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7/13/2015
« on: July 13, 2015, 12:00:14 AM »
Happy Monday!  Any cigar deals on the various internet sites? Join in this discussion and perhaps learn something about cigars 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: 7/13/2015
« Reply #1 on: July 13, 2015, 02:05:52 AM »
Good morning guys.
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Re: 7/13/2015
« Reply #2 on: July 13, 2015, 02:35:21 AM »
Today is Monday, July 13, the 194th day of 2015. There are 171 days left in the year.

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Re: 7/13/2015
« Reply #3 on: July 13, 2015, 02:36:09 AM »
Highlight in History

On July 13, 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson nominated Thurgood Marshall to be U.S. Solicitor General; Marshall became the first black jurist appointed to the post. (Two years later, Johnson nominated Marshall to the U.S. Supreme Court.)
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Re: 7/13/2015
« Reply #4 on: July 13, 2015, 02:36:44 AM »
On this date

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Re: 7/13/2015
« Reply #5 on: July 13, 2015, 02:37:27 AM »
1793, French revolutionary writer Jean-Paul Marat was stabbed to death in his bath by Charlotte Corday, who was executed four days later.
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Re: 7/13/2015
« Reply #6 on: July 13, 2015, 02:38:07 AM »
In 1863, deadly rioting against the Civil War military draft erupted in New York City. (The insurrection was put down three days later.)
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Re: 7/13/2015
« Reply #7 on: July 13, 2015, 02:38:44 AM »
In 1923, a sign consisting of 50-foot-tall letters spelling out "HOLLYWOODLAND" was dedicated in the Hollywood Hills to promote a subdivision (the last four letters were removed in 1949).

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Re: 7/13/2015
« Reply #8 on: July 13, 2015, 02:39:25 AM »
In 1939, Frank Sinatra made his first commercial recording, "From the Bottom of My Heart" and "Melancholy Mood," with Harry James and his Orchestra for the Brunswick label.

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Re: 7/13/2015
« Reply #9 on: July 13, 2015, 02:40:03 AM »
In 1955, Britain hanged Ruth Ellis, a 28-year-old former model and nightclub hostess convicted of killing her boyfriend, David Blakely (to date, Ellis is the last woman to be executed in the United Kingdom).

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Re: 7/13/2015
« Reply #10 on: July 13, 2015, 02:40:46 AM »
1960, John F. Kennedy won the Democratic presidential nomination on the first ballot at his party's convention in Los Angeles.
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Re: 7/13/2015
« Reply #11 on: July 13, 2015, 02:41:22 AM »
1972, George McGovern received the Democratic presidential nomination at the party's convention in Miami Beach.
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Re: 7/13/2015
« Reply #12 on: July 13, 2015, 02:41:51 AM »
In 1977, a blackout lasting 25 hours hit the New York City area.

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Re: 7/13/2015
« Reply #13 on: July 13, 2015, 02:42:19 AM »
In 1978, Lee Iacocca was fired as president of Ford Motor Co. by chairman Henry Ford II.
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Re: 7/13/2015
« Reply #14 on: July 13, 2015, 02:42:47 AM »
In 1985, "Live Aid," an international rock concert in London, Philadelphia, Moscow and Sydney, took place to raise money for Africa's starving people.
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