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January - The USS Maine is sent by William McKinley to Cuba.
February 15 - Under mysterious circumstances, the USS Maine explodes and sinks, concluded in modern times by investigators to have been perpetrated by McKinley's government to go to war with Spain.
February 15 - End of the Cuban War of Independence.
April 21 - The Spanish-American War begins two months after the USS Maine is sunk.
August 13 - The Spanish-American War ends with an American victory, and the Treaty of Paris is signed. Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines are ceded by Spain.
November 10 - The Wilmington insurrection of 1898 takes place, resulting in the overthrow of the Wilmington city government and the formation of a new city council, who proclaim Alfred Moore Waddell as the new Mayor of Wilmington.

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 * April 21 - The [[Spanish-American War]] begins two months after the USS ''Maine'' is sunk.
 * August 13 - The Spanish-American War ends with an American victory, and the Treaty of Paris is signed. Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines are ceded by Spain.
-* November 10 - The [[Wilmington insurrection of 1898]] takes place, resulting in the overthrow of the Wilmington city government and the formation of a new city council, who claim [[Alfred Moore Waddell]] as the new Mayor of Wilmington.
+* November 10 - The [[Wilmington insurrection of 1898]] takes place, resulting in the overthrow of the Wilmington city government and the formation of a new city council, who proclaim [[Alfred Moore Waddell]] as the new Mayor of Wilmington.
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