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Holiday origins misreported

From Staff reports The Daily Northwestern
May 7, 2000

An article in Friday’s Daily misidentified the origins of Cinco de Mayo. The holiday celebrates a Mexican victory over invading French forces at the Battle of Puebla in 1862. The Daily regrets the error.
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