1942 in Brazil
Events in the year 1942 in Brazil.
Establishments
- Construction of the Basilica Shrine of Our Lady Mediatrix of All Graces was completed.
Incumbents
Federal government
Governors
- Alagoas: Ismar de Góis Monteiro
- Amazonas: Álvaro Botelho Maia
- Bahia: Landulfo Alves ; Renato Pinto Aleixo
- 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: Rui Carneiro
- Paraná: Manuel Ribas
- Pernambuco: Agamenon Magalhães
- Piauí: Leônidas Melo
- Rio Grande do Norte: Rafael Fernandes Gurjão
- Rio Grande do Sul: Osvaldo Cordeiro de Farias
- Santa Catarina: Nereu Ramos
- São Paulo: Ademar de Barros ; Fernando de Sousa Costa
- Sergipe: Milton Pereira de Azevedo ; Augusto Maynard Gomes
Vice governors
- Rio Grande do Norte: no vice governor
- São Paulo: no vice governor
Events
- date unknown - Aircraft manufacturer Companhia Aeronáutica Paulista is established in São Paulo.
January
- January 28 - Brazil breaks diplomatic relations with the Axis countries.
July
- July 26 - The Brazilian ship Tamandaré is sunk by the German submarine U-66 (1940) off the coast of Trinidad and Tobago.
August
- August 17 - The ships Itagiba and Arará are torpedoed by German submarine U-507.
- August 22 - President Getúlio Vargas signs the declaration of war against Germany and Italy.
October
- October 28 - The Brazilian freighter Rio Branco attacks a German submarine.
November
- November 1 - The Cruzeiro "antigo" is adopted as the official currency.
Arts and culture
Books
- Jorge Amado - Gabriela
- Júlio Afrânio Peixoto - ''Pepitas''
Films
- ''Saludos Amigos''
Music
- Heitor Villa-Lobos - ''Rudepoêma''
Births
January
- 19 January - Nara Leão, singer and actress
March
- 6 March - Flora Purim, jazz singer
- 19 March - José Serra, politician
April
- 20 April - Roberto Freire, politician
- 23 April - Jorge Antunes, composer
June
- 3 June - Celso Amorim, diplomat and politician
- 26 June - Gilberto Gil, singer, guitarist, and songwriter
August
- 7 August - Caetano Veloso, musician and writer
- 23 August
- * Jarbas Vasconcelos, politician and lawyer
- * Susana Vieira, actress
October
- 26 October - Anecy Rocha, actress