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Sinking of the Maine and the Spanish-American War, 1898

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Tragedy and Hope pp. 78-80 · open book
They got the excuse they needed when the American battleship Maine was sunk by a mysterious explosion in Havana harbor in February 1898.

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Start date (EDTF) 1898 End date (EDTF, empty for a point event)

1914 · 1914-07-28 · -0489 (490 BCE) · 1930~ (circa) · 19XX (century) · 197X (decade)

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