia Mattos, actress (died 2013)
- 24 October â Aziz Ab'Sáber, environmentalist (died 2012)
Deaths
- 31 March â Nilo Peçanha, politician, former President and Vice-President (born 1867)[4]
- 21 May
- Blessed AdÃlio Daronch, student (born 1908; shot and killed by revolutionaries)
- Blessed Manuel Gómez González, missionary (born 1877)
- 20 October â HercÃlio Luz, politician (born 1860)[5]
