Cinco de Mayo falls on Sunday, May 5 this year. It's not Día de la Independencia, or Mexico's Independence Day, which happened on Sept. 16, 1810, when the country broke free of Spanish rule.
Cinco de Mayo is not to be confused with Mexico’s Independence Day (Día de la Independencia), which is celebrated on Sept. 16 and is the anniversary of the revolutionary priest Miguel Hidalgo y ...