On this date, February 15th, in the year 1898, the U.S.S. Maine suffered an unexplained explosion and sank off the coast of Cuba. 266 men were lost as The Maine went down. The U.S. blamed Spain, though there was no real evidence that Spain had anything to do with it, they still claimed it was a Spanish mine. 2 months later, The Spanish-American
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