1959 in Mexico
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Events in the year 1959 in Mexico.
Incumbents
Federal government
- President: Adolfo López Mateos
- Interior Secretary (SEGOB): Gustavo Díaz Ordaz
- Secretary of Foreign Affairs (SRE): Manuel Tello Baurraud
- Communications Secretary (SCT): Walter Cross Buchanan
- Education Secretary (SEP): José Ángel Ceniceros
- Secretary of Defense (SEDENA): Matias Ramos
- Secretary of Navy: Manuel Zermeño Araico
- Secretary of Labor and Social Welfare: Salomón González Blanco
Supreme Court
- President of the Supreme Court: Alfonso Guzmán Neyra
Governors
Every governor was a member of the Institutional Revolutionary Party, PRI.
- Aguascalientes: Luis Ortega Douglas
- Baja California
- Braulio Maldonado Sández (until November 12, 1959)
Eligio Esquivel Méndez (starting November 13, 1959)
- Braulio Maldonado Sández (until November 12, 1959)
- Campeche: Alberto Trueba Urbina
- Chiapas: Samuel León Brindis
- Chihuahua: Teófilo Borunda
- Coahuila: Raúl Madero González
- Durango: Francisco González de la Vega
- Guanajuato: J. Jesús Rodríguez Gaona
- Guerrero: Raúl Caballero Aburto
- Hidalgo: Alfonso Corona del Rosal
- Jalisco
- Agustín Yáñez (until February 28, 1959)
Juan Preciado (starting March 1, 1959)
- Agustín Yáñez (until February 28, 1959)
- State of Mexico: Gustavo Baz Prada
- Michoacán: David Franco Rodríguez
- Morelos: Norberto López Avelar
- Nayarit: José Limón Guzmán
- Nuevo León: José S. Vivanco
- Oaxaca: Alfonso Pérez Gasca
- Puebla: Fausto M. Ortega
- Querétaro: Juan C. Gorraéz
- San Luis Potosí
- Agustín Olivo Monsiváis (Interim)
Francisco Martínez De La Vega (Substitute)
- Agustín Olivo Monsiváis (Interim)
- Sinaloa: Gabriel Leyva Velásquez
- Sonora: Álvaro Obregón Tapia
- Tabasco: Carlos A. Madrazo
- Tamaulipas: Norberto Treviño Zapata
- Tlaxcala: Joaquín Cisneros Molina
- Veracruz: Antonio María Quirasco
- Yucatán: Agustín Franco Aguilar
- Zacatecas: Francisco E. García
- Regent of the Federal District: Ernesto P. Uruchurtu[1]
Events
- January 1
- The Institute for Social Security and Services for State Workers (ISSSTE) is formed.[2]
- President Adolfo López Mateos informs the nation that three Mexican fishermen were killed and 14 wounded by the Armed Forces of Guatemala on December 31, 1958.[3]
- January 2 – The Foreign Ministry of Guatemala declares that the three Mexican fishermen killed on December 31, 1958, were "pirates."[4]
- February 12 – Martín Luis Guzmán is named president of the Comisión Nacional de Libros de Texto Gratuitos (Commission of Free Textbooks, CONALITEG) to provide books for elementary schools.[5][6]
- May 23 – Pope John XXIII creates the dioceses of Diócesis de Tlaxcala[7] and San Andrés Tuxtla.[8]
- August 12 – The Mexican Academy of Sciences is founded.
- September 10 – MASA is founded when the state-owned investment bank, SOMEX acquired the private company, Sheppard Hnos.
- September 15 – Cry of Dolores: President López Mateos announces the reestablishment of diplomatic relations with Guatemala.[4]
- October 10 – The Autonomous University of Zacatecas is established.
- October 23 to 29 – 1959 Mexico hurricane: An estimated 1,500 people died, principally in Colima.[9]
- Date unknown – The motorcycle club Solo Angeles is formed.
Awards
Belisario Domínguez Medal of Honor – Heriberto Jara Corona
Film
Births
- April 16 – Gran Apache, wrestler (d. 2017).
- May 24 – José Trinidad Zapata Ortiz, Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Papantla (starting 2014).
- August 27 — Daniela Romo, actress, singer, TV host
- September 6 — Fernando Ciangherotti, soap opera actor
- September 30 — Miguel Barbosa Huerta, Governor of Puebla starting 2019 (d. 2022).
- October 5 — Ernesto Laguardia, soap opera actor
- October 7 – Brazo de Oro (wrestler) (d. 2017)
- October 10 — Marcelo Ebrard, politician (PRD) and Mayor of Mexico City 2006-2012; Secretary of Foreign Affairs starting 2018.
- November 16 — Rafael Flores, soccer player (defender) who played for Mexico in the 1986 FIFA World Cup; (d. 2018)
- November 25 — José Antonio Gali Fayad, Governor of Puebla 2017-2018[10]
- December 17 – Felicia Mercado, actress.
- Date unknown
- Agustín Bernal, actor (d. 2018).
- Tedi López Mills, poet.
- Fernando Maiz Garza, businessman, builder, and philanthropist (d. 2017).[citation needed]
- Gustavo Nakatani Ávila ("Yoshio"), singer (d. 2020)[11]
Deaths
- June 30 — José Vasconcelos, writer, philosopher, and politician (b. 1882)
- July 30 – María Natividad Venegas de la Torre ("María of Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament"), 90, Roman Catholic nun, first female Mexican saint.[12]
- December 27 — Alfonso Reyes, writer, philosopher, and diplomat (b. 1889)
Sport
- 1958–59 Mexican Primera División season
- The Tecolotes de Nuevo Laredo win the Mexican League
- Mexico ends up 3rd out of 4 during the Panamerican Championship 1960 in Costa Rica.
- Club San Sebastián de León dissolves.
See also
References
- ^ Estrada, David. "URUCHURTU, EL REGENTE DE HIERRO". davidestrada.org (in Spanish). Retrieved August 28, 2020.
- ^ "El día que surgió el ISSSTE". El Universal (in Spanish). 2 January 2019. Retrieved August 27, 2020.
- ^ Overall, Mario. "1958: Cuando Guatemala y México casi fueron a la guerra". www.hobbymex.com (in Spanish). Retrieved August 27, 2020.
- ^ a b "México rompe relaciones diplomáticas con Guatemala en 1959 – Prensa Libre" (in Spanish). Prensa Libre. January 21, 2017. Retrieved August 27, 2020.
- ^ Decreto que crea la Comisión Nacional de Libros de Texto Gratuitos
- ^ SEP: Historia de 1944 a 1982
- ^ "Tlaxcala (Latin (or Roman) Diocese) [Catholic-Hierarchy]". www.catholic-hierarchy.org. Retrieved August 27, 2020.
- ^ "San Andrés Tuxtla (Latin (or Roman) Diocese) [Catholic-Hierarchy]". www.catholic-hierarchy.org. Retrieved August 27, 2020.
- ^ "¿Cuáles han sido los huacanes más letales en México?" (in Spanish). El Universal. October 10, 2018. Retrieved August 27, 2020.
- ^ "Perfil: Antonio Gali Fayad" [Profile: Antonio Gali Fayad], El Financiero (in Spanish), June 6, 2016, retrieved June 6, 2016
- ^ Muere el cantante mexicano Yoshio por COVID-19 (in Spanish)
- ^ Santa Maria de Jesus Sacramentado (Venegas de la Torre) Foundress
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