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1937 in Brazil
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Events in the year 1937 in Brazil.
Incumbents
Federal government
Governors
- Alagoas: Osman Laurel
- Amazonas: Álvaro Botelho Maia
- Bahia: Juracy Magalhães then Antônio Fernandes Dantas
- Ceará: Francisco de Meneses Pimentel
- Espírito Santo: João Punaro Bley
- Goiás: Pedro Ludovico Teixeira
- Maranhão:
- Mato Grosso: Mário Correia da Costa then Manuel Ari da Silva Pires then Júlio Strübing Müller
- Minas Gerais: Benedito Valadares Ribeiro
- Pará: José Carneiro da Gama Malcher
- Paraíba: Argemiro de Figueiredo
- Paraná: Manuel Ribas
- Pernambuco:
- till 10 November: Carlos de Lima Cavalcanti
- 10 November-3 December: Amaro de Azambuja Vila Nova
- from 3 December: Agamenon Magalhães
- Piauí: Leônidas Melo
- Rio Grande do Norte: Rafael Fernandes Gurjão
- Rio Grande do Sul: José Antônio Flores da Cunha (till 17 October); Manuel de Cerqueira Daltro Filho (from 17 October)
- Santa Catarina: Nereu Ramos
- São Paulo: Henrique Smith Baima (till 5 January); José Joaquim Cardoso de Melo Neto (from 5 January)
- Sergipe: Erônides de Carvalho
Vice governors
- Rio Grande do Norte: no vice governor
- São Paulo: no vice governor
Events
- January 13 - The National Museum of Fine Arts in Rio de Janeiro is established.
- May 7 - One of the leaders of the communist revolution, Luis Carlos Prestes, is sentenced to 16 years and eight months in prison.[1]
- June 10 - National Democratic Union, ahead of support for the candidacy of Armando Sales de Oliveira for president in the 1938 elections is created.[2]
- June 14 - President Getúlio Vargas signed the decree establishing the Itatiaia National Park, the first national park in Brazil.[3][4]
- August 13 - The National Union of Students is founded in Rio de Janeiro.
- November 10 - The fourth Brazilian Constitution is granted by President Vargas, starting the Estado Novo.[5]
- December 2 - President Vargas signs the ordinance which extinguishes all political parties in the country.[6]
Arts and culture
Books
- Cyro dos Anjos - O Amauense Belmiro
Births
- January 27 – João Antônio, journalist and short story writer (died 1996)
- June 4 – Hugo Carvana, actor (died 2014)
- June 11 – Reginaldo Faria, actor and film director
- June 17 – Clodovil Hernandes, fashion designer, television presenter and politician (died 2009)[7]
- August 22 – Ary Toledo, Brazilian humorist, singer, lyricist and actor
- October 23 – Carlos Lamarca, military turned guerrilla leader (died 1971)
Deaths
January
- January 5: Alberto de Oliveira, poet (born 1857)[8]
May
November
- November 9: Estácio Coimbra, lawyer and politician (born 1872)[10]
