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1982 in Mexico

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Events in the year 1982 in Mexico.

Incumbents

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  • President of the Supreme Court: Mario G. Rebolledo Fernández then Jorge Iñárritu y Ramírez de Aguilar

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Events

  • Museo Nacional de Arte is founded.
  • March – Reino Aventura opens
  • March 31 – 14 killed, 100 injured, and 15,000 others suffer the effects of the eruption of the Chichonal volcano, in Francisco León, Chiapas, 100 km from Villahermosa.{{citation|title=14 muertos por la erupción de un volcán en México|url=https://elpais.com/diario/1982/03/31/internacional/386373616_850215.html|newspaper=El Pais|location=Mexico City|date=March 31, 1982|accessdate=March 27, 2019|language=Spanish|trans-title=14 killed by the eruption of a volcano in Mexico}}
  • July 4 – 1982 Mexican general election
  • August 12 – Mexico announces it is unable to pay its large foreign debt, triggering a debt crisis that quickly spread throughout Latin America.
  • September 1 – During his last government report, president José López Portillo nationalizes banks.

Awards

Sports

Births

  • January 9 — Lorenza Morfín, road cyclist
  • March 7 — Aarón Díaz, model, actor, and singer
  • March 13 – Gisela Mota Ocampo, Presidente Municipal of Temixco, Morelos (January 1-January 2, 2016) (assassinated 2016)
  • December 19 – Nara Falcón, synchronized swimmer{{cite web |title=Nara FALCON - Olympic Synchronized Swimming {{!}} Mexico |url=https://www.olympic.org/nara-falcon |website=International Olympic Committee |accessdate=22 July 2019 |language=en |date=19 June 2016}}
  • Date unknown
  • Raúl Castañeda, boxer (d. September 6, 2017).

Deaths

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