2006 in Mexico

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Events in the year 2006 in Mexico.

Incumbents

• President - Vicente Fox until November 30, Felipe Calderón

Events

• February 4 - Sheraton Maria Isabel Hotel and Towers incident.
• February 19 - Pasta de Conchos mine disaster
• July 2 – 2006 Mexican elections
• November 10 — The government of Mexico City approves a law on civil unions, becoming the first local government to allow same sex unions in Mexico.

Popular culture

Film

Main article: Mexican films of 2006

• Una película de huevos
• Efectos secundarios — September 1
• Pretendiendo
• Pan's Labyrinth — October 1
• Así del precipicio
• Cansada de besar sapos — December

TV

Telenovelas

• Heridas de Amor
• La fea más bella
• Código postal — May 22

Notable deaths

• January 1 – Mapita Cortés, 75, Puerto Rican-born actress of the cinema of Mexico
• January 13 – Raúl Anguiano, 90, painter and muralist, heart failure.
• February 10 – Juan Soriano, 85, painter and sculptor.
• February 12 – Juan Sánchez-Navarro y Peón, 92, entrepreneur and co-founder of the National Action Party.
• March 7 – Ludwik Margules, 72, theatre director, cancer. [1]
• March 29 – Salvador Elizondo, 73, writer. [2]
• April 5 – Armando Labra, 62, economist. [3]
• April 20 – Miguel Zacarías Nogaim, 101, film director. [4]
• April 30 – Beatriz Sheridan, 71, actress and director, heart attack.
• May 4 – Valentin Trujillo, 55, actor, heart attack.
• May 22 – Lilia Prado, 78, actress, multiple organ failure. [5]
• May 23 – Ángel Fernández, 80, sports broadcaster, renal failure.[6]
• July 10 – Blanca Torres, 78, actress, thromboembolia.
• August 4 – Julio Galán, 47, painter
• October 9 – Mario Moya Palencia, 73, politician, heart attack.
• October 24 – Rafael Ramírez Heredia, 67, writer, lung cancer. [7]
• November 1 – Daniel García "Huracán Ramírez", 80, wrestler, heart attack. [8]
• November 6 – Miguel Aceves Mejía, 90, singer, bronchitis. [9]
• November 19 – Francisco Quirós Hermosillo, General. Cancer. [10]
• November 23 – Jesús Blancornelas, 70, journalist, cancer. [11]

See also

• 2006 Oaxaca protests