16 OCTOBER 1891 THE TRUE BLUE SALOON Frictions between the President of Chile, José Manuel Balmaceda, and the Chilean Congress erupted into civil war in January 1890. US sympathies leaned weakly toward Balmaceda, but in the main, President Benjamin Harrison was Read More
16 NOVEMBER 1798 THE BALTIMORE INCIDENT (cont.) As CAPT Isaac Philips approached Cuban waters a squadron of warships flying Spanish colors was sighted on the horizon. They shifted to British colors and bore down on USS BALTIMORE, 20, and the nine Read More
16 NOVEMBER 1798 THE BALTIMORE INCIDENT For five months the US Navy had been patrolling, President John Adams having ordered the protection of American shipping from French privateers during a brush with that nation known today as the “Quasi-War.” October found Read More