In 2011, NCTC built a hardened facility that houses both a softswitch and a data center (The old central office is being modified to use for colocation, equipment testing and computer training.
1 The War of 98 (The SpanishâAmerican War) The SpanishâAmerican War from a Spanish perspective (in English). 2  Name Index to New York in the SpanishâAmerican War 1898. 3  1898: El Ocaso de un Imperio Article in Spanish about naval operations during the SpanishâAmerican war.
In April 1898 Congress declared war on Spain, and the Spanish-American War began. The four-month war ended in August with a victory for the United States. The first action occurred thousands of miles away from Cuba in the Philippines, another Spanish colony. well-publicized incident drew the United States into the conflict. On February 15, 1898, an American battleship, the Maine, exploded in Havana harbor, killing 266 people. Most Americans blamed the Spanish, and Remember the Maine became a call to arms. McKinley began negotiations with Spain for a settlement with Cuba.