Events in the year 2003 in Mexico.

Incumbents

Federal government

President President most commonly refers to: *President (corporate title) *President (education), a leader of a college or university *President (government title) President may also refer to: Automobiles * Nissan President, a 1966–2010 Japanese ful ...

Vicente Fox Vicente Fox Quesada (; born 2 July 1942) is a Mexican businessman and politician who served as the 62nd president of Mexico from 1 December 2000 to 30 November 2006. After campaigning as a Right-wing populism, right-wing populist, Fox was elec ...

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 natural ...

(SEGOB): Santiago Creel *

Secretary of Foreign Affairs In many countries, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is the government department responsible for the state's diplomacy, bilateral, and multilateral relations affairs as well as for providing support for a country's citizens who are abroad. The entit ...

(SRE) **

Jorge Castañeda Gutman Jorge Castañeda Gutman (born May 24, 1953) is a Mexican politician and academic who served as Secretary of Foreign Affairs (2000–2003). He also authored more than a dozen books, including a biography of Che Guevara, and he regularly con ...

, until January 10 **

Luis Ernesto Derbez Luis Ernesto Derbez Bautista (born April 1, 1947 in Mexico City) is a Mexican politician and Rector (academia), rector of the Universidad de las Américas Puebla (UDLAP). He served as Mexico's Secretariat of Economy (Mexico), Secretary of Econ ...

, starting January 15 * Communications Secretary (SCT): Pedro Cerisola * Education Secretary (SEP):

Reyes Tamez Reyes Tamez Guerra (born 18 April 1952 in Monterrey) is a Mexicans, Mexican Immunochemistry, immunochemist and politicians. He is a former Secretary of Education for the State of Nuevo León, a former president of the Autonomous University of N ...

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):

Gerardo Clemente Vega Gerardo Clemente R. Vega García (28 March 1940 – 22 June 2022) was a Mexican general who served from 2000 to 2006 as Minister of Defense. Biography Vega studied at the Heróico Colegio Militar., he received a bachelor's degree in adminis ...

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 ...

(SEMAR): Marco Antonio Peyrot González * Secretary of Labor and Social Welfare (STPS): José Carlos María Abascal Carranza * Secretary of Welfare (SEDESOL):

Josefina Vázquez Mota Josefina Eugenia Vázquez Mota ( o̞.se̞'fi.na'βas.ke̞s'mo̞.ta (born 20 January 1961, in Mexico City) is a businessperson and politician who was the presidential candidate of the National Action Party (PAN) for the 2012 elections. Vázque ...

* Secretary of Tourism (SECTUR) ** Leticia Navarro, until July 29 **

Rodolfo Elizondo Torres Rodolfo Elizondo Torres (born July 18, 1946 in Durango) is a Mexican politician affiliated with the . Elizondo Torres holds a bachelor's degree in administration from the Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education (ITESM). Political ...

, starting July 29 * Secretary of the Environment (SEMARNAT) ** Víctor Lichtinger, until June ** Alberto Cárdenas, starting June *

Secretary of Health A health minister is the member of a country's government typically responsible for protecting and promoting public health and providing welfare and other social security services. Some governments have separate Minister of Mental Health, ministers ...

(SALUD):

Julio Frenk Julio José Frenk Mora (born December 20, 1953) is president of the University of Miami and has served in this role since 2015. He is the University of Miami's first Hispanic and native Spanish-speaking president. At the University of Miami, he ...

* Attorney General of Mexico (PRG): Rafael Macedo de la Concha

Supreme Court

* President of the Supreme Court: Mariano Azuela Güitrón

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 ...

Felipe González González Felipe González González (28 January 1947 – 24 February 2023) was a Mexican politician and businessman. A member of the National Action Party (PAN), he was Governor of Aguascalientes from 1998 to 2004 and served in the Senate from 2006 t ...

Baja California Baja California (; 'Lower California'), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Baja California ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Baja California), is a state in Mexico. It is the northernmost and westernmost of the 32 federal entities of Mex ...

Eugenio Elorduy Walther Eugenio Elorduy Walther (born November 21, 1940 in Calexico, California) is a Mexican politician. He was governor of his adoptive state of Baja California from November 1, 2001 thru October 31, 2007. His wife Elena Blackaller served as first lady ...

Baja California Sur Baja California Sur (; 'South Lower California'), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Baja California Sur ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Baja California Sur), is the least populated state and the 31st admitted state of the 32 federal ent ...

: Leonel Cota Montaño *

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 Antonio González Curi 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 ...

, until September 15 ** Jorge Carlos Hurtado Valdez , starting September 16 *

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, ...

: Pablo Salazar Mendiguchía *

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 ...

Patricio Martínez García Patricio Martínez García (born March 17, 1948 Chihuahua, Chihuahua, Mexico) is a Mexican politician and member of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI). Martínez served as the Governor of Chihuahua, in northern Mexico, from 1998 until 2 ...

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 ...

: Enrique Martínez y Martínez * Colima **Fernando Moreno Peña , until October 31 ** Carlos Flores Dueñas , interim governor November 1-December 31 *

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 ...

Ángel Sergio Guerrero Mier Ángel Sergio Guerrero Mier (18 August 1935 – 10 January 2021)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 Carlos Romero Hicks Juan Carlos Romero Hicks (Guanajuato, Guanajuato; December 10, 1955) is a Mexican politician and elected official, member of the National Action Party , and a Federal Senator since August 29, 2012. He was the Director General of the Mexican Nati ...

* Guerrero:

René Juárez Cisneros René Juárez Cisneros (8 June 195626 July 2021) was a Mexican economist and politician affiliated with the PRI. Biography He served as Senator of the LXII Legislature of the Mexican Congress representing Guerrero. He served as Governor of Gu ...

* Hidalgo:

Manuel Ángel Núñez Soto Manuel Ángel Núñez Soto (born January 30, 1951) is a Mexican politician affiliated with the Revolutionary Institutional Party (PRI). He is a former governor of Hidalgo. Núñez Soto received a bachelor's degree in economics from the Nationa ...

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 ...

: Alberto Cárdenas *

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 ...

: Arturo Montiel *

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 ...

Lázaro Cárdenas Batel Lázaro Cárdenas Batel (born 2 April 1964) is a Mexican politician. He served as governor of Michoacán from 2002 to 2008, representing the Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD). Prior to his election to that office in 2001, he had represen ...

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 ...

: Sergio Estrada Cajigal Ramírez . * Nayarit:

Antonio Echevarría Domínguez Antonio is a masculine given name of Etruscan origin deriving from the root name Antonius. It is a common name among Romance language-speaking populations as well as the Balkans and Lusophone Africa. It has been among the top 400 most popular male ...

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 ...

Fernando Canales Clariond Fernando is a Spanish and Portuguese given name and a surname common in Spain, Portugal, Italy, France, Switzerland, former Spanish or Portuguese colonies in Latin America, Africa, the Philippines, India, and Sri Lanka. It is equivalent to the Ge ...

Oaxaca Oaxaca ( , also , , from nci, Huāxyacac ), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Oaxaca ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Oaxaca), is one of the 32 states that compose the political divisions of Mexico, Federative Entities of Mexico. It is ...

José Murat Casab Nelson José Murat Casab (; born October 18, 1947) is a Mexican politician and a member of the Institutional Revolutionary Party. He was Governor of Oaxaca and is a Diputado Federal elected from the ranks of Alliance for Mexico of Institutional ...

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 ...

Melquíades Morales Melquiades Morales Flores (born 22 June 1942) is a Mexican lawyer and politician, affiliated with the Partido Revolucionario Institucional (PRI). Between 1999 and 2005 he served as governor of the state of Puebla. Born in the small town of E ...

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 ...

Ignacio Loyola Vera Ignacio Loyola Vera (born 10 September 1954) is a Mexican politician. A member of the National Action Party, he served as Governor of Querétaro from 1 October 1997 to 30 September 2003. Career Born in Querétaro City, Loyola obtained a B.Sc. ...

, until September 30 **

Francisco Garrido Patrón Francisco Garrido Patrón (born 1953) is a Mexican politician who was Governor of Querétaro The governor of Querétaro is the chief executive of the Mexican state of Querétaro. According to the Constitution of the Free and Sovereign State o ...

, starting October 1 * Quintana Roo:

Joaquín Hendricks Díaz Joaquín Ernesto Hendricks Díaz (born 7 November 1951 in Chetumal, Quintana Roo) is a Mexican politician belonging to the Partido Revolucionario Institucional . From 1991 to 1994, he held a seat in the Chamber of Deputies, representing Quint ...

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 ...

**Fernando Silva Nieto, until September 25 **

Jesús Marcelo de los Santos Jesús Marcelo de los Santos Fraga (born December 15, 1948) is a Mexican politician, member of the PAN party, and Governor of the state of San Luis Potosí (2003–2009). Marcelo de los Santos studied public accounting at Universidad Autón ...

, Starting September 26 *

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 ...

: Juan S. Millán *

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 ...

Armando López Nogales Armando López Nogales (born 1 September 1950) is a Mexican former lawyer and politician who was the Governor of Sonora from 1997 to 2003 as a member of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI). He also served as a Senator in the LVI Legislatu ...

, until September 13 **

Eduardo Bours José Eduardo Robinson Bours Castelo (born December 17, 1956) is a Mexican businessman who served as governor of Sonora under the Institutional Revolutionary Party, PRI. He is a member of the Robinson Bours family which immigrated from the Uni ...

, starting September 13 * Tabasco: Manuel Andrade Díaz , starting January 1 *

Tamaulipas Tamaulipas (), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Tamaulipas ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Tamaulipas), is a state in the northeast region of Mexico; one of the 31 states which, along with Mexico City, comprise the 32 Federal Entiti ...

Tomás Yarrington Tomás Jesús Yarrington Ruvalcaba (, born 7 March 1957) is a Mexican politician affiliated with the Institutional Revolutionary Party . He held office as the Mayor of Matamoros from 1993 to 1995, and the Governor of Tamaulipas from 1999 to 200 ...

Tlaxcala Tlaxcala (; , ; from nah, Tlaxcallān ), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Tlaxcala ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Tlaxcala), is one of the 32 states which comprise the Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided into 60 municipaliti ...

: Alfonso Sánchez Anaya *

Veracruz Veracruz (), formally Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave (), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave), is one of the 31 states which, along with Me ...

Miguel Alemán Velasco Miguel Alemán Velasco (born 18 March 1932 in Veracruz) is a Mexican politician, businessman and philanthropist. He is a former senator and governor of Veracruz. Alemán Velasco is the son of former Mexican president Miguel Alemán Valdés (1 ...

* Yucatán:

Víctor Cervera Pacheco Víctor Manuel Cervera Pacheco (April 23, 1936 – August 18, 2004) was a Mexican politician who served as Governor of Yucatán from 1984 to 1988, and again from 1995 through 2001. From 1988 to 1994 Cervera served as Secretary of Agrarian Reform ...

* Zacatecas:

Ricardo Monreal Ricardo Monreal Ávila (born September 19, 1960 in Fresnillo, Zacatecas) is a Mexican politician affiliated with the National Regeneration Movement (Morena). He is a senator and the Senate Majority Leader, a former Governor of Zacatecas and a f ...

* Head of Government of the Federal District: Andrés Manuel López Obrador

Events

* Fahrenheit has its first issue published. * The Chiapas Bridge is finished with being constructed. * The México Posible party is founded and dissolved. * January 21:

2003 Colima earthquake The 2003 Colima earthquake occurred on 21 January with a moment magnitude of 7.6 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (''Severe''). The epicenter was located on the Pacific coast in the Mexican state of Colima. The earthquake was felt as far ...

. * March 13: Instituto Nacional de Lenguas Indígenas is created. * June 2: The Escuela Preparatoria Tlalpan II "Otilio Montaño" is inaugurated. * July 5: The National Commission for the Development of Indigenous Peoples goes into effect. * July 6:

2003 Mexican legislative election Legislative elections were held in Mexico on 6 July 2003. Although the National Action Party received the most votes, the Institutional Revolutionary Party won 224 of the 500 seats.Dieter Nohlen (2005) ''Elections in the Americas: A data handboo ...

* September: World Trade Organization Ministerial Conference of 2003 in Cancun. * September 5: Nuestra Belleza México 2003. * September 28: Optibús starts operations. * November 15: Miss Latin America 2004 held in Cancun. * November 27: the

Monterrey Arena Arena Monterrey is an indoor arena in Monterrey, Mexico. It is primarily used for shows, concerts and indoor sports like indoor soccer, arena football and basketball. It used to be the home arena of the Monterrey Fury indoor soccer team and the F ...

is opened. * December 9 – 11: The United Nations Convention against Corruption is opened for signing in Mérida, Yucatán. * December 22: Counter-terrorism base

Ixtoc-Alfa Ixtoc-Alfa is a counter-terrorism base created by the Mexican Navy for the purpose of preventing terrorist attacks on the country's Gulf of Mexico oilfields. It was first opened on 22 December 2003. The base is located on the Campeche Bank, a coa ...

is founded by the Mexican Navy.

Hurricanes

* June 26 – 27: Tropical Storm Carlos (2003) * June 29 – July 2:

Tropical Storm Bill (2003) Tropical Storm Bill was a tropical storm that affected the Gulf Coast of the United States in the summer of 2003. The second storm of the 2003 Atlantic hurricane season, Bill developed from a tropical wave on June 29 to the north of the Yucatán ...

* July 8 – 17:

Hurricane Claudette (2003) Hurricane Claudette was a moderately strong tropical cyclone that struck South Texas in July 2003. A fairly long-lived July Atlantic hurricane, Claudette was the fourth depression, third tropical storm and first hurricane of the 2003 Atlantic ...

* August 14 – 17:

Hurricane Erika (2003) Hurricane Erika was a weak hurricane that struck extreme northeastern Mexico near the Texas-Tamaulipas border in mid-August of the 2003 Atlantic hurricane season. Erika was the eighth tropical cyclone, fifth tropical storm, and third hurricane o ...

* August 22 – 27: Hurricane Ignacio (2003) * September 8 – 24:

Hurricane Marty (2003) Hurricane Marty was a Category 2 Pacific hurricane that caused extensive flooding and damage in northwestern Mexico just weeks after Hurricane Ignacio took a similar course. Marty was the thirteenth named storm, fourth hurricane, and the deadlie ...

* October 1 – 6:

Tropical Storm Larry (2003) Tropical Storm Larry was the twelfth named tropical storm in the 2003 Atlantic hurricane season. It was one of eight storms to impact Mexico from either the Pacific or Atlantic oceans in the season. Larry formed in early October from an extratro ...

Awards

Belisario Domínguez Medal of Honor The Belisario Domínguez Medal of Honor (Spanish: ''Medalla de Honor "Belisario Domínguez" del Senado de la República'') is the highest award bestowed by the Mexican Senate. It forms part of the Mexican Honors System and is currently Mexico's ...

Luis González y González Luis González y González (11 October 1925 – 13 December 2003) was a Mexican historian from San José de Gracia, Michoacán. He was an expert on the Mexican revolution and Mexican presidentialism. He published several articles in prest ...

* Order of the Aztec Eagle *

National Prize for Arts and Sciences The National Prize for Arts and Sciences ( es, Premio Nacional de Ciencias y Artes) is awarded annually by the Government of Mexico in six categories. It is part of the Mexican Honours System and was established in 1945. The prize is a gold medal a ...

* National Public Administration Prize * Ohtli Award **

Marco A. López Jr. Marco Antonio López Jr. (born April 7, 1978) is an American politician. He has served in both elected and non-elected public offices, including as mayor of Nogales, Arizona, executive director of the Arizona-Mexico Commission, policy advisor t ...

Patricia Madrid Patricia A. Madrid (born 1947) is an American politician and the former Attorney General for the U.S. state of New Mexico. She is a member of the Democratic Party. She also sits on the bipartisan advisory board of States United Democracy Center. ...

Sport

Primera División de México Clausura 2003 Primera División de México ''(Mexican First Division)'' Clausura 2003 is a Mexican football tournament - one of two short tournaments that take up the entire year to determine the champion(s) of Mexican football. It began on Saturday, January 11 ...

Primera División de México Apertura 2003 Primera División de México ''(Mexican First Division)'' Apertura 2003 is a Mexican football (soccer), football tournament - one of two short tournaments that take up the entire year to determine the champion(s) of Mexican football. It began on S ...

* Mexico win the

2003 CONCACAF Gold Cup The 2003 CONCACAF Gold Cup was the seventh edition of the Gold Cup, the association football championship of North America, Central America and the Caribbean (CONCACAF). For the first time since 1993, the tournament was held in more than one c ...

2003 Centrobasket This page shows the results of the Men's Central American and Caribbean Basketball Championship, also known as the 2003 Centrobasket, which was held in the city of Culiacán, Mexico Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican Sta ...

held in Culiacán *

2003 Centrobasket Women This page shows the results of the 2003 Centro Basket Championship for Women, which was held in the city of Leon, Mexico Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. ...

* 2003 Mexican Figure Skating Championships * 2003 Gran Premio Telmex-Gigante * 2003 MasterCard Truck Series season *

2003 Tecate Telmex Monterrey Grand Prix The 2003 Tecate Telmex Monterrey Grand Prix was the second round of the 2003 CART World Series season, held on March 23, 2003 on the streets of Parque Fundidora in Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico. Qualifying results Paul Tracy and Jimmy Vasse ...

* Homenaje a Dos Leyendas: El Santo y Salvador Lutteroth (2003) * 2003 IIHF World U18 Championship Division III co-hosted with

Bosnia Bosnia and Herzegovina ( sh, / , ), abbreviated BiH () or B&H, sometimes called Bosnia–Herzegovina and often known informally as Bosnia, is a country at the crossroads of south and southeast Europe, located in the Balkans. Bosnia and He ...

2003 Men's NORCECA Volleyball Championship The 2003 Men's NORCECA Volleyball Championship was the 18th edition of the Men's Continental Volleyball Tournament, played by eight countries from September 25 to September 30, 2003, in Culiacan, Sinaloa (Mexico). Competing nations Squads Pre ...

Culiacan,

2003 Women's Pan-American Volleyball Cup The 2003 Women's Pan-American Volleyball Cup was the second edition of the annual women's volleyball tournament, played by eight countries from Monday June 30 to Saturday July 5, 2003 in Saltillo, Coahuila, Mexico. The intercontinental event ser ...

Saltillo Saltillo () is the capital and largest city of the northeastern Mexican state of Coahuila and is also the municipal seat of the municipality of the same name. Mexico City, Monterrey, and Saltillo are all connected by a major railroad and highwa ...

* 2003 Central American and Caribbean Cross Country Championships *

Mexico at the 2003 Pan American Games Mexico participated at the 14th Pan American Games, held in Santo Domingo, the Dominican Republic, from 1 to 17 August 2003. Medals Gold *Men's 10,000 metres: Teodoro Vega *Men's 50 km walk: Germán Sánchez *Women's 400 metres: Ana ...

2003 Pan American Race Walking Cup The 2003 Pan American Race Walking Cup was held in two locations: both 20 kilometres events in Chula Vista, California, United States, on 15 March. The track of the Cup ran in the Marina Parkway at Chula Vista Marina. The men's 50 kilometres even ...

from

San Diego San Diego ( , ; ) is a city on the Pacific Ocean coast of Southern California located immediately adjacent to the Mexico–United States border. With a 2020 population of 1,386,932, it is the List of United States cities by population, eigh ...

California California is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States, located along the West Coast of the United States, Pacific Coast. With nearly 39.2million residents across a total area of approximately , it is the List of states and territori ...

, United States to

Tijuana Tijuana ( ,"Tijuana"
(US) and < ...

. *

C.F. Mérida Venados Fútbol Club is a Mexican Association football, football club based in Mérida, Yucatán. The team are currently playing in the Liga de Expansión MX, the second tier of the Mexican football league system. For the 2010–11 Liga de Asce ...

founded. *

Tijuana Dragons Tijuana ( ,"Tijuana"
(US) and < ...

founded. *

Monterrey Fury The Monterrey Fury were a Mexican team playing in a United States based soccer league. The team was awarded a Major Indoor Soccer League expansion franchise for the 2003–2004 season. The most notable thing that happened to the team during ...

founded.

Film

* List of Mexican films of 2003

Births

* January 16 –

Adriana Hernández Adriana Hernández (born 16 January 2003) is a Mexican rhythmic gymnast. Hernández competed at the 2019 Pan American Games ; ay, Taqinipuniw anatt’apxtanxa'' , nations participating = 41 , athletes participating = 6,680 , events = ...

, rhythmic gymnast * May 8 –

Joaquín Bondoni Joaquín Bondoni Gress (born May 8, 2003) is a Mexican singer, songwriter and actor, known for his role in the Mexican telenovela '' Mi marido tiene más familia'' and '' El corazón nunca se equivoca'' as Cuauhtémoc "Temo" López, and for bein ...

, singer, songwriter and actor * September 18 – Ana Galindo, rhythmic gymnast

Deaths

*February 11:

Socorro Avelar Socorro Avelar (1925 in Cuernavaca, Mexico – 11 February 2003) was a Mexican actress. Life Avelar studied at the Faculty of Philosophy and Literature of the National Autonomous University of Mexico. In 1946, she debuted as a director for ...

, actress (b. 1925) * June 10: Alfredo Guati Rojo watercolor artist (b. December 1,

1918 This year is noted for the end of the First World War, on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month, as well as for the Spanish flu pandemic that killed 50–100 million people worldwide. Events Below, the events ...

) * November 1:

Humberto Briseño Sierra Humberto Briseño Sierra (June 24, 1914 - November 1, 2003) was a Mexican lawyer. References 20th-century Mexican lawyers 1914 births 2003 deaths {{mexico-law-bio-stub ...

, Mexican lawyer (b. 1914) *November 6:

Eduardo Palomo Eduardo Estrada Palomo (; (Mexico City; May 13, 1962 – Los Angeles; † November 6, 2003) was a Mexican actor. Palomo became famous across Mexico and Latin America after his 1993 characterization of ''Juan del Diablo'' in '' Corazón salvaje' ...

, actor (''

Corazón salvaje (1993 TV series) ''Corazón Salvaje'' (''Wild Heart'') is a Mexican telenovela produced by José Rendón for Televisa in 1993. In addition to breaking audience records in issue, it is one of the most memorable and most successful telenovelas of all time. It is th ...

'') (b.

1962 Events January * January 1 – Western Samoa becomes independent from New Zealand. * January 3 – Pope John XXIII excommunicates Fidel Castro for preaching communism. * January 8 – Harmelen train disaster: 93 die in the wors ...

)

References

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