Cinco de Mayo: References & Edit History
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| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Invalidated site: PBS News - What Cinco de Mayo really celebrates. | Sep 17, 2026 | ||
| Added a top questions section. | Apr 30, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: CBS News - What is Cinco de Mayo? Here's a look at the celebration and its connection to Mexican history. | Mar 02, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: NPR - Cinco de Mayo is part of a deeper story of 2 nations trying to define themselves. | Jan 05, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: UCLA - The history of Cinco de Mayo and its American origins. | Sep 06, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: PBS News - What Cinco de Mayo really celebrates. | Jul 26, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: CNN - 5 things to know about Cinco de Mayo. | Jun 11, 2025 | ||
| Article revised. | Apr 29, 2025 | ||
| Added information about how the holiday is celebrated in Mexico and the United States. | Apr 21, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Academia - Cinco de Mayo: Stories, rituals, and transcendence in celebration (PDF). | Jan 13, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: University of Central Florida - Cinco de Mayo: How a Small Mexican Battle Became a Major U.S. Holiday. | Oct 26, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Carnegie Mellon University - Dietrich College of Humanities and Social Sciences - Cinco de Mayo: The History Behind the Celebration. | Sep 14, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Washington Post - Everything you know about Cinco de Mayo is wrong. | Jun 19, 2024 | ||
| Media added. | Apr 30, 2024 | ||
| Media added. | Mar 13, 2024 | ||
| Date of holiday added. | Mar 05, 2022 | ||
| Media added. | May 04, 2020 | ||
| Corrected display issue. | Apr 27, 2018 | ||
| Add new Web site: PBS LearningMedia - Cinco de Mayo. | Feb 17, 2017 | ||
| Add new Web site: Don Quijote - Cinco de Mayo. | Jan 01, 2017 | ||
| Add new Web site: Social Studies for Kids - Cinco de Mayo! | Jan 01, 2017 | ||
| Add new Web site: LiveScience - What Is Cinco de Mayo? History and Facts. | Jan 01, 2017 | ||
| Add new Web site: Napoleon.org - The Cinco de Mayo and French Imperialism. | May 24, 2016 | ||
| Add new Web site: The New Historian - Cinco de Mayo � The Anniversary of the Battle of Puebla. | May 24, 2016 | ||
| Add new Web site: The New Historian - Cinco de Mayo � The Anniversary of the Battle of Puebla. | May 24, 2016 | ||
| Add new Web site: Napoleon.org - The Cinco de Mayo and French Imperialism. | May 24, 2016 | ||
| Noted that Cinco de Mayo is a bigger holiday in the U.S. than in Mexico and mentioned reasons for that phenomenon. | May 05, 2015 | ||
| Added the names of some U.S. cities with large Mexican populations and distinguished Cinco de Mayo from Mexican Independence Day. | Apr 30, 2015 | ||
| Added photograph of a Cinco de Mayo celebration in Los Angeles. | May 11, 2011 | ||
| Added new Web site: How Stuff Works - People - How Cinco de Mayo Works. | Dec 23, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: The Official Site of "The Simpsons". | Jul 11, 2006 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | Apr 04, 2006 | ||
| Article revised. | Jun 06, 2003 | ||
| New article added. | Oct 25, 2002 |
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