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The World of 1898  Popular

provides resources and documents about the Spanish-American War, the period before the war, and some of the fascinating people who fought
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Remember the Maine  Popular

January 25, 1898 -- The U.S.S. Maine enters Havana harbor, about three weeks before it was blown up.
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Centennial of the Spanish-American War - 1898-1998  Popular

Illustrated account of the war and its causes.
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The Spanish American War Centennial Website  Popular

Covers all aspects of the war, such as battles, people, and the home front. Music, medicine, weapons
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EVENTS -- Spanish-American War  Popular

Spanish-American War Picture Collection: Actions and Activities
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This Day in History
1738: English parliament declares war on Spain.

1800: The USS Essex becomes first U.S. Navy vessel to pass the Cape of Good Hope.

1814: The HMS Phoebe and Cherub capture the USS Essex off Valparaiso, Chile.

1854: Britain and France declare war on Russia.

1862: Union forces stop the Confederate invasion of New Mexico territory when they turn the Rebels back at Glorieta Pass.

1864: A group of Copperheads attack Federal soldiers in Charleston, Illinois. Five are killed and twenty wounded.

1917: The Womens Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) is founded, Great Britains first official service women.

1939: The Spanish Civil War ends as Madrid falls to Francisco Franco.

1941: Andrew Browne Cunningham, Admiral of the British Fleet, commands the British Royal Navys destruction of three major Italian battleships and two destroyers in the Battle of Cape Matapan in the Mediterranean.

1942: A British ship, the HMS Capbeltown, a Lend-Lease American destroyer, which was specifically rammed into a German occupied dry-dock in France, explodes, knocking the area out of action for the German battleship Tirpitz.