1970 in Mexico

1970 in Mexico
Events in the year 1970 in Mexico.
Incumbents
Federal government
President: Gustavo Díaz Ordaz (until 30 November), Luis Echeverría (starting 1 December)
Interior Secretary (SEGOB): Mario Moya Palencia
Secretary of Foreign Affairs (SRE): Antonio Carrillo Flores/Emilio Óscar Rabasa
Communications Secretary (SCT): José Antonio Padilla Segura/Eugenio Méndez Docurro
Education Secretary (SEP): Agustín Yáñez/Víctor Bravo Ahuja
Secretary of Defense (SEDENA): Matías Ramos
Secretary of Navy: Antonio Vázquez del Mercado/Luis M. Bravo Carrera
Secretary of Labor and Social Welfare: Salomón González Blanco/Rafael Hernández Ochoa
Secretary of Welfare: Gilberto Valenzuela/Luis Enrique Bracamontes
Supreme Court
President of the Supreme Court: Alfonso Guzmán Neyra
Governors
Aguascalientes: Francisco Guel Jiménez
Baja California: Raúl Sánchez Díaz Martell
Campeche: Carlos Sansores Pérez
Chiapas: José Castillo Tielemans/Manuel Velasco Suárez
Chihuahua: Oscar Flores Sánchez
Coahuila: Eulalio Gutiérrez Treviño
Colima: Pablo Silva García
Durango: Alejandro Páez Urquidi
Guanajuato: Manuel M. Moreno
Guerrero: Caritino Maldonado Pérez
Hidalgo: Manuel Sánchez Vite/Donaciano Serna Leal
Jalisco: Francisco Medina Ascencio/Alberto Orozco Romero
State of Mexico: Carlos Hank González
Michoacán: Carlos Gálvez Betancourt/Servando Chávez Hernández
Morelos
Emilio Riva Palacio (PRI), until May 18
Felipe Rivera Crespo (PRI), starting May 18
Nayarit: Roberto Gómez Reyes
Nuevo León: Eduardo Elizondo
Oaxaca: Víctor Bravo Ahuja/Fernando Gómez Sandoval
Puebla: Rafael Moreno Valle
Querétaro: Juventino Castro Sánchez
San Luis Potosí: Antonio Rocha Cordero
Sinaloa: Alfredo Valdés Montoya
Sonora: Faustino Félix Serna
Tabasco: Manuel R. Mora Martínez
Tamaulipas: Manuel A. Rabize
Tlaxcala: Ignacio Bonillas/Crisanto Cuéllar Abaroa/Luciano Huerta Sánchez
Veracruz: Rafael Murillo Vidal
Yucatán: Luis Torres Mesías/Carlos Loret de Mola Mediz
Zacatecas: Pedro Ruiz González
Regent of the Federal District
Alfonso Corona del Rosal (until July 31)
Alfonso Martínez Domínguez (starting August 1)
Events
The Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología founded.
May 23: Roman Catholic Territorial Prelature of Cancún-Chetumal established.
July 5: 1970 Mexican general election.
August 31 – September 5: Tropical Storm Norma.
November 20: Metro Hospital General opens.
November 23: The Boundary Treaty of 1970 is signed.
Awards
Belisario Domínguez Medal of Honor – Rosendo Salazar
Film
List of Mexican films of 1970
Sport
1969–70 Mexican Primera División season
1970 Mexican Primera División season
1970 FIFA World Cup
Rojos del Águila de Veracruz win the Mexican League
1970 Mexican Grand Prix
Club Universidad de Guadalajara and Club Jalisco are founded.
Births
February 16 — Nailea Norvind, actress
April 13 — Eduardo Capetillo, singer and actor
June 17 — Sasha Sokol, singer, composer, actress, and television host
September 18 — Miguel Ángel Riquelme Solís, politician (PRI) and Governor of Coahuila starting 2017
September 29 — Ninel Conde, Mexican actress, singer, and television host
October 1 — José Ignacio Peralta, Governor of Colima starting 2016
October 8 — Mayrín Villanueva, model and actress
December 28 — Yolanda Andrade, Mexican actress and television presenter
Deaths
October 19 – Lázaro Cárdenas, 44th President of Mexico (b. 1895)
References
External links
Mexico