1951 in Brazil

← 1950 1949 1948 1951 in Brazil → 1952 1953 1954
Decades:	1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s
See also:	Other events of 1951 Timeline of Brazilian history

Events in the year 1951 in Brazil.

Incumbents

• President: Eurico Gaspar Dutra (till 31 January); Getúlio Vargas (from 31 January)
• Vice President: Nereu Ramos (till 31 January); Café Filho (from 31 January)

Events

• March - Clarice Lispector returns from London with her husband, Maury Gurgel Valente, following a miscarriage.^[1]
• 1 June - Última Hora, a tabloid newspaper, is founded by Samuel Wainer and personally endorsed by President Vargas.^[2]
• October - João Carlos Muniz of Brazil is President of the United Nations Security Council.
• November - Elizabeth Bishop, on a traveling fellowship from Bryn Mawr College, arrives in Santos with the aim of circumnavigating South America by boat.
• date unknown
  • The Brazilian Medical Association is founded.^[3]
  • The Escola Superior de Propaganda e Marketing is founded in São Paulo.^[4]

Arts and culture

Books

• Ștefan Baciu - Analiza cuvântului dor

Films

• Agüenta Firme, Isidoro, directed by Luiz de Barros.
• Aí Vem o Barão, directed by Watson Macedo, starring Oscarito, José Lewgoy and Eliana.
• Amazon Symphony, directed by Anelio Latini, starring Almirante.
• Quando a Noite Acaba, starring Tônia Carrero.
• O Saci, directed by Rodolfo Nanni, starrin Paulo Matozinho.^[5]

Births

• 29 April - Vinicius Cantuária, jazz musician
• 12 July - Carlos Minc, geographer, environmentalist and politician^[6]
• 20 October - José Gomes Temporão, doctor and politician^[7]

Deaths

• 2 August - Joseph Franz Seraph Lutzenberger, German-born architect and artist (born 1882)
• 13 November - Walter de Souza Goulart, footballer (born 1912)

See also

1951 in Brazilian football

References

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