1968 in Mexico

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Incumbents

Aguascalientes
- Enrique Olivares Santana (until November 30)^[1]
- Francisco Guel Jiménez (starting December 1)
Baja California: Raúl Sánchez Díaz Martell
Campeche: Carlos Sansores Pérez
Chiapas: José Castillo Tielemans
Chihuahua: Oscar Flores Sánchez
Coahuila: Braulio Fernández Aguirre
Colima: Pablo Silva García
Durango: Alejandro Páez Urquidi
Guanajuato: Manuel M. Moreno
Guerrero: Raymundo Abarca Alarcón
Hidalgo: Carlos Ramírez Guerrero
Jalisco: Francisco Medina Ascencio
State of Mexico:
Michoacán: Agustín Arriaga/Carlos Gálvez Betancourt
Morelos: Emilio Riva Palacio
Nayarit: Julián Gazcón Mercado
Nuevo León: Eduardo Elizondo
Oaxaca: Rodolfo Brena Torres
Puebla: Aarón Merino Fernández
Querétaro: Juventino Castro Sánchez
San Luis Potosí: Antonio Rocha Cordero
Sinaloa: Leopoldo Sánchez Celis
Sonora: Faustino Félix Serna
Tabasco: Manuel R. Mora Martínez
Tamaulipas: Praxedis Balboa
Tlaxcala: Anselmo Cervantes
Veracruz: Fernando López Arias/Rafael Murillo Vidal
Yucatán: Luis Torres Mesías
Zacatecas: José Rodríguez Elías/Pedro Ruiz González
Regent of the Federal District: Alfonso Corona del Rosal^[2]

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.

February 9
- Ana Colchero, actress and economist
- Alejandra Guzman, singer and actress^[3]
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).

January 15 – Firpo Segura, Mexican boxer and wrestler.
October 2 — Deaths related to the Tlatelolco massacre vary between 26 (official figure), and 325 (Octavio Paz)^[7]
October 30 – Ramon Novarro, Mexican actor (born 1899).

^ 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.
^ "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.
^ "Gloria Trevi". Biography.com. Apr 17, 2019. Retrieved August 24, 2019.
^ "tatiana". Musica.com (in Spanish). Retrieved August 24, 2019.
^ "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.
^ "¿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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