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8/9/2015
« on: August 09, 2015, 12:00:19 AM »
What's up cigar enthusiasts?!  Any cigar deals on the various internet sites that are worth talking about? Join in this discussion and perhaps learn something along the way.  Warning: don't proceed if you have thin skin but don't be afraid to post either...  And welcome aboard!
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Re: 8/9/2015
« Reply #1 on: August 09, 2015, 02:06:34 AM »
Good morning guys. 
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Re: 8/9/2015
« Reply #2 on: August 09, 2015, 02:10:13 AM »
Today is Sunday, August 9, the 221st day of 2015. There are 144 days left in the year.

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Re: 8/9/2015
« Reply #3 on: August 09, 2015, 02:10:57 AM »
Highlight in History

On August 9, 1945, three days after the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, Japan, the United States exploded a nuclear device over Nagasaki, killing an estimated 74,000 people.
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Re: 8/9/2015
« Reply #4 on: August 09, 2015, 02:11:29 AM »
On this date

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Re: 8/9/2015
« Reply #5 on: August 09, 2015, 02:11:58 AM »
In 1842, the United States and Canada resolved a border dispute by signing the Webster-Ashburton Treaty.

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Re: 8/9/2015
« Reply #6 on: August 09, 2015, 02:12:22 AM »

In 1854, Henry David Thoreau's "Walden," which described Thoreau's experiences while living
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Re: 8/9/2015
« Reply #7 on: August 09, 2015, 02:12:58 AM »
In 1902, Edward VII was crowned king of Britain following the death of his mother, Queen Victoria.
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Re: 8/9/2015
« Reply #8 on: August 09, 2015, 02:13:32 AM »
In 1934, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed an executive order nationalizing silver.

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Re: 8/9/2015
« Reply #9 on: August 09, 2015, 02:13:55 AM »
In 1936, Jesse Owens won his fourth gold medal at the Berlin Olympics as the United States took first place in the 400-meter relay.

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Re: 8/9/2015
« Reply #10 on: August 09, 2015, 02:14:41 AM »
In 1944, 258 African-American sailors based at Port Chicago, California, refused to load a munitions ship following a cargo vessel explosion that killed 320 men, many of them black. (Fifty of the sailors were convicted of mutiny, fined and imprisoned.)

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Re: 8/9/2015
« Reply #11 on: August 09, 2015, 02:15:13 AM »
In 1965, Singapore became independent as it was expelled from the Malaysian Federation.
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Re: 8/9/2015
« Reply #12 on: August 09, 2015, 02:15:45 AM »
In 1969, actress Sharon Tate and four other people were found brutally slain at Tate's Los Angeles home; cult leader Charles Manson and a group of his followers were later convicted of the crime.

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Re: 8/9/2015
« Reply #13 on: August 09, 2015, 02:16:21 AM »
In 1974, Vice President Gerald R. Ford became the nation's 38th chief executive as President Richard Nixon's resignation took effect.

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Re: 8/9/2015
« Reply #14 on: August 09, 2015, 02:16:44 AM »
In 1975, Russian composer Dmitri Shostakovich, 68, died in Moscow.

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