1979 in Mexico

Decades:	1950s ; 1960s ; 1970s ; 1980s ; 1990s ;
See also:	History of Mexico ; List of years in Mexico ; Timeline of Mexican history ;

Last updated February 22, 2026

Incumbents

Supreme Court

President of the Supreme Court: Agustín Téllez Cruces

Governors

Events

Museo Rufino Tamayo in Oaxaca opens.
Colegio Alemán de Guadalajara founded.
University of the Cloister of Sor Juana established.
February 5: Roman Catholic Diocese of Cuautitlán established.
June 3: Ixtoc I oil spill
July 1: 1979 Mexican legislative election
September 14–21: Hurricane Henri (1979)
October 31: Western Airlines Flight 2605

Awards

Belisario Domínguez Medal of Honor – Fidel Velázquez Sánchez

Film

List of Mexican films of 1979

Sport

1978–79 Mexican Primera División season.
Ángeles de Puebla win the Mexican League.
1979 Summer Universiade in Mexico City.
1979 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics in Guadalajara.
Club de Fútbol Oaxtepec founded.

Births

January 28: Melvin Brown, footballer
February 13: Rafael Márquez, footballer and manager
February 28: Amat Escalante, film director, producer and screenwriter
March 1: Fernando Montiel, boxer
March 16: Adriana Fonseca, actress and dancer.^[1]
March 16: Daniel Osorno, footballer
April 30: Gerardo Torrado, footballer
May 15: Adolfo Bautista, footballer
June 1: Mario Méndez, Mexican footballer
July 21: Luis Ernesto Michel, footballer
July 23: Perro Aguayo Jr., pro wrestler (d. March 21, 2015).
August 7: Juan Pablo Rodríguez, footballer
August 28: Michel Franco, film director
September 25: Karla Luna, actress (Las Lavanderas) and singer (d. September 28, 2017).
September 29: Jaime Lozano, footballer and Current manager of the Mexican National Association Football team
October 2: Francisco Fonseca, footballer and analyst
October 14: Guillermo Pérez, taekwondo practitioner
November 14 Miguel Sabah, footballer
November 19: Michelle Vieth, American born Mexican actress and model.^[2]
December 23: Jacqueline Bracamontes, Mexican actress and beauty contest winner (Nuestra Belleza México 2000).
December 29: Diego Luna, actor, director, producer

Deaths

January 18 — María Dolores Izaguirre de Ruiz, First Lady of Mexico (1952-1958) (b. 1891)
July 15 — Gustavo Díaz Ordaz Bolaños, President of Mexico 1964-1970 (b. 1911)^[3]

References

↑ "Adriana Fonseca participará en Tiempo final". El Universal (in Spanish). 15 March 2009. Archived from the original on 8 October 2012. Retrieved 24 May 2010.
↑ "Michelle Vieth", Las Noticias Mexico.com (in Spanish), retrieved Aug 24, 2019
↑ "De qué han muerto los ex presidentes de México" [What have the former presidents of Mexico died of?] (in Spanish). Capital Mexico. July 16, 2018. Retrieved March 27, 2019.

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[universal-1] "Adriana Fonseca participará en Tiempo final". El Universal (in Spanish). 15 March 2009. Archived from the original on 8 October 2012. Retrieved 24 May 2010.

[2] "Michelle Vieth", Las Noticias Mexico.com (in Spanish), retrieved Aug 24, 2019

[3] "De qué han muerto los ex presidentes de México" [What have the former presidents of Mexico died of?] (in Spanish). Capital Mexico. July 16, 2018. Retrieved March 27, 2019.

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