Events in the year 1966 in Mexico.
Incumbents President — Gustavo Díaz Ordaz (1911–1979), president 1964–1970
Cabinet Interior Secretary: Luis Echeverría Álvarez Foreign Affairs Secretary: Antonio Carrillo Flores Defense Secretary: General Marcelino García Barragan Navy Secretary: Antonio Vázquez del Mercado Treasury Secretary: Antonio Ortiz Mena Secretary of Communications and Transportation: José Antonio Padilla Segura Education Secretary: Agustín Yáñez Attorney General of Mexico: Antonio Rocha Cordero Regent of the Federal District Department: Ernesto P. Uruchurtu
Supreme Court President: Agapito Pozo Balbás
Governors
Aguascalientes: Enrique Olivares Santana Baja California: Raúl Sánchez Díaz Martell Campeche: José Ortiz Avila Chiapas: José Castillo Tielemans Chihuahua: Práxedes Ginér Durán Coahuila: Braulio Fernández Aguirre Colima: Francisco Velasco Curiel Durango: Enrique Dupré Ceniceros/Ángel Rodríguez Solórzano Guanajuato: Juan José Torres Landa Guerrero: Raymundo Abarca Alarcón Hidalgo: Carlos Ramírez Guerrero Jalisco: Francisco Medina Ascencio State of Mexico: Juan Fernández Albarrán Michoacán: Agustín Arriaga Morelos: Emilio Riva Palacio Nayarit: Julián Gazcón Mercado Nuevo León: Eduardo Elizondo Oaxaca: Rodolfo Brena Torres Puebla: Antonio Nava Castillo/Aarón Merino Fernández Querétaro: Manuel González Cosío San Luis Potosí: Manuel López Dávila Sinaloa: Leopoldo Sánchez Celis Sonora: Luis Encinas Johnson Tabasco: Manuel R. Mora Martínez Tamaulipas: Praxedis Balboa Tlaxcala: Anselmo Cervantes Veracruz: Fernando López Arias Yucatán: Luis Torres Mesías Zacatecas: José Rodríguez Elías South Territory of Baja California: Rufo Figueroa Figueroa Federal Territory of Quintana Roo: Hugo Cervantes del Río
Awards Belisario Domínguez Medal of Honor – National Prize for Arts and Sciences in History, Social Sciences, and Philosophy: Notable births January 4 – La Parka II, luchador (d. 2020) May 9 – José Aarón Alvarado Nieves, professional wrestler (d. 1999) May 22 – Francisco Blake Mora, politician (d. 2011) July 16 – Arkangel de la Muerte, professional wrestler (d. 2018) July 20 – Enrique Peña Nieto, President of Mexico 2012-2018 August 17 – Daniela Castro, actress and singer October 13 – José Ángel Llamas, actor October 15 – Jorge Campos, Mexican footballer and coach
Notable deaths January 17: Manuel González Serrano, painter (b. 1917)
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