February 15, 1898: USS <i>Maine</i> destroyed, leading to Spanish-American War.

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February 15, 1898: USS Maine destroyed, leading to Spanish-American War.

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On this day in 1898, an explosion in Havana harbour sank the battleship USS Maine, killing 260 American seamen and precipitating the Spanish-American War, which originated in the Cuban struggle for independence from ...

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