When Antonio Gámez Navarro was born about 1936, in Torreón, Coahuila, Mexico, his father, Catarino Gámez Corpus, was 26 and his mother, Josefina Navarro Herrera, was 21. He died on 1 November 1987, at the age of 52.
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Manuel Ávila Camacho presidency. Mexico joins Allies in declaring war on Axis powers. PRM reorganized to provide wider representation and renamed Institutional Revolutionary Party (Partido Revolucionario Institucional--PRI). Bracero (migrant Mexican worker) agreement established between Mexico and United States.
Miguel Alemán Valdés presidency. Industrialization, public works, and creation of a new campus for the National Autonomous University of Mexico (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México--UNAM).
Adolfo Ruiz Cortines presidency. Women's suffrage extended to national level. Beginning of political stability through appointment of PRI candidates to presidency.
Some characteristic forenames: Spanish Jose, Juan, Carlos, Manuel, Jesus, Francisco, Luis, Mario, Alfredo, Pedro, Raul, Alberto.
Spanish (Gámez): patronymic from Gamo, a personal name of unexplained etymology.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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