1956 in Brazil
Events in the year 1956 in Brazil.
| 1956 in Brazil |
|---|
| Flag |
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| Timeline of Brazilian history |
| Second Brazilian Republic |
| Year of Constitution: 1946 |
Incumbents
Federal government
- President: Nereu Ramos (until 30 January), Juscelino Kubitschek (starting 31 January)
- Vice President: vacant (until 30 January), João Goulart (starting 31 January)
Governors
- Alagoas: Arnon de Mello (until 31 January); Sebastião Muniz Falcão (from 31 January)
- Amazonas: Plínio Ramos Coelho
- Bahia: Antônio Balbino
- Ceará: Paulo Sarasate
- Espírito Santo: Francisco Lacerda de Aguiar
- Goiás: José Ludovico de Almeida
- Maranhão:
- Mato Grosso: João Ponce de Arruda
- Minas Gerais: José Francisco Bias Fortes
- Pará:
- until 31 January: Zacarias de Assumpção
- 31 January-10 June: Edward Catete Pinheiro
- starting 10 June: Magalhães Barata
- Paraíba: José Américo de Almeida (until 31 January); Flávio Coutinho (from 31 January)
- Paraná: Adolfo de Oliveira Franco then Moisés Lupion
- Pernambuco: Osvaldo Cordeiro de Farias
- Piauí: Jacob Gaioso e Almendra
- Rio de Janeiro: Miguel Couto Filho
- Rio Grande do Norte: Silvio Piza Pedrosa (until 31 January); Dinarte de Medeiros Mariz (from 31 January)
- Rio Grande do Sul: Ildo Meneghetti
- Santa Catarina: Irineu Bornhausen (until 31 January); Jorge Lacerda (from 31 January)
- São Paulo: Jânio Quadros
- Sergipe: Leandro Maciel
Vice governors
- Alagoas: Sizenando Nabuco de Melo
- Ceará: Wilson Gonçalves
- Espírito Santo: Adwalter Ribeiro Soares
- Goiás: Bernardo Sayão Carvalho Araújo
- Maranhão: Renato Bayma Archer da Silva (until 31 January); vacant thereafter (from 31 January)
- Mato Grosso: João Leite de Barros (until 31 January); Henrique José Vieira Neto (from 31 January)
- Minas Gerais: Artur Bernardes Filho (from 31 January)
- Paraíba: João Fernandes de Lima (until 31 January); Pedro Gondim (from 31 January)
- Piauí: Francisco Ferreira de Castro
- Rio de Janeiro: Roberto Silveira
- Rio Grande do Norte: José Augusto Varela (from 31 January)
- Santa Catarina: José de Miranda Ramos (31 January-5 August); Heriberto Hülse (from 5 August)
- São Paulo: Porfírio da Paz
- Sergipe: José Machado de Souza
Events
- September 5 - Romi, a machine-tool manufacturer based in Santa Bárbara d'Oeste, begins producing the Isetta car under licence.[1]
- November 22 - Brazil sends a team of 44 athletes to compete in 28 events and 11 sports in the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia.[2]
Births
- January 5 - Celso Blues Boy, singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2012)
- February 29 - Luiz Duarte da Rocha, playwright, director and musician
- March 15 - Oswaldo Montenegro, singer
- March 28 - Zizi Possi, singer
- August 9 - Fafá de Belém, singer
- December 28 - Cadão Volpato, musician, artist, journalist and write
Deaths
- February 28 - Florentino Ávidos, politician (born 1870)
References
- Shapiro, Helen (Winter 1991). "Determinants of Firm Entry into the Brazilian Automobile Manufacturing Industry, 1956–1968". The Business History Review. 65 (4, The Automobile Industry): 879. doi:10.2307/3117267.
- "Brazil at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2012-07-30.
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