1920 in Mexico
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Events in the year 1920 in Mexico.
Incumbents
Federal government
- President: Venustiano Carranza until May 21, Adolfo de la Huerta, Alvaro Obregon from December 1
- Secretary of War and Navy: Benjamín G. Hill
- Secretary of the Interior: Gilberto Valenzuela, José Inociencio Lugo, Plutarco Elias Calles from December 1
Governors
Events
- January 3: The 7.8 Ms Veracruz earthquake affected the eastern part of the country with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X–XII. Between 648–4,000 were killed and 167 were injured.
- April 23: Plan of Agua Prieta is proclaimed; rebellion against Venustiano Carranza commences.
- June 1: Adolfo de la Huerta becomes provisional president.
- September 5: Federal elections.
- December 1: Álvaro Obregón becomes president after winning the federal election.
Popular culture
Film
- Hasta después de la muerte
- El Zarco or Los Plateados
Notable births
- January 14 – Chava Flores, musical chronicler Álbum de Oro de la Canción and composer (Dos horas de balazos and La tertulia) (d. August 5, 1987)[1]
- February 13 – Carlos Quintero Arce, Mexican Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Hermosillo (1968–1996)
- April 20 — José de las Fuentes Rodríguez, lawyer and politician (PRI); Governor of Coahuila 1981–1987 (d. 2011)
- June 16 – José López Portillo, president of Mexico (1970–1976)
- July 29 – Rodolfo Acosta, television actor
- November 25 – Ricardo Montalbán, actor (died 2009)
Notable deaths
- May 21 – President Venustiano Carranza (b. 1859) is assassinated by Rodolfo Herrero.[2]
- June 2 — Francisco Plancarte y Navarrete, archaeologist and archbishop of Monterrey, 1911-1920 (b. 1856)[3]
- December 14 – Gen. Benjamín Hill, Secretary of War, dies in suspicious circumstances. (b. 1877)[4]
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References
- A cien años del natalicio de Chava Flores, el cronista musical La Jornada, 14 Jan 2020
- "Venustiano Carranza" (in Spanish). La Historia de Mexico. Retrieved May 29, 2019.
- "Michoacán en la colección de Francisco Plancarte" [Michoacán in the collection of Francisco Plancarte] (in Spanish). Museo Nacional de Antropologia. Retrieved May 29, 2019.
- "General de División: BENJAMIN G. HILL (1877-1920)" [Division General: BENJAMIN G. HILL (1877-1920)] (in Spanish). SEDENA. Retrieved May 29, 2019.
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