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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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Blessed All Souls Day. Please Pray for loved ones who have passed on & may be in need of your prayers.  Like the Mets tonight, whom I hoped would win & extend the series.
Congrats to the Kansas City Royals and their supporters.

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Good morning guys.

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Today is Monday, Nov. 2, the 306th day of 2015. There are 59 days left in the year.

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Today's Highlight in History:

On Nov. 2, 1865, the 29th president of the United States, Warren Gamaliel Harding, was born near Marion, Ohio.
 

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In 1795, the 11th president of the United States, James Knox Polk, was born in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina.

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In 1889, North Dakota and South Dakota became the 39th and 40th states with the signing of proclamations by President Benjamin Harrison.

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In 1914, during World War I, Russia declared war on the Ottoman Empire.

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In 1936, the British Broadcasting Corp. inaugurated "high-definition" television service from Alexandra Palace in London.

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In 1947, Howard Hughes piloted his huge wooden flying boat, the Hughes H-4 Hercules (derisively dubbed the "Spruce Goose" by detractors), on its only flight, which lasted about a minute over Long Beach Harbor in California.

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In 1948, President Harry S. Truman surprised the experts by winning a narrow upset over Republican challenger Thomas E. Dewey.

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In 1950, playwright George Bernard Shaw, 94, died in Ayot St. Lawrence, Hertfordshire, England.

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In 1963, South Vietnamese President Ngo Dihn Diem (noh ding ZEE'-em) was assassinated in a military coup.

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In 1979, black militant JoAnne Chesimard escaped from a New Jersey prison, where she'd been serving a life sentence for the 1973 slaying of New Jersey state trooper Werner Foerster. (Chesimard, who took the name Assata Shakur, is believed to be living in Cuba.)