January 3: The 7.8 Veracruz earthquake affected the eastern part of the country with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XâÂÂXII. Between 648 and 4,000 were killed and 167 were injured.
May 21: Mexican Revolution: President Venustiano Carranza is assassinated while sleeping in Tlaxcalantongo in the Sierra Norte de Puebla mountains after fleeing Mexico City and heading towards Veracruz.
December 1: ÃÂlvaro Obregón becomes president after winning the federal election which brings an end to the Mexican Revolution and has the first stable presidency since the revolution began.
January 14 â Chava Flores, musical chronicler ÃÂlbum de Oro de la Canción and composer (Dos horas de balazos and La tertulia) (d. August 5, 1987)
February 13 â Carlos Quintero Arce, Mexican Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Hermosillo (1968âÂÂ1996)