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10/13/2015
« on: October 13, 2015, 12:01:17 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: 10/13/2015
« Reply #1 on: October 13, 2015, 02:04:01 AM »
Good morning guys.
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Re: 10/13/2015
« Reply #2 on: October 13, 2015, 02:32:43 AM »
Today is Tuesday, October 13, the 286th day of 2015. There are 79 days left in the year.
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Re: 10/13/2015
« Reply #3 on: October 13, 2015, 02:33:29 AM »
Today's Highlight in History:

On October 13, 1775, the United States Navy had its origins as the Continental Congress ordered the construction of a naval fleet.
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Re: 10/13/2015
« Reply #4 on: October 13, 2015, 02:33:55 AM »
On this date:
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Re: 10/13/2015
« Reply #5 on: October 13, 2015, 02:34:27 AM »
In A.D. 54, Roman Emperor Claudius I died, poisoned apparently at the behest of his wife, Agrippina (ag-rih-PEE'-nuh).
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Re: 10/13/2015
« Reply #6 on: October 13, 2015, 02:38:35 AM »
In 1792, the cornerstone of the executive mansion, later known as the White House, was laid during a ceremony in the District of Columbia.
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Re: 10/13/2015
« Reply #7 on: October 13, 2015, 02:39:09 AM »
In 1843, the Jewish organization B'nai B'rith (buh-NAY' brith) was founded in New York City.
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Re: 10/13/2015
« Reply #8 on: October 13, 2015, 02:39:39 AM »
In 1932, President Herbert Hoover and Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes laid the cornerstone for the U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington.
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Re: 10/13/2015
« Reply #9 on: October 13, 2015, 02:40:04 AM »
In 1944, during World War II, American troops entered Aachen, Germany.
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Re: 10/13/2015
« Reply #10 on: October 13, 2015, 02:40:53 AM »
In 1957, CBS-TV broadcast "The Edsel Show," a one-hour live special starring Bing Crosby designed to promote the new, ill-fated Ford automobile. (It was the first special to use videotape technology to delay the broadcast to the West Coast.)
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Re: 10/13/2015
« Reply #11 on: October 13, 2015, 02:41:20 AM »
In 1960, John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon held the third televised debate of their presidential campaign (Nixon was in Los Angeles, Kennedy in New York).
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Re: 10/13/2015
« Reply #12 on: October 13, 2015, 02:42:00 AM »
In 1962, Edward Albee's four-character drama "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" opened on Broadway.
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Re: 10/13/2015
« Reply #13 on: October 13, 2015, 02:42:24 AM »
In 1972, a Uruguayan chartered flight carrying 45 people crashed in the Andes; survivors resorted to feeding off the remains of some of the dead in order to stay alive until they were rescued more than two months later.
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Re: 10/13/2015
« Reply #14 on: October 13, 2015, 02:43:01 AM »
In 1981, voters in Egypt participated in a referendum to elect Vice President Hosni Mubarak (HAHS'-nee moo-BAH'-rahk) the new president, one week after the assassination of Anwar Sadat.
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