Events in the year 1938 in Brazil.
Incumbents Federal government President: Getúlio Vargas
Governors Alagoas: Osman Laurel Amazonas: Álvaro Botelho Maia Bahia: Antônio Fernandes Dantas then Landulfo Alves Ceará: Francisco de Meneses Pimentel Espírito Santo: João Punaro Bley Goiás: Pedro Ludovico Teixeira Maranhão: Mato Grosso: Júlio Strübing Müller Minas Gerais: Benedito Valadares Ribeiro Pará: José Carneiro da Gama Malcher Paraíba: Argemiro de Figueiredo Paraná: Manuel Ribas Pernambuco: Agamenon Magalhães Piauí: Leônidas Melo Rio Grande do Norte: Rafael Fernandes Gurjão Rio Grande do Sul: till 19 January: Manuel de Cerqueira Daltro Filho 19 January-4 March: Joaquim Maurício Cardoso from 4 March: Osvaldo Cordeiro de Farias Santa Catarina: Nereu Ramos São Paulo: till 25 April: José Joaquim Cardoso de Melo Neto 25 April-27 April: Francisco José da Silva Júnior from 27 April: Ademar de Barros Sergipe: Erônides de Carvalho
Vice governors Rio Grande do Norte: no vice governor São Paulo: no vice governor
Events 2 January - The governmental radio program Hora do Brasil begins to be broadcast throughout the country.A "Hora do Brasil" passou a ser transmittida às 20 horas (página 3 do 1° caderno), Folha da Manhã (4 de janeiro de 1938). 3 January - The presidential election is not held due to Getúlio Vargas' coup d'état. May – The Brazilian integralist movement attempt a coup d'état, supported by the Axis powers. The failure of the "Pajama Putsch" leads to the dissolution of the AIB. 28 July – Folk hero Lampião and his band are ambushed in one of his hideouts, the Angicos farm, in the state of Sergipe. date unknown Michel Bernanos visits Brazil for the first time. Mário de Andrade takes up a post at the Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro.Suárez, José I., and Tomlins, Jack E., Mário de Andrade: The Creative Works (Cranbury, New Jersey: Associated University Presses, 2000). p 21
Arts and culture Films Alma e Corpo de uma Raça Aruanã Maridinho de Luxo Tererê Não Resolve
Births January 16 January: Jô Soares, comedian and talk show host (died 2022) 27 January: Raul Gil, television presenter and singer April 5 April: Marly Marley, actress and vedette (died 2014) June 6 June: Prince Luiz of Orléans-Braganza, pretender to the Brazilian throne (died 2022) July 23 July: Menalton Braff, novelist and short story writerMenalton Braff, leitor de Cecília Meireles 25 July: Sérgio Ferro, painter August 18 August: Orestes Quércia, politician (died 2010) November 5 November: Enéas Carneiro, politician (died 2007) 25 November: Luiz Henrique Rosa, musician and soccer player (died 1985)[ Allmusic]
Deaths 28 July: Lampião, bandit (born 1897; killed in a police ambush)Chandler, Billy Jaynes (1978). The Bandit King: Lampião of Brazil. Texas A&M University Press. . Maria Bonita, bandit (born 1911; killed along with her boyfriend Lampião)
See also 1938 in Brazilian football List of Brazilian films of 1938
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