- Radamés premieres Samba in three movements, for piano, string orchestra and percussion typical of the samba schools of Rio de Janeiro, at a party promoted by Rádio Nacional to celebrate the one-year anniversary of the program Dicionário Toddy, written and presented by Fernando Lobo [1].
- Radamés composes:
Samba in 3 movements,
for piano, string orchestra and percussion
(later Radamés renamed the piece
Brasiliana nº 2
)
Brasiliana
n° 3 – symphony, for full orchestra
- Impressions of the City, for piano and orchestra
- Cheating (choro) for piano
Brasiliana n° 3 (symphony)- American Columbia invents the Lp(Long-play) of 33 1/3 revolutions per minute. Philco creates and puts on the market the device that will allow the playback of the new disc.
- The Brazilian Comedy Theater, TBC, is founded in São Paulo.
- Cesar Lattes, Brazilian scientist, identifies and isolates the meson, a particle of the atom.
- Ben Gurion proclaims the Republic of Israel.
- On December 10 the United Nations General Assembly proclaims the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
