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Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history: 1429 – Joan of Arc leads a French force in relieving the city of Orleans (More info) 1968 – The controversial musical ‘Hair’ opens on Broadway (More info)

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history: 1789 – Fletcher Christian leads a mutiny against Capt. William Bligh aboard the British ship ‘Bounty’ (More info) 1945 – Former Italian dictator Benito Mussolini and his mistress are executed by firing squad (More info)

Cinco de Mayo is fast approaching. Most folks pull out the guacamole and celebrate with friends over margarita specials at their local cantina, but beyond the revelry of the fiesta, here are a few things you might not know about the fifth of May holiday:

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history: 1865 – The steamboat Sultana explodes on the Mississippi River and kills 1,700 passengers, many of whom were discharged Union soldiers (More info) 1956 – Rocky Marciano becomes the only heavyweight boxing champion to retire with a perfect record (More info)

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history: 1865 – Union cavalry troopers corner and shoot dead John Wilkes Booth, assassin of President Lincoln (More info) 1933 – The Gestapo, the official secret police force of Nazi Germany, is established (More info)

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history: 1859 – British and French engineers break ground for the Suez Canal (More info) 1901 – New York becomes the first US state to require automobile license plates (More info)

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history: 1800 – The United States Library of Congress is established (More info) 1898 – The United States declares war on Spain (More info)

When you have to ‘cut through the red tape,’ it means your have to slog through lots of bureaucratic mud in order to achieve the goals you set out to achieve. How did tape — colored tape at that — come to represent the headaches that mounds of paperwork, unpleasant clerks and by-the-book functionaries cause us when we’re trying to get something done?

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history: 1564 – William Shakespeare is born; historians believe he died on his birthday in 1616 (More info) 1910 – Theodore Roosevelt makes his The Man in the Arena speech (More info)

Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history: 1864 – The Coinage Act of 1864 mandates that “In God We Trust” be placed on all US coins (More info) 1954 – Witnesses begin testifying during the Army-McCarthy Hearings (More info)