1973 in Mexico

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Last updated October 24, 2024

Incumbents

Federal government

President: Luis Echeverría
Interior Secretary (SEGOB): Mario Moya Palencia
Secretary of Foreign Affairs (SRE): Emilio Óscar Rabasa
Communications Secretary (SCT): Eugenio Méndez Docurro
Education Secretary (SEP): Víctor Bravo Ahuja
Secretary of Defense (SEDENA): Matías Ramos
Secretary of Navy: Luis M. Bravo Carrera
Secretary of Labor and Social Welfare: Porfirio Muñoz Ledo
Secretary of Welfare: Luis Enrique Bracamontes

Supreme Court

President of the Supreme Court: Alfonso Guzmán Neyra

Governors

Events

January 30: The 7.5 M_s Colima earthquake causes 56 deaths, 390 injuries, and a non-destructive tsunami in Mexico.
June 16: The Brothers Serdán Baseball stadium opens.
June 19: Autonomous University of Aguascalientes established.
June 20: Aeroméxico Flight 229.
July 1: 1973 Mexican legislative election.
August 28: 1973 Veracruz earthquake.

Awards

Belisario Domínguez Medal of Honor – Pablo E. Macías Valenzuela

Film

List of Mexican films of 1973.

Sport

1972–73 Mexican Primera División season.
Diablos Rojos del México win the Mexican League.
Lobos de Tlaxcala founded.
Club Deportivo Tapatío is founded when CD Guadalajara buy a Tercera División license.

Births

January 17 — Cuauhtémoc Blanco, Mexican soccer player and politician, Governor of Morelos 2018-2024^[2]^[3]
February 1 – Óscar Pérez Rojas, football goalkeeper^[4]
February 3 – Ilana Sod, journalist
February 22 – Mr. Niebla, (Efrén Tiburcio Márquez), wrestler; (d. December 23, 2019).^[5]
May 20 — Patricia Navidad, actress and singer
June 5 — Galilea Montijo, actress, comedienne, model, and TV presenter
June 20 — Enrique Alfaro Ramírez, Governor of Jalisco 2018–2024
June 22 — Jaime Camil, singer and actor
August 16 — Mauricio Islas, actor
September 19
- Javier Duarte de Ochoa, politician (formerly PRI);^[6] Governor of Veracruz 2010-2016, arrested for alleged corruption April 15, 2016 ^[7]
- David Zepeda, actor, model, and singer
December 17 — Martha Érika Alonso, Governor of Puebla 2018 (d. 2018)^[8]

Deaths

December 3 – Adolfo Ruiz Cortines, 47th President of Mexico, 1952-1958 (b. 1890)^[9]

References

↑ "Octavio Sentíes Gómez 1915-1996, veracruzano distinguido | Versiones" (in Spanish). Versiones. September 30, 2016. Archived from the original on August 31, 2020. Retrieved August 28, 2020.
↑ "Cuauhtémoc Blanco" (in Spanish). Football Top.com. Retrieved June 1, 2019.
↑ "Cuauhtémoc Blanco nuevo gobernador de Morelos" [Cuauhtémoc Blanco new governor of Morelos] (in Spanish). Gobierno del Estado de Morelos. October 1, 2018. Retrieved June 1, 2019.
↑ 1973 in Mexico at National-Football-Teams.com
↑ Fallece Mr. Niebla, leyenda de la lucha libre mexicana Diario de Morelos, retrieved Dec 26, 2019
↑ Jorge Ricardo (October 25, 2016), "Expulsa PRI a Javier Duarte" [PRI expels Javier Duarte], Reforma.com (in Spanish), retrieved Aug 31, 2019
↑ "Fugitive Mexican governor Javier Duarte arrested for alleged corruption", The Telegraph, London, April 16, 2016, retrieved Aug 31, 2019
↑ Brando Alcouter (October 11, 2018), "Quien es Martha Erika Alonso Hidalgo" [Who is Martha Erika Alonso Hidalgo], Cuna de Grillos (in Spanish), retrieved Aug 31, 2019
↑ "Adolfo Ruiz Cortines" (in Spanish). Busca Biografias. Retrieved May 30, 2019.

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[1] "Octavio Sentíes Gómez 1915-1996, veracruzano distinguido | Versiones" (in Spanish). Versiones. September 30, 2016. Archived from the original on August 31, 2020. Retrieved August 28, 2020.

[2] "Cuauhtémoc Blanco" (in Spanish). Football Top.com. Retrieved June 1, 2019.

[3] "Cuauhtémoc Blanco nuevo gobernador de Morelos" [Cuauhtémoc Blanco new governor of Morelos] (in Spanish). Gobierno del Estado de Morelos. October 1, 2018. Retrieved June 1, 2019.

[4] 1973 in Mexico at National-Football-Teams.com

[5] Fallece Mr. Niebla, leyenda de la lucha libre mexicana Diario de Morelos, retrieved Dec 26, 2019

[6] Jorge Ricardo (October 25, 2016), "Expulsa PRI a Javier Duarte" [PRI expels Javier Duarte], Reforma.com (in Spanish), retrieved Aug 31, 2019

[7] "Fugitive Mexican governor Javier Duarte arrested for alleged corruption", The Telegraph, London, April 16, 2016, retrieved Aug 31, 2019

[8] Brando Alcouter (October 11, 2018), "Quien es Martha Erika Alonso Hidalgo" [Who is Martha Erika Alonso Hidalgo], Cuna de Grillos (in Spanish), retrieved Aug 31, 2019

[9] "Adolfo Ruiz Cortines" (in Spanish). Busca Biografias. Retrieved May 30, 2019.

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