1969 in Mexico

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Last updated August 13, 2023

Events in the year 1969 in Mexico.

Incumbents

Federal government

President: Gustavo Díaz Ordaz
Interior Secretary (SEGOB): Luis Echeverría Álvarez (until 10 November), Mario Moya Palencia (starting 11 November)
Secretary of Foreign Affairs (SRE): Antonio Carrillo Flores
Communications Secretary (SCT): José Antonio Padilla Segura
Education Secretary (SEP): Agustín Yáñez
Secretary of Defense (SEDENA): Matías Ramos
Secretary of Navy: Antonio Vázquez del Mercado
Secretary of Labor and Social Welfare: Salomón González Blanco
Secretary of Welfare: Gilberto Valenzuela/Luis Enrique Bracamontes

Supreme Court

President of the Supreme Court: Alfonso Guzmán Neyra

Governors

Events

Allende meteorite falls in Allende, Chihuahua.
The Universidad Regiomontana, the Autonomous University of Nayarit and the University of Monterrey are established.
Treaty of Tlatelolco
Non-nuclear Proliferation Treaty for Latin America and the Caribbean
March 31: Mina de Barroterán coal mine disaster
June 4: Mexicana Flight 704
June 27–30: The American rock group The Doors perform four concerts in Mexico City.^[2]
September 4: Opening of the Mexico City Metro Line 1

Awards

Belisario Domínguez Medal of Honor – María Cámara Vales ^[3]

Film

List of Mexican films of 1969

Sport

1968–69 Mexican Primera División season
1969 Mexican Grand Prix
May 31 – June 21: 1970 FIFA World Cup
October 3 – 5: 1969 World Judo Championships held in Mexico City.

Births

January 13 — Beatriz Gutiérrez Müller, Mexican writer, wife of Andrés Manuel López Obrador ^[4]
January 31 — Urbano Zea, swimmer who competed in the 1988 Summer Olympics; (d. 2018)
June 17 — Claudia Pavlovich Arellano, lawyer and first female Governor of Sonora starting 2015
June 29 — Guillermo Padrés Elías, Governor of Sonora 2009–2015. Arrested for embezzlement on November 10, 2016 ^[5] and released on February 2, 2019 ^[6]
April 21 — Carlos Mendoza Davis, lawyer and Governor of Baja California Sur starting 2015
May 9 — Benjamín Rivera, voice actor
July 9 — Eduardo Santamarina, actor
August 5 — Diego Schoening, singer, actor, television host
September 1 — Armando Araiza, actor
September 28 — Pedro Fernández, singer, songwriter, actor
October 24 — Adela Noriega, actress
Date unknown
- Marco Antonio Mena Rodríguez, Governor of Tlaxcala starting 2017.
- Armando Mendoza Duarte, politician.

Deaths

September 22 – Adolfo López Mateos, 48th President of Mexico (b. 1909)

References

↑ "Falleció Alfonso Corona del Rosal, ex líder del PRI". El Universal (in Spanish). 31 Dec 2000. Retrieved August 28, 2020.
↑ "La historia de la visita de Jim Morrison a nuestra ciudad" [The story of Jim Morrison's visit to our city] (in Spanish). Chilango. Retrieved May 30, 2019.
↑ María Cámara Vales, viuda de Pino Suárez (PDF) (in Spanish). Retrieved August 27, 2020.
↑ "¿Quién es Beatriz Gutiérrez Müller?" [Who is Beatriz Gutiérrez Müller?] (in Spanish). Quien.com. Retrieved May 30, 2019.
↑ "Encarcelan a Guillermo Padrés y su hijo por presuntos desvíos en Sonora" [Guillermo Padrés and his son are arrested for alleged embezzlement in Sonora], Aristegui Noticias.com (in Spanish), November 10, 2016, retrieved November 10, 2016
↑ "Guillermo Padrés deja el reclusorio y llevará localizador" [Guillermo Padrés leaves prison and will wear a tracker], Milenio.com (in Spanish), February 3, 2019, retrieved Aug 31, 2019

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[1] "Falleció Alfonso Corona del Rosal, ex líder del PRI". El Universal (in Spanish). 31 Dec 2000. Retrieved August 28, 2020.

[2] "La historia de la visita de Jim Morrison a nuestra ciudad" [The story of Jim Morrison's visit to our city] (in Spanish). Chilango. Retrieved May 30, 2019.

[3] María Cámara Vales, viuda de Pino Suárez (PDF) (in Spanish). Retrieved August 27, 2020.

[4] "¿Quién es Beatriz Gutiérrez Müller?" [Who is Beatriz Gutiérrez Müller?] (in Spanish). Quien.com. Retrieved May 30, 2019.

[5] "Encarcelan a Guillermo Padrés y su hijo por presuntos desvíos en Sonora" [Guillermo Padrés and his son are arrested for alleged embezzlement in Sonora], Aristegui Noticias.com (in Spanish), November 10, 2016, retrieved November 10, 2016

[6] "Guillermo Padrés deja el reclusorio y llevará localizador" [Guillermo Padrés leaves prison and will wear a tracker], Milenio.com (in Spanish), February 3, 2019, retrieved Aug 31, 2019

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