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1/18/2015
« on: January 18, 2015, 12:00:02 AM »
It's cold out there. It appears we'll be hard pressed to find any warm cigar deals on the various internet sites to help us get through it.  Join in this discussion and perhaps learn something about cigars along the way.  Be warned, post on this site and you will catch hell from members and trolls alike.  Therefore, don't proceed if you have thin skin.  If you can accept all that, light a cigar, pour your favorite beverage and welcome aboard!

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Re: 1/18/2015
« Reply #1 on: January 18, 2015, 12:05:29 AM »
Good morning everyone!
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Re: 1/18/2015
« Reply #2 on: January 18, 2015, 02:22:13 AM »
Good morning guys.
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Re: 1/18/2015
« Reply #3 on: January 18, 2015, 02:22:51 AM »
Today is Sunday, Jan. 18, the 18th day of 2015. There are 347 days left in the year.
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Re: 1/18/2015
« Reply #4 on: January 18, 2015, 02:23:35 AM »
Today's Highlights in History:

On Jan. 18, 1943, during World War II, Jewish insurgents in the Warsaw Ghetto launched their initial armed resistance against Nazi troops, who eventually succeeded in crushing the rebellion. A U.S. ban on the sale of pre-sliced bread — aimed at reducing bakeries' demand for metal replacement parts — went into effect.
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Re: 1/18/2015
« Reply #5 on: January 18, 2015, 02:24:17 AM »
On this date:
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Re: 1/18/2015
« Reply #6 on: January 18, 2015, 02:24:41 AM »

In 1778, English navigator Captain James Cook reached the present-day Hawaiian Islands, which he named the "Sandwich Islands."
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Re: 1/18/2015
« Reply #7 on: January 18, 2015, 02:25:06 AM »
In 1862, the tenth president of the United States, John Tyler, died in Richmond, Virginia, at age 71, shortly before he could take his seat as an elected member of the Confederate Congress.
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Re: 1/18/2015
« Reply #8 on: January 18, 2015, 02:25:37 AM »
In 1911, the first landing of an aircraft on a ship took place as pilot Eugene B. Ely brought his Curtiss biplane in for a safe landing on the deck of the armored cruiser USS Pennsylvania in San Francisco Harbor.
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Re: 1/18/2015
« Reply #9 on: January 18, 2015, 02:26:07 AM »
In 1919, the Paris Peace Conference, held to negotiate peace treaties ending the First World War, opened in Versailles (vehr-SY'), France.
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Re: 1/18/2015
« Reply #10 on: January 18, 2015, 02:26:30 AM »
In 1936, Nobel Prize-winning author Rudyard Kipling, 70, died in London.
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Re: 1/18/2015
« Reply #11 on: January 18, 2015, 02:27:04 AM »
In 1949, Charles Ponzi, engineer of one of the most spectacular mass swindles in history, died destitute at a hospital in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, at age 66.
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Re: 1/18/2015
« Reply #12 on: January 18, 2015, 02:28:05 AM »
In 1957, a trio of B-52's completed the first non-stop, round-the-world flight by jet planes, landing at March Air Force Base in California after more than 45 hours aloft.
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Re: 1/18/2015
« Reply #13 on: January 18, 2015, 02:28:38 AM »
In 1967, Albert DeSalvo, who claimed to be the "Boston Strangler," was convicted in Cambridge, Massachusetts, of armed robbery, assault and sex offenses. (Sentenced to life, DeSalvo was killed in prison in 1973.)
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Re: 1/18/2015
« Reply #14 on: January 18, 2015, 02:29:06 AM »
In 1975, the situation comedy "The Jeffersons," a spin-off from "All in the Family," premiered on CBS-TV.
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