1956 in Mexico

1956 in Mexico
Events in the year 1956 in Mexico.
Incumbents
Federal government
President: Adolfo Ruiz Cortines
Interior Secretary (SEGOB): Ángel Carvajal Bernal
Secretary of Foreign Affairs (SRE): Luis Padilla Nervo
Communications Secretary (SCT): Carlos Lazo
Education Secretary (SEP): José Ángel Ceniceros
Secretary of Defense (SEDENA): Matias Ramos
Secretary of Navy: Roberto Gómez Maqueo
Secretary of Labor and Social Welfare: Adolfo López Mateos
Supreme Court
President of the Supreme Court: Vicente Santos Guajardo
Governors
Aguascalientes: Luis Ortega Douglas
Baja California: Braulio Maldonado Sandez
Campeche: Alberto Trueba Urbina
Chiapas: Efraín Aranda Osorio
Chihuahua: Jesús Lozoya Solís/Teófilo Borunda
Coahuila: Ramón Cepeda López
Colima: Rodolfo Chávez Carrillo
Durango: Enrique Torres Sánchez/Francisco González de la Vega
Guanajuato: J. Jesús Rodríguez Gaona
Guerrero: Darío L. Arrieta Mateos
Hidalgo: Quintín Rueda Villagrán
Jalisco: Agustín Yáñez
State of Mexico: Salvador Sánchez Colín
Michoacán: Dámaso Cárdenas del Río/David Franco Rodríguez
Morelos: Rodolfo López de Nava
Nayarit: José Limón Guzmán
Nuevo León: Raúl Rangel Frías
Oaxaca: José Pacheco Iturribarría/Alfonso Pérez Gasca
Puebla: Rafael Ávila Camacho
Querétaro: Juan C. Gorraéz
San Luis Potosí: Manuel Álvarez
Sinaloa: Rigoberto Aguilar Pico
Sonora: Álvaro Obregón Tapia
Tabasco: Miguel Orrico de los Llanos
Tamaulipas: Horacio Terán
Tlaxcala: Felipe Mazarraza
Veracruz: Marco Antonio Muñoz Turnbull /Antonio María Quirasco
Yucatán: Víctor Mena Palomo
Zacatecas: José Minero Roque/Francisco E. García
Regent of the Federal District: Ernesto P. Uruchurtu
Events
The Chemical Society of Mexico is formed.
April 30: The opening of the Torre Latinoamericana.
Awards
Belisario Domínguez Medal of Honor – Gerardo Murillo ("Dr. Atl")
Film
List of Mexican films of 1956
Sport
1955–56 Mexican Primera División season
The Diablos Rojos del México win the Mexican League.
Mexico participate at the 1956 Summer Olympics.
Establishment of the Mexican Center League.
January 1: Club de Futbol Ballenas Galeana Morelos is founded.
Births
March 23 — Fidel Demédicis Hidalgo was a federal senator from Morelos (2012-2018)
April 21 — Ángel Aguirre Rivero, constitutional Governor of Guerrero 2011–2014 and interim Governor of Guerrero 1996–1999
May 8 — Javier Álvarez, composer (d. 2023)
June 8 — René Juárez Cisneros, Governor of Guerrero 1999-2005 and current federal Senator (d. 2021)
June 15 — Francisco Olvera Ruiz, Governor of Hidalgo 2011–2016
June 22 — Manuel Saval, soap opera actor (Simplemente María (1989 TV series)) (d. 2009)
July 31 — Laura Zapata, Mexican telenovela actress, singer and dancer
August 15 – Arnulfo Mejía Rojas, engineer, architect, teacher, historian, painter, artist, and Catholic priest, best known for being the creator of "The Boat of the Faith" (d. April 18, 2016).
September 8 – Ricardo Torres Origel, Mexican politician (PAN) Deputy (2000-2003) and Senator (2006-2012) from Guanajuato (d. April 24, 2016).
October 13 — Ana Bertha Espín, actress
October 19 — Francisco Rojas San Román, politician from the State of Mexico (d. 2018).
Date unknown — Rosario Robles, politician, acting Mayor of Mexico City 1999-2000
Deaths
References
Chile