Events in the year 1976 in Mexico.
Incumbents
Federal government
- President: Luis Echeverría (until 30 November), José López Portillo (starting 1 December)
- Interior Secretary (SEGOB): Mario Moya Palencia/Jesús Reyes Heroles
- Secretary of Foreign Affairs (SRE): Alfonso García Robles/Santiago Roel García
- Communications Secretary (SCT): Emilio Mújica Montoya
- Education Secretary (SEP): Víctor Bravo Ahuja/Porfirio Muñoz Ledo
- Secretary of Defense (SEDENA): Hermenegildo Cuenca Díaz/Félix Galván López
- Secretary of Navy: Ricardo Cházaro Lara
- Secretary of Labor and Social Welfare: Pedro Ojeda Paullada
- Secretary of Welfare: Luis Enrique Bracamontes/Pedro Ramírez Vázquez
- Tourism Secretary (SECTUR): Julio Hirschfeld Almada/Guillermo Rossell de la Lama
Supreme Court
- President of the Supreme Court: Mario G. Rebolledo Fernández
Governors
Events
- Instituto Tecnológico de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey (Campus Estado de México) founded.
- Organizacion Editorial Mexicana founded.
- Universidad Intercontinental established.
- March 15: Autonomous University of Baja California Sur established.
- July 4: 1976 Mexican general election
- September 7 – 11: Hurricane Kathleen
- September 29 – October 8: Hurricane Madeline
- October 1: Instituto Tecnológico de Nuevo León established.
- November 6: first issue of Proceso (magazine) published.
- December 15: The Trolleybuses in Guadalajara start operating.
Awards
- Belisario Domínguez Medal of Honor – Jesús Romero Flores
Births
- June 7: Nora Salinas, actress
- June 10: Mariana Seoane, model, singer, and actress
- July 8: Grettell Valdez, television and film actress and former fashion model
- December 3: Arleth Terán, soap opera actress
Film
- List of Mexican films of 1976
Sport
- 1975–76 Mexican Primera División season
- Diablos Rojos del México win the Mexican League
- Mexico at the 1976 Summer Olympics
- Mexico at the 1976 Summer Paralympics
- 1976 Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships in Athletics in Xalapa.
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