This Day in History Entry #105
February 15th, 2011 by Wordsman
At the time, most folks chose to blame Spain
But no one could completely explain
Just what happened that day
In the Havana bay
Simply put: what did blow up the Maine?
Event: Battleship U.S.S. Maine explodes in Havana harbor, one of the major events leading to the Spanish-American War
Year: 1898
Learn more: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Maine_%28ACR-1%29
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War
Posted in This Day in History | 1 Comment »
February 16th, 2011 at 4:45 pm
I’m going with “faulty boiler.” In other words, Spain had no hidden weapons of mass destruction. Oops!