In Mexico we have a holiday on the 5th of May, the reason is that, that day, in 1862, the mexican army "defeated" the french army, we call it: "La Batalla de Puebla", the battle of Puebla, Puebla is a city, near which the battle was held....so we have a holiday because of that, but here comes the rare and interesting detail, even funny I would say: some days later the french army came back and not even defeated that army but took all over Mexico, :D and of course we do not celebrate that :DDD , it was a big thing that little battle, since the french army was "defeated" for an army no so good as the french was in those days.......so, that is one of the rare, interesting and I'm sure, very funny holiday we have; and the best of it: we enjoy it, no matter what happened in the past. : P