1859: The ship Mulhouse went ashore and bilged on the Quicksands west of the Marquesas Keys. Mulhouse was carrying 26 passengers, $25,000 in silver and 2,789 bales of cotton. The
1797: The British ships from Nassau — Ranger, Primrose, and Elizabeth — were seized by Spanish privateers at Key West. The two nations were at war in what is now
1898: The Naval Court of Inquiry in the sinking of the Battleship Maine was organized. The members of the Court — Capt. French E. Chadwick, Capt. William T. Sampson, Lt.