← 1972 1971 1970 1973 in Mexico → 1974 1975 1976
Decades:	1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s
See also:	History of Mexico List of years in Mexico Timeline of Mexican history

Events in the year 1973 in Mexico.

Incumbents

Federal government

• President: Luis Echeverría
• Interior Secretary (SEGOB): Mario Moya Palencia
• Secretary of Foreign Affairs (SRE): Emilio Óscar Rabasa
• Communications Secretary (SCT): Eugenio Méndez Docurro
• Education Secretary (SEP): Víctor Bravo Ahuja
• Secretary of Defense (SEDENA): Matías Ramos
• Secretary of Navy: Luis M. Bravo Carrera
• Secretary of Labor and Social Welfare: Porfirio Muñoz Ledo
• Secretary of Welfare: Luis Enrique Bracamontes

Supreme Court

• President of the Supreme Court: Alfonso Guzmán Neyra

Governors

Events

• January 30: The 7.5 M_s Colima earthquake causes 56 deaths, 390 injuries, and a non-destructive tsunami in Mexico.
• June 16: The Brothers Serdán Baseball stadium opens.
• June 19: Autonomous University of Aguascalientes established.
• June 20: Aeroméxico Flight 229.
• July 1: 1973 Mexican legislative election.
• August 28: 1973 Veracruz earthquake.

Awards

• Belisario Domínguez Medal of Honor – Pablo E. Macías Valenzuela

Film

• List of Mexican films of 1973.

Sport

• 1972–73 Mexican Primera División season.
• Diablos Rojos del México win the Mexican League.
• Lobos de Tlaxcala founded.
• Club Deportivo Tapatío is founded when CD Guadalajara buy a Tercera División license.

Births

• January 17 — Cuauhtémoc Blanco, Mexican soccer player and politician, Governor of Morelos 2018-2024^[2][3]
• February 1 – Óscar Pérez Rojas, football goalkeeper^[4]
• February 3 – Ilana Sod, journalist
• February 22 – Mr. Niebla, (Efrén Tiburcio Márquez), wrestler; (d. December 23, 2019).^[5]
• May 20 — Patricia Navidad, actress and singer
• June 5 — Galilea Montijo, actress, comedienne, model, and TV presenter
• June 20 — Enrique Alfaro Ramírez, Governor of Jalisco 2018–2024
• June 22 — Jaime Camil, singer and actor
• August 16 — Mauricio Islas, actor
• September 19
  • Javier Duarte de Ochoa, politician (formerly PRI);^[6] Governor of Veracruz 2010-2016, arrested for alleged corruption April 15, 2016^[7]
  • David Zepeda, actor, model, and singer
• December 17 — Martha Érika Alonso, Governor of Puebla 2018 (d. 2018)^[8]

Deaths

• December 3 – Adolfo Ruiz Cortines, 47th President of Mexico, 1952-1958 (b. 1890)^[9]