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8/30/2014
« on: August 30, 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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IrascibleOldFool

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Re: 8/30/2014
« Reply #1 on: August 30, 2014, 12:06:31 AM »
Good morning everyone!
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Re: 8/30/2014
« Reply #2 on: August 30, 2014, 01:27:35 AM »
What up bros?
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Re: 8/30/2014
« Reply #3 on: August 30, 2014, 01:29:27 AM »
Drinking... smoking... never mind :)
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Re: 8/30/2014
« Reply #4 on: August 30, 2014, 03:02:43 AM »
Good morning guys.
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Re: 8/30/2014
« Reply #5 on: August 30, 2014, 03:50:09 AM »
Today is Saturday, August 30, the 242nd day of 2014. There are 123 days left in the year.
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Re: 8/30/2014
« Reply #6 on: August 30, 2014, 03:51:08 AM »
Today's Highlight in History:

On August 30, 1954, President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, which was intended to promote private development of nuclear energy.
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Re: 8/30/2014
« Reply #7 on: August 30, 2014, 03:51:56 AM »
On this date:

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Re: 8/30/2014
« Reply #8 on: August 30, 2014, 03:52:21 AM »
In 1861, Union Gen. John C. Fremont instituted martial law in Missouri and declared slaves there to be free. (However, Fremont's emancipation order was countermanded by President Abraham Lincoln).
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Re: 8/30/2014
« Reply #9 on: August 30, 2014, 03:53:01 AM »
In 1862, Confederate forces won victories against the Union at the Second Battle of Bull Run in Manassas, Virginia, and the Battle of Richmond in Kentucky.
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Re: 8/30/2014
« Reply #10 on: August 30, 2014, 03:53:23 AM »
In 1905, Ty Cobb made his major-league debut as a player for the Detroit Tigers, hitting a double in his first at-bat in a game against the New York Highlanders. (The Tigers won, 5-3.)
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Re: 8/30/2014
« Reply #11 on: August 30, 2014, 03:54:06 AM »
In 1945, Gen. Douglas MacArthur arrived in Japan to set up Allied occupation headquarters.
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Re: 8/30/2014
« Reply #12 on: August 30, 2014, 03:54:26 AM »
In 1963, the "Hot Line" communications link between Washington and Moscow went into operation.
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Re: 8/30/2014
« Reply #13 on: August 30, 2014, 03:55:04 AM »
In 1967, the Senate confirmed the appointment of Thurgood Marshall as the first black justice on the U.S. Supreme Court.
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Re: 8/30/2014
« Reply #14 on: August 30, 2014, 03:55:34 AM »
In 1983, Guion S. Bluford Jr. became the first black American astronaut to travel in space as he blasted off aboard the Challenger.
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