1952 in Brazil

Incumbents

Federal government

Governors

• *Jones dos Santos Neves
• *Francisco Alves Ataíde Goiás: Pedro Ludovico Teixeira Maranhão: Eugênio BarrosMato Grosso: Fernando Corrêa da CostaMinas Gerais: Juscelino KubitschekPará: Zacarias de AssumpçãoParaíba: José Américo de AlmeidaParaná: Bento Munhoz da Rocha NetoPernambuco:
• * Agamenon Magalhães
• * Antônio Torres Galvão
• * Etelvino Lins de Albuquerque Piauí: Pedro FreitasRio Grande do Norte: Silvio Piza PedrosaRio Grande do Sul: Ernesto DornellesSanta Catarina: Irineu BornhausenSão Paulo: Lucas Nogueira GarcezSergipe: Arnaldo Rollemberg Garcez

Vice governors

Events

February

• February 14: Diário de Noite ran a report of mysterious bombs exploding in the city of Porto Alegre since the month of January. In May of the same year, the bomber, 24-year-old radio technician Herbert Rudiger was captured after maiming himself while fabricating another bomb. Rudiger confessed to the police that he was the author of the bombings while in the hospital and said his motive was fun he obtained with the sensationalism of the media.

March

• 4 March: A crowded steam-powered passenger train derails while crossing a bridge over the Pavuna River near Anchieta station, sending two old wooden carriages broadside onto the adjacent line. A modern high-speed electric freight train travelling in the opposite direction ploughs into the wooden carriages, telescoping them upwards. 119 people are killed and more than 200 are injured, resulting in an outcry prompting a major new investment in Brazilian railways.
• 15 March: The military assistance agreement between Brazil and the United States is signed by the Brazilian Minister of Foreign Affairs, João Neves da Fontoura and American ambassador, Herschel Johnson at the Itamaraty Palace in Rio de Janeiro.

April

• 28 April: Pan Am Flight 202 crashes in the Amazon Basin approximately southwest of Carolina, Maranhão. All 50 people on board are killed in the worst-ever accident involving the Boeing 377.

June

• 20 June: President Getúlio Vargas signs a law, creating the National Bank for Economic and Social Development.

August

• 12 August: A Douglas C-47A registered PP-ANH is destroyed after a in-flight fire, causing it to crash near Palmeiras de Goiás. All 24 people on board are killed.

October

• 14 October: The National Conference of Bishops of Brazil is founded in Rio de Janeiro.
• 29 October: The National Institute of Amazonian Research is created through Decree 31,672.

December

• 14 December: The city of Paranavaí is founded.

Arts and culture

Films

• O Canto do Mar, directed by Alberto Cavalcanti.
• Sai da frente, film debut of Amácio Mazzaropi.
• Tico-Tico no Fubá, directed by Adolfo Celi, starring Anselmo Duarte and Tônia Carrero.

Music

• João Gilberto - "Quando Ela Sai"

Television

• Sítio do Pica-pau Amarelo, written by Tatiana Belinky and based on the series of novels of same name by Monteiro Lobato.

Births

January

• 18 January - Túlio Mourão, pianist and composer

February

• 22 February - Marcos Caruso, author, director, screenwriter and actor

May

• 10 May - Vanderlei Luxemburgo, professional football coach and former player

August

• 17 August - Nelson Piquet, racing driver
• 19 August - Milton Hatoum, writer

September

• 10 September - Paulo Betti, actor

December

• 14 December - Pedro Collor de Mello, business and brother of former president of Brazil Fernando Collor

Deaths

February

• 2 February - João Guilherme Fischer, agronomic engineer