Events in the year 1950 in Brazil.
Incumbents Federal government President: Marshal Eurico Gaspar Dutra Vice President: Nereu Ramos
Governors Alagoas: Silvestre Pericles Amazonas: Leopoldo da Silva Amorim Neves Bahia: Otávio Mangabeira Ceará: Faustino de Albuquerque Espírito Santo: Carlos Fernando Monteiro Lindenberg Goiás: Jerônimo Coimbra Bueno (until 30 June) Hosanah Guimarães (from 30 June) Maranhão: Sebastian Archer Mato Grosso: Arnaldo Estêvão de Figueiredo (until 1 July) Jari Gomes (from 1 July) Minas Gerais: Milton Soares Campos Pará: Luís de Moura Carvalho (until 30 June) Alberto Engelhard (from 30 June) Paraíba: Osvaldo Trigueiro Paraná: Moisés Lupion Pernambuco: Alexandre Barbosa Lima Sobrinho Piauí: José da Rocha Furtado Rio de Janeiro: Macedo Soares Rio Grande do Norte: José Augusto Varela Rio Grande do Sul: Walter Só Jobim Santa Catarina: Aderbal Ramos da Silva São Paulo: Ademar de Barros Sergipe: Jose Rollemberg
Vice governors Ceará: Francisco de Menezes Pimentel Espírito Santo: José Rodrigues Sette Goiás: Hosanah de Campos Guimarães (until 30 June) Vacant thereafter (from 30 June) Maranhão: Saturnino Bello Minas Gerais: José Ribeiro Pena Paraíba: José Targino Pereira da Costa Piauí: Osvaldo da Costa e Silva Rio Grande do Norte: Tomaz Salustino São Paulo: Luís Gonzaga Novelli Júnior
Events date unknown - After being grounded because of a shortage of equipment, the airline Transportes Aéreos Bandeirantes is sold to Lóide Aéreo Nacional. April 6 April: At Tanguá on the Leopoldina Railway, heavy rain causes flooding in the Rio Tanguá and a bridge to collapse under a train going from Rio de Janeiro to Vitória. The locomotive and several cars fall into the river; 90 people swim to safety, but 110 are killed and over 300 injured.
June 24 June: The 1950 World Cup begins in Brazil. July 16 July: The 1950 World Cup ends, with the 2-1 defeat of the Brazilian national team by Uruguay at the Maracanã. 28 July: A Constellation plane crashes into Morro do Chapéu, near Porto Alegre airport, killing 50 people.
September 18 September: The first television channel in Brazil, TV Tupi opens in São Paulo, by businessman Assis Chateaubriand.
October 3 October: The Brazilian general electionNohlen, D (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p173 is won by the Social Democratic Party, who remain the largest party in both the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate, although they lose their majority in the former. The presidential election is won by former President Getúlio Vargas of the Brazilian Labour Party.
Arts and culture
Books Ulrich Becher - Brasilianischer Romanzero (published in Vienna)
Films Alameda da Saudade 113, directed by Carlos Ortiz. Caiçara, co-directed by Adolfo Celi, Tom Payne, and John Waterhouse, starring Celi and José Mauro de Vasconcelos. Caraça, Porta do Céu, directed by Theodor Luts, starring José Álvaro Morais. Quando a Noite Acaba, starring Tônia Carrero.
Births January 2 January: Débora Duarte, actress 14 January: Nelson Bornier, lawyer and politician (died 2021) 15 January: Bebeto de Freitas, volleyball coach and president of Botafogo FR (died 2018) 20 January: Daniel Benzali, actor
February 12 February: João W. Nery, writer and LGBT activist (died 2018) 23 February: Marcel Telles, businessman March 15 March: Cláudio Duarte, footballer and coach April 7 April: Marisa Letícia Lula da Silva, former First Lady of Brazil (died 2017) May 2 May: Fausto Silva, television presenter June 8 June: Sonia Braga, actress July 21 July: Galvão Bueno, play by play announcer August 1 August: José Dumont, actor September 7 September: Mário Sérgio, footballer (died 2016)
Deaths May 8 May: Vital Brazil, physician and immunologist (born 1865) October 2 October: J. Carlos, illustrator and designer (born 1884)
References
See also 1950 in Brazilian football List of Brazilian films of 1950