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10/9/2015
« on: October 09, 2015, 12:25:25 AM »
HAPPY FRIDAY!  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: 10/9/2015
« Reply #1 on: October 09, 2015, 02:06:24 AM »
Good morning guys.
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Re: 10/9/2015
« Reply #2 on: October 09, 2015, 02:08:29 AM »
Today is Friday, October 9, the 282nd day of 2015. There are 83 days left in the year.
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Re: 10/9/2015
« Reply #3 on: October 09, 2015, 02:09:41 AM »
Today's Highlight in History:

On October 9, 1940, rock-and-roll legend John Lennon was born in Liverpool, England. (On this date in 1975, his son, Sean, was born in New York.)
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Re: 10/9/2015
« Reply #4 on: October 09, 2015, 02:10:22 AM »
On this date:
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Re: 10/9/2015
« Reply #5 on: October 09, 2015, 02:10:44 AM »
In 1514, Mary Tudor, the 18-year-old sister of Henry VIII, became Queen consort of France upon her marriage to 52-year-old King Louis XII, who died less than three months later.
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Re: 10/9/2015
« Reply #6 on: October 09, 2015, 02:11:23 AM »
In 1776, a group of Spanish missionaries settled in present-day San Francisco.
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Re: 10/9/2015
« Reply #7 on: October 09, 2015, 02:11:57 AM »
In 1888, the public was first admitted to the Washington Monument.
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Re: 10/9/2015
« Reply #8 on: October 09, 2015, 02:12:32 AM »
In 1914, the Belgian city of Antwerp fell to German forces during World War I.
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Re: 10/9/2015
« Reply #9 on: October 09, 2015, 02:12:57 AM »
In 1934, King Alexander I of Yugoslavia was assassinated in Marseille, France, by a Macedonian gunman.
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Re: 10/9/2015
« Reply #10 on: October 09, 2015, 02:13:24 AM »
In 1946, the Eugene O'Neill drama "The Iceman Cometh" opened at the Martin Beck Theater in New York.
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Re: 10/9/2015
« Reply #11 on: October 09, 2015, 02:13:58 AM »
In 1958, Pope Pius XII died at age 82, ending a 19-year papacy. (He was succeeded by Pope John XXIII.)
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Re: 10/9/2015
« Reply #12 on: October 09, 2015, 02:14:44 AM »
In 1967, Latin American guerrilla leader Che Guevara was killed by the Bolivian army a day after he was captured.
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Re: 10/9/2015
« Reply #13 on: October 09, 2015, 02:15:21 AM »
In 1975, Soviet scientist Andrei Sakharov (AHN'-dray SAHK'-ah-rawf) was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
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Re: 10/9/2015
« Reply #14 on: October 09, 2015, 02:15:49 AM »
In 1985, the hijackers of the Achille Lauro (ah-KEE'-leh LOW'-roh) cruise liner surrendered two days after seizing the vessel in the Mediterranean. (Passenger Leon Klinghoffer was killed by the hijackers during the standoff.)
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