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12/28/2015
« on: December 28, 2015, 12:00:31 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: 12/28/2015
« Reply #1 on: December 28, 2015, 02:23:04 AM »
Good morning guys.
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Re: 12/28/2015
« Reply #2 on: December 28, 2015, 02:35:46 AM »
Today is Monday, Dec. 28, the 362nd day of 2015. There are three days left in the year.
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Re: 12/28/2015
« Reply #3 on: December 28, 2015, 02:36:32 AM »
Today's Highlight in History:

On Dec. 28, 1945, Congress officially recognized the Pledge of Allegiance.
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Re: 12/28/2015
« Reply #4 on: December 28, 2015, 02:36:57 AM »
On this date:
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Re: 12/28/2015
« Reply #5 on: December 28, 2015, 02:37:34 AM »
In 1612, Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei observed the planet Neptune, but mistook it for a star. (Neptune wasn't officially discovered until 1846 by Johann Gottfried Galle.)
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Re: 12/28/2015
« Reply #6 on: December 28, 2015, 02:38:01 AM »
In 1832, John C. Calhoun became the first vice president of the United States to resign, stepping down because of differences with President Andrew Jackson.
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Re: 12/28/2015
« Reply #7 on: December 28, 2015, 02:38:22 AM »
In 1846, Iowa became the 29th state to be admitted to the Union.
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Re: 12/28/2015
« Reply #8 on: December 28, 2015, 02:39:44 AM »
In 1856, the 28th president of the United States, Thomas Woodrow Wilson, was born in Staunton (STAN'-tun), Virginia.
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Re: 12/28/2015
« Reply #9 on: December 28, 2015, 02:40:08 AM »
In 1895, the Lumiere brothers, Auguste and Louis, held the first public showing of their movies in Paris.
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Re: 12/28/2015
« Reply #10 on: December 28, 2015, 02:40:31 AM »
In 1917, the New York Evening Mail published "A Neglected Anniversary," a facetious essay by H.L. Mencken supposedly recounting the history of bathtubs in America.
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Re: 12/28/2015
« Reply #11 on: December 28, 2015, 02:40:56 AM »
In 1937, composer Maurice Ravel died in Paris at age 62.
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Re: 12/28/2015
« Reply #12 on: December 28, 2015, 02:41:48 AM »
In 1944, the musical "On the Town," with music by Leonard Bernstein and book and lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green, opened on Broadway
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Re: 12/28/2015
« Reply #13 on: December 28, 2015, 02:42:32 AM »
In 1945, Fritz Lang's film noir, "Scarlet Street," starring Edward G. Robinson and Joan Bennett, was released by Universal Pictures. Author Theodore Dreiser, 74, died in Hollywood.
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Re: 12/28/2015
« Reply #14 on: December 28, 2015, 02:42:55 AM »
In 1961, the Tennessee Williams play "Night of the Iguana" opened on Broadway. Former first lady Edith Bolling Galt Wilson, the second wife of President Woodrow Wilson, died in Washington at age 89.
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