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Events in the year 1968 in Mexico .
Incumbents Federal government Supreme Court President of the Supreme Court: Agapito Pozo Balbás Governors Events October 2 – around 10,000 university and high school students gathered in the
Plaza de las Tres Culturas to protest the government's actions and listen peacefully to speeches then the national guard attacked the demonstrations thus generating the
Tlatelolco massacre .
October 12 – October 27 – The Games of the
XIX Olympiad are held in Mexico City.
October 16 – In Mexico City, black American athletes
Tommie Smith and
John Carlos raise their arms in a black power salute after winning, respectively, the gold and bronze medals in the Olympic men's 200 metres. Awards Notable births February 9
February 15 –
Gloria Trevi , singer and actress
[4]
April 18 —
Cuitláhuac García Jiménez , politician (
Morena );
Governor of Veracruz starting
2018
June 30 —
Rafael Moreno Valle Rosas ,
Governor of Puebla 2011-2017 (d.
2018 )
July 15 –
Leticia Calderon , actress
July 27 –
Jorge Salinas , actor
August 11 —
Rolando Zapata Bello , politician (PRI);
Governor of Yucatán 2012–2018
September 22 –
Eve Gil , writer
November 7 –
Ignacio Padilla , writer, co-founder of
Crack Movement (d. August 20, 2016).
November 11 —
Miguel Márquez Márquez ,
Governor of Guanajuato 2012-2018
November 28 –
Ana Maria Alvarado , journalist
December 12 –
Tatiana , singer
[5]
December 17 –
Claudio Suarez , former soccer player (
FIFA World Cup 1994, 1998, 2006)
[6]
Date unknown — Rubén Díaz Alcántara, Catholic priest, (d.
2018 ). Notable deaths References
^ Rodriguez Medina, Carolos Sinoe (7 November 2018).
"» Enrique Olivares Santana: el hombre del siglo en Aguascalientes" . Crisol Hoy (in Mexican Spanish). Retrieved August 28, 2020 .
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"Falleció Alfonso Corona del Rosal, ex líder del PRI" . El Universal (in Spanish). 31 Dec 2000. Retrieved August 28, 2020 .
^ Thom Jurek.
"Alejandra Guzman" . All Music.com . Retrieved August 24, 2019 .
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"Gloria Trevi" . Biography.com . Apr 17, 2019. Retrieved August 24, 2019 .
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"tatiana" . Musica.com (in Spanish). Retrieved August 24, 2019 .
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"Los 10 de Marca Claro, #8 Claudio Suarez" [The 10 best of Marca Claro, #8 Claudio Suarez]. Marca Claro (in Spanish). Retrieved August 24, 2019 .
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"¿Cuántos muertos hubo el 2 de octubre de 1968 en Tlatelolco?" [How many deaths were there on October 2, 1968 in Tlatelolco?]. Publimetro.com.mx (in Spanish). Oct 2, 2018. Retrieved Aug 24, 2019 .
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