Events in the year 1953 in Brazil.
Incumbents Federal government President: Getúlio Vargas Vice President: Café Filho
Governors Alagoas: Arnon de Mello Amazonas: Álvaro Botelho Maia Bahia: Régis Pacheco Ceará: Raul Barbosa Espírito Santo: Francisco Alves Ataíde Goiás: Pedro Ludovico Teixeira Mato Grosso: Fernando Corrêa da Costa Minas Gerais: Juscelino Kubitschek Pará: Zacarias de Assumpção Paraíba: José Américo de Almeida Paraná: Bento Munhoz da Rocha Neto Pernambuco: Etelvino Lins de Albuquerque Piauí: Pedro Freitas Rio de Janeiro: Amaral Peixoto Rio Grande do Norte: Silvio Piza Pedrosa Rio Grande do Sul: Ildo Meneghetti Santa Catarina: Irineu Bornhausen São Paulo: Lucas Nogueira Garcez Sergipe: Arnaldo Rollemberg Garcez
Vice governors Alagoas: Antônio Guedes de Miranda Ceará: Stênio Gomes da Silva Espírito Santo: Francisco Alves Ataíde Goiás: Jonas Ferreira Alves Duarte Maranhão: Renato Bayma Archer da Silva Mato Grosso: João Leite de Barros Minas Gerais: Clóvis Salgado da Gama Paraíba: João Fernandes de Lima Piauí: Tertuliano Milton Brandão Rio de Janeiro: Tarcísio Miranda Rio Grande do Norte: Vacant São Paulo: Erlindo Salzano Sergipe: Edelzio Vieira de Melo
Events Date Unknown: JBS Group, a worldwide meat processing brand, was founded in Goiás.
January January 20: Lima Barreto's film O Cangaceiro is released in cinemas. March March 23: The Brazilian branch of the German automaker Volkswagen is established in São Bernardo do Campo. April April 1: The Brazilian football team is defeated 3-2 by Paraguay at the Estadio Nacional, Lima, to finish second in the 1953 South American Championship. June June 30: The naval destroyer escort USS Pennewill (DE-175) is transferred from the United States to Brazilian ownership, taking on the new name Bertioga (BE–1). July July 25: The Ministry of Health is created.
September September 27: RecordTV is launched in São Paulo.
October October 3: President Getúlio Vargas signs the law that creates the state-owned multinational corporation Petrobras."Falará hoje à nação o presidente Vargas" (primeira página do 1° caderno), Folha da Manhã (3 de outubro de 1953).""Decidi-me a arrostar as incertezas e as agruras da batalha democratica"" (primeira página do 1° caderno), Folha da Manhã (4 de outubro de 1953).
Births March 3 March: Zico, footballer and coach April 22 April: Lucinha Turnbull, singer, composer and guitarist May 4 May: Lulu Santos, singer and guitarist 23 May: Armandinho, composer and singer
Deaths March 20 March: Graciliano Ramos, writer (born 1892) November 15 November: Jorge de Lima, writer (born 1893) 2 December – Miguel Osório de Almeida, physician and scientist (born 1890)
References
See also 1953 in Brazilian football