Print

[CigarBanter]

It's Tuesday again! In between insults we'll occasionally discuss cigars.  Join in 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

[SLY]

It's Tuesday again! In between insults we'll occasionally discuss cigars.  Join in 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

Had a nice Diesel Unlimited toro while sipping JW Black ... good, solid smoke ... nothing fancy, but reliable & enjoyable.

[A Friend of Charlie]

It's Tuesday again! In between insults we'll occasionally discuss cigars.  Join in 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

Had a nice Diesel Unlimited toro while sipping JW Black ... good, solid smoke ... nothing fancy, but reliable & enjoyable.

Agreed.  I've enjoyed the ones I smoked too.  Still have 5 or 6 left.

[A Friend of Charlie]

Hi and bye, SLY.  Morning comes quickly and I need all the beauty sleep I can get. 

[SLY]

Hi and bye, SLY.  Morning comes quickly and I need all the beauty sleep I can get. 

Night, Tony.  Heading to bed soon, also.  ONe question ... can be answered tomorrow (or later today) ...
When I change to a new page, I get logged out and have to log back in to be able to post. 
How can I remedy that, so I stay logged in?  Thanks.

[A Friend of Charlie]

Hi and bye, SLY.  Morning comes quickly and I need all the beauty sleep I can get. 

Night, Tony.  Heading to bed soon, also.  ONe question ... can be answered tomorrow (or later today) ...
When I change to a new page, I get logged out and have to log back in to be able to post. 
How can I remedy that, so I stay logged in?  Thanks.

SLY, I haven't experienced that but perhaps it's because I usually check the box that says "Always stay logged in".  Give that a shot:

[Oyam18]

Logged

[LSUFAN]

Good morning guys.

[LSUFAN]

On this day in history ..
0193 - Lucius Septimus Severus crowned emperor of Rome
0754 - Pact of Quierzy: between Pope Stephen II, [III] & Pippin the Korte
0972 - Notger becomes bishop of Liege
0979 - Challenge to throne of King Aethelred II of England
1028 - German emperor Conrad II the Sailor crowns his son Henry III, king
1191 - 85-year old Giacinto Bobo becomes Pope Coelestinus III
1471 - Battle of Barnet-King Edward IV vs Earl of Warwick
1536 - English king Henry VIII expropriate minor monasteries
1544 - Battle at Carignano: French troops under Earl d'Enghien beat Swiss
1570 - Polish Calvinists/Lutherians/Hernhutters unify against Jesuits
1574 - Battle of Mookerhei-D'Avila beats Louis of Nassau
1611 - Word "telescope" is 1st used (Prince Federico Cesi)
1614 - Pocahontas, daughter of chief Powhatan, marries planter John Rolfe
1629 - England & France sign Peace of Susa
1671 - Cosaks capture Russian boer leader Stenka Razin
1756 - Gov Glen of SC protests against 900 Acadia indians
1775 - 1st abolitionist society in US organizes in Phila
1777 - NY adopts new constitution as an independent state
1792 - France declares war on Austria, starting French Revolutionary Wars
1799 - Napoleon called for establishing Jerusalem for Jews
1809 - Napoleon defeated Austria in the Battle of Abensberg, Bavaria
1814 - Napoleon abdicated & was banished to Elba
1818 - US Medical Corp forms
1828 - 18-gun sloop "Acorn" sinks off Halifax with 115 men aboard
1828 - 1st edition of Noah Webster's dictionary published
1836 - Congress forms Territory of Wisconsin
1841 - Edgar Allen Poe's "Murders in the Rue Morgue," published
1847 - Persia & Osmaanse sign 2nd Treaty of Erzurum
1853 - Harriet Tubman began her Underground Railroad, helping slaves escape
1859 - Charles Dickens' "A Tale Of Two Cities" published
1860 - 1st Pony Express rider arrives in SF from St Joseph, Mo
1861 - Formal Union surrender of Ft Sumter
1861 - Robert E Lee resigns from Union army
1862 - Battle of Ft Pillow TN
1863 - William Bullock patents continuous-roll printing press
1865 - Mobile, Alabama is captured
1865 - Pres Abraham Lincoln shot in Ford's Theater by John Wilkes Booth
1868 - SC voters approved constitution, 70,758 to 27,228
1871 - Canada sets denominations of currency as dollars, cents, & mills
1872 - Dominion Lands Act passed-Canada's Homestead Act
1872 - San Francisco organizes Bar Association
1883 - Leo Delibes' opera "Lakm‚," premieres in Paris
1887 - Start of Sherlock Holmes adventure "Reigate Squires" (BG)
1890 - Pan American Day-1st conference of American states (Wash DC)
1894 - 1st public showing of Edison's kinetoscope (moving pictures)
1894 - Thomas Edison presents "peep show" device
1895 - 1st performance of Gustav Mahler's (incomplete) 2nd Symphony
1896 - John Philip Sousa's "El Capitan," premieres (NYC)
1900 - President Loubet opens International Fairs in Paris

[LSUFAN]

1900 - Veteran's Hospital at Ft Miley forms
1902 - JC Penney opens his 1st store, in Kemmerer, Wyo
1902 - Marie & Pierre Curie isolated the radioactive element radium
1903 - Dr Harry Plotz discovers vaccine against typhoid (NYC)
1904 - George Bernard Shaw's "Candida," premiered in London
1906 - Pres Theodore Roosevelt denounces "muckrakers" in US press
1909 - Anglo-Persian Oil Company forms in London
1910 - President Taft begins tradition of throwing out ball on opening day
1912 - Pan American Union forms
1913 - Belgium begins general strike for voting rights
1914 - Stacy G Carkhuff patents non-skid tire pattern
1915 - A's Herb Pennock is within 1 out of pitching 1st Opening Day no-hitter
1915 - Dutch merchant navy ship Katwijk sunk by Germany torpedo
1917 - Chic White Sox Ed Cicotte no-hits St Louis Browns, 11-0
1918 - Douglas Campbell is 1st US ace pilot (shooting down 5th German plane)
1920 - Tornadoes killed 219 people in Alabama & Mississippi
1921 - NHL Championship: Ottawa Senators sweep Toronto St Patricks in 2 games
1921 - Prince Henry opens Rotterdam-Amsterdam-Bremen-Hamburg air route
1922 - Republic rebels occupies 4 govt courts in Dublin
1923 - Etienne Oehmichen sets helicopter distance record of 358 meters
1925 - 1st regular-season Cubs game to be broadcast on radio (WGN)
1928 - Maddus Airlines starts 1st regular passenger flights between SF & LA
1928 - Stanley Cup: NY Rangers beat Montreal Maroons, 3 games to 2
1930 - Philip Barry's "Hotel Universe," premieres in NYC
1931 - Spain becomes republic with overthrow of King Alfonso XIII
1931 - Stanley Cup: Montreal Canadiens beat Chicago Blackhawks, 3 games to 2
1932 - Bizet, Massine & Mir˘'s "Jeux d'Enfants," premieres in Monte Carlo
1935 - Sandstorm ravages US midwest (Dust Bowl)
1939 - John Steinbeck novel "The Grapes of Wrath" published
1940 - Allied troops land in Norway

[LSUFAN]

1940 - RCA demonstrated its new electron microscope in Philadelphia
1941 - 1st massive German raid in Paris, 3,600 Jews rounded up
1941 - King Peter leaves Yugoslavia
1942 - Destroyer Roper sinks German U-85 of US east coast
1943 - Gen Alexander/Eisenhower/Anderson/Bradley discuss assault on Tunis
1943 - James Gow & A d'Usseau's "Tomorrow the World," premieres in NYC
1944 - 1st Jews transported from Athens arrive at Auschwitz
1944 - Freighter "Fort Stikene" explodes in Bombay India, killing 1,376
1944 - Gen Eisenhower becomes head commander of allied air fleet
1944 - Greek Colonel Venizelos forms govt
1945 - American planes bombed Tokyo & damaged the Imperial Palace
1945 - Arnhem/Zwolle freed from nazis
1945 - US 7th Army & allies forces captured Nuremberg & Stuttgart in Germany
1945 - US forces conquered Motobu peninsula on Okinawa
1945 - US marines attack Yae Take on Okinawa
1946 - "Day Before Spring" closes at National Theater NYC after 167 perfs
1946 - Manager Mel Ott of Giants hits 511th & final HR
1948 - A flash of light is observed in crater Plato on Moon
1948 - NYC subway fares jump from 5› to 10›
1948 - Stanley Cup: Toronto Maple Leafs sweep Detroit Red Wings in 4 games
1948 - US performs atmospheric nuclear test at Enwetak
1949 - International Military Tribunal at Neurenberg's last judgment
1950 - 1st edition of British strip "Eagle"
1950 - Doorne's Auto factory opens in Netherlands
1953 - Viet-Minh offensive in Laos
1953 - WHYN (now WGGB) TV channel 40 in Springfield-Holyoke, MA (ABC) begins
1954 - Soviet diplomat Vladimir Petrov asks for politics asylum in Canberra
1955 - Elston Howard becomes the 1st black to wear the Yankee uniform
1955 - Stanley Cup: Detroit Red Wings beat Montreal Canadiens, 4 games to 3
1955 - WBRZ TV channel 2 in Baton Rouge, LA (ABC/NBC) begins broadcasting
1956 - "Plain & Fancy" closes at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC after 476 perfs
1956 - Ampex Corp demonstrates 1st commercial videotape recorder
1957 - Leah Neuberger wins her 8th women's singles ping pong championship
1957 - Wiffi Smith wins LPGA Dallas Golf Open

[LSUFAN]

1958 - Sputnik 2 (with dog Laika) burns up in atmosphere
1959 - (Robert) Taft Memorial Bell Tower dedicated in Wash DC
1959 - KDIN TV channel 11 in Des Moines, IA (PBS) begins broadcasting
1960 - "Bye Bye Birdie" opens at Martin Beck Theater NYC for 607 performances
1960 - 1st underwater launching of Polaris missile
1960 - Stanley Cup: Montreal Canadiens sweep Toronto Maple Leafs in 4 games
1961 - 1st live television broadcast from Soviet Union
1961 - Cuban-American invasion army departs Nicaragua
1961 - US element 103 (Lawrencium) discovered
1962 - Demonstration for sovereign status of New-Guinea in Amsterdam
1962 - Georges Pompidou becomes president of France
1963 - George Harrison is impressed by unsigned group "Rolling Stones"
1964 - Sandy Koufax throws his 9th complete game without allowing a walk
1965 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1967 - Gen Gnassingbe Eyadema becomes president of Togo
1967 - In the Vietnam War, US planes bombed Haiphong for 1st time
1967 - Red Sox rookie Billy Rohome comes within 1 strike of a no hitter at
1967 - Yankee Stadium, Elston Howard singles on a 3-2 pitch
1968 - 1st NBA game at Madison Sq Garden, Knicks beat SD Clippers
1968 - 32nd Golf Masters Championship: Bob Goalby wins, shooting a 277
1968 - Marilynn Smith wins LPGA O'Sullivan Golf Open
1968 - Roberto de Vicenzo loses Masters for signing an incorrect score card
1969 - 1st major league baseball game outside US played (Montreal Canada)
1969 - 41st Academy Awards - "Oliver," C Robertson & K Hepburn/Striesand win
1969 - KEET TV channel 13 in Eureka, CA (PBS) begins broadcasting
1969 - Student Afro-American Society seized at Columbia College
1969 - Tornado strikes Dacca East Pakistan killing 540
1970 - "Boy Friend" opens at Ambassador Theater NYC for 119 performances
1971 - Fort Point, SF dedicated as a national historic site
1971 - President Nixon ends blockade against People's Republic of China
1971 - Stephen Sondheim's musical "Follies," premieres in NYC
1971 - Supreme Court upheld busing as means of achieving racial desegregation
1972 - "That's Entertainment" opens at Edison Theater NYC for 4 performances
1973 - Acting FBI director L Patrick Gray resigns after admitting he destroyed evidence in the Watergate scandal

[LSUFAN]

1974 - 38th Golf Masters Championship: Gary Player wins, shooting a 278
1977 - Supreme Court says people may refuse to display state motto on license
1978 - David Hare's "Plenty," premieres in London
1978 - Korean Air Lines Boeing 707, fired on by Soviets, crashes in Russia
1978 - WRR-AM in Dallas Texas changes call letters to KAAM
1979 - Susan Horvath, of Penn, crowned America's Young Woman of the Year
1980 - 1st Cubans of the Mariel boatlift sail to Florida
1980 - 52nd Academy Awards - "Kramer vs Kramer," D Hoffman & Sally Field win
1980 - Pulitzer prize awarded to Norman Mailer (Executioner's Song)
1981 - 1st Space Shuttle-Columbia 1-returns to Earth
1983 - Isles tie own rec with 2 shorthanded playoff goals in a pd vs Ranger
1983 - Pres Reagan signs $165 billion Social Security rescue
1983 - Rangers 1-Isles 4-Patrick Div Finals-Isles hold 1-0 lead
1984 - Farewell concert of "Doe Maar" in Den Bosch Neth
1985 - "Take Me Along!" opens/closes at Martin Beck Theater NYC
1985 - 49th Golf Masters Championship: Bernhard Langer wins, shooting a 282
1985 - Ahmed Salah wins 1st World Cup marathon (2:08:09)
1985 - Alan Garcia wins elections in Peru
1985 - Beth Daniel wins LPGA Kyocera Inamori Golf Classic
1985 - Bob Carpenter is unsuccessful on Wash Caps 1st playoff penalty shot
1985 - Caps 4-Isles 6-Patrick Div Semifinals-Series tied at 2-2
1985 - Jack C Burcham is 5th to receive "Jarvik 7" permanent artificial heart
1986 - 21st Academy of Country Music Awards: G Strait, Alabama, R McEntire
1986 - Desmond Tutu elected Anglican archbishop of Capetown
1986 - Double-decker ferry sinks in stormy weather in Bangladesh killing 200
1986 - US aircraft attacks 5 terrorist locations in Libya
1987 - Turkey asks to join European market
1988 - "Mail" opens at Music Box Theater NYC for 36 performances
1988 - Devils 6-5 over Islanders-Devils take 1st round 4-2
1988 - USSR, US, Pakistan & Afghanistan sign Afghanistan treaty
1989 - 1,100,000,000th Chinese born
1989 - In the Iran-Contra trial, Oliver North's case goes to the jury

[LSUFAN]

1991 - "Mule Bone" closes at Ethel Barrymore Theater NYC after 67 perfs
1991 - "Oh, Kay!" closes at Lunt-Fontanne Theater NYC
1991 - 55th Golf Masters Championship: Ian Woosnam wins, shooting a 277
1991 - Chic Blackhawks becomes 1st NHL regular season champion in 20 years to lose in 1st round of the playoffs (To Minn North Stars)
1992 - "Guys & Dolls" opens at Martin Beck Theater NYC for 1143 performances
1992 - "Les Miserables," opens at Palace Theatre, Manchester
1992 - Court throws out Apple's lawsuit against Microsoft
1992 - UAW ends 5 month strike against Caterpillar Inc
1992 - UN imposes embargo against Libya takes effect
1994 - Billy Joel & Christie Brinkley announces plans to divorce
1994 - Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis operated on for a bleeding ulcer
1994 - NJ Devils end best regular season, 47-25-12 record for 106 points
1994 - US F-15 accidentally shoots 2 US helicopters down over Iraq, 26 die
1994 - Branch Davidian cult leader David Koresh promises to surrender after completion of his Seven Seals manuscript
1995 - India beats Sri Lanka to win the Asia Cricket Cup final in Sharjah
1995 - Rosie Jones wins LPGA Pinewild Women's Golf Championship
1996 - "Apple Doesn't Fall" opens at Lyceum Theater NYC for 1 performance
1996 - 60th Golf Masters Championship: Nick Faldo wins, shooting a 276
1996 - Detroit Red Wings win NHL record 62 games
2002 - 66th Golf Masters Championship:

[LSUFAN]

Famous birthdays for this day ..

1578 - Philip III, King of Spain & Portugal (1598-1621)
1592 - Abraham Elsevier, book publisher/publisher
1629 - Christian Huygens, Holland, astronomer (discovered Saturn's rings)
1676 - Ernst Chreistian Hesse, composer
1710 - Marie A C de Camargo, Spanish/Italian/Belgian dancer
1718 - Emanuele Barbella, composer
1721 - William August duke of Cumberland, English army leader
1723 - John Wainwright, composer
1738 - Duck of Portland, (C) British PM (1783, 1807-09)
1762 - Giuseppe Valadier, Italian architect/archaeologist
1770 - George Canning, London, British PM (1827)
1782 - Carlo Coccia, composer
1797 - Adolphe Thiers, 1st president of 3rd French Republic (1871-77)
1803 - Friedrich von Amerling, Austrian painter
1809 - George W Vreede, Dutch lawyer/politician
1813 - Junius S Morgan, US, merchant/philanthropist (Metro Museum of Art)
1819 - Charles Halle, pianist/conductor/founder (Halle Orch)
1820 - Harry Thompson Hays, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1876
1831 - Gerhard Rohlfs, German explorer/ambassador in Abyssinia
1832 - James Hewett Ledlie, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1882
1842 - Sven August Korling, composer
1843 - Gustave Leon Huberti, composer
1852 - Henrique Oswald, composer
1857 - Edgar Stillman Kelley, Sparta Wisconsin, composer (Gulliver)
1862 - Pyotr A Stolypin, premier Russia (1906-11)
1866 - Anne Mansfield Sullivan, US, educated Helen Keller
1870 - Syd Gregory, cricketer (Australian batsman in 58 Tests 1890-1912)
1873 - Viktor Joseph Keldorfer, composer
1874 - Count Alexander, of Athlone, gov-gen (South-Africa/Canada)
1876 - Murray Bisset, cricketer (South African wicket-keeper 1899 & 1910)
1877 - Dani‰l Plooy, Dutch new testament scholar
1879 - James Branch Cabell, American novelist/essayist (Restless Heads)
1881 - Anton Wildgans, Austrian writer/director (Burg Theater)
1886 - Edward C Tolman, US psychologist (behaviorism)
1886 - Ernst R Curtius, German literature historian
1889 - Adolph Hitler, Austria, dictator of Nazi Germany (1936-45)[NS=Apr 20]
1889 - Arnold Toynbee, England, historian (Study of History)
1889 - Efim D Bogoljubov, Russian chess player
1889 - James Stephenson, actor (Letter, Espionage Agent, Nancy Drew)
1892 - Giorgio Cesana, Italy, coxswain, (Olympic-gold-1906)
1892 - Vere G Childe, British archaeologist/prehistorian
1895 - Mary Marquet, St Petersburg Russia, actress (Matter of Resistance)
1895 - Wiktor Labunski, composer
1897 - Barbara baroness Wootton of Abinger, English Lower house leader
1898 - Lee Tracy, Atlanta Ga, actor (Martin Kane-Martin Kane Private Eye)