On February 15th in History
Part II
Part II
On February 15th in 1869 - Charges of treason against Jefferson Davis were dropped.
On February 15th in 1879 - US President Hayes signed a bill that allowed female attorneys to argue cases before the US Supreme Court.
On February 15th in 1898 - The USS Maine sank when it exploded in Havana Harbor for unknown reasons. 267 crew members were killed. It had been sent there to pressure Imperial Spain and its sinking helped to precipitate the Spanish-American War. Inconclusive investigations by the Spanish government and U.S. Navy became irrelevant as popular American sentiment outpaced diplomacy. On April 25, the U.S. Congress declared war on Spain to the shouts of "Remember the Maine and to Hell with Spain!"
On February 15th in 1903 - Morris and Rose Michtom, Russian immigrants, introduced the first teddy bear in America.
On February 15th in 1918 - The 1st WW I US army troopship was torpedoed & sunk off Ireland by Germany.
On February 15th in 1926 - Contract air mail service began in the US.
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