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Events in the year 1966 in Mexico.
Incumbents
[edit]- President — Gustavo Díaz Ordaz (1911–1979), president 1964–1970
Cabinet
[edit]- Interior Secretary: Luis Echeverría Álvarez
- Foreign Affairs Secretary: Antonio Carrillo Flores
- Defense Secretary: General Marcelino García Barragan
- Navy Secretary: Antonio Vázquez del Mercado
- Treasury Secretary: Antonio Ortiz Mena
- Secretary of Communications and Transportation: José Antonio Padilla Segura
- Education Secretary: Agustín Yáñez
- Attorney General of Mexico: Antonio Rocha Cordero
- Regent of the Federal District Department: Ernesto P. Uruchurtu[1]
Supreme Court
[edit]- President: Agapito Pozo Balbás
Governors
[edit]- Aguascalientes: Enrique Olivares Santana
- Baja California: Raúl Sánchez Díaz Martell
- Campeche: José Ortiz Avila
- Chiapas: José Castillo Tielemans
- Chihuahua: Práxedes Ginér Durán
- Coahuila: Braulio Fernández Aguirre
- Colima: Francisco Velasco Curiel
- Durango: Enrique Dupré Ceniceros/Ángel Rodríguez Solórzano
- Guanajuato: Juan José Torres Landa
- Guerrero: Raymundo Abarca Alarcón
- Hidalgo: Carlos Ramírez Guerrero
- Jalisco: Francisco Medina Ascencio
- State of Mexico: Juan Fernández Albarrán
- Michoacán: Agustín Arriaga
- Morelos: Emilio Riva Palacio
- Nayarit: Julián Gazcón Mercado
- Nuevo León: Eduardo Elizondo
- Oaxaca: Rodolfo Brena Torres
- Puebla: Antonio Nava Castillo/Aarón Merino Fernández
- Querétaro: Manuel González Cosío
- San Luis Potosí: Manuel López Dávila
- Sinaloa: Leopoldo Sánchez Celis
- Sonora: Luis Encinas Johnson
- Tabasco: Manuel R. Mora Martínez
- Tamaulipas: Praxedis Balboa
- Tlaxcala: Anselmo Cervantes
- Veracruz: Fernando López Arias
- Yucatán: Luis Torres Mesías
- Zacatecas: José Rodríguez Elías
- South Territory of Baja California: Rufo Figueroa Figueroa
- Federal Territory of Quintana Roo: Hugo Cervantes del Río
Awards
[edit]- Belisario Domínguez Medal of Honor –
- National Prize for Arts and Sciences in History, Social Sciences, and Philosophy:
Notable births
[edit]- January 4 – La Parka II, luchador (d. 2020)
- May 9 – José Aarón Alvarado Nieves, professional wrestler (d. 1999)
- May 22 – Francisco Blake Mora, politician (d. 2011)
- July 16 – Arkangel de la Muerte, professional wrestler (d. 2018)
- July 20 – Enrique Peña Nieto, President of Mexico 2012-2018[2]
- August 17 – Daniela Castro, actress and singer
- October 13 – José Ángel Llamas, actor[3]
- October 15 – Jorge Campos, Mexican footballer and coach
Notable deaths
[edit]- January 17: Manuel González Serrano, painter (b. 1917)[4]
References
[edit]- ↑ Estrada, David. "URUCHURTU, EL REGENTE DE HIERRO". davidestrada.org (in Spanish). Archived from the original on August 12, 2020. Retrieved August 28, 2020.
- ↑ "Enrique Peña Nieto" (in Spanish). Busca Biografias. Archived from the original on May 31, 2019. Retrieved May 30, 2019.
- ↑ "Jose Angel Llamas". 2.esmas.com (in Spanish). Esmas.com. Archived from the original on 11 May 2013. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
- ↑ "Manuel González Serrano, el pintor maldito en su centenario" [Manuel González Serrano, the cursed painter in his centenary] (in Spanish). Tercera Via. Retrieved March 19, 2019.
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