1966 in Mexico

← 1965 1964 1963 1966 in Mexico → 1967 1968 1969
Decades:	1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s
See also:	History of Mexico List of years in Mexico Timeline of Mexican history

Events in the year 1966 in Mexico.

Incumbents

• President — Gustavo Díaz Ordaz (1911–1979), president 1964–1970

Cabinet

• 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

• President: Agapito Pozo Balbás

See also: National Supreme Court of Justice

Governors

• 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

Events

Awards

• Belisario Domínguez Medal of Honor –
• National Prize for Arts and Sciences in History, Social Sciences, and Philosophy:

Movies

See also: List of Mexican films of 1966

Sports

Music

Notable births

• 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

• January 17: Manuel González Serrano, painter (b. 1917)[4]

References

1. Estrada, David. "URUCHURTU, EL REGENTE DE HIERRO". davidestrada.org (in Spanish). Retrieved August 28, 2020.
2. "Enrique Peña Nieto" (in Spanish). Busca Biografias. Archived from the original on May 31, 2019. Retrieved May 30, 2019.
3. "Jose Angel Llamas". 2.esmas.com (in Spanish). Esmas.com. Archived from the original on 11 May 2013. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
4. "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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