1968 in Mexico

Events in the year 1968 in Mexico.

Incumbents

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
February 15 – Gloria Trevi, singer and actress
April 18 — Cuitláhuac García Jiménez, politician ; Governor of Veracruz starting 2018
June 30 — Rafael Moreno Valle Rosas, Governor of Puebla 2011-2017
July 15 – Leticia Calderon, actress
July 27 – Jorge Salinas, actor
August 11 — Rolando Zapata Bello, politician ; Governor of Yucatán 2012–2018
September 22 – Eve Gil, writer
November 7 – Ignacio Padilla, writer, co-founder of Crack Movement.
November 11 — Miguel Márquez Márquez, Governor of Guanajuato 2012-2018
November 28 – Ana Maria Alvarado, journalist
December 12 – Tatiana, singer
December 17 – Claudio Suarez, former soccer player
Date unknown — Rubén Díaz Alcántara, Catholic priest,.