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February 3 – Lil Hardin Armstrong, African American jazz musician (died 1971) February 5 – Sidney Fields, actor (died 1975) February 6 – Melvin B. Tolson, African American Modernist poet, educator, columnist, trade unionist and politician (died 1966) February 10 – Robert Keith, actor (died 1966) February 15 – Bud Geary, actor (died 1946)
Emilio Aguinaldo declared independence for the Philippines from Spain on June 12, 1898. [2] Months after the independence proclamation, Manila fell to the Americans on August 13. The Spanish government fled Manila and established their new capital for the country in Iloilo City with Diego de los Rios as governor-general. [3]
June 12 is the 163rd day of the year ... 1775 – American War of Independence: ... The ninth deadliest tornado in U.S. history kills 117 people and injures around 200.
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A photograph of U.S. Navy monitor USS Monadnock c. 1898. On February 10, a detachment of the 6th Field Artillery Regiment, along with the protected cruiser USS Charleston and monitor USS Monadnock (provided to MacArthur Jr. by United States Navy Admiral George Dewey) launched a preparatory bombardment of Filipino redoubts in Caloocan, which lasted for roughly three hours. [14]
The Philippine–American War, [13] known alternatively as the Philippine Insurrection, Filipino–American War, [b] or Tagalog Insurgency, [14] [15] [16] emerged following the conclusion of the Spanish–American War in December 1898 when the United States annexed the Philippine Islands under the Treaty of Paris.
Philippine revolutionaries had declared independence from Spain on June 12, 1898, and resisted the imposition of American sovereignty. The 1899 Battle of Manila between American and Filipino forces on February 4-5, 1899 ignited the Philippine-American War , which concluded with an American victory in 1902.
June 12 – Philippine Declaration of Independence: After 333 years of Spanish dominance, General Emilio Aguinaldo declares the Philippines' independence from Spain. June 13 – Yukon Territory is formed in Canada, with Dawson chosen as its capital. June 19 – Food processing giant Nabisco is founded in New Jersey. [page needed]