5/5/26 - Cinco de Mayo, 80s TV Moms, and Comic Strips
- bribriny
- May 5
- 2 min read
Tuesday 5/5/26
Revenge of the Fifth (Star Wars Day part 2)
Today is Cinco de Mayo!!!!
It commemorates the Mexican victory at the Battle of Puebla on May 5, 1862, during the Franco-Mexican War. Noted today, but not really celebrated in Mexico. The holiday is pretty much an American one.
Childhood Depression Awareness Day
Hug a Shed and Take a Selfie Day
International Midwives Day
Museum Lover's Day
Nail Day
National Cartoonists Day
National Concert Day
National Enchilada Day
National Hoagie Day
National Teacher Day
Oyster Day
Poem on Your Pillow Day
Totally Chipotle Day
World Asthma Day
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Mother’s Day is Sunday, and Ranker.com is ranking the 16 Best Moms from 80s TV.
1. Sophia Petrillo - Golden Girls
2. Clair Huxtable - The Cosby Show
3. Elyse Keaton - Family Ties
4. Peggy Bundy - Married... with Children
5. Maggie Seaver - Growing Pains
6. Angela Bower - Who's the Boss
7. Kat McArdle - Kate & Allie
8. Allie Lowell - Kate & Allie
9. Mona Robinson - Who's the Boss
10. Mary Jenkins - 227
Read more about it and rank them here.
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National Cartoonists Day and Ranker.com is ranking The Best Comic Strips Ever
1. Calvin and Hobbes
2. The Far Side
3. Peanuts
4. Pears Before Swine
5. Garfield
6. Zits
7. Dilbert
8. Fox Trot
9. Bloom County
10. B.C.
11. Beetle Bailey
12. Hagar the Horrible
13. Baby Blues
14. For Better or For Worse
15. The Wizard of Id
16. Mother Goose and Grimm
17. Blondie
18. Non Sequitur
19. The Family Circus (not circle)
20. Dennis the Menace
Read more and rank yourself here.
You can read comics online at ComicsKindom.com and Gocomics.com
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In news that's making waves across Europe, France has reportedly decided to abandon the twice-yearly clock change. The decision, if confirmed, would align France permanently with "winter time" starting this autumn. Other EU nations are watching closely — if France moves, others may follow.
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Today's Useless Fact of the Day - The most popular theory for the origin of the Margarita is that it was invented in 1938 by Carlos "Danny" Herrera for an aspiring actress who was allergic to all hard liquor except tequila.
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