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.

Federal government

 * President: Getúlio Vargas

Governors

 * Alagoas: Ismar de Góis Monteiro
 * Amazonas: Álvaro Botelho Maia
 * Bahia: Landulfo Alves (till 3 December); Renato Pinto Aleixo (from 3 December)
 * 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 (till 4 June); Fernando de Sousa Costa (from 4 June)
 * Sergipe: Milton Pereira de Azevedo (till 27 March); Augusto Maynard Gomes (from 27 March)

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.

Books

 * Jorge Amado - Gabriela
 * Júlio Afrânio Peixoto - Pepitas

Films

 * Saludos Amigos (first appearance of José Carioca, the cigar-smoking Brazilian parrot)

Music

 * Heitor Villa-Lobos	- Rudepoêma (orchestral version)

January

 * 19 January - Nara Leão, singer and actress (died 1989)

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 (as Sônia Maria Vieira Gonçalves)

October

 * 26 October - Anecy Rocha, actress (died 1977)

Deaths

 * 13 February - Epitácio Pessoa, 11th President of Brazil (born (1865)
 * 23 April - Olga Benário Prestes, political activist (born 1908 in Germany)
 * 17 October - Sebastião da Silveira Cintra, Roman Catholic cardinal (born 1882)