1966 in Mexico explained

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

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.

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]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Estrada . David . URUCHURTU, EL REGENTE DE HIERRO . davidestrada.org . August 28, 2020 . es.
2. Web site: Enrique Peña Nieto. Busca Biografias. es. May 30, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190531000722/https://www.buscabiografias.com/biografia/verDetalle/9841/Enrique%20Pena%20Nieto. May 31, 2019. live.
3. Web site: Jose Angel Llamas. 2.esmas.com. Esmas.com. 12 April 2018. es. 11 May 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20130511134121/http://www2.esmas.com/entretenimiento/biografias/208280/jose-angel-llamas/. dead.
4. Web site: Manuel González Serrano, el pintor maldito en su centenario. Tercera Via. March 19, 2019. es. Manuel González Serrano, the cursed painter in his centenary.