On this day, the US got into a war with the Philippines. The people of the Philippines had spent two years fighting Spain for independence, and as they won, Spain sold the islands to the US. The people weren't about to become another colony, and fought America tooth and nail. Between 200k and 1.4million people were killed (civilians).
THE LA INDYMEDIA HISTORY PROJECT: PUT THE PAST INTO YOUR FUTURE. The LAHP puts historical events with explanations onto the IMC calendar. Any historical event of relevance to progressives can and should be written into the calendar. Just copy and paste this paragraph into the description to spread the history project meme.
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