1959 in Mexico explained

Events in the year 1959 in Mexico.

Incumbents

Every governor was a member of the Institutional Revolutionary Party, PRI.

Aguascalientes: Luis Ortega Douglas
Baja California
- Braulio Maldonado Sández (until November 12, 1959)
  Eligio Esquivel Méndez (starting November 13, 1959)
Campeche: Alberto Trueba Urbina
Chiapas: Samuel León Brindis
Chihuahua: Teófilo Borunda
Coahuila: Raúl Madero González
Durango: Francisco González de la Vega
Guanajuato: J. Jesús Rodríguez Gaona
Guerrero: Raúl Caballero Aburto
Hidalgo: Alfonso Corona del Rosal
Jalisco
- Agustín Yáñez (until February 28, 1959)
  Juan Preciado (starting March 1, 1959)
State of Mexico: Gustavo Baz Prada
- Michoacán: David Franco Rodríguez Morelos: Norberto López Avelar
Nayarit: José Limón Guzmán
Nuevo León: José S. Vivanco
Oaxaca: Alfonso Pérez Gasca
Puebla: Fausto M. Ortega
Querétaro: Juan C. Gorraéz
San Luis Potosí
- Agustín Olivo Monsiváis (Interim)
  Francisco Martínez De La Vega (Substitute)
Sinaloa: Gabriel Leyva Velásquez
Sonora: Álvaro Obregón Tapia
Tabasco: Carlos A. Madrazo
Tamaulipas: Norberto Treviño Zapata
Tlaxcala: Joaquín Cisneros Molina
Veracruz: Antonio María Quirasco
Yucatán: Agustín Franco Aguilar
Zacatecas: Francisco E. García
Regent of the Federal District

Ernesto P. Uruchurtu^[1]

January 1
- The Institute for Social Security and Services for State Workers (ISSSTE) is formed.^[2]
- President Adolfo López Mateos informs the nation that three Mexican fishermen were killed and 14 wounded by the Armed Forces of Guatemala on December 31, 1958.^[3]
January 2 – The Foreign Ministry of Guatemala declares that the three Mexican fishermen killed on December 31, 1958, were "pirates."^[4]
February 12 – Martín Luis Guzmán is named president of the Comisión Nacional de Libros de Texto Gratuitos (Commission of Free Textbooks, CONALITEG) to provide books for elementary schools.^[5] ^[6]
May 23 – Pope John XXIII creates the dioceses of Diócesis de Tlaxcala^[7] and San Andrés Tuxtla.^[8]
August 12 – The Mexican Academy of Sciences is founded.
September 10 – MASA is founded when the state-owned investment bank, SOMEX acquired the private company, Sheppard Hnos.
September 15 – Cry of Dolores: President López Mateos announces the reestablishment of diplomatic relations with Guatemala.
October 10 – The Autonomous University of Zacatecas is established.
October 23 to 29 – 1959 Mexico hurricane: An estimated 1,500 people died, principally in Colima.^[9]
Date unknown – The motorcycle club Solo Angeles is formed.

April 16 – Gran Apache, wrestler (d. 2017).
May 24 – José Trinidad Zapata Ortiz, Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Papantla (starting 2014).
August 27 — Daniela Romo, actress, singer, TV host
September 6 — Fernando Ciangherotti, soap opera actor
September 30 — Miguel Barbosa Huerta, Governor of Puebla starting 2019 (d. 2022).
October 5 — Ernesto Laguardia, soap opera actor
October 7 – Brazo de Oro (wrestler) (d. 2017)
October 10 — Marcelo Ebrard, politician (PRD) and Mayor of Mexico City 2006-2012; Secretary of Foreign Affairs starting 2018.
November 16 — Rafael Flores, soccer player (defender) who played for Mexico in the 1986 FIFA World Cup; (d. 2018)
November 25 — José Antonio Gali Fayad, Governor of Puebla 2017-2018
December 17 – Felicia Mercado, actress.
Date unknown
- Agustín Bernal, actor (d. 2018).
- Tedi López Mills, poet.
- Fernando Maiz Garza, businessman, builder, and philanthropist (d. 2017).
- Gustavo Nakatani Ávila ("Yoshio"), singer (d. 2020)^[10]

June 30 — José Vasconcelos, writer, philosopher, and politician (b. 1882)
July 30 – María Natividad Venegas de la Torre ("María of Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament"), 90, Roman Catholic nun, first female Mexican saint.^[11]
December 27 — Alfonso Reyes, writer, philosopher, and diplomat (b. 1889)

Web site: Estrada . David . URUCHURTU, EL REGENTE DE HIERRO . davidestrada.org . August 28, 2020 . es.
Web site: El día que surgió el ISSSTE . El Universal . August 27, 2020 . es . 2 January 2019.
Web site: Overall . Mario . 1958: Cuando Guatemala y México casi fueron a la guerra . www.hobbymex.com . August 27, 2020 . es.
Web site: México rompe relaciones diplomáticas con Guatemala en 1959 – Prensa Libre . Prensa Libre . August 27, 2020 . es-GT . January 21, 2017.
https://web.archive.org/web/20121108065824/http://www.inehrm.gob.mx/pdf/documento_conaliteg1.pdf Decreto que crea la Comisión Nacional de Libros de Texto Gratuitos
https://web.archive.org/web/20131004214130/http://www.conaliteg.gob.mx/index.php/historia SEP: Historia de 1944 a 1982
Web site: Tlaxcala (Latin (or Roman) Diocese) [Catholic-Hierarchy] ]. www.catholic-hierarchy.org . August 27, 2020.
Web site: San Andrés Tuxtla (Latin (or Roman) Diocese) [Catholic-Hierarchy] ]. www.catholic-hierarchy.org . August 27, 2020.
Web site: ¿Cuáles han sido los huacanes más letales en México? . El Universal . August 27, 2020 . es . October 10, 2018.
https://www.diariodemorelos.com/noticias/muere-el-cantante-mexicano-yoshio-por-covid-19 Muere el cantante mexicano Yoshio por COVID-19
http://www.santiebeati.it/dettaglio/90023 Santa Maria de Jesus Sacramentado (Venegas de la Torre) Foundress