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10/25/2014
« on: October 25, 2014, 12:00:03 AM »

Where did the week go?  Let's discuss it and perhaps cigars too.  Be warned, we're an opinionated bunch and 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 proceed if you have thin skin.  Then light a cigar, pop open your favorite pumpkin beer and welcome aboard!
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Re: 10/25/2014
« Reply #1 on: October 25, 2014, 12:47:27 AM »

Good morning everyone!
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Re: 10/25/2014
« Reply #2 on: October 25, 2014, 02:26:34 AM »

Good morning guys.
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Re: 10/25/2014
« Reply #3 on: October 25, 2014, 02:47:42 AM »

Today is Saturday, Oct. 25, the 298th day of 2014. There are 67 days left in the year.
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Re: 10/25/2014
« Reply #4 on: October 25, 2014, 02:48:05 AM »

Today's Highlight in History:

On Oct. 25, 1954, a meeting of President Dwight D. Eisenhower's Cabinet was broadcast live on radio and television; during the session, Secretary of State John Foster Dulles, just returned from Europe, reported on agreements signed in Paris on the future of West Germany. (To date, it's the only presidential Cabinet meeting to be carried on radio and TV.)
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LSUFAN

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Re: 10/25/2014
« Reply #5 on: October 25, 2014, 02:48:31 AM »

On this date:
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Re: 10/25/2014
« Reply #6 on: October 25, 2014, 02:49:29 AM »

In 1760, Britain's King George III succeeded his late grandfather, George II.
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Re: 10/25/2014
« Reply #7 on: October 25, 2014, 02:50:07 AM »

In 1854, the "Charge of the Light Brigade" took place during the Crimean War as an English brigade of more than 600 men charged the Russian army, suffering heavy losses.
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Re: 10/25/2014
« Reply #8 on: October 25, 2014, 02:50:58 AM »


In 1929, former Interior Secretary Albert B. Fall was convicted in Washington, D.C., of accepting a $100,000 bribe from oil tycoon Edward L. Doheny. (Fall was sentenced to a year in prison and fined $100,000; he ended up serving nine months.)
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Re: 10/25/2014
« Reply #9 on: October 25, 2014, 02:51:18 AM »

In 1939, the play "The Time of Your Life," by William Saroyan, opened in New York.
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Re: 10/25/2014
« Reply #10 on: October 25, 2014, 02:51:44 AM »

In 1945, Taiwan became independent of Japanese colonial rule.
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Re: 10/25/2014
« Reply #11 on: October 25, 2014, 02:52:07 AM »

In 1957, mob boss Albert Anastasia of "Murder Inc." notoriety was shot to death by masked gunmen in a barber shop inside the Park Sheraton Hotel in New York.
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Re: 10/25/2014
« Reply #12 on: October 25, 2014, 02:52:40 AM »

In 1962, U.N. Ambassador Adlai E. Stevenson II demanded that Soviet Ambassador Valerian Zorin confirm or deny the existence of Soviet-built missile bases in Cuba, saying he was prepared to wait "until hell freezes over" for an answer. Stevenson then presented photographic evidence of the bases to the Security Council.
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Re: 10/25/2014
« Reply #13 on: October 25, 2014, 02:53:03 AM »

In 1964, The Rolling Stones made the first of six appearances on "The Ed Sullivan Show."
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Re: 10/25/2014
« Reply #14 on: October 25, 2014, 02:53:30 AM »

In 1971, the U.N. General Assembly voted to admit mainland China and expel Taiwan.
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