Post #139884 by Atomobile on Mon, Feb 7, 2005 9:51 AM

The Cinco de Mayo date was chosen because....
They needed to start the celebration early. In fact, it is lasting more than a year. They chose the May 5 date because of the numbers. You see, it is the 50th anniversary and that date is 50 backwards 3 times: 05-05-05. Get it? I know it's silly, but they also thought people would remember 05-05-05 better than some other random date.
Your friend,
Louis