1977 in Mexico

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Events in the year 1977 in Mexico.

Incumbents

Federal government

• President: José López Portillo
• Interior Secretary (SEGOB): Jesús Reyes Heroles
• Secretary of Foreign Affairs (SRE): Santiago Roel García
• Communications Secretary (SCT): Emilio Mújica Montoya
• Education Secretary (SEP): Porfirio Muñoz Ledo/Fernando Solana Morales
• Secretary of Defense (SEDENA): Félix Galván López
• Secretary of Navy: Ricardo Cházaro Lara
• Secretary of Labor and Social Welfare: Pedro Ojeda Paullada
• Secretary of Welfare: Pedro Ramírez Vázquez
• Secretary of Public Education: Porfirio Muñoz Ledo/Fernando Solana Morales
• Tourism Secretary (SECTUR): Guillermo Rossell de la Lama

Supreme Court

See also: National Supreme Court of Justice

• President of the Supreme Court: Mario G. Rebolledo Fernández

Governors

• Aguascalientes: José Refugio Esparza Reyes
• Baja California
  • Milton Castellanos Everardo, until October 31
  • Roberto de la Madrid, starting November 1
• Baja California Sur: José Refugio Esparza Reyes
• Campeche: Rafael Rodríguez Barrera
• Chiapas: Jorge de la Vega Domínguez/Salomón González Blanco
• Chihuahua: Manuel Bernardo Aguirre
• Coahuila: Oscar Flores Tapia
• Colima: Arturo Noriega Pizano
• Durango: Héctor Mayagoitia Domínguez
• Guanajuato: Luis H. Ducoing Gamba
• Guerrero: Rubén Figueroa Figueroa
• Hidalgo: José Luis Suárez Molina
• Jalisco: Alberto Orozco Romero/Flavio Romero de Velasco
• State of Mexico: Jorge Jiménez Cantú
• Michoacán: Carlos Torres Manzo
• Morelos: Armando León Bejarano (PRI)
• Nayarit: Rogelio Flores Curiel
• Nuevo León: Pedro Zorrilla Martínez
• Oaxaca: Miguel Zárate Aquino/Eliseo Jiménez Ruiz
• Puebla: Toxqui Fernández de Lara
• Querétaro: Antonio Calzada Urquiza
• Quintana Roo: Jesús Martínez Ross
• San Luis Potosí: Guillermo Fonseca Álvarez
• Sinaloa: Alfonso G. Calderón
• Sonora: Alejandro Carrillo Marcor
• Tabasco: Leandro Rovirosa Wade
• Tamaulipas: Enrique Cárdenas González
• Tlaxcala: Emilio Sánchez Piedras
• Veracruz: Rafael Hernández Ochoa
• Yucatán: Francisco Luna Kan
• Zacatecas: Fernando Pámanes Escobedo
• Regent of Mexico City: Carlos Hank González

Events

• The now-ubiquitous convenience store chain OXXO is founded.
• The Monterrey College of Music and Dance is established.
• April 13: Roman Catholic Diocese of Nuevo Casas Grandes established.
• August 29 – September 4:Hurricane Anita
• September: Liceo Mexicano Japonés opens its doors in Mexico City.

Awards

• Belisario Domínguez Medal of Honor – Juan de Dios Bátiz Peredes

Births

• January 4 – Irán Castillo, Mexican actress and singer ^[1]
• February 28 — Rafael Amaya, actor.
• March 4 – Ana Guevara, Athlete and Politician.
• May 2 – Carlos Hermosillo Arteaga, Chihuauhua politician (d. 2017).
• May 25 – Alberto Del Rio, pro wrestler
• June 29 – Eugenio Polgovsky, filmmaker, winner of Ariel Award (d. 2017).
• September 5 - Sin Cara, professional wrestler
• November 24 – David Alonso López, boxer (d. 2017).
• December 8 - Elsa Benítez, model and television host

Deaths

• February 16 — Carlos Pellicer, poet (b. 1897) ^[2]
• October 1 — Victorio Blanco, movie actor (b. 1893) ^[3]

Film

• List of Mexican films of 1977

Sport

• 1976–77 Mexican Primera División season
• Tecolotes de Nuevo Laredo win the Mexican League
• 1977 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics are held in Xalapa.

References

1. "Biografia" [Biography]. Iran Castillo.com (in Spanish). Retrieved August 24, 2019.
2. Carlos Pellicer
3. "Victorio Blanco", Cine.com (in Spanish), retrieved Aug 30, 2019