Events in the year 1936 in Mexico.
Incumbents
Federal government
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President
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Lázaro Cárdenas
Lázaro Cárdenas del Río (; 21 May 1895 – 19 October 1970) was a Mexican army officer and politician who served as president of Mexico from 1934 to 1940. Previously, he served as a general in the Constitutional Army during the Mexican Revo ...
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Interior Secretary
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(SEGOB): Silvestre Guerrero
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Secretary of Foreign Affairs (SRE):
Eduardo Hay
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Communications Secretary (SCT):
Francisco J. Múgica
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Education Secretary (SEP): Gonzalo Vázquez Vela
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Secretary of Defense (SEDENA):
Manuel Ávila Camacho
Manuel Ávila Camacho (; 24 April 1897 – 13 October 1955) was a Mexican politician and military leader who served as the president of Mexico from 1940 to 1946. Despite participating in the Mexican Revolution and achieving a high rank, he cam ...
Supreme Court
* President of the Supreme Court: Daniel V. Valencia
Governors
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Aguascalientes
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:
Enrique Osorio Camarena/
Juan G. Alvarado Lavallade
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Campeche
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:
Eduardo Mena Córdova
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Chiapas
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Victórico R. Grajales/
Efraín A. Gutiérrez
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Chihuahua:
Rodrigo M. Quevedo
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Coahuila
Coahuila, formally Coahuila de Zaragoza, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Coahuila de Zaragoza, is one of the 31 states of Mexico. The largest city and State Capital is the city of Saltillo; the second largest is Torreón and the thi ...
:
Jesús Valdez Sánchez
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Colima
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Colima is a small state of western Mexico on the cen ...
:
Miguel G. Santa Ana
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Durango
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:
Enrique R. Calderón
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Guanajuato
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:
José Inocente Lugo
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Guerrero
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:
José Inocente Lugo
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Hidalgo:
Ernesto Viveros
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Jalisco
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:
Everardo Topete
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State of Mexico
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:
Eucario López
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Michoacán
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:
Rafael Ordorica/
Gildardo Magaña
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Morelos
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:
José Refugio Bustamante
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*
Nayarit
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:
Joaquín Cardoso
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Nuevo León
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:
Gregorio Morales Sánchez/
Anacleto Guerrero Guajardo
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Oaxaca
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:
Anastasio García Toledo/
Constantino Chapital
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Puebla
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:
Gustavo Ariza
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Querétaro
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:
Ramón Rodríguez Familiar
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San Luis Potosí
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It ...
:
Mateo Fernández Netro
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Sinaloa
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:
Manuel Páez
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Sonora
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: Ramón Ramos
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Tabasco
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It i ...
:
Víctor Fernández Manero
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Tamaulipas
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It is located in nor ...
:
Enrique Canseco
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Tlaxcala
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:
Adolfo Bonilla
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Veracruz
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Miguel Alemán Valdés
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His administ ...
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Yucatán
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...
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Fernando Cárdenas/
Florencio Palomo Valencia
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Zacatecas
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:
Matías Ramos
Events
Popular culture
Sports
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Mexico
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wins a total of three bronze medals at the
Summer Olympics
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Music
Film
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Allá en el Rancho Grande
Allá is a rock band formed by three young Chicanos (Mexican-Americans) from Chicago: Jorge Ledezma (guitars, keyboards, vibraphone, composer & producer), his brother Angel Ledezma (drums) and Lupe Martinez (vocals, guitar and keyboards). As inspir ...
'', directed by
Fernando de Fuentes
Fernando de Fuentes Carrau (December 13, 1894 – July 4, 1958) was a Mexican film director, considered a pioneer in the film industry worldwide. He is perhaps best known for directing the films ''El prisionero trece'', ''El compadre Mendoza'', a ...
and starring
Tito Guízar and
Esther Fernández; beginning of the
Golden Age of Mexican cinema
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Literature
Births
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6 January
Events Pre-1600
*1066 – Following the death of Edward the Confessor on the previous day, the Witan meets to confirm Harold Godwinson as the new King of England; Harold is crowned the same day, sparking a succession crisis that will ev ...
–
Rubén Amaro Sr., Mexican professional baseball player (d.
2017
2017 was designated as the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development by the United Nations General Assembly.
Events January
* January 1 – Istanbul nightclub shooting: A gunman dressed as Santa Claus opens fire at the ...
)
*
23 February —
Manuel Bartlett, politician (PRI)
*
8 March
Events Pre-1600
* 1010 – Ferdowsi completes his epic poem '' Shahnameh''.
* 1126 – Following the death of his mother, queen Urraca of León, Alfonso VII is proclaimed king of León.
* 1262 – Battle of Hausbergen between ...
–
Mario Hernández, film director and screenwriter
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15 April –
José Becerra, boxer
*23 April —
Víctor Cervera Pacheco, politician (PRI);
Governor of Yucatán 1984–1988 and 1995–2001 (d.
2004
2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and Its Abolition (by UNESCO).
Events January
* January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 60 ...
)
*
8 May –
Víctor Yturbe, singer (died
1987
Events January
* January 1 – Bolivia reintroduces the Boliviano currency.
* January 2 – Chadian–Libyan conflict – Battle of Fada: The Military of Chad, Chadian army destroys a Libyan armoured brigade.
* January 3 – Afghan leader ...
)
*
19 September –
Juliana González Valenzuela, Mexican philosopher
*
8 October –
Rogelio Guerra
Hildegardo Francisco Guerra Martínez (8 October 1936 – 28 February 2018), known artistically as Rogelio Guerra, was a Mexican actor
An actor (masculine/gender-neutral), or actress (feminine), is a person who portrays a character in a pr ...
, actor (d.
2018
Events January
* January 1 – Bulgaria takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, after the Estonian presidency.
* January 4 – SPLM-IO rebels loyal to Chan Garang Lual start a raid against Juba, capital of ...
)
*
27 October
Events Pre-1600
*312 – Constantine the Great is said to have received his famous Vision of the Cross.
* 1275 – Traditional founding of the city of Amsterdam.
* 1524 – French troops lay siege to Pavia.
* 1553 – Condemn ...
–
Enrique Canales, technologist, editor, political analyst, painter, and sculptor (died
2007
2007 was designated as the International Heliophysical Year and the International Polar Year.
Events
January
* January 1
**Bulgaria and Romania 2007 enlargement of the European Union, join the European Union, while Slovenia joins the Eur ...
)
*Date unknown
**Mario Stern, composer and académic (d. 2017).
Deaths
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19 May
Events
Pre-1600
* 639 – Ashina Jiesheshuai and his tribesmen assaulted Emperor Taizong at Jiucheng Palace.
* 715 – Pope Gregory II is elected.
* 934 – The Byzantine Empire reconquers Melitene under the leadership of J ...
–
Pascual Díaz y Barreto, Archbishop of Mexico City (born
1876
Events
January
* January 1
** The Reichsbank opens in Berlin.
** The Bass Brewery Red Triangle becomes the world's first registered trademark symbol.
*January 27 – The Northampton Bank robbery occurs in Massachusetts.
February
* Febr ...
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[TIME Magazine]
Milestones
June 1, 1936
References
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