Events in the year 1928 in Brazil.
Incumbents Federal government President: Washington Luís Vice President: Fernando de Melo Viana
Governors Alagoas: till 7 June: Pedro da Costa Rego 7 June-12 June: José Julio Cansanção from 12 June: Álvaro Correia Pais Amazonas: Ifigênio Ferreira de Sales Bahia: Góis Calmon (till 18 March); Vital Soares (from 19 March) Ceará: José Moreira da Rocha (till 19 May); Eduardo Henrique Girão (19 May - 12 July); José Carlos de Matos Peixoto (from 12 July) Goiás: Brasil Caiado Maranhão: José Magalhães de Almeida Mato Grosso: Mário Correia da Costa Minas Gerais: Antônio Carlos Ribeiro de Andrada Pará: Dionísio Bentes Paraíba: till 22 October: João Suassuna from 22 October: João Pessoa Cavalcanti Paraná: Caetano Munhoz da Rocha; Afonso Camargo Pernambuco: Estácio Coimbra Piauí: till 1 July: Matias Olímpio de Melo from 1 July: João de Deus Pires Leal Rio Grande do Norte: Juvenal Lamartine de Faria Rio Grande do Sul: Antônio Augusto Borges de Medeiros (till 25 January); Getúlio Dornelles Vargas (from 25 January) Santa Catarina: Adolf Konder São Paulo: Júlio Prestes Sergipe: Manuel Correia Dantas
Vice governors Rio Grande do Norte: Joaquim Inácio (starting 1 January) São Paulo: Heitor Teixeira Penteado
Events 22 July - The Estádio Parque São Jorge football stadium in São Paulo is inaugurated.Enciclopédia do Futebol Brasileiro, Volume 2 - Lance, Rio de Janeiro: Aretê Editorial S/A, 2001. 10 August - The ETA – Empresa de Transporte Aéreo airline is founded; it remains in operation for only a year. 3 December - Disaster of the Dornier J 'Santos Dumont'. date unknown - The Liberator Party (Brazil) is founded for the first time, by members of the Rio Grande do Sul Federalist Party, notably Joaquim Francisco de Assis Brasil.
Arts and culture Books Mário de Andrade - Macunaíma Oswald de Andrade - Manifesto Antropófago
Births 6 January - Carlos Manga, film director (died 2015) 1 March - Maurício do Valle, actor (died 1994) 13 March - Paulo Ribenboim, mathematician 19 March - Dequinha, footballer (died 1997) 23 April - Martim Francisco, association football coach (died 1982) 1 May Delfim Netto, economist, Minister of Finance, Agriculture and Planning of Brazil, professor and congressman Marcelo Pinto Carvalheira, Roman Catholic archbishop (died 2017) 11 May - Dulce Figueiredo, wife of Brazilian president João Figueiredo (died 2011) 20 May - Luiz Carlos Barreto, film producer and screenwriter (died 2026) 21 June – Fiorella Mari, Brazilian-Italian actress (died 1983) 24 July – Jardel Filho, actor (died 1983) 13 August – Pedro Pedrossian, politician (died 2017) 15 August – Manfredo do Carmo, mathematician (died 2018) 24 September - Aldo Vannucchi, academic 22 October - Nelson Pereira dos Santos, film director (died 2018)Darlene J. Sadlier: Nelson Pereira dos Santos (Contemporary Film Directors), University of Illinois Press, 2003,
Deaths 30 June - Landell de Moura, Roman Catholic priest and inventor (born 1861)A Tribute and a Brief Biography
References
See also 1928 in Brazilian football