1951 in Brazil

Events in the year 1951 in Brazil.

Incumbents

President:

*Marshal Eurico Gaspar Dutra
*Getúlio Vargas [Vice President of Brazil|President of Brazil|Vice President]:
*Nereu Ramos
*Café Filho

Alagoas:

Alagoas:

*Francisco de Menezes Pimentel
*Antônio Guedes de Miranda Ceará: Stênio Gomes da Silva Espírito Santo:
*José Rodrigues Sette
*Francisco Alves Ataíde Goiás: Jonas Ferreira Alves Duarte Maranhão:
*Saturnino Bello
*Renato Bayma Archer da Silva Mato Grosso: João Leite de Barros Minas Gerais:
*José Ribeiro Pena
*Clóvis Salgado da Gama Paraíba:
*José Targino Pereira da Costa
*João Fernandes de Lima Piauí:
*Osvaldo da Costa e Silva
*Tertuliano Milton Brandão Rio de Janeiro: Tarcísio Miranda Rio Grande do Norte:
*Tomaz Salustino
* Sylvio Pedroza
*Vacant São Paulo:
*Luís Gonzaga Novelli Júnior
*Erlindo Salzano Sergipe: Edelzio Vieira de Melo

18 January: Getúlio Vargas is proclaimed president-elect by the Superior Electoral Court.
13 January: Getúlio Vargas assumes his second term as the 17th President of Brazil, this time elected by direct vote.

Unknown Date: Clarice Lispector returns from London with her husband, Maury Gurgel Valente, following a miscarriage.

12 June: Última Hora, a tabloid newspaper, is founded by Samuel Wainer and personally endorsed by President Vargas.

3 July: President Getúlio Vargas signs the Afonso Arinos Law, which prohibits racial discrimination in Brazil.
12 July: A Linhas Aéreas Paulistas plane collides with a tree located 3 kilometers from the runway at the Aracaju airport, killing 32 passengers and crew.

Agüenta Firme, Isidoro, directed by Luiz de Barros.
Aí Vem o Barão, directed by Watson Macedo, starring Oscarito, José Lewgoy and Eliana.
Amazon Symphony, directed by Anelio Latini, starring Almirante.
Quando a Noite Acaba, starring Tônia Carrero.
O Saci, directed by Rodolfo Nanni, starring Paulo Matozinho.

2 August: Joseph Franz Seraph Lutzenberger, German-born architect and artist