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8/11/2015
« on: August 11, 2015, 12:00:35 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: 8/11/2015
« Reply #1 on: August 11, 2015, 12:04:04 AM »
Quote from: CigarBanter.com on August 11, 2015, 12:00:35 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
Gurkha shots the whole damn day!
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Re: 8/11/2015
« Reply #2 on: August 11, 2015, 02:09:31 AM »
Good morning guys.
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Re: 8/11/2015
« Reply #3 on: August 11, 2015, 02:15:21 AM »
Today is Tuesday, August 11, the 223rd day of 2015. There are 142 days left in the year.

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Re: 8/11/2015
« Reply #4 on: August 11, 2015, 02:20:29 AM »
Highlight in History

On August 11, 1965, rioting and looting that claimed 34 lives broke out in the predominantly black Watts section of Los Angeles.
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Re: 8/11/2015
« Reply #5 on: August 11, 2015, 02:20:50 AM »
On this date

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Re: 8/11/2015
« Reply #6 on: August 11, 2015, 02:21:25 AM »
In 1786, Capt. Francis Light arrived in Penang to claim the Malaysian island for Britain.

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Re: 8/11/2015
« Reply #7 on: August 11, 2015, 02:21:50 AM »
In 1860, the nation's first successful silver mill began operation near Virginia City, Nevada.
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Re: 8/11/2015
« Reply #8 on: August 11, 2015, 02:22:18 AM »
In 1909, the steamship SS Arapahoe became the first ship in North America to issue an S.O.S. distress signal, off North Carolina's Cape Hatteras.
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Re: 8/11/2015
« Reply #9 on: August 11, 2015, 02:22:44 AM »
In 1934, the first federal prisoners arrived at Alcatraz Island (a former military prison) in San Francisco Bay.

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Re: 8/11/2015
« Reply #10 on: August 11, 2015, 02:23:19 AM »
In 1942, during World War II, Pierre Laval, prime minister of Vichy France, publicly declared that "the hour of liberation for France is the hour when Germany wins the war."
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Re: 8/11/2015
« Reply #11 on: August 11, 2015, 02:23:49 AM »
In 1954, a formal peace took hold in Indochina, ending more than seven years of fighting between the French and Communist Viet Minh.
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Re: 8/11/2015
« Reply #12 on: August 11, 2015, 02:24:24 AM »
In 1956, abstract painter Jackson Pollock, 44, died in an automobile accident on Long Island, New York.
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Re: 8/11/2015
« Reply #13 on: August 11, 2015, 02:24:48 AM »
In 1964, the Beatles movie "A Hard Day's Night" had its U.S. premiere in New York.

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Re: 8/11/2015
« Reply #14 on: August 11, 2015, 02:25:22 AM »
In 1975, the United States vetoed the proposed admission of North and South Vietnam to the United Nations, following the Security Council's refusal to consider South Korea's application.
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