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12/14/2015
« on: December 14, 2015, 12:01:35 AM »
Happy Monday! Are there any cigar deals out there today to be had? Join in this discussion and perhaps learn something about cigars 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: 12/14/2015
« Reply #1 on: December 14, 2015, 01:39:16 AM »
Good morning guys.
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Re: 12/14/2015
« Reply #2 on: December 14, 2015, 02:13:25 AM »
Today is Monday, Dec. 14, the 348th day of 2015. There are 17 days left in the year.
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Re: 12/14/2015
« Reply #3 on: December 14, 2015, 02:13:50 AM »
Today's Highlight in History:

On Dec. 14, 1799, the first president of the United States, George Washington, died at his Mount Vernon, Virginia, home at age 67.
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Re: 12/14/2015
« Reply #4 on: December 14, 2015, 02:14:43 AM »
On this date:
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Re: 12/14/2015
« Reply #5 on: December 14, 2015, 02:15:23 AM »
In 1819, Alabama joined the Union as the 22nd state.
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Re: 12/14/2015
« Reply #6 on: December 14, 2015, 02:15:48 AM »
In 1911, Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen (ROH'-ahl AH'-mun-suhn) and his team became the first men to reach the South Pole, beating out a British expedition led by Robert F. Scott.
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Re: 12/14/2015
« Reply #7 on: December 14, 2015, 02:16:23 AM »
In 1918, "Il Trittico," a trio of one-act operas by Giacomo Puccini, premiered at New York's Metropolitan Opera House. (The third opera, "Gianni Schicchi (SKEE'-kee)," featured the aria "O Mio Babbino Caro," which was an immediate hit.)
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Re: 12/14/2015
« Reply #8 on: December 14, 2015, 02:16:50 AM »
In 1939, the Soviet Union was expelled from the League of Nations for invading Finland.
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Re: 12/14/2015
« Reply #9 on: December 14, 2015, 02:17:21 AM »
In 1946, the United Nations General Assembly voted to establish the U.N.'s headquarters in New York.
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Re: 12/14/2015
« Reply #10 on: December 14, 2015, 02:17:44 AM »
In 1964, the U.S. Supreme Court, in Heart of Atlanta Motel v. United States, ruled that Congress was within its authority to enforce the Civil Rights Act of 1964 against racial discrimination by private businesses (in this case, a motel that refused to cater to blacks).
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Re: 12/14/2015
« Reply #11 on: December 14, 2015, 02:18:18 AM »
In 1972, Apollo 17 astronauts Harrison Schmitt and Eugene Cernan concluded their third and final moonwalk and blasted off for their rendezvous with the command module.
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Re: 12/14/2015
« Reply #12 on: December 14, 2015, 02:18:50 AM »
In 1975, six South Moluccan extremists surrendered after holding 23 hostages for 12 days on a train near the Dutch town of Beilen (BY'-luhn).
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Re: 12/14/2015
« Reply #13 on: December 14, 2015, 02:19:21 AM »
In 1981, Israel annexed the Golan Heights, which it had seized from Syria in 1967.
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Re: 12/14/2015
« Reply #14 on: December 14, 2015, 02:19:57 AM »
In 1985, Wilma Mankiller became the first woman to lead a major American Indian tribe as she took office as principal chief of the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma. Former New York Yankees outfielder Roger Maris, who'd hit 61 home runs during the 1961 season, died in Houston at age 51.
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