Event
Sinking of the USS Maine
The U.S. battleship exploded in Havana harbor on 15 February 1898.
- Dates
- 15 Feb 1898
Connections 2
involved
- William Randolph Hearst his paper published rumors of plots to sink the ship Primary record 1
- Joseph Pulitzer his paper published rumors of plots to sink the ship Primary record 1
Timeline 1 date
- 15 Feb 1898 Sinking of the USS Maine
Proof 1 source
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U.S. Diplomacy and Yellow Journalism, 1895–1898, Office of the Historian, U.S. Department of State.
Primary record
but Hearst and Pulitzer, who had for several years been selling papers by fanning anti-Spanish public opinion in the United States, published rumors of plots to sink the ship.
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