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Cinco de Mayo
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Cinco de Mayo

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Cinco de Mayo is an annual celebration held on May 5 to celebrate Mexico's victory over the Second French Empire at the Battle of Puebla in 1862, led by General Ignacio Zaragoza. Zaragoza died months after the battle from an illness, however, and a larger French force ultimately defeated the Mexican army at the Second …

Baahubali 2: The Conclusion
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Baahubali 2: The Conclusion
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Baahubali 2: The Conclusion is a 2017 Indian Telugu-language epic action film directed by S. S. Rajamouli, who co-wrote …

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On This Day

10 events
2020
ABS-CBN
Philippine broadcast network ABS-CBN was forced to go off-air by the National Telecommunications Commission after Congress failed to renew its franchise granted in 1995.
2019
Aeroflot_Flight_1492
Aeroflot Flight 1492 was struck by lightning after leaving Moscow's Sheremetyevo International Airport and caught fire during the subsequent emergency landing attempt, killing 41 people on board.
2007
Kenya_Airways_Flight_507
Kenya Airways Flight 507 crashed immediately after takeoff from Douala International Airport in Cameroon, resulting in the deaths of all 114 people aboard.
1994
Caning_of_Michael_Fay
American teenager Michael P. Fay was caned in Singapore for theft and vandalism, a punishment that the United States deemed to be excessive for a teenager committing a non-violent crime.
1992
Twenty-seventh_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution
The Twenty-seventh Amendment to the United States Constitution was ratified, 202 years after it was first proposed.
1991
1991_Washington,_D.C.,_riot
Riots broke out in Washington, D.C., after a rookie police officer shot a Salvadoran man in the chest.
1981
1981_Irish_hunger_strike
After a 66-day hunger strike, Irish republican Bobby Sands died of starvation in HM Prison Maze.
1980
Special_Air_Service
The British Special Air Service recaptured the Iranian embassy in London following a six-day siege after Iranian Arab separatists had seized it.
1961
Project_Mercury
Project Mercury: American astronaut Alan Shepard (pictured) made a sub-orbital spaceflight on board Freedom 7, becoming the second person to travel into outer space.
1960
Netherlands_Carillon
The Netherlands Carillon was inaugurated in Arlington, Virginia, on the 15th anniversary of Dutch Liberation Day.

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