1979 in Mexico
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Events in the year 1979 in Mexico.
Incumbents
Federal government
- President: José López Portillo
- Interior Secretary (SEGOB):
- Secretary of Foreign Affairs (SRE):
- Communications Secretary (SCT):
- Education Secretary (SEP):
- Secretary of Defense (SEDENA):
- Secretary of Navy:
- Secretary of Labor and Social Welfare:
- Secretary of Welfare:
- Secretary of Public Education:
- Tourism Secretary (SECTUR):
Supreme Court
- President of the Supreme Court:
Governors
- Aguascalientes:
- Baja California:
- Baja California Sur:
- Campeche:
- Chiapas:
- Chihuahua:
- Coahuila:
- Colima:
- Durango:
- Guanajuato:
- Guerrero:
- Hidalgo:
- Jalisco:
- State of Mexico:
- Michoacán:
- Morelos:
- Nayarit:
- Nuevo León:
- Oaxaca:
- Puebla:
- Querétaro:
- Quintana Roo:
- San Luis Potosí:
- Sinaloa:
- Sonora:
- Tabasco:
- Tamaulipas:
- Tlaxcala:
- Veracruz:
- Yucatán:
- Zacatecas:
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
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
- March 16: Adriana Fonseca, actress and dancer.[1]
- July 23: Perro Aguayo Jr., pro wrestler (d. March 21, 2015).
- September 25: Karla Luna, actress (Las Lavanderas) and singer (d. September 28, 2017).
- 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]
gollark: Not only do you do STUPID AND ANNOYING THINGS, but you CAN'T EVEN DO THEM CORRECTLY.
gollark: THIS IS WHY YOU MUST BE DEPOSED
gollark: LYRICLYNOBAD LYRICLY
gollark: No.
gollark: RULE FOUR.
References
- "Adriana Fonseca participará en Tiempo final". El Universal (in Spanish). 15 March 2009. 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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