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9/4/2014
« on: September 04, 2014, 12:37:14 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: 9/4/2014
« Reply #1 on: September 04, 2014, 12:42:06 AM »
Good morning everyone!
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Re: 9/4/2014
« Reply #2 on: September 04, 2014, 01:29:45 AM »
Gnite Chip
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Re: 9/4/2014
« Reply #3 on: September 04, 2014, 03:38:01 AM »
Good morning guys.
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Re: 9/4/2014
« Reply #4 on: September 04, 2014, 03:38:12 AM »
Today is Thursday, September 4, the 247th day of 2014. There are 118 days left in the year.
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Re: 9/4/2014
« Reply #5 on: September 04, 2014, 03:38:41 AM »
Today's Highlight in History:

On September 4, 1944, during World War II, British troops liberated Antwerp, Belgium.
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Re: 9/4/2014
« Reply #6 on: September 04, 2014, 03:39:18 AM »
On this date:

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Re: 9/4/2014
« Reply #7 on: September 04, 2014, 03:39:54 AM »
In 1781, Los Angeles was founded by Spanish settlers under the leadership of Governor Felipe de Neve.
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Re: 9/4/2014
« Reply #8 on: September 04, 2014, 03:40:17 AM »
In 1886, a group of Apache Indians led by Geronimo (also known as Goyathlay, "One Who Yawns") surrendered to Gen. Nelson Miles at Skeleton Canyon in Arizona.
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Re: 9/4/2014
« Reply #9 on: September 04, 2014, 03:40:43 AM »
In 1917, the American Expeditionary Forces in France suffered their first fatalities during World War I when a German plane attacked a British-run base hospital.
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Re: 9/4/2014
« Reply #10 on: September 04, 2014, 03:41:06 AM »
In 1948, Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands abdicated after nearly six decades of rule for health reasons.
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Re: 9/4/2014
« Reply #11 on: September 04, 2014, 03:41:36 AM »
In 1951, President Harry S. Truman addressed the nation from the Japanese peace treaty conference in San Francisco in the first live, coast-to-coast television broadcast.
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Re: 9/4/2014
« Reply #12 on: September 04, 2014, 03:42:09 AM »
In 1957, Arkansas Gov. Orval Faubus used Arkansas National Guardsmen to prevent nine black students from entering all-white Central High School in Little Rock. Ford Motor Co. began selling its ill-fated Edsel.
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Re: 9/4/2014
« Reply #13 on: September 04, 2014, 03:42:36 AM »
In 1963, a Swissair Caravelle III carrying 80 people crashed shortly after takeoff from Zurich, killing all on board.
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Re: 9/4/2014
« Reply #14 on: September 04, 2014, 03:43:22 AM »
In 1971, an Alaska Airlines jet crashed near Juneau, killing all 111 people on board.
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