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10/11/2015
« on: October 11, 2015, 12:00:06 AM »
What's up cigar enthusiasts?!  Any cigar deals on the various internet sites that are worth talking about? Join in this discussion 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: 10/11/2015
« Reply #1 on: October 11, 2015, 01:47:47 AM »
Good morning guys.
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Re: 10/11/2015
« Reply #2 on: October 11, 2015, 01:56:23 AM »
Today is Sunday, October 11, the 284th day of 2015. There are 81 days left in the year.
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Re: 10/11/2015
« Reply #3 on: October 11, 2015, 01:57:14 AM »
Today's Highlight in History:

On October 11, 1890, the Daughters of the American Revolution was founded in Washington, D.C.
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Re: 10/11/2015
« Reply #4 on: October 11, 2015, 01:57:36 AM »
On this date:
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Re: 10/11/2015
« Reply #5 on: October 11, 2015, 01:57:59 AM »
In 1779, Polish nobleman Casimir Pulaski, fighting for American independence, died two days after being wounded during the Revolutionary War Battle of Savannah, Georgia.
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Re: 10/11/2015
« Reply #6 on: October 11, 2015, 01:58:24 AM »
In 1905, the Juilliard School was founded as the Institute of Musical Art in New York.
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Re: 10/11/2015
« Reply #7 on: October 11, 2015, 01:58:58 AM »
In 1910, Theodore Roosevelt became the first former U.S. president to fly in an airplane during a visit to St. Louis.
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Re: 10/11/2015
« Reply #8 on: October 11, 2015, 01:59:22 AM »
In 1932, the first American political telecast took place as the Democratic National Committee sponsored a program from a CBS television studio in New York.
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Re: 10/11/2015
« Reply #9 on: October 11, 2015, 01:59:45 AM »
In 1944, the classic films "To Have and Have Not," starring Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall, and "Laura," starring Gene Tierney and Dana Andrews, opened in New York.
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Re: 10/11/2015
« Reply #10 on: October 11, 2015, 03:32:42 AM »
In 1958, the lunar probe Pioneer 1 was launched; it failed to go as far out as planned, fell back to Earth, and burned up in the atmosphere.
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Re: 10/11/2015
« Reply #11 on: October 11, 2015, 03:33:08 AM »
In 1968, Apollo 7, the first manned Apollo mission, was launched with astronauts Wally Schirra, Donn Fulton Eisele and R. Walter Cunningham aboard. The government of Panama was overthrown in a military coup.
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Re: 10/11/2015
« Reply #12 on: October 11, 2015, 03:33:46 AM »
In 1984, Challenger astronaut Kathryn D. Sullivan became the first American woman to walk in space as she and fellow Mission Specialist David C. Leestma spent 3 1/2 hours outside the shuttle.
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Re: 10/11/2015
« Reply #13 on: October 11, 2015, 03:34:15 AM »
In 1985, Arab-American activist Alex Odeh was killed by a bomb blast in Santa Ana, California. (There have yet to be any arrests in the case.)
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Re: 10/11/2015
« Reply #14 on: October 11, 2015, 03:34:40 AM »
In 1991, testifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Anita Hill accused Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas of sexually harassing her; Thomas re-appeared before the panel to denounce the proceedings as a "high-tech lynching."
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