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8/29/2014
« on: August 29, 2014, 12:00:03 AM »

What's up cigar enthusiasts?!  Join in this cigar talk with the rest of us and learn something along the way.  Be warned, you will catch hell if you post something everyone doesn't agree with.  And heaven forbid if you should make a grammatical error, you'll be berated with GFYs!  So don't have thin skin and welcome aboard!
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Re: 8/29/2014
« Reply #1 on: August 29, 2014, 01:02:20 AM »

Good morning everyone!
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Re: 8/29/2014
« Reply #2 on: August 29, 2014, 01:45:29 AM »

Good morning guys.
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Re: 8/29/2014
« Reply #3 on: August 29, 2014, 01:52:48 AM »

Today is Friday, August 29, the 241st day of 2014. There are 124 days left in the year.
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Re: 8/29/2014
« Reply #4 on: August 29, 2014, 01:53:17 AM »

Today's Highlight in History:

On August 29, 1944, 15,000 American troops of the 28th Infantry Division marched down the Champs Elysees (shahms ay-lee-ZAY') in Paris as the French capital continued to celebrate its liberation from the Nazis.
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Re: 8/29/2014
« Reply #5 on: August 29, 2014, 01:54:17 AM »

On this date:

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Re: 8/29/2014
« Reply #6 on: August 29, 2014, 01:54:38 AM »

In 1533, the last Incan King of Peru, Atahualpa (ah-tuh-WAHL'-puh), was executed on orders of Spanish conqueror Francisco Pizarro.
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Re: 8/29/2014
« Reply #7 on: August 29, 2014, 01:55:10 AM »

In 1814, during the War of 1812, Alexandria, Virginia, formally surrendered to British military forces, which occupied the city until September 3.
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Re: 8/29/2014
« Reply #8 on: August 29, 2014, 01:55:30 AM »

In 1864, the Democratic National Convention, which nominated Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan for president, opened in Chicago.
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Re: 8/29/2014
« Reply #9 on: August 29, 2014, 01:55:51 AM »

In 1877, the second president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Brigham Young, died in Salt Lake City, Utah, at age 76.
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Re: 8/29/2014
« Reply #10 on: August 29, 2014, 01:56:14 AM »

In 1910, Korean Emperor Sunjong abdicated as the Japan-Korea Annexation Treaty went into effect.
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Re: 8/29/2014
« Reply #11 on: August 29, 2014, 01:56:45 AM »

In 1935, the film "Top Hat," starring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, premiered at Radio City Music Hall in New York.
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Re: 8/29/2014
« Reply #12 on: August 29, 2014, 01:57:09 AM »

In 1958, pop superstar Michael Jackson was born in Gary, Indiana.
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Re: 8/29/2014
« Reply #13 on: August 29, 2014, 01:57:40 AM »

In 1964, Roy Orbison's single "Oh, Pretty Woman" was released on the Monument label.
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Re: 8/29/2014
« Reply #14 on: August 29, 2014, 01:58:05 AM »

In 1972, swimmer Mark Spitz of the United States won the third of his seven gold medals at the Munich Olympics, finishing first in the 200-meter freestyle.
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