Events in the year 1958 in Mexico.
Incumbents Federal government President: Adolfo Ruiz Cortines (until November 30), Adolfo López Mateos (starting December 1) Interior Secretary (SEGOB): Ángel Carvajal Bernal (until November 30), Gustavo Díaz Ordaz (starting December 1) Secretary of Foreign Affairs (SRE): Luis Padilla Nervo/Manuel Tello Baurraud Communications Secretary (SCT): Walter Cross Buchanan Education Secretary (SEP): José Ángel Ceniceros Secretary of Defense (SEDENA): Matias Ramos Secretary of Navy: Roberto Gómez Maqueo/Héctor Meixueiro/Manuel Zermeño Araico Secretary of Labor and Social Welfare: Salomón González Blanco
Supreme Court
President of the Supreme Court: Agapito Pozo Balbás
Governors
Aguascalientes: Luis Ortega Douglas Baja California: Braulio Maldonado Sández Campeche: Alberto Trueba Urbina Chiapas: Efraín Aranda Osorio/Samuel León Brindis Chihuahua: Teófilo Borunda Coahuila: Raúl Madero González Colima: Rodolfo Chávez Carrillo Durango: Francisco González de la Vega Guanajuato: J. Jesús Rodríguez Gaona Guerrero: Raúl Caballero Aburto Hidalgo: Alfonso Corona del Rosal Jalisco: Agustín Yáñez State of Mexico: Gustavo Baz Prada Michoacán: David Franco Rodríguez Morelos: Norberto López Avelar Nayarit: Francisco García Montero Nuevo León: Raúl Rangel Frías Oaxaca: Alfonso Pérez Gasca Puebla: Fausto M. Ortega Querétaro: Juan C. Gorraéz San Luis Potosí: Manuel Álvarez Sinaloa: Gabriel Leyva Velásquez Sonora: Álvaro Obregón Tapia Tabasco: Miguel Orrico de los Llanos Tamaulipas: Norberto Treviño Zapata Tlaxcala: Joaquín Cisneros Molina Veracruz: Antonio María Quirasco Yucatán: Víctor Mena Palomo/Agustín Franco Aguilar Zacatecas: Francisco E. García Regent of the Federal District: Ernesto P. Uruchurtu
Events
Diego Rivera donates Frida Kahlo's childhood home and its contents in order to turn it into the Frida Kahlo Museum. The Aurrerá grocery chain starts operating. Hotel chain Camino Real Hotels is founded. July 6: 1958 Mexican general election. Conflicto_entre_Guatemala_y_M%C3%A9xico_(1958-1959)
Awards Belisario Domínguez Medal of Honor – Heriberto Jara Corona
Births February 16 — Fernando Ortega Bernés, 16th Governor of Campeche 2009-2015 April 30 — Guillermo Capetillo, bullfighter and voice actor May 3 — Rutilio Escandón, lawyer and Governor of Chiapas 2018-2024 May 17 – Gus Rodríguez, Mexican writer, director and video game journalist (d. April 11, 2020)Muere Gus Rodríguez, escritor, conductor y gamer, confirmó su amigo Eugenio Derbez June 10 — Alfredo Adame, actor and producer June 22 — Rocío Banquells, Mexican pop singer and actress July 3 — Héctor Astudillo Flores, lawyer and politician (PRI), Governor of Guerrero starting 2015 July 26 – Jesús Barrero, actor and voice actor (Saint Seiya) (d. 2016). September 27 – Faustino López Vargas, politician (d. 2022)Senator from Tamaulipas, Faustino López Vargas dies in a car accident in Zacatecas October 3 — Francisco Rojas San Román, politician (Deputy from the State of Mexico, 2009-2012) (d. 2018). October 5 — Manuel Landeta, singer and soap opera actor October 24 — José Manuel Mireles Valverde, doctor and paramilitary leader (d. 2020) November 14 — Sergio Goyri, actor Date unknown Abril Campillo, actress; breast cancer (d. 2017).
Deaths
Film
List of Mexican films of 1958
Sport
1957–58 Mexican Primera División season. Leones de Yucatán win the Mexican League. Salamanca F.C. and Alacranes de Durango are founded.
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