Cda 5 de Mayo
Mexico DF (Ciiudad de México) · Mexico
Data: May 5
Photograph: Marta Bou i Antoni Palmarola (2005-03-20)
1862. The General Zaragoza wins to the French in Puebla.
Cinco de Mayo, (Spanish for “Fifth of May”), national holiday in Mexico commemorating the Mexican Army’s defeat of French forces on May 5, 1862, in the Batalla de Puebla (Battle of Puebla).Web: Encarta