Félix six weeks earlier. March 23 – Luis Donaldo Colosio presidential candidate for the PRI is assassinated in Tijuana, Baja California. August 11 – Hurricane John starts in southern Mexico August 21 – Presidential elections September 28 – José Francisco Ruiz Massieu, brother-in-law of President Carlos Salinas de Gortari, former governor of Guerrero, and leader of the Institutional Revolutionary Party is assassinated. October 11 – Hurricane Rosa kills four in Nayarit and Durango December 1 – Ernesto Zedillo takes office as President of Mexico. December 21 – The Popocateptl volcano spewed gas and ash, which was carried as far as away by prevailing winds. The activity prompted the evacuation of nearby towns and scientists to begin monitoring for an eruption. December economic crisis in Mexico with the peso losing a third of its value The Fobaproa is applied in response to the economic crisis El Barzón is created in response to the economic crisis Awards Belisario Domínguez Medal of Honor – Jaime Sabines Popular culture Sports July 5 – Mexico loses 1–3 versus Bulgaria and is eliminated from the Football World Cup 1994 Music Film June 6 – The XXXVI edition of the Ariel Award by the Mexican Academy of Film takes place at the Palacio de Bellas Artes in Mexico City El callejón de los milagros of Jorge Fons Bienvenido-Welcome of Gabriel Retes Dos crímenes of Roberto Sneider Hasta morir of Fernando Sariñana El jardín del edén of María Novaro La reina de la noche of Arturo Ripstein Mujeres insumisas of Alberto Isaac Dulces compañías of Oscar Blancarte Un volcán con lava de hielo (short) of Valentina Leduc El árbol de la música (short) of Sabina Berman & Isabel Tardán Del otro lado del mar (short) of Marcela Arteaga Literature TV Telenovelas Dos mujeres, un camino, on Televisa Marimar, on Televisa Volver a empezar, on Televisa Births August 13 – Andrea Meza, model, Miss Universe 2020 October 17 – Alejandra Valencia, archer November 8 – Víctor Hugo Saldaña Gutiérrez, footballer; (d. 2017). Deaths March 23 – Luis Donaldo Colosio (43), candidate to the Presidency of Mexico (b. 1950) September 28 – José Francisco Ruiz Massieu (48), politician, assassinated (b. 1946) References Mexico