CigarBanter

Advanced search  
Pages: [1] 2 3 ... 22

Author Topic: 10/2/2015  (Read 27458 times)

CigarBanter

  • Administrator
  • Senior Status
  • *****
  • Posts: 3530
10/2/2015
« on: October 02, 2015, 01:11:22 AM »
Happy Friday, cigar enthusiasts!  Any 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!
Logged

LSUFAN

  • Founding Member
  • Esteemed Status
  • *****
  • Posts: 16579
  • Geaux Tigers!
Re: 10/2/2015
« Reply #1 on: October 02, 2015, 01:43:44 AM »
Good morning guys.
Logged

LSUFAN

  • Founding Member
  • Esteemed Status
  • *****
  • Posts: 16579
  • Geaux Tigers!
Re: 10/2/2015
« Reply #2 on: October 02, 2015, 01:48:57 AM »
Today is Friday, October 2, the 275th day of 2015. There are 90 days left in the year.
Logged

LSUFAN

  • Founding Member
  • Esteemed Status
  • *****
  • Posts: 16579
  • Geaux Tigers!
Re: 10/2/2015
« Reply #3 on: October 02, 2015, 01:49:55 AM »
Today's Highlight in History:

On October 2, 1985, actor Rock Hudson, 59, died at his home in Beverly Hills, California, after battling AIDS.
Logged

LSUFAN

  • Founding Member
  • Esteemed Status
  • *****
  • Posts: 16579
  • Geaux Tigers!
Re: 10/2/2015
« Reply #4 on: October 02, 2015, 01:50:26 AM »
On this date:
Logged

LSUFAN

  • Founding Member
  • Esteemed Status
  • *****
  • Posts: 16579
  • Geaux Tigers!
Re: 10/2/2015
« Reply #5 on: October 02, 2015, 01:50:51 AM »
In 1780, British spy John Andre was hanged in Tappan, New York, during the Revolutionary War.
Logged

LSUFAN

  • Founding Member
  • Esteemed Status
  • *****
  • Posts: 16579
  • Geaux Tigers!
Re: 10/2/2015
« Reply #6 on: October 02, 2015, 01:51:30 AM »
In 1835, the first battle of the Texas Revolution took place as American settlers fought Mexican soldiers near the Guadalupe River; the Mexicans ended up withdrawing.
Logged

LSUFAN

  • Founding Member
  • Esteemed Status
  • *****
  • Posts: 16579
  • Geaux Tigers!
Re: 10/2/2015
« Reply #7 on: October 02, 2015, 01:51:56 AM »
In 1890, comedian Groucho Marx was born Julius Marx in New York.
Logged

LSUFAN

  • Founding Member
  • Esteemed Status
  • *****
  • Posts: 16579
  • Geaux Tigers!
Re: 10/2/2015
« Reply #8 on: October 02, 2015, 01:52:24 AM »
In 1919, President Woodrow Wilson suffered a serious stroke at the White House that left him paralyzed on his left side.
Logged

LSUFAN

  • Founding Member
  • Esteemed Status
  • *****
  • Posts: 16579
  • Geaux Tigers!
Re: 10/2/2015
« Reply #9 on: October 02, 2015, 01:52:53 AM »
In 1939, the Benny Goodman Sextet (which included Lionel Hampton) made their first recording, "Flying Home," for Columbia.
Logged

LSUFAN

  • Founding Member
  • Esteemed Status
  • *****
  • Posts: 16579
  • Geaux Tigers!
Re: 10/2/2015
« Reply #10 on: October 02, 2015, 01:53:31 AM »
In 1944, German troops crushed the two-month-old Warsaw Uprising, during which a quarter of a million people had been killed.
Logged

LSUFAN

  • Founding Member
  • Esteemed Status
  • *****
  • Posts: 16579
  • Geaux Tigers!
Re: 10/2/2015
« Reply #11 on: October 02, 2015, 01:54:02 AM »
In 1955, the suspense anthology "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" premiered on CBS-TV.
Logged

LSUFAN

  • Founding Member
  • Esteemed Status
  • *****
  • Posts: 16579
  • Geaux Tigers!
Re: 10/2/2015
« Reply #12 on: October 02, 2015, 01:54:31 AM »
In 1967, Thurgood Marshall was sworn as an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court as the court opened its new term.
Logged

LSUFAN

  • Founding Member
  • Esteemed Status
  • *****
  • Posts: 16579
  • Geaux Tigers!
Re: 10/2/2015
« Reply #13 on: October 02, 2015, 01:55:02 AM »
In 1975, President Gerald R. Ford formally welcomed Japan's Emperor Hirohito to the United States during a ceremony on the South Lawn of the White House.
Logged

LSUFAN

  • Founding Member
  • Esteemed Status
  • *****
  • Posts: 16579
  • Geaux Tigers!
Re: 10/2/2015
« Reply #14 on: October 02, 2015, 01:55:35 AM »
In 1990, the Senate voted 90-9 to confirm the nomination of Judge David H. Souter to the Supreme Court.
Logged
Pages: [1] 2 3 ... 22