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8/5/2015
« on: August 05, 2015, 12:00:18 AM »
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Re: 8/5/2015
« Reply #1 on: August 05, 2015, 12:02:54 AM »
I've got it!  DASH!
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Re: 8/5/2015
« Reply #2 on: August 05, 2015, 02:16:38 AM »
Good morning guys.
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Re: 8/5/2015
« Reply #3 on: August 05, 2015, 02:16:58 AM »
5 Perdomo 10th Anniversary Champagne Epicure (Toro)
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 4 Gurkha Hudson Bay Torpedo (6.0"x52)
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 3 Nica Rustica by Drew Estate
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 2 601 Serie Blue Box-Press Maduro
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 1 La Historia by E.P. Carrillo
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Re: 8/5/2015
« Reply #4 on: August 05, 2015, 02:17:43 AM »
Today is Wednesday, August 5, the 217th day of 2015. There are 148 days left in the year.

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Re: 8/5/2015
« Reply #5 on: August 05, 2015, 02:18:50 AM »
Highlight in History

On August 5, 1965, during the Vietnam War, "The CBS Evening News" sparked controversy as it aired a report by correspondent Morley Safer showing a group of U.S. Marines torching huts in the village of Cam Ne, considered a Viet Cong stronghold, using flamethrowers and Zippo cigarette lighters.
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Re: 8/5/2015
« Reply #6 on: August 05, 2015, 02:23:01 AM »
On this date

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Re: 8/5/2015
« Reply #7 on: August 05, 2015, 02:23:43 AM »
In 1864, during the Civil War, Union Adm. David G. Farragut led his fleet to victory in the Battle of Mobile Bay, Alabama.

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Re: 8/5/2015
« Reply #8 on: August 05, 2015, 02:24:39 AM »
In 1884, the cornerstone for the Statue of Liberty's pedestal was laid on Bedloe's Island in New York Harbor.
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Re: 8/5/2015
« Reply #9 on: August 05, 2015, 02:25:07 AM »
In 1914, what's believed to be the first electric traffic light system was installed in Cleveland, Ohio, at the intersection of East 105th Street and Euclid Avenue. Montenegro declared war on Austria-Hungary at the start of World War I.

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Re: 8/5/2015
« Reply #10 on: August 05, 2015, 02:25:30 AM »
In 1924, the comic strip "Little Orphan Annie" by Harold Gray made its debut.

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Re: 8/5/2015
« Reply #11 on: August 05, 2015, 02:25:57 AM »
In 1933, President Franklin D. Roosevelt established the National Labor Board, which was later replaced with the National Labor Relations Board.

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Re: 8/5/2015
« Reply #12 on: August 05, 2015, 02:26:32 AM »
In 1953, Operation Big Switch began as remaining prisoners taken during the Korean War were exchanged at Panmunjom.

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Re: 8/5/2015
« Reply #13 on: August 05, 2015, 02:27:15 AM »
In 1957, the teenage dance show "American Bandstand," hosted by Dick Clark, made its network debut on ABC-TV.
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Re: 8/5/2015
« Reply #14 on: August 05, 2015, 02:27:47 AM »
In 1962, actress Marilyn Monroe, 36, was found dead in her Los Angeles home; her death was ruled a probable suicide from "acute barbiturate poisoning." South African anti-apartheid activist Nelson Mandela was arrested; it was the beginning of 27 years of imprisonment.

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