Historically Speaking of Cinco de Mayo…

The following events happened this day:

• 2000 - Rare alignment of the Sun, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn and Moon
• 1995 - Last basketball game played at historic Boston Gardens (Magic beats Celtics)
• 1987 - U.S. Congress begins Iran-Contra hearings
• 1978 - Cincinnati Red Pete Rose becomes 14th player to get 3,000 hits
• 1965 - 1st large-scale U.S. Army ground units arrive in South Vietnam
• 1961 - Alan Shepard becomes 1st American in space (aboard Freedom 7)
• 1935 - Jessie Owens of U.S., sets then long jump record at 26’ 8”
• 1922 - Construction begins on Yankee Stadium - The House That Ruth Built
• 1893 - Panic of 1893: Great crash on New York Stock Exchange
• 1862 - French Army is defeated at the Battle of Puebla by Army of Mexico: Cinco de Mayo

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