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[CigarBanter]

Let's talk cigars!  What deals have you found on the various Internet sites today?

[A Friend of Charlie]

Sorry, Bob.  Fell asleep.  Worse than crickets, LMAO!  Good night.

[LSUFAN]

Good morning guys.

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Today is Wednesday, July 30, the 211th day of 2014. There are 154 days left in the year.

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Today's Highlight in History:

On July 30, 1864, during the Civil War, Union forces tried to take Petersburg, Virginia, by exploding a gunpowder-laden mine shaft that had been dug out beneath Confederate defense lines; the attack failed.

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On this date:

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In 1729, Baltimore, Maryland, was founded.

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In 1918, poet Joyce Kilmer, a sergeant in the 165th U.S. Infantry Regiment, was killed during the Second Battle of the Marne in World War I. (Kilmer is perhaps best remembered for his poem "Trees.")

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In 1932, the Summer Olympic Games opened in Los Angeles.

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In 1942, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed a bill creating a women's auxiliary agency in the Navy known as "Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service" — WAVES for short.

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In 1945, the Portland class heavy cruiser USS Indianapolis was torpedoed by a Japanese submarine during World War II; only 316 out of some 1,200 men survived.

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In 1953, the Small Business Administration was founded.

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In 1956, President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed a measure making "In God We Trust" the national motto, replacing "E Pluribus Unum" ("Out of many, one").

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In 1963, the Soviet Union announced it had granted political asylum to Harold "Kim" Philby, the "third man" of a British spy ring.

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In 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed into law the Medicare bill, which went into effect the following year.