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1940 in Brazil
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Events in the year 1940 in Brazil.
Incumbents
Federal government
Governors
- Alagoas:
- Osman Laurel (until 31 October)
- José Maria Correia das Neves (from 31 October)
- Amazonas: Álvaro Botelho Maia
- Bahia: Landulfo Alves
- Ceará: Francisco de Meneses Pimentel
- Espírito Santo: João Punaro Bley
- Goiás: Pedro Ludovico Teixeira
- Maranhão:
- Mato Grosso: Júlio Strübing Müller
- Minas Gerais: Benedito Valadares Ribeiro
- Pará: José Carneiro da Gama Malcher
- Paraíba:
- till 29 July: Argemiro de Figueiredo
- 29 July-16 August: Antônio Galdino Guedes
- starting 16 August: Rui Carneiro
- Paraná: Manuel Ribas
- Pernambuco: Agamenon Magalhães
- Piauí: Leônidas Melo
- Rio Grande do Norte: Rafael Fernandes Gurjão
- Rio Grande do Sul: Osvaldo Cordeiro de Farias
- Santa Catarina: Nereu Ramos
- São Paulo: Ademar de Barros
- Sergipe: Erônides de Carvalho
Vice governors
- Rio Grande do Norte: no vice governor
- São Paulo: no vice governor
Events
- 27 April - The Estádio do Pacaembu is inaugurated, at a ceremony attended by President Getúlio Vargas.
May
- 1 May: President Getúlio Vargas signs a decree, establishing the country's minimum wage.[1]
- 12 May - The Interlagos Circuit is inaugurated in São Paulo.
- 5 June - President Vargas approves broad military collaboration between Brazil and the United States.
- date unknown - The minority Baenan language becomes extinct.[2]
Arts and culture
Films
- Argila, directed by Humberto Mauro
Births
- 22 February - Aracy Balabanian, actress (died 2023)
- 29 March - Astrud Gilberto, singer-songwriter (died 2023)[3]
- 15 May - Oscar Castro-Neves, guitarist, arranger, and composer (died 2013)[4]
- 19 May - Carlos Diegues, film director (died 2025)
- 23 June - Sérgio Reis, singer and actor
- 9 July - Jair da Costa, footballer (died 2025)[5]
- 21 July - Marco Maciel, politician (died 2021)
- 23 September - Michel Temer, politician
- 23 October - Pelé, footballer (died 2022)[6]
- 16 December - Adelaide Neri, teacher and politician.[7]
Deaths
- 29 January - Pedro de Alcântara, Prince of Grão-Pará, born second-in-line to the Imperial throne of Brazil (born 1875)
- 6 October - Adolfo Lutz, physician and epidemiologist (born 1855)
- 8 November - Evandro Chagas, physician and biomedical scientist (born 1905; air crash)
- date unknown - Manuel F. Araujo, actor (born 1880)
