1959 in Mexico
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Events in the year 1959 in Mexico.
Incumbents
Events
- The Institute for Social Security and Services for State Workers is formed.
- The motorcycle club Solo Angeles is formed.
- 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.
- October 10: The Autonomous University of Zacatecas is established.
- October 23–29: 1959 Mexico hurricane
Film
Births
- April 16 – Gran Apache, wrestler (d. 2017).
- 5 May - Arturo A. Puig, Author.
- 27 August — Daniela Romo, actress, singer, TV host
- 6 September — Fernando Ciangherotti, soap opera actor
- 30 September — Miguel Barbosa Huerta, Governor of Puebla starting 2019
- 5 October — Ernesto Laguardia, soap opera actor
- October 7 – Brazo de Oro (wrestler) (d. 2017)
- 10 October — 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)
- 25 November — José Antonio Gali Fayad, Governor of Puebla 2017-2018[1]
- Date unknown
- Agustín Bernal, actor (d. 2018).
- Tedi López Mills, poet.
- Fernando Maiz Garza, businessman, builder, and philanthropist (d. 2017).
Deaths
- June 30 — José Vasconcelos, writer, philosopher, and politician (b. 1882)
- December 27 — Alfonso Reyes, writer, philospher, 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.
References
- ^ "Perfil: Antonio Gali Fayad" [Profile: Antonio Gali Fayad], El Financiero (in Spanish), June 6, 2016, retrieved June 6, 2016