Events in the year 1964 in Mexico.

Incumbents

Federal government

* President: Adolfo López Mateos (until November 30), Gustavo Díaz Ordaz (starting December 1) *

Interior Secretary The United States secretary of the interior is the head of the United States Department of the Interior. The secretary and the Department of the Interior are responsible for the management and conservation of most federal land along with natu ...

(SEGOB): Luis Echeverría Álvarez * Secretary of Foreign Affairs (SRE):

Manuel Tello Baurraud Manuel Tello Baurraud (1 November 1898 – 27 November 1971) was a Mexican politician and diplomat, who represented his country at the League of Nations (1938–1941) and served twice as Secretary of Foreign Affairs; first in the cabinet of Pre ...

José Gorostiza José Gorostiza Alcalá (10 November 1901 – 16 March 1973) was a Mexican poet, educator, and diplomat. For his achievements in the poetic arts, he was made a member of the . Biography José Gorostiza was born in the riverine city of Villahermo ...

/ Antonio Carrillo Flores * Communications Secretary (SCT): Walter Cross Buchanan/ José Antonio Padilla Segura * Education Secretary (SEP): Jaime Torres Bodet/ Agustín Yáñez *

Secretary of Defense A defence minister or minister of defence is a cabinet official position in charge of a ministry of defense, which regulates the armed forces in sovereign states. The role of a defence minister varies considerably from country to country; in som ...

(SEDENA):

Agustín Olachea José Agustín Olachea Avilés (September 3, 1890, Todos Santos, Baja California Sur – April 13, 1974, La Paz, Baja California Sur) was a Mexican general who supported Lázaro Cárdenas for president. During the Cárdenas years he served as ...

/ Marcelino García Barragan *

Secretary of Navy The secretary of the Navy (or SECNAV) is a statutory officer () and the head (chief executive officer) of the Department of the Navy, a military department (component organization) within the United States Department of Defense. By law, the sec ...

Manuel Zermeño Araico Manuel may refer to: People * Manuel (name) * Manuel (Fawlty Towers), a fictional character from the sitcom ''Fawlty Towers'' * Charlie Manuel, manager of the Philadelphia Phillies * Manuel I Komnenos, emperor of the Byzantine Empire * Manu ...

/ Antonio Vázquez del Mercado * Secretary of Labor and Social Welfare: Salomón González Blanco * Secretary of Welfare:

Javier Barros Sierra Javier Barros Sierra (25 February 1915 – 5 May 1971) was a Mexican engineer and rector of the National Autonomous University of Mexico during the 1968 Tlatelolco massacre. Career Born in Mexico City, he studied civil engineering at the Nationa ...

/ Gilberto Valenzuela

Supreme Court

* President of the Supreme Court: Alfonso Guzmán Neyra

Governors

Aguascalientes Aguascalientes (; ), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Aguascalientes ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Aguascalientes), is one of the 32 states which comprise the Political divisions of Mexico, Federal Entities of Mexico. At 22°N and ...

Enrique Olivares Santana Enrique Olivares Santana (8 August 1920 – 18 March 2004) was a Mexican teacher, diplomat, and politician who was governor of Aguascalientes (1962—1968), a member of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) and Secretary of the Interio ...

* Baja California **

Eligio Esquivel Méndez Eligio Esquivel Méndez (31 October 1908 – 17 December 1964) was a Mexican politician and engineer who served as the Governor of Baja California from 1959 to 1964. Biography Eligio Esquivel Méndez was born in Mérida, Yucatán. He studied at ...

(died in office, December 17. **

Gustavo Aubanel Vallejo Gustavo Aubanel Vallejo (July 23, 1901 – December 9, 1987) was a Mexican physician and politician who served as the first municipal president of Tijuana and third governor of Baja California from 1964 to 1965, after the death of Eligio Esqui ...

(Substitute) *

Campeche Campeche (; yua, Kaampech ), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Campeche ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Campeche), is one of the 31 states which make up the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. Located in southeast Mexico, it is bordered by ...

José Ortiz Avila José is a predominantly Spanish and Portuguese form of the given name Joseph. While spelled alike, this name is pronounced differently in each language: Spanish ; Portuguese (or ). In French, the name ''José'', pronounced , is an old vernacul ...

Chiapas Chiapas (; Tzotzil language, Tzotzil and Tzeltal language, Tzeltal: ''Chyapas'' ), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Chiapas ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Chiapas), is one of the states that make up the Political divisions of Mexico, ...

: Práxedes Ginér Durán *

Chihuahua Chihuahua may refer to: Places *Chihuahua (state), a Mexican state **Chihuahua (dog), a breed of dog named after the state **Chihuahua cheese, a type of cheese originating in the state **Chihuahua City, the capital city of the state **Chihuahua Mun ...

Braulio Fernández Aguirre Braulio is a given name. *Braulio Estima, a Brazilian jiu-jitsu practitioner and mixed martial artist *Braulio García, a Spanish singer-songwriter who is often credited as "Braulio". *Braulio Guerra, Mexican politician *Braulio Mari, a Spanish sin ...

Coahuila Coahuila (), formally Coahuila de Zaragoza (), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Coahuila de Zaragoza ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Coahuila de Zaragoza), is one of the 32 states of Mexico. Coahuila borders the Mexican states of N ...

* Colima:

Francisco Velasco Curiel Francisco Velasco Curiel (1922 - 1984) was a Mexican politician, member of the Institutional Revolutionary Party and member of the Agricultural Development Committee. Curiel was privately educated at the Escuela Nacional Preparatoria and atten ...

Durango Durango (), officially named Estado Libre y Soberano de Durango ( en, Free and Sovereign State of Durango; Tepehuán: ''Korian''; Nahuatl: ''Tepēhuahcān''), is one of the 31 states which make up the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico, situated in ...

: Enrique Dupré Ceniceros *

Guanajuato Guanajuato (), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Guanajuato ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Guanajuato), is one of the 32 states that make up the Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided into 46 municipalities and its capital city i ...

: Juan José Torres Landa * Guerrero: Raymundo Abarca Alarcón * Hidalgo:

Carlos Ramírez Guerrero Carlos may refer to: Places ;Canada * Carlos, Alberta, a locality ;United States * Carlos, Indiana, an unincorporated community * Carlos, Maryland, a place in Allegany County * Carlos, Minnesota, a small city * Carlos, West Virginia ;Elsewhe ...

Jalisco Jalisco (, , ; Nahuatl: Xalixco), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Jalisco ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Jalisco ; Nahuatl: Tlahtohcayotl Xalixco), is one of the 31 states which, along with Mexico City, comprise the 32 Federal En ...

: Juan Gil Preciado/ José de Jesús Muñoz Limón *

State of Mexico The State of Mexico ( es, Estado de México; ), officially just Mexico ( es, México), is one of the 32 federal entities of the United Mexican States. Commonly known as Edomex (from ) to distinguish it from the name of the whole country, it is ...

: Juan Fernández Albarrán *

Michoacán Michoacán, formally Michoacán de Ocampo (; Purépecha: ), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Michoacán de Ocampo ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Michoacán de Ocampo), is one of the 32 states which comprise the Federal Entities of ...

: Agustín Arriaga *

Morelos Morelos (), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Morelos ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Morelos), is one of the 32 states which comprise the Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided into 36 municipalities and its capital city is Cuer ...

: Emilio Riva Palacio * Nayarit: Julián Gazcón Mercado *

Nuevo León Nuevo León () is a state in the northeast region of Mexico. The state was named after the New Kingdom of León, an administrative territory from the Viceroyalty of New Spain, itself was named after the historic Spanish Kingdom of León. With a ...

: Eduardo Livas Villarreal * Oaxaca:

Rodolfo Brena Torres Rodolfo is a given name. Notable people with the name include: * Rodolfo (footballer, born 1992), Brazilian footballer Rodolfo José da Silva Bardella *Rodolfo Albano III, Filipino politician * Rodolfo Vera Quizon Sr. (1928-2012), Filipino actor ...

Puebla Puebla ( en, colony, settlement), officially Free and Sovereign State of Puebla ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Puebla), is one of the 32 states which comprise the Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided into 217 municipalities and its cap ...

: Arturo Fernández Aguirre *

Querétaro Querétaro (), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Querétaro ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Querétaro, links=no; Otomi language, Otomi: ''Hyodi Ndämxei''), is one of the Political divisions of Mexico, 32 federal entities of Mexico. I ...

: Manuel González Cosío *

San Luis Potosí San Luis Potosí (), officially the Free and Sovereign State of San Luis Potosí ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de San Luis Potosí), is one of the 32 states which compose the Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided in 58 municipalities and i ...

: Manuel López Dávila *

Sinaloa Sinaloa (), officially the Estado Libre y Soberano de Sinaloa ( en, Free and Sovereign State of Sinaloa), is one of the 31 states which, along with Mexico City, comprise the Administrative divisions of Mexico, Federal Entities of Mexico. It is d ...

Leopoldo Sánchez Celis Leopoldo Sánchez Celis (February 14, 1916 – August 7, 1989) was a Mexican politician who was governor of Sinaloa from 1963 to 1968. References

1916 births 1989 deaths Governors of Sinaloa 20th-century Mexican politicians People from ...

Sonora Sonora (), officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Sonora ( en, Free and Sovereign State of Sonora), is one of the 31 states which, along with Mexico City, comprise the Administrative divisions of Mexico, Federal Entities of Mexico. The state is d ...

Luis Encinas Johnson Luis is a given name. It is the Spanish language, Spanish form of the originally Germanic language, Germanic name or . Other Iberian Romance languages have comparable forms: (with an accent mark on the i) in Portuguese language, Portuguese and ...

* Tabasco: Carlos A. Madrazo Becerra * Tamaulipas: Praxedis Balboa * Tlaxcala: Anselmo Cervantes * Veracruz:

Fernando López Arias Fernando López Arias (August 8, 1905 – July 3, 1978) was a Mexican politician and governor of Veracruz Veracruz (), formally Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave (), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave ( ...

* Yucatán:

Agustín Franco Aguilar Agustín is a Spanish given name and sometimes a surname. It is related to Augustín. People with the name include: Given name * Agustín (footballer), Spanish footballer * Agustín Calleri (born 1976), Argentine tennis player * Agustín C� ...

/ Luis Torres Mesías * Zacatecas: José Rodríguez Elías * Regent of the Federal District:

Ernesto P. Uruchurtu Ernesto, form of the name Ernest in several Romance languages, may refer to: * ''Ernesto'' (novel) (1953), an unfinished autobiographical novel by Umberto Saba, published posthumously in 1975 ** ''Ernesto'' (film), a 1979 Italian drama loosely ba ...

Events

* La Preparatoria Benemérito de las Américas is founded by Albert Kenyon Wagner and his wife, Leona Farnsworth Romney * Amusement park

La Feria Chapultepec Mágico (), simply branded as , was an amusement park in Mexico City, Mexico. Located in the middle of Chapultepec Park near the Constituyentes Metro station, it opened in 1964 as () and was originally operated by the Mexican government. In 1992 Gr ...

opens its doors. * Museo Nacional de Antropología, Museo de Arte Moderno and the

Alfredo Guati Rojo National Watercolor Museum The Alfredo Guati Rojo National Watercolor Museum (Museo Nacional de Acuarela Alfredo Guati Rojo) was the first museum in the world dedicated specifically to watercolor painting. It is located in the Coyoacán borough of Mexico City, in a former pr ...

are established. *

1964 Mexican general election General elections were held in Mexico on 5 July 1964.Dieter Nohlen (2005) ''Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I'', p453 The presidential elections were won by Gustavo Díaz Ordaz, who received 90.4% of the vote. In the Chamber of ...

Awards

* Belisario Domínguez Medal of Honor – Adrián Aguirre Benavides

Births

*February 4 — Luis Alegre Salazar, businessman and politician (d.

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) *June 13 — Edith González, actress and dancer (d.

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) *August 5 **

Miguel Ángel Osorio Chong Miguel Ángel Osorio Chong (; 5 August 1964) is a Mexican politician who served as the Secretary of the Interior in the cabinet of Enrique Peña Nieto. He was Governor of Hidalgo until April 2011. Early life Born in Pachuca, Hidalgo, he is a ...

, Governor of Hidalgo 2005–2011 and

Secretary of the Interior Secretary of the Interior may refer to: * Secretary of the Interior (Mexico) * Interior Secretary of Pakistan * Secretary of the Interior and Local Government (Philippines) * United States Secretary of the Interior See also

*Interior ministry ...

2012–2018. **Claudio Reyes Rubio, TV director (Televisa); auto accident; (d. 2017). *August 11 — Héctor Soberón, actor *October 9 —

Guillermo del Toro Guillermo del Toro Gómez (; born October 9, 1964) is a Mexican filmmaker, author, and actor. He directed the Academy Award–winning fantasy films ''Pan's Labyrinth'' (2006) and ''The Shape of Water'' (2017), winning the Academy Awards for Be ...

, filmmaker (three Academy Awards), author, and actor. *November 14 — Raúl Araiza, actor and TV presenter *November 30 - Emmanuel Lubezki, Cinematographer (three Academy Awards) *November 23 — Erika Buenfil, television actress (''Tres Mujeres,'' ''Amores Verdaderos'') *Date unknown **Martín Barrón Félix, physicist and meteorologist (d. 2017)

Deaths

*August 12 — Isidro Fabela, judge, writer, publisher, Governor of the State of Mexico (PRI, 1942–1945), diplomat (b. 1882)

Film

List of Mexican films of 1964 A list of the films produced in Mexico in 1964 (see 1964 in film): 1964 See also * 1964 in Mexico External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Mexican Films Of 1964 1964 Films Mexican Mexican may refer to: Mexico and its culture *Being related t ...

Sport

1963–64 Mexican Primera División season Statistics of the Primera División de México for the 1963–64 season. Overview Zacatepec was promoted to Primera División. The season was contested by 14 teams, and Guadalajara won the championship. No Relegation this season. Promotion ...

* Football Club

Petroleros de Ciudad Madero Club de Fútbol Ciudad Madero is a Mexican football team. They are nicknamed Petroleros (Oilers). The club was founded in 1957 where they won 2 titles the first in 1964 the second in 1973. The club is located in Ciudad Madero, Tamaulipas, Méxi ...

is founded *

1964 Mexican Grand Prix Events January * January 1 – The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland is dissolved. * January 5 - In the first meeting between leaders of the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches since the fifteenth century, Pope Paul VI and Patriarch ...

Mexico at the 1964 Summer Olympics Mexico competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. 94 competitors, 90 men and 4 women, took part in 58 events in 15 sports. As the country hosted the next Olympics in Mexico City, the flag of Mexico was raised at the closing ceremon ...

References

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