USS destroyed, leading to Spanish-American War: 15 February 1898 - This Day in History
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 Spain. More Events on this day: 1989: Under President Mikhail Gorbachev, the Soviet Union withdrew its last troops from Afghanistan after occupying the country since 1979. 1978: Leon Spinks defeated Muhammad Ali to become the heavyweight boxing champion of the world. 1933: An assassin's bullet meant for the U.S. president-elect, Franklin D. Roosevelt, wounded Mayor Anton J. Cermak of Chicago, who died three weeks later. 1764: Auguste Chouteau settled St. Louis at the confluence of the Mississippi and Missouri rivers.
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