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December 01, 2015, 12:00:14 AM »
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!
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Good morning guys.
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Today is Tuesday, Dec. 1, the 335th day of 2015. There are 30 days left in the year.
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Today's Highlight in History:
On Dec. 1, 1955, Rosa Parks, a black seamstress, was arrested after refusing to give up her seat to a white man on a Montgomery, Alabama, city bus; the incident sparked a year-long boycott of the buses by blacks.
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December 01, 2015, 02:26:05 AM »
On this date:
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December 01, 2015, 02:26:36 AM »
In 1824, the presidential election was turned over to the U.S. House of Representatives when a deadlock developed between John Quincy Adams, Andrew Jackson, William H. Crawford and Henry Clay. (Adams ended up the winner.)
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In 1860, the Charles Dickens novel "Great Expectations" was first published in weekly serial form.
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December 01, 2015, 02:27:59 AM »
In 1862, President Abraham Lincoln sent his Second Annual Message to Congress, in which he called for the abolition of slavery, and went on to say, "Fellow citizens, we cannot escape history. We of this Congress and this administration will be remembered in spite of ourselves."
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December 01, 2015, 02:28:28 AM »
In 1921, the Navy flew the first non-rigid dirigible to use helium; the C-7 traveled from Hampton Roads, Virginia, to Washington, D.C.
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In 1934, Soviet communist official Sergei M. Kirov, an associate of Josef Stalin, was assassinated in Leningrad, resulting in a massive purge.
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December 01, 2015, 02:29:24 AM »
In 1941, Japan's Emperor Hirohito approved waging war against the United States, Britain and the Netherlands after his government rejected U.S. demands contained in the Hull Note.
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December 01, 2015, 02:29:47 AM »
In 1942, nationwide gasoline rationing went into effect in the United States.
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December 01, 2015, 02:30:20 AM »
In 1965, an airlift of refugees from Cuba to the United States began in which thousands of Cubans were allowed to leave their homeland.
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In 1969, the U.S. government held its first draft lottery since World War II.
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In 1973, David Ben-Gurion, Israel's first prime minister, died in Tel Aviv at age 87.
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