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Historical Events
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1325-03-18 - According to legend, Tenochtitlan is founded on this date. The event is depicted on the Mexican coat of arms.
1519-03-13 - Cortez lands in Mexico
1519-09-02 - 1st Battle of Tehuacingo, San Salvador vs Mexico
1519-09-05 - 2nd Battle of Tehuacingo, Mexico: Hernan Cortes vs Tlascala Aztecs
1519-11-08 - 1st meeting of Montezuma & Hernando Cortes in Mexico
1520-07-14 - Battle of Otumba Mexico: Hernan Cortes & Tlascala's vs Aztecs
1521-08-13 - Spanish conquerors Tenochtitlan (Mexico City) from Aztecs
1522-10-15 - Emperor Karel I names Hernan Cortes governor of Mexico
1536-06-06 - Mexico begins it's inquisition
1540-02-25 - Francisco V squez de Coronado searches for 7 cities of Cibola Mexico
1576-01-20 - The Mexican city of León is founded by order of the viceroy Don Martín Enríquez de Almansa.
1659-12-08 - Mexican border town Ciudad Juárez is founded by Fray García de San Francisco.
1693-07-25 - Ignacio de Maya founds the Real Santiago de las Sabinas, now known as Sabinas Hidalgo, Nuevo León, México.
1790-12-17 - Aztec calendar stone discovered in Mexico City
1792-06-21 - Vancouver meets Spanish ships Sutil & Mexicana off Vancouver, BC
1810-09-16 - Mexico issues Grito de Dolores, which called for the end of Spanish rule Mexican Independence Day celebrates this event
1811-07-30 - Father Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, leader of the Mexican insurgency, is executed by the Spanish in Chihuahua, Mexico.
1813-11-06 - Chilpancingo congress declares Mexico independent of Spain
1815-12-22 - Spaniards execute Mexican revolutionary priest Jose Maria Morelos
1821-01-17 - Mexico permits Moses Austin & 300 US families to settle in Texas
1821-02-24 - Mexico gains independence from Spain
1821-08-23 - Mexico declares independence
1821-09-27 - Mexican Empire declares its independence
1821-09-27 - Revolutionary forces occupy Mexico City as Spanish withdraw
1822-01-05 - Central America proclaims annexation to Mexican Empire
1822-07-25 - Gen Agustin de Iturbide crowned Agustin I, 1st emperor of Mexico
1822-12-12 - Mexico officially recognized as an independent nation by US
1823-01-03 - Stephen F. Austin receives a grant of land in Texas from the government of Mexico.
1823-07-01 - United Provinces of Central America gain independence from Mexico
1824-10-04 - Mexico becomes a republic
1826-12-16 - Benjamin W. Edwards rides into Mexican controlled Nacogdoches, Texas and declares himself ruler of the Republic of Fredonia.
1829-08-25 - Pres Jackson makes an offer to buy Texas, but Mexican govt refuses
1834-01-03 - The government of Mexico imprisons Stephen F. Austin in Mexico City.
1836-02-24 - 3,000 Mexicans attack 182 Texans at Alamo, lasts 13 days
1836-03-02 - Republic of Texas declares independence from Mexico
1836-03-05 - Mexico attacks Alamo
1836-03-06 - 3,000 Mexicans beat 182 Texans at the Alamo, after 13 day fight
1836-04-21 - Battle of San Jacinto, in which Texas wins independence from Mexico
1836-12-28 - Spain recognizes independence of Mexico
1837-10-01 - "Racer's" Hurricane (Gulf of Mexico)
1838-11-30 - Mexico declares war on France
1842-03-05 - Over 500 Mexican troops led by Rafael Vasquez invade Texas, briefly occupy San Antonio and then head back to the Rio Grande.
1845-03-28 - Mexico drops diplomatic relations with US
1845-06-04 - Mexican-US war starts
1846-01-01 - Yucatan declares independence from Mexico
1846-04-25 - Thornton Affair: Open conflict begins over the disputed border of Texas, triggering the Mexican-American War.
1846-05-03 - Mexican army surrounds fort in Texas
1846-05-08 - 1st major battle of Mexican War fought at Palo Alto Texas
1846-05-09 - Battle of Resaca de la Palma-US sends Mexico back to Rio Grande
1846-05-13 - US declares war on Mexico, 2 months after fighting begins
1846-05-24 - Gen Zachary Taylor captures Monterey in Mexican War
1846-06-14 - California declares independence from Mexico
1846-09-25 - US troops under Gen Taylor occupies Monterey Mexico
1847-01-24 - 1,500 New Mexican Indians & Mexicans defeated by US Col Price
1847-02-22 - Battle of Buena Vista: US troops beat Mexican army
1847-02-23 - Battle of Buena Vista Mexico; Zachary Taylor defeats Mexicans
1847-02-28 - US defeats Mexico in battle of Sacramento
1847-03-07 - US General Scott occupies Vera Cruz Mexico
1847-03-29 - 12,000 US troops capture Vera Cruz, Mexico
1847-09-08 - US under Gen Scott defeat Mexicans at Battle of Molino del Rey
1847-09-12 - Mexican-American War: the Battle of Chapultepec begins.
1847-09-13 - American-Mexican war: US Gen Winfield Scott captures Mexico City
1847-09-14 - US Marines under General Scott enter Mexico City (halls of Montezuma)
1848-04-18 - American victory at the battle of Cerro Gordo opens the way for invasion of Mexico.
1848-05-19 - Mexico gives Texas to US, ending the war
1848-07-06 - Mexican-American War ended with the Treaty of Guadaloupe Hidalgo
1851-01-15 - Gen Arista replaces Mexican Pres Herrera
1854-01-18 - Filibuster William Walker proclaims Republic of Sonora in NW Mexico
1854-07-13 - In the Battle of Guaymas, Mexico, General Jose Maria Yanez stops the French invasion led by Count Gaston de Raousset Boulbon.
1855-08-09 - Battle of Acapulco during Mexican Liberal uprising
1857-09-16 - Mexican constitution of force (fiercely attacked by Pope Pius IX)
1858-04-15 - Battle of Azimghur, Mexicans defeat Spanish loyalists
1858-05-04 - War of Reform (Mexico); Liberals establish capital at Vera Cruz
1859-03-18 - Vera Cruz besieged by Miramon (Cons) in Mexican War of Reform
1859-04-06 - US recognizes Liberal government in Mexico's War of Reform
1861-01-01 - Porfirio Diaz conquers Mexico City
1861-01-11 - Mexico City captured by Juarez (Lib) in War of Reform
1862-05-05 - French army intervenes in Puebla, Mexico: Cinco de Mayo
1862-07-27 - Steamer "Golden Gate" burns & sinks off west coast of Mexico
1863-04-30 - Mexican forces attacked the French Foreign Legion in Hacienda Camarón, Mexico.
1863-06-07 - Mexico City captured by French troops
1864-04-10 - Austrian Archduke Maximilian becomes emperor of Mexico
1864-05-29 - Mexican Emperor Maximilian arrives at Vera Cruz
1867-01-11 - Benito Juárez becomes the Mexican president again.
1867-03-12 - Last French troops leave Mexico
1867-06-19 - Maximilian I of the Mexican Empire is executed by a firing squad in Querétaro, Querétaro.
1871-04-30 - Apaches in Arizona surrender to white & Mexican adventurers; 144 die
1874-09-03 - The congress of the state of México elevates Naucalpan to the category of Villa, with the title of "Villa de Juárez".
1877-06-01 - US troops authorized to pursue bandits into Mexico
1880-10-15 - Mexican soldiers kill Victorio, one of the greatest Apache military strategists.
1881-06-24 - 200 drown as train runs off bridge near Cuautla Mexico
1889-07-11 - Tijuana in Mexico becomes a city
1907-11-07 - Dynamite explodes on locomotive kills engineer Jesus Garcia in Mexico
1910-11-20 - Revolution broke out in Mexico, led by Francisco I Madero
1911-03-07 - US sent 20,000 troops to Mexican border
1911-05-18 - Pres/dictator Jose Porfirio Diaz of Mexico term ends
1911-05-25 - Revolution in Mexico overthrows President Jose Porfirio Diaz
1911-11-06 - Francisco Madeiro inaugurated president of Mexico
1911-11-28 - Zapata proclaims Plan of Ayala Mexico
1913-02-09 - -18] 10 Day Tragedy of Mexico-City; 3,000 die
Famous Birthdays
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1651-11-12 - Juana Ines de La Cruz, Mexico, poet/nun/feminist (Primero Sueno)
1731-09-09 - Francisco Javier Clavijero, Mexican writer (d. 1787)
1753-05-08 - Miguel Hidalgo y Castilla, father of Mexican independence
1765-09-30 - José María Morelos, Mexican revolutionary (d. 1815)
1783-09-27 - Agustin I de Iturbide, emperor of Mexico (1822-23)
1786-09-10 - Nicolás Bravo, Mexican politician and soldier (d. 1854)
1786-09-29 - Guadalupe Victoria, 1st President of Mexico (d. 1843)
1794-02-21 - Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna, president of Mexico (1833-36)
1802-07-26 - Mariano Arista, President of Mexico (d. 1855)
1806-03-21 - Benito Pablo Juarez, Oaxaca Mexico, president of Mexico (1858-72)
1824-01-08 - Francisco González Bocanegra, Mexican poet (d. 1861)
1829-03-24 - Ignacio Zaragoza, Mexican general (d. 1862)
1829-07-05 - Ignacio Mariscal, Writer and Mexican diplomat (d. 1910)
1830-09-15 - Jose de la Cruz Porfirio Diaz, president of Mexico (1877-1911)
1832-07-06 - Maximilian F J, archduke of Austria/Emperor of Mexico
1832-10-16 - Vicente Riva Palacio, Mexico, writer/diplomat
1834-11-13 - Ignacio M Altamirano, Mexican author (El Zarco)
1840-06-07 - Charlotte MAAVCL, princess of Belgium/Emperor of Mexico (1864-67)
1849-08-27 - Manuel Acuna, Mexican poet (Nocturno)
1851-02-02 - José Guadalupe Posada, Mexican artist (d. 1913)
1853-12-14 - Salvador Diaz Miron, Mexican poet (Los Cien Mejores Poemas)
1859-12-29 - Venustiano Carranza, pres of Mexico (1915-20)
1862-02-05 - Felipe Villanueva y Gutierrez, Mexico, composer
1870-08-27 - Amado Nervo, [Juan C Ruiz de Nervo], Mexican writer/poet
1871-04-03 - Jose Juan Tablada, Mexican poet (El Florilegio)
1873-01-01 - Mariano Azuela, Mexico, novelist (The Flies, The Bosses)
1873-10-30 - Francisco Madero, Mexico, revolutionary, president (1911-13)
1877-09-25 - Plutarco Elias Calles, Mexican revolutionary, president (1924-28)
1877-10-04 - Pancho Villa, [Doroteo Arango], Mexico, revolutionary rebel [or 6/25]
1878-04-26 - Saint Rafael Guízar Valencia, Mexican Catholic bishop
1878-06-05 - [Francisco] Pancho Villa, Mexico, revolutionary/guerrilla leader
1879-08-08 - Emiliano Zapata, Mexican revolutionary, peasant leader
1880-02-17 - Alvaro Obregon, general/president Mexico (1920-24)
1881-09-28 - Pedro De Cordoba, NYC, actor (Mexican Hayride, Before I Hang)
1882-01-10 - Charles Trowbridge, Vera Cruz Mexico, actor (Fatal Hour)
1882-02-28 - Jose Vasconcelos, Oaxaca Mexico, politician/essayist/philosopher
1882-12-08 - Manuel Maria Ponce, Fresnillo Mexico, composer (Estrellita)
1883-11-23 - Jose Clemente Orozco, Mexico, painter (Epic of Culture in New World)
1886-12-08 - Diego Rivera, [Lenin of Mexico], Mexico, painter/wife of Frida Kahlo
1887-10-06 - MartinLuis Guzman, Mexico, novelist (Eagle & the Serpent)
1887-10-22 - John Reed, journalist who reported on Mexican, Russian revolutions
1888-06-15 - Ramon Lopez Velarde, Mexican poet (La Sangre Devota)
1889-05-17 - Alfonso Reyes, Mexican poet/historian/diplomat (Higenia Cruel)
1890-12-30 - Adolfo Ruiz Cortines, President of Mexico (d. 1973)
1895-02-14 - Nigel Bruce, Baja Mexico, actor (Son of Lassie, Spider Woman)
1895-09-08 - Sara García, Mexican actress (d. 1980)
1895-11-17 - Gregorio López y Fuentes, Mexican author (d. 1966)
1896-12-29 - David Alfaro Siqueiros, Mexico, painter/muralist (Lib of Chile)
1897-01-16 - Carlos Pellicer, Mexican poet (d. 1977)
1897-04-24 - Manuel Ávila Camacho, President of Mexico (d. 1955)
1899-02-06 - Ramon Novarro, [Jose RG Samaniegos], Durango Mexico, actor (Ben Hur)
1899-06-13 - Carlos Chavez, Mexico City, conductor/composer (Sinfonia India)
1899-08-26 - Rufino Tamayo, Mexican painter
1899-11-04 - Carlos Pellicer, Mexican museum director/poet (Teotihuacan)
1899-12-31 - Silvestre Revueltas, Santiago Papasquiaro Mexico, composer (Sensemaya)
1900-09-29 - Miguel Alemán Valdés, President of Mexico (d. 1983)
1901-02-20 - Henry Eyring, Mexican/US chemist
1902-01-26 - Romney Brent, Saltillo Mexico, actor/writer (Dinner at the Ritz)
1902-04-17 - Jaime Torres Bodet, Mexican politician (d. 1974)
1902-09-27 - Miguel Aleman Valdes, Mexican attorney/president (1946-52)
1903-08-27 - Xavier Villaurrutia, Mexican poet (Nocturno de los Angeles)
1903-12-10 - George J Lewis, Guadalajara Mexico, sacotr (Don-Zorro)
1904-03-26 - Emilio Fernandez, El Seco Mexico, director (La Choca, Flor Silvestre)
1904-07-30 - Salvador Novo, Mexican writer (d. 1974)
1906-03-26 - Rafael Mendez, Mexican trumpetist (d. 1981)
1906-11-29 - Luis Van Rooten, Mexico City Mexico, actor (One Man's Family)
1907-07-06 - M C Frida Kahlo, Mexican painter/wife of Diego Rivera
1908-01-12 - Jose Limon, Mexican/US dancer (I, Odysseus)
1908-05-08 - Arturo De Cordova, [Rodriguez], Merida Mexico, actor (Medal for Benny)
1910-02-03 - Blas Galindo Dimas, San Gabriel Mexico, composer (A la Patria)
1910-05-26 - Adolfo Lopez Mateos, president of Mexico
1911-02-20 - Robert Guyn McBride, Tucson Arizona, composer (Mexican Rhapsody)
1911-03-12 - Gustavo Diaz Ordaz, president of Mexico
1911-03-20 - Alfonso García Robles, Mexican diplomat and Nobel laureate (d. 1991)
1911-08-12 - Cantinflas, [Mario Moreno], Mexico, actor (Around World in 80 Days)
1911-11-30 - Jorge Negrete, Mexican singer and actor (d. 1953)
1912-05-09 - Pedro Armendariz, Mexico, actor (From Russia With Love)
1912-06-29 - Jose Pablo Moncayo Garcia, Guadalajara Mexico, composer (Huapango)
1914-03-31 - Octavio Paz, Mexico, writer/diplomat (Salamandra, Topoemas)
1914-04-08 - María Félix, Mexican actress (d. 2002)
1915-04-21 - Anthony Quinn, Mexico, actor, Zorba the Greek, Lawrence of Arabia)
1915-09-19 - Germán Valdés, Mexican actor, singer and comedian (d. 1973)
1917-02-17 - Guillermo González Camarena, Mexican inventor (d. 1965)
1918-05-16 - Juan Rulfo, Mexican writer (Pedro Paramo)
1918-05-30 - Guadalupe "Pita" Amor, Mexican poet (d. 2000)
1918-09-05 - Luis Alcoriza, Mexican screenwriter, film director, and actor (d. 1992)
1919-04-17 - Chavela Vargas, Costa Rican-Mexican singer
1919-05-17 - Antonio Aguilar, Mexican singer and actor (d. 2007)
1919-08-24 - Enrique Llanes, Mexican professional wrestler (d. 2004)
1920-06-16 - José López Portillo, President of Mexico (d. 2004)
1920-07-29 - Rodolfo Acosta, Chihuahua Mexico, actor (Passion, Littlest Outlaw)
1922-01-17 - Luis Echeverria Alvarez, president Mexico
1922-03-12 - Jack Kerouac, Beat writer (On the Road, Mexico Blues)
1923-07-23 - Amalia Mendoza, Mexican singer (d. 2001)
1923-11-13 - Linda Christian, Tampico, Mexico, actress (Athena, VIPs, Battle Zone)
1924-01-16 - Katy Jurado, Mexico, actress (High Noon, Trapeze, Barabbas, AKA Pablo)
1924-08-29 - Consuelo Velázquez, Mexican songwriter (d. 2005)
1925-03-16 - Luis E. Miramontes, Mexican chemist, co-inventor of the combined oral contraceptive pill (d. 2004)
1925-06-15 - Jaime Sabines, Mexican poet (Tarumba, Maltiempes)
1928-07-27 - Karloff Lagarde, Mexican lucha libre wrestler (d. 2007)
Famous Deaths
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1548-06-03 - Juan de Zumárraga, Spanish Catholic bishop of Mexico (b. 1468)
1596-12-08 - Luis de Carabajal, 1st Jewish author in America, executed in Mexico
1639-08-04 - Juan R Alarcon y Mendoza, Mexican/Spanish playwright, dies at 58
1678-08-05 - Juan García de Zéspedes, Mexican musician and composer (b. 1619)
1695-04-27 - Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz, [Asbaje], Mexican poetress/nun, dies at 44
1811-07-27 - Miguel Hidalgo y Castilla, Mexican priest/freedom fighter, executed
1811-07-31 - Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, Mexican hero priest, executed by Spanish
1815-12-22 - Jose Maria Morelos, Mexican revolutionary priest executed by Spaniards
1829-03-02 - Josefa Ortiz de Domínguez, conspirator and supporter of the Mexican War of Independence (b. 1768)
1831-02-14 - Vincente Guerrero, Mexican revolutionary hero, dies
1843-03-21 - Guadalupe Victoria, first President of Mexico (b. 1786)
1851-07-05 - Juanita, Mexican, lynched by Calif gold diggers
1854-04-22 - Nicolás Bravo, Mexican politician and soldier (b. 1786)
1855-08-07 - Mariano Arista, President of Mexico (b. 1802)
1861-04-11 - Francisco González Bocanegra, Mexican poet (b. 1824)
1867-06-19 - Maximilian F J, Austrian arch duke/Emperor of Mexico, dies
1873-12-06 - Manuel Acuna, Mexican poet (Ante un Cadaver), dies at 24
1876-06-20 - Antonio L de Santa Ana, pres Mexico, dies at 79
1876-06-21 - Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna, Mexican general (took Alamo), dies at 79
1880-01-08 - [Joshua] Norton I, Emperor of US/Protector of Mexico, dies at 60
1880-10-14 - Victorio, Apache chief/murderer, killed by Mexican army
1893-02-13 - Ignacio M Altamirano, Mexican author (El Zarco), dies at 58
1913-02-22 - Suarez, Mexican vice pres, assassinated in a miltary coup
1915-06-18 - Eufemio Zapata, brother to Mexican revolutionist Emiliano Zapata, killed by Sidronio Comancho
1915-07-02 - Gen Porfirio [Jose de la Cruz] Diaz, president Mexico, dies
1918-07-25 - Carlos Guido y Spano, Argentine poet (Mexico, canto epico), dies
1919-04-10 - Emiliano Zapata, Mexican leader, murdered at 39
1919-05-24 - Amado Nervo, [Juan C Ruiz de Nervo], Mexican poet, dies at 48
1920-03-20 - Venustiano Carranza, president Mexico (1915-20), murdered at 60
1921-06-19 - Ramon Lopez Velarde, Mexican poet (La Sangre Devota), dies at 33
1922-11-21 - Ricardo Flores Magón, Mexican anarchist (b. 1874).
1923-07-20 - Pancho Villa, [Doroteo Arango], Mexican rebel, murdered at 55
1927-01-19 - Charlotte MAAVCL, princess of Belg/emp of Mexico (1864-67), dies at 86
1927-01-19 - Empress Carlotta of Mexico (b. 1840)
1928-06-12 - Salvador Diaz Miron, Mexicans poet, dies
1928-07-17 - Alvaro Obregon, general/pres of Mexico, assassinated
1940-01-05 - Tina Modotti, [Maria del Carmen], Ital/Mexican communist, dies at 46
1940-10-05 - Silvestre Revueltas, Mexican composer: Cuauhnahuac/Planos, dies at 40
1941-08-02 - Jose Juan Tablada, Mexican poet (La Feria), dies at 70
1944-06-25 - Lucha Reyes, Mexican singer (b. 1906)
1948-04-24 - Manuel Marua Ponce, Mexican composer (Ferial), dies at 65
1948-07-15 - John J Pershing, [Black Jack], US general (Mexico, WW I), dies at 87
1949-09-07 - José Clemente Orozco, Mexican painter (b. 1883)
1950-12-25 - Xavier Villaurrutia, Mexican poet (Nostalgia de la muerte), dies at 47
1952-03-01 - Mariano Azuela, Mexican novelist (b. 1873)
1953-12-05 - Jorge Negrete, Mexican singer and actor (b. 1911)
1954-07-13 - M C Frida Kahlo, Mexican painter/wife of Diego Rivera, dies at 47
1955-10-13 - Manuel Ávila Camacho, President of Mexico (b. 1897)
1957-02-04 - Miguel Covarrubias, Mexican illustrator, dies
1957-04-15 - Pedro Infante, Mexican actor and singer (b. 1917)
1957-11-24 - Diego Rivera, Mexican painter (b. 1886)
1959-06-30 - José Vasconcelos, Mexican writer and politician (b. 1882)
1959-12-27 - Alfonso Reyes, Mexican poet/historian/diplomat, dies at 70
1962-11-01 - Ricardo Rodríguez, Mexican racing driver (b. 1942)
1963-06-18 - Pedro Armendáriz, Mexican actor (b. 1912)
1965-04-18 - Guillermo González Camarena, Mexican inventor (b. 1917)
1966-12-18 - Gene Gauntier, dies in Cuernavaca Mexico
1969-02-21 - Jose de Capriles, Mexican-born US Olympic fencer, dies
1969-09-22 - Adolfo Lopez Mateos, president of Mexico, dies at 59
1970-11-06 - Agustín Lara, Mexican composer and poet (b. 1900)
1971-07-11 - Pedro Rodríguez, Mexican racing driver (b. 1940)
1972-12-02 - Jose Limon, Mexican/US dancer (moor's pavane), dies at 64
1973-06-29 - Germán Valdés, Mexican actor (b. 1915)
1974-01-06 - David Alfaro Siqueiros, Mexican sculptor/muralist, dies at 77
1974-01-13 - Salvador Novo, Mexican writer and poet (b. 1904)
1974-05-13 - Jaime Torres Bodet, Mexican writer (b. 1902)
1974-08-07 - Rosario Castellanos, Mexican poet (b. 1925)
1974-08-20 - Ilona Massey, actress (Love HAppy, Holiday in Mexico), dies at 62
1976-04-14 - José Revueltas, Mexican writer (b. 1914)
1978-08-02 - Carlos Chavez y Ramires, Mexican composer, dies at 79
1979-07-15 - Gustavo Díaz Ordaz, President of Mexico (b. 1911)
1982-08-12 - Salvador Sanchez, Mexican boxer (b. 1959)
1983-05-14 - Miguel Aleman Valdes, attorney/pres of Mexico (1946-52), dies at 80
1983-12-07 - Fanny Cano, Mexican actress (b. 1944)
1988-08-08 - Ramón Valdés, Mexican actor (b. 1923)
1988-11-22 - Luis Barragán, Mexican architect (b. 1908)
1989-10-23 - Armida, Mexican-American stage, vaudeville and film actress (b. 1911)
1990-11-05 - Bobby Nunn, US bassist (Coasters-Down in Mexico), dies at about 65
1991-06-24 - Rufino Tamayo, Mexican painter, dies at 91
1991-09-02 - Alfonso Garcia Robles, Mexican foreign minister (Nobel 1982), dies
1992-05-16 - Chalino Sanchez, Mexican musician (b, 1960)
1992-09-22 - Aurelio López, Mexican baseball player (b. 1948)
1993-04-20 - Cantinflas, [Mario Moreno], Mexican actor (Pepe), dies at 81
1993-05-13 - Borolas, [Joaquin Garcia], Mexican comedian (Santa Sangre), dies at 71
1993-05-13 - Joaquin Garcia, Mexican comic actor, dies of heart attack at 71
1993-05-24 - Jesus Posadas Ocampo, Mexican cardinal/archbishop, shot dead at 66
1994-03-23 - Luis Donaldo Colosio, Mexican pres candidate, assassinated at 44
1994-03-24 - Luis Donaldo Colosio, Mexican politician, assassinated
1994-05-15 - Gilbert Roland, Mexican/US actor (Armand in Camille), dies at 88
1994-09-28 - Jose Francisco Ruiz Massieu, Mexican PRI-politician, murdered at 48
1995-01-04 - Eduardo Mata, Mexican conductor, dies in air crash at 52
1995-03-31 - Selena, Mexican Grammy winning singer, killed by a fan at 24
1997-06-21 - Fidel Velázquez Sánchez, Mexican labour leader (b. 1900)
1998-04-19 - Octavio Paz, Mexican diplomat and writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1914)
1999-03-19 - Jaime Sabines, Mexican poet (b. 1926)
1999-06-07 - Paco Stanley, Mexican TV entertainer (b. 1942)
2000-05-08 - Guadalupe "Pita" Amor, Mexican poet (b. 1918)
2000-09-23 - Aurelio Rodríguez, Mexican Major League Baseball player (b. 1947)
2001-06-03 - Anthony Quinn, Mexican-born actor (b. 1915)
2001-06-11 - Amalia Mendoza, Mexican singer (b. 1923)
