February 15 in American History
The American battleship Maine blew up in Havana, killing 266 sailors. The cause was never firmly established, but a sensational press blamed Spain — "Remember the Maine!" — and the country stampeded into the Spanish-American War. A murky disaster, amplified by hungry newspapers, tipped a nation into a war.
In 1898: the USS Maine explodes in Havana Harbor. The American battleship Maine blew up in Havana, killing 266 sailors.
The American battleship Maine blew up in Havana, killing 266 sailors. The cause was never firmly established, but a sensational press blamed Spain — "Remember the Maine!" — and the country stampeded into the Spanish-American War. A murky disaster, amplified by hungry newspapers, tipped a nation into a war.
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