•
January 1: Creation of
ISSSTE, which provides health and other services for governmental employees. •
January 31:
Estadio Jalisco with a capacity for 47,829 fans, opens in
Guadalajara. •
February 18: The
Latin American Free Trade Association is created by Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Mexico, Paraguay, Pero, and Uruguay in
Montevideo. The LAFTA was replaced by the
Latin American Integration Association in 1980. •
June 1: In a record that still stands, a 114-pound
roosterfish was caught by fisherman Abe Sackheim at
La Paz, Baja California Sur. •
August 25 to
September 11: Mexico sends 69 athletes to the
1960 Summer Olympics in Rome.
Juan Botella (
1941-
1970) won a bronze medal in the men's springboard event. •
September 21: President
Adolfo López Mateos nationalizes the electrical system. •
October 7:
Isidro Fabela is awarded the
Belisario Domínguez Medal of Honor. • Artist
Lilia Carrillo marries Mexican abstract artist
Manuel Felguérez in Washington, DC. •
November 20: In honor of the 50th anniversary of the
Mexican Revolution, the remains of president
Francisco I. Madero are transferred from the French cemetery where he was buried to the
Monument to the Revolution. •
December 30: 17-19 people are killed and 100 injured as the Mexican Army, under orders of the governor of
Guerrero, open fire on striking students in
Chilpancingo. • Date unknown: •
Ediciones Era is founded by Vicente Rojo Almazán, José Azorín; Tomás Espresate Pons, and his brothers. • Painter and sculptor
Pedro Coronel wins the
José Clemente Orozco Prize at
the II Inter-American Biennial in Mexico. Also in 1960 he exhibited 54 paintings and 8 sculptures at the
Palacio de Bellas Artes in Mexico City. •
Gustavo Arias Murueta begins his artistic career. • Artists Chucho Reyes and María Teresa Vieyra present an exhibition in the
Colectiva de Artistas Noveles at the Galería Argos. ==Awards==