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10/24/2014
« on: October 23, 2014, 11:15:36 PM »

Just to mix it up a bit... Let's talk cigars!  What deals have you found on the various Internet sites today?

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Re: 10/24/2014
« Reply #1 on: October 24, 2014, 02:22:02 AM »

Good morning guys. 
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Re: 10/24/2014
« Reply #2 on: October 24, 2014, 02:25:30 AM »

Today is Friday, Oct. 24, the 297th day of 2014. There are 68 days left in the year.
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Re: 10/24/2014
« Reply #3 on: October 24, 2014, 02:26:04 AM »

Today's Highlight in History:

On Oct. 24, 1939, Benny Goodman and His Orchestra recorded their signature theme, "Let's Dance," for Columbia Records in New York. DuPont began publicly selling its nylon stockings in Wilmington, Delaware.
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Re: 10/24/2014
« Reply #4 on: October 24, 2014, 02:26:29 AM »

On this date:
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Re: 10/24/2014
« Reply #5 on: October 24, 2014, 02:27:23 AM »

In 1537, Jane Seymour, the third wife of England's King Henry VIII, died 12 days after giving birth to Prince Edward, later King Edward VI.
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Re: 10/24/2014
« Reply #6 on: October 24, 2014, 02:27:47 AM »

In 1648, the Peace of Westphalia (west-FAY'-lee-uh) ended the Thirty Years War and effectively destroyed the Holy Roman Empire.
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Re: 10/24/2014
« Reply #7 on: October 24, 2014, 02:28:02 AM »

In 1861, the first transcontinental telegraph message was sent by Chief Justice Stephen J. Field of California from San Francisco to President Abraham Lincoln in Washington, D.C., over a line built by the Western Union Telegraph Co.
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Re: 10/24/2014
« Reply #8 on: October 24, 2014, 02:28:24 AM »

In 1936, the short story "The Devil and Daniel Webster" by Stephen Vincent Benet was published in The Saturday Evening Post.
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Re: 10/24/2014
« Reply #9 on: October 24, 2014, 02:28:55 AM »

In 1940, the 40-hour work week went into effect under the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938.
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Re: 10/24/2014
« Reply #10 on: October 24, 2014, 02:29:20 AM »

In 1952, Republican presidential candidate Dwight D. Eisenhower declared in Detroit, "I shall go to Korea" as he promised to end the conflict. (He made the visit over a month later.)
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Re: 10/24/2014
« Reply #11 on: October 24, 2014, 02:29:47 AM »

In 1962, a naval quarantine of Cuba ordered by President John F. Kennedy went into effect during the missile crisis.
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Re: 10/24/2014
« Reply #12 on: October 24, 2014, 02:30:10 AM »

In 1964, Northern Rhodesia became the independent Republic of Zambia.
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Re: 10/24/2014
« Reply #13 on: October 24, 2014, 02:30:30 AM »

In 1972, Hall of Famer Jackie Robinson, who'd broken Major League Baseball's color barrier in 1947, died in Stamford, Connecticut, at age 53.
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Re: 10/24/2014
« Reply #14 on: October 24, 2014, 02:31:18 AM »

1987, 30 years after it was expelled, the Teamsters union was welcomed back into the AFL-CIO. (However, the Teamsters disafilliated themselves from the AFL-CIO in 2005.)
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