1928 in Mexico
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Events from the year 1928 in Mexico
Incumbents
[edit]Federal government
[edit]- President:
- Plutarco Elías Calles (until November 30)
- Emilio Portes Gil (starting December 1)
- Interior Secretary (SEGOB):
- Secretary of Foreign Affairs (SRE):
- Communications Secretary (SCT):
- Education Secretary (SEP):
Supreme Court
[edit]- President of the Supreme Court:
Governors
[edit]- Aguascalientes: Isaac Díaz de León (1926-1928), Alberto Díaz de León Bocanegra (1928), Benjamín de la Mora (1928), Manuel Carpio Velázquez (1928-1929)
- Campeche: Silvestre Pavón Silva (1927-1928), Pedro Tello Andueza (1928), Ramiro Bojórquez Castillo (1928-1931)
- Chiapas: Federico Martínez Rojas (1927–1928), Amador Coutiño (1928), Rosendo Delabre Santeliz (1928), Raymundo E. Enríquez (1928-1929)
- Chihuahua: Fernando Orozco (1927-1928), Marcelo Caraveo (1928-1929)
- Coahuila: Manuel Pérez Treviño
- Colima: Laureano Cervantes
- Durango:
- Guanajuato: Agustín Arroyo
- Guerrero: Héctor F. López (1925–1928), Enrique Martínez (1928), Adrián Castrejón National Revolutionary Party (1928–1933)
- Hidalgo: Matías Rodríguez
- Jalisco:
- State of Mexico: Carlos Riva Palacio
- Michoacán: : Enrique Ramírez Aviña (1924–1928), Lázaro Cárdenas (1928–1929)
- Morelos: Ambrosio Puente (interim)[1]
- Nayarit: José de la Peña Ledón
- Nuevo León: José Benítez
- Oaxaca: Genaro V. Vázquez (1925–1928), Francisco López Cortés (1928–1932)
- Puebla: Donato Bravo Izquierdo
- Querétaro: Abraham Araujo
- San Luis Potosí: Saturnino Cedillo
- Sinaloa: vacant
- Sonora: Fausto Topete
- Tabasco: Tomás Taracena Hernández
- Tamaulipas: Juan Rincón
- Tlaxcala:
- Veracruz: Abel S. Rodríguez (1927-1928), Adalberto Tejeda Olivares (Second Term, 1928-1932)
- Yucatán: Álvaro Torre Díaz
- Zacatecas: Leobardo C. Ruiz
Events
[edit]- July 1: 1928 Mexican general election: Álvaro Obregón is elected president for a second time.[2]
- July 17: Cristero War: José de León Toral, a Roman Catholic who supported the Cristeros, assassinates Álvaro Obregón.[2]
- December 1: Emilio Portes Gil becomes president.
Sports
[edit]- 1927–28 Primera Fuerza season, won by Club América.
- Mexico at the 1928 Summer Olympics
- Mexico at the 1928 Winter Olympics
Births
[edit]- March 19 – Josefina Leiner, actress (d. 2017).
- March 30 – Lilia Prado, actress during the Golden Age of Mexican Cine; (d. 2006)
- April 23 – Olga Harmony, playwright and drama teacher at the Escuela Nacional Preparatoria; (d. 2018).
- April 28 – Evangelina Elizondo, actress (Premio Arlequín 2014; voice of Cinderella in the Walt Disney film), (d. October 2, 2017).
- May 24 – Jacobo Zabludovsky, television anchor (24 Horas), (d. July 2, 2015).
- July 21 – Josefina Echánove, actress, model and journalist
- August 23 – Heberto Castillo, civil engineer and politician from Veracruz; (d. 1997)
- October 5 – Enrique González Rojo Jr., poet, philosopher and teacher (d. March 5, 2021)[3]
- October 7 – Sergio Corona, actor from Hidalgo
- October 24 – Rafael Barraza Sánchez, bishop of Mazatlan (1981-2005), born in Durango; (d. 2020)
- December 25 – Juan Robinson Bours, businessman from Ciudad Obregón, Sonora (d. 2017).
- Date unknown
- Jacinto Contreras Martínez, polítician (d. May 20, 2018).
- Melquiades Sánchez Orozco, journalist and radio announcer (d. November 4, 2018)
- Luisa Josefina Hernández, writer and playwright
Deaths
[edit]- February 10 – José Sánchez del Río, Mexican Cristero (b. 1913)
- February 25 – Toribio Romo González, Roman Catholic priest (b. 1900)
- April 22 – José Mora y del Río, Archbishop of Mexico, died in exile in San Antonio, TX; (b. 1854 in Michoacan)[4]
- July 1 – Atilano Cruz Alvarado, Saint of the Cristero War (b. 1901)[5]
- July 12 – Emilio Carranza, pilot (b. Coahuila 1905)
- July 17 – Álvaro Obregón, 39th President of Mexico; assassinated after being reelected in 1928 (b. 1880)[6]
References
[edit]- ^ "Gobernadores". Gobierno de Morelos. Retrieved March 11, 2021.
- ^ a b "Álvaro Obregón" (in Spanish). Biografias y Vidas. Retrieved May 29, 2019.
- ^ "Fue homenajeado el poeta Enrique González Rojo por cumplir 80 años". LIBRO CLUB @ Ecatepec. 5 October 2008. Retrieved March 11, 2021.
- ^ "Archbishop José Mora y del Rio [Catholic-Hierarchy]". www.catholic-hierarchy.org. Retrieved September 1, 2020.
- ^ "San Atilano Cruz Alvarado, Pbro | El Camino de los Mártires" (in Spanish). Camino de los Martires. Archived from the original on April 13, 2020. Retrieved September 1, 2020.
- ^ "Álvaro Obregón" (in Spanish). Biografias y Vidas. Retrieved May 29, 2019.
