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12/8/2015
« on: December 08, 2015, 12:07:12 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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Re: 12/8/2015
« Reply #1 on: December 08, 2015, 01:34:22 AM »
Good morning guys.
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Re: 12/8/2015
« Reply #2 on: December 08, 2015, 01:54:16 AM »
Today is Tuesday, Dec. 8, the 342nd day of 2015. There are 23 days left in the year.
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Re: 12/8/2015
« Reply #3 on: December 08, 2015, 01:55:12 AM »
Today's Highlight in History:

On Dec. 8, 1941, the United States entered World War II as Congress declared war against Imperial Japan, a day after the attack on Pearl Harbor.
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Re: 12/8/2015
« Reply #4 on: December 08, 2015, 01:56:07 AM »
On this date:
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Re: 12/8/2015
« Reply #5 on: December 08, 2015, 01:56:29 AM »
In 1765, Eli Whitney, inventor of the cotton gin, was born in Westborough, Massachusetts.
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Re: 12/8/2015
« Reply #6 on: December 08, 2015, 01:57:00 AM »
In 1854, Pope Pius IX proclaimed the Catholic dogma of the Immaculate Conception, which holds that Mary, the mother of Jesus, was free of original sin from the moment of her own conception.
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Re: 12/8/2015
« Reply #7 on: December 08, 2015, 01:57:31 AM »
In 1865, Finnish composer Jean Sibelius was born in Haemeenlinna.
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Re: 12/8/2015
« Reply #8 on: December 08, 2015, 01:58:09 AM »
In 1914, "Watch Your Step," the first musical revue to feature a score composed entirely by Irving Berlin, opened in New York.
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Re: 12/8/2015
« Reply #9 on: December 08, 2015, 01:58:38 AM »
In 1940, the Chicago Bears defeated the Washington Redskins, 73-0, in the NFL Championship Game, which was carried on network radio for the first time by the Mutual Broadcasting System (the announcer was Red Barber).
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Re: 12/8/2015
« Reply #10 on: December 08, 2015, 01:59:10 AM »
In 1949, the Chinese Nationalist government moved from the Chinese mainland to Formosa as the Communists pressed their attacks.
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Re: 12/8/2015
« Reply #11 on: December 08, 2015, 01:59:36 AM »
In 1962, the first session of the Second Vatican Council was formally adjourned. Typographers went on a 114-day strike against four New York City newspapers.
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Re: 12/8/2015
« Reply #12 on: December 08, 2015, 02:00:03 AM »
In 1972, a United Airlines Boeing 737 crashed while attempting to land at Chicago-Midway Airport, killing 43 of the 61 people on board, as well as two people on the ground; among the dead were Dorothy Hunt, wife of Watergate conspirator E. Howard Hunt, U.S. Rep. George W. Collins, D-Ill., and CBS News correspondent Michele Clark.
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Re: 12/8/2015
« Reply #13 on: December 08, 2015, 02:00:36 AM »
In 1980, rock star John Lennon was shot to death outside his New York City apartment building by an apparently deranged fan.
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Re: 12/8/2015
« Reply #14 on: December 08, 2015, 02:01:19 AM »
In 1982, a man demanding an end to nuclear weapons held the Washington Monument hostage, threatening to blow it up with explosives he claimed were inside a van. (After a 10-hour standoff, Norman D. Mayer was shot dead by police; it turned out there were no explosives.)
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