Events in the year 1938 in Mexico.
Incumbents Federal government President: Lázaro Cárdenas Interior Secretary (SEGOB): Silvestre Guerrero; Ignacio García Téllez Secretary of Foreign Affairs (SRE): Eduardo Hay Communications Secretary (SCT): Francisco J. Múgica Education Secretary (SEP): Gonzalo Vázquez Vela Secretary of Defense (SEDENA): Manuel Ávila CamachoLaFrance, David G. "Manuel Ávila Camacho" in Encyclopedia of Mexico, Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn 1997, p. 116.
Supreme Court
President of the Supreme Court: Daniel V. Valencia
Governors Aguascalientes: Enrique Osorio Camarena/Juan G. Alvarado Lavallade Campeche: Eduardo Mena Córdova Chiapas: Victórico R. Grajales/Efraín A. Gutiérrez Chihuahua: Rodrigo M. Quevedo Coahuila: Jesús Valdez Sánchez Colima: Miguel G. Santa Ana Durango: Enrique R. Calderón Guanajuato: José Inocente Lugo Guerrero: José Inocente Lugo Hidalgo: Ernesto Viveros Jalisco: Everardo Topete State of Mexico: Eucario López Michoacán: Rafael Ordorica/Gildardo Magaña Morelos: José Refugio Bustamante Nayarit: Joaquín Cardoso Nuevo León: Gregorio Morales Sánchez/Anacleto Guerrero Guajardo Oaxaca: Anastasio García Toledo/Constantino Chapital Puebla: Gustavo Ariza Querétaro: Ramón Rodríguez Familiar San Luis Potosí: Mateo Fernández Netro Sinaloa: Manuel Páez Sonora: Ramón Ramos Tabasco: Víctor Fernández Manero Tamaulipas: Enrique Canseco Tlaxcala: Adolfo Bonilla Veracruz: Miguel Alemán Valdés Yucatán: / Zacatecas: Matías Ramos
Events March 18 – Mexico nationalizes all foreign-owned oil properties within its borders.
Popular culture
Sports 1938–39 Primera Fuerza season
Music
Film Beautiful Mexico, musical directed by and starring Ramón Pereda, with Adriana Lamar and Antonio R. FraustoAndrew Grant Wood. Agustin Lara: A Cultural Biography. OUP USA, 2014. Page 285
Literature José Rubén Romero — La vida inútil de Pito Pérez
Births 12 February — Pilar Pellicer, actress (d. 2020) 4 May — Carlos Monsiváis, philosopher (d. 2010) 20 August Jacqueline Andere, actress Irma González, wrestler
Deaths 19 October – Niño Fidencio, Roman Catholic priest and saint (b. 1898)
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