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October 24, 1930
On October 24, 1930, a bloodless coup d'état in Brazil ends the First Republic, replacing it with the Vargas Era.
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Featured · October 24, 1930
A bloodless coup d'état in Brazil ends the First Republic, replacing it with the Vargas Era.
The Revolution of 1930 was an armed insurrection across Brazil that ended the Old Republic. The revolution replaced incumbent president Washington Luís with defeated presidential candidate and revolutionary leader Getúlio Vargas, concluding the political hegemony of a four-decade-old oligarchy and beginning the Vargas Era.
Around 1930
The year in brief
1930 (MCMXXX) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1930th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 930th year of the 2nd millennium, the 30th year of the 20th century, and the 1st year of the 1930s decade.
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On October 24, 1930
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1930 A bloodless coup d'état in Brazil ends the First Republic, replacing it with the Vargas Era. Armed insurrection which ended the First Brazilian Republic
The Revolution of 1930 was an armed insurrection across Brazil that ended the Old Republic. The revolution replaced incumbent president Washington Luís with defeated presidential candidate and revolutionary leader Getúlio Vargas, concluding the political hegemony of a four-decade-old oligarchy and beginning the Vargas Era.
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Other moments from 1930
- April 18 A fire kills 118 people at a wooden church in the small Romanian town of Costești, most of them schoolchildren, after starting during Good Friday services.
- April 2 After the mysterious death of Empress Zewditu, Haile Selassie is proclaimed emperor of Ethiopia.
- April 22 The United Kingdom, Japan and the United States sign the London Naval Treaty regulating submarine warfare and limiting shipbuilding.
- April 28 The Independence Producers host the first night game in the history of Organized Baseball in Independence, Kansas.
- April 6 At the end of the Salt March, Gandhi raises a lump of mud and salt and declares, "With this, I am shaking the foundations of the British Empire."
- August 16 The first color sound cartoon, Fiddlesticks, is released by Ub Iwerks.
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