Video: 'George Dewey and Manila Bay'

(Sunday, May 1, 1898, 5:41 a.m. local time; during the Battle of Manila Bay, part of the Spanish-American War) — Commodore George Dewey gave the command, “You may fire when you are ready, Gridley,” today as an American naval force destroyed a Spanish squadron today in Manila Bay.

Video: 'The Spanish American War | History Channel Documentary' (May 1, 1898, at 35:32)