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THIS DAY IN HISTORY – The USS Maine explodes in Cuba’s Havana Harbor – 1898

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The U.S.S. Maine, Lost in Havana Harbor, Cuba, 1898

A massive explosion of unknown origin sinks the battleship USS Maine in Cuba’s Havana harbor on February 15, 1898, killing 260 of the fewer than 400 American crew members aboard.

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