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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

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

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

^ Estrada, David. "URUCHURTU, EL REGENTE DE HIERRO". davidestrada.org (in Spanish). 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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