1954 in Brazil

1954 in Brazil
Events in the year 1954 in Brazil.
Incumbents
Federal government
President:
Getúlio Vargas (until August 24)
Café Filho (from August 24)
Vice President:
Café Filho (until August 24)
Vacant (from August 24)
Governors
Alagoas: Arnon de Mello
Amazonas: Álvaro Botelho Maia
Bahia: Régis Pacheco
Ceará:
Raul Barbosa (from 1 July)
Stênio Gomes da Silva (until 31 July)
Espírito Santo: Francisco Alves Ataíde
Goiás: Pedro Ludovico Teixeira
Maranhão: Eugênio Barros
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 (until 30 June)
Espírito Santo: Francisco Alves Ataíde
Goiás: Jonas Ferreira Alves Duarte (until 1 July)
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 (until 25 March)
Francisco Ferreira de Castro (from 25 March)
Rio de Janeiro:
Tarcísio Miranda (until 25 March)
Roberto Silveira (from 25 March)
Rio Grande do Norte: Vacant
São Paulo:
Erlindo Salzano (until 31 January)
Porfírio da Paz (from 31 January)
Sergipe: Edelzio Vieira de Melo
Events
August
August 5: An assassination is attempted against journalist and politician Carlos Lacerda outside his home at 180 Rua Tonelero, where he and one of his bodyguards are injured. Air Force major Rubens Florentino (serving as Lacerda's bodyguard) is killed. That same day, further investigations uncover the involvement of a member of President Getúlio Vargas' security are involved in the assassination attempt.
August 8: Gregório Fortunato, head of Vargas' personal security, confesses to masterminding the assassination attempt. The Air Force take charge of the investigations and Fortunato is apprehended.
August 22: 19 Brazilian Army generals sign a manifesto demanding Vargas' resignation.
August 23: President Vargas meets with his ministers to analyze the political crisis that arose after the attack. It is decided that Vargas will go on leave until the end of the investigations.
August 24: The military do not accept Vargas' agreement and demand for his resignation. At the Catete Palace, President of Brazil Getúlio Vargas commits suicide by shooting himself in the heart. Vice President Café Filho becomes the 18th President of Brazil.
October
October 3: Parliamentary elections are held in Brazil.
Births
February
February 19: Sócrates, footballer (d. 2011)
May
May 20: João Batista Nunes, footballer
May 28: João Carlos de Oliveira, athlete
June
June 2:
Diana, singer
Mattos Nascimento, trombonist
June 28: Daniel Dantas, actor
December
December 24: Luís Carlos Melo Lopes, footballer
December 25: João Justino Amaral dos Santos, footballer
Deaths
August 24: Getúlio Vargas, 14th and 17th President of Brazil
References
See also
1954 in Brazilian football
List of Brazilian films of 1954
1950s in Brazil
Years of the 20th century in Brazil
Brazil
Brazil