1968 in Mexico

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Last updated June 28, 2023

Events in the year 1968 in Mexico.

Incumbents

Federal government

President: Gustavo Díaz Ordaz
Interior Secretary (SEGOB): Luis Echeverría Álvarez
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: Agapito Pozo Balbás

Governors

Events

October 2 – around 10,000 university and high school students gathered in the Plaza de las Tres Culturas to protest the government's actions and listen peacefully to speeches then the national guard attacked the demonstrations thus generating the Tlatelolco massacre.
October 12 – October 27 – The Games of the XIX Olympiad are held in Mexico City.
October 16 – In Mexico City, black American athletes Tommie Smith and John Carlos raise their arms in a black power salute after winning, respectively, the gold and bronze medals in the Olympic men's 200 metres.

Awards

Belisario Domínguez Medal of Honor – Miguel Angel Cevallos

Notable births

February 9
- Ana Colchero, actress and economist
- Alejandra Guzman, singer and actress^[3]
February 15 – Gloria Trevi, singer and actress^[4]
April 18 — Cuitláhuac García Jiménez, politician (Morena); Governor of Veracruz starting 2018
June 30 — Rafael Moreno Valle Rosas, Governor of Puebla 2011-2017 (d. 2018)
July 15 – Leticia Calderon, actress
July 27 – Jorge Salinas, actor
August 11 — Rolando Zapata Bello, politician (PRI); Governor of Yucatán 2012–2018
September 22 – Eve Gil, writer
November 7 – Ignacio Padilla, writer, co-founder of Crack Movement (d. August 20, 2016).
November 11 — Miguel Márquez Márquez, Governor of Guanajuato 2012-2018
November 28 – Ana Maria Alvarado, journalist
December 12 – Tatiana, singer^[5]
December 17 – Claudio Suarez, former soccer player (FIFA World Cup 1994, 1998, 2006)^[6]
Date unknown — Rubén Díaz Alcántara, Catholic priest, (d. 2018).

Notable deaths

January 15 – Firpo Segura, Mexican boxer and wrestler.
October 2 — Deaths related to the Tlatelolco massacre vary between 26 (official figure), and 325 (Octavio Paz)^[7]
October 30 – Ramon Novarro, Mexican actor (born 1899).

References

↑ Rodriguez Medina, Carolos Sinoe (7 November 2018). "» Enrique Olivares Santana: el hombre del siglo en Aguascalientes". Crisol Hoy (in Mexican Spanish). Retrieved August 28, 2020.
↑ "Falleció Alfonso Corona del Rosal, ex líder del PRI". El Universal (in Spanish). 31 Dec 2000. Retrieved August 28, 2020.
↑ Thom Jurek. "Alejandra Guzman". All Music.com. Retrieved August 24, 2019.
↑ "Gloria Trevi". Biography.com. Apr 17, 2019. Retrieved August 24, 2019.
↑ "tatiana". Musica.com (in Spanish). Retrieved August 24, 2019.
↑ "Los 10 de Marca Claro, #8 Claudio Suarez" [The 10 best of Marca Claro, #8 Claudio Suarez]. Marca Claro (in Spanish). Retrieved August 24, 2019.
↑ "¿Cuántos muertos hubo el 2 de octubre de 1968 en Tlatelolco?" [How many deaths were there on October 2, 1968 in Tlatelolco?]. Publimetro.com.mx (in Spanish). Oct 2, 2018. Retrieved Aug 24, 2019.

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[1] Rodriguez Medina, Carolos Sinoe (7 November 2018). "» Enrique Olivares Santana: el hombre del siglo en Aguascalientes". Crisol Hoy (in Mexican Spanish). Retrieved August 28, 2020.

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

[3] Thom Jurek. "Alejandra Guzman". All Music.com. Retrieved August 24, 2019.

[4] "Gloria Trevi". Biography.com. Apr 17, 2019. Retrieved August 24, 2019.

[5] "tatiana". Musica.com (in Spanish). Retrieved August 24, 2019.

[6] "Los 10 de Marca Claro, #8 Claudio Suarez" [The 10 best of Marca Claro, #8 Claudio Suarez]. Marca Claro (in Spanish). Retrieved August 24, 2019.

[7] "¿Cuántos muertos hubo el 2 de octubre de 1968 en Tlatelolco?" [How many deaths were there on October 2, 1968 in Tlatelolco?]. Publimetro.com.mx (in Spanish). Oct 2, 2018. Retrieved Aug 24, 2019.

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