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1/19/2016
« on: January 19, 2016, 12:00:21 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: 1/19/2016
« Reply #1 on: January 19, 2016, 02:38:19 AM »
Good morning guys.
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Re: 1/19/2016
« Reply #2 on: January 19, 2016, 02:43:31 AM »
Today is Tuesday, Jan. 19, the 19th day of 2016. There are 347 days left in the year.
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Re: 1/19/2016
« Reply #3 on: January 19, 2016, 02:44:38 AM »
Today's Highlight in History:


On Jan. 19, 1966, Indira Gandhi was chosen to be prime minister of India by the National Congress party. (Gandhi, a powerful as well as polarizing figure, served as India's prime minister from 1966 to 1977, and again beginning in 1980 until she was assassinated in 1984.)
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Re: 1/19/2016
« Reply #4 on: January 19, 2016, 02:45:08 AM »
On this date:
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Re: 1/19/2016
« Reply #5 on: January 19, 2016, 02:45:35 AM »
In 1807, Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee was born in Westmoreland County, Virginia.
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Re: 1/19/2016
« Reply #6 on: January 19, 2016, 02:45:59 AM »
In 1853, Giuseppe Verdi's opera "Il Trovatore" premiered in Rome.
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Re: 1/19/2016
« Reply #7 on: January 19, 2016, 02:46:23 AM »
In 1861, Georgia became the fifth state to secede from the Union.
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Re: 1/19/2016
« Reply #8 on: January 19, 2016, 02:46:46 AM »
In 1915, Germany carried out its first air raid on Britain during World War I as a pair of Zeppelins dropped bombs onto Great Yarmouth and King's Lynn in England.
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Re: 1/19/2016
« Reply #9 on: January 19, 2016, 02:47:15 AM »
In 1937, millionaire Howard Hughes set a transcontinental air record by flying his monoplane from Los Angeles to Newark, New Jersey, in 7 hours, 28 minutes and 25 seconds.
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Re: 1/19/2016
« Reply #10 on: January 19, 2016, 02:47:51 AM »
In 1942, during World War II, Japan invaded Burma (Myanmar).
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Re: 1/19/2016
« Reply #11 on: January 19, 2016, 02:48:14 AM »
In 1955, a presidential news conference was filmed for television and newsreels for the first time, with the permission of President Dwight D. Eisenhower.
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Re: 1/19/2016
« Reply #12 on: January 19, 2016, 02:48:39 AM »
In 1960, the Treaty of Mutual Cooperation and Security between Japan and the United States of America was signed by both countries in Washington, D.C.
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Re: 1/19/2016
« Reply #13 on: January 19, 2016, 02:49:06 AM »
In 1970, President Richard M. Nixon nominated G. Harrold Carswell to the Supreme Court; however, the nomination was defeated because of controversy over Carswell's past racial views.
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Re: 1/19/2016
« Reply #14 on: January 19, 2016, 02:49:31 AM »
In 1977, in one of his last acts of office, President Gerald R. Ford pardoned Iva Toguri D'Aquino, an American convicted of treason for making wartime broadcasts for Japan.
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