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12/31/2015
« on: December 31, 2015, 12:00:16 AM »
Forget trying to find any cigar deals today. Instead, let's spend the last day of the year discussing the following survey:
http://cigarbanter.com/forum/index.php/topic,616.0.html

Join in and perhaps learn something new along the way. And welcome to cigarbanter.com!
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Re: 12/31/2015
« Reply #1 on: December 31, 2015, 12:37:30 AM »
Happy Birthday, Sly!
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Re: 12/31/2015
« Reply #2 on: December 31, 2015, 03:54:21 AM »
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Re: 12/31/2015
« Reply #3 on: December 31, 2015, 04:05:42 AM »
Good morning guys.
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Re: 12/31/2015
« Reply #4 on: December 31, 2015, 05:02:53 AM »
Today is Thursday, Dec. 31, the 365th and final day of 2015.
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Re: 12/31/2015
« Reply #5 on: December 31, 2015, 05:03:37 AM »
Today's Highlight in History:


On Dec. 31, 1879, Thomas Edison first publicly demonstrated his electric incandescent light in Menlo Park, New Jersey.

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Re: 12/31/2015
« Reply #6 on: December 31, 2015, 05:04:04 AM »
On this date:
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Re: 12/31/2015
« Reply #7 on: December 31, 2015, 05:04:35 AM »
In 1775, during the Revolutionary War, the British repulsed an attack by Continental Army generals Richard Montgomery and Benedict Arnold at Quebec; Montgomery was killed.
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Re: 12/31/2015
« Reply #8 on: December 31, 2015, 05:05:05 AM »
In 1904, New York's Times Square saw its first New Year's Eve celebration, with an estimated 200,000 people in attendance.
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Re: 12/31/2015
« Reply #9 on: December 31, 2015, 05:05:29 AM »
In 1909, the Manhattan Bridge, spanning the East River between Manhattan and Brooklyn, was officially opened to vehicular traffic.
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Re: 12/31/2015
« Reply #10 on: December 31, 2015, 05:05:50 AM »
In 1946, President Harry S. Truman officially proclaimed the end of hostilities in World War II.
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Re: 12/31/2015
« Reply #11 on: December 31, 2015, 05:06:15 AM »
In 1951, the Marshall Plan expired after distributing more than $12 billion in foreign aid.
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LSUFAN

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Re: 12/31/2015
« Reply #12 on: December 31, 2015, 05:06:45 AM »
In 1969, Joseph A. Yablonski, an unsuccessful candidate for the presidency of the United Mine Workers of America, was shot to death with his wife and daughter in their Clarksville, Pennsylvania, home by hitmen acting at the orders of UMWA president Tony Boyle.
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Re: 12/31/2015
« Reply #13 on: December 31, 2015, 05:07:19 AM »
In 1972, Major League baseball player Roberto Clemente, 38, was killed when a plane he'd chartered and was traveling on to bring relief supplies to earthquake-devastated Nicaragua crashed shortly after takeoff from Puerto Rico.
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Re: 12/31/2015
« Reply #14 on: December 31, 2015, 05:07:48 AM »
In 1974, private U.S. citizens were allowed to buy and own gold for the first time in more than 40 years.
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