Timeline Monday 6 February 1899

Events on Monday 6 February 1899 3

• 1899 – 1968 Ramon Novarro (1899-1968) Mexican-born actor, the silent-era Ben-Hur and one of Hollywood's great Latin lovers.
• 1899 Ramon Novarro born in Durango Ramon Novarro is born in Durango.
• 1899 Treaty of Paris ratified US Senate ends the Spanish-American War The US Senate ratified the Treaty of Paris on 6 February 1899, formally ending the Spanish-American War. Spain relinquished sovereignty over Cuba and ceded Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines to the United States for $20 million. The treaty marked the emergence of the United States as a colonial power in the Pacific and Caribbean.