1966 in Mexico

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)