Brief Life History of Rómulo
When Rómulo Piñones Garrocho was born on 27 February 1930, in Jopoy, Pánuco, Veracruz, Mexico, his father, Esteban Piñones Huerta, was 23 and his mother, María Leandra Garrocho, was 25. He died on 21 June 1978, in Ciudad Madero, Ciudad Madero, Tamaulipas, Mexico, at the age of 48.
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- Rómulo Piñones Garrocho, "México, San Luis Potosí, Registro Civil, 1859-2000"
- Rómulo Piñones Garrocho, "México, Tamaulipas, Registro Civil, 1800-2002"
World Events (8)
1934
Lázaro Cárdenas presidency. Forced exile of Calles (1936). Cárdenas begins socialist policies. Agrarian reform establishes ejidos (see Glossary) and collectivization. Official party renamed Party of the Mexican Revolution (Partido de la Revolución Mexicana--PRM). includes representatives from all sectors of society. Nationalization of oil industry in 1938.
1940
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.
1946
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).
Name Meaning
Hispanic (mainly Chile and México; Piñones): topographic name from Spanish piñones ‘pine nuts’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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