Cimarron City Library

May 6, 1941 - The legendary comedian Bob Hope gives his first USO performance, held at March Field in California. He would make 57 USO tours between 1941 and 1991 and was declared an honorary veteran of the U.S. Armed Forces in 1997 by an act of the U.S. Congress.

On May 5, 1862, a largely untrained volunteer militia, mostly Indigenous Mexican farmers and laborers, led by bespectacled Gen. Ignacio Zaragoza, defeated the well-armed French forces of Napoleon III at the Battle of Puebla.