Cinco de Mayo this week
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The date that Cinco de Mayo — which is Spanish for May 5 — commemorates wouldn't happen for several decades after the Mexican War of Independence. The day actually celebrates a single battle — the Mexican army's 1862 victory over France at the Battle of Puebla. The colonizing French were lead by Napoleon III. While the United States was preoccupied with the Civil War, the Emperor thought it was a good time to establish a French outpost in the Americas as a replacement for the French-controlled land lost during the Louisiana purchase.
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The Tijuana Brass were incredibly popular
in the mid 1960's.
They were led by Herb Alpert.
Alpert has recorded 28 albums that have appeared on the U.S. Billboard 200 chart, five of which reached No. 1; he has been awarded 14 platinum albums and 15 gold albums. Alpert is the only musician to have reached No. 1 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 as both a vocalist ("This Guy's in Love with You", 1968) and as an instrumentalist ("Rise", 1979).
Alpert has sold an estimated 72 million records worldwide. He has received many accolades, including a Tony Award and eight Grammy Awards, as well as the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. In 2006 he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Alpert was awarded the National Medal of Arts by Barack Obama in 2012.
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