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[CigarBanter]

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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Good morning guys.

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Today is Tuesday, July 7, the 188th day of 2015. There are 177 days left in the year.

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Highlight in History

On July 7, 1865, four people were hanged in Washington D.C. for conspiring with John Wilkes Booth to assassinate President Abraham Lincoln: Lewis Powell (aka Lewis Payne), David Herold, George Atzerodt and Mary Surratt, the first woman to be executed by the U.S. federal government.

On this date

In 1846, U.S. annexation of California was proclaimed at Monterey (mahn-tuh-RAY') after the surrender of a Mexican garrison.

In 1898, the United States annexed Hawaii.

In 1919, the first Transcontinental Motor Convoy, in which a U.S. Army convoy of motorized vehicles crossed the United States, departed Washington D.C. (The trip ended in San Francisco on September 6, 1919.)

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In 1937, the Second Sino-Japanese War erupted into full-scale conflict as Imperial Japanese forces attacked the Marco Polo Bridge in Beijing.

In 1948, six female U.S. Navy reservists became the first women to be sworn in to the regular Navy.

In 1954, Elvis Presley made his radio debut as Memphis, Tennessee, station WHBQ played his first recording for Sun Records, "That's All Right."

In 1969, Canada's House of Commons gave final approval to the Official Languages Act, making French equal to English throughout the national government.

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In 1969, Canada's House of Commons gave final approval to the Official Languages Act, making French equal to English throughout the national government.

In 1975, the daytime drama "Ryan's Hope" premiered on ABC-TV.

In 1976, President and Mrs. Gerald R. Ford hosted a White House dinner for Britain's Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip.

In 1981, President Ronald Reagan announced he was nominating Arizona Judge Sandra Day O'Connor to become the first female justice on the U.S. Supreme Court.

In 1987, Lt. Col. Oliver North began his long-awaited public testimony at the Iran- Contra hearing, telling Congress that he had "never carried out a single act, not one," without authorization.

In 1990, the first "Three Tenors" concert took place as opera stars Luciano Pavarotti, Placido Domingo and Jose Carreras performed amid the brick ruins of Rome's Baths of Caracalla on the eve of the World Cup championship.

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Ten years ago: Suicide terrorist bombings in three Underground stations and a double-decker bus killed 52 victims and four bombers in the worst attack on London since World War II. Al-Qaida's wing in Iraq claimed to have killed Egypt's top envoy, Ihab al-Sherif, who'd been abducted by gunmen.

Five years ago: President Barack Obama bypassed the Senate and appointed Dr. Donald Berwick to run Medicare and Medicaid. In Philadelphia, a disabled sightseeing "duck boat" adrift in the Delaware River was struck by a barge and capsized; two Hungarian tourists died. Los Angeles police charged Lonnie Franklin Jr. in the city's "Grim Sleeper" serial killings.

One year ago: Washington state issued its first retail marijuana licenses. Pope Francis begged forgiveness in his first meeting with Catholics sexually abused by members of the clergy and vowed to hold bishops responsible for their handling of pedophile priests. Eduard Shevardnadze, 86, the Soviet Union's foreign minister who helped end the Cold War but then as Georgia's president was forced into retirement by parliament, died in Tbilisi. Actor Dick Jones, 87, the voice of Pinocchio in the classic 1940 Walt Disney cartoon, died in Los Angeles.

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Famous birthdays for this day ..

1690 - Johann Tobias Krebs, composer
1710 - Arvid Niclas Hopken, composer
1746 - Ludwig Wenzel Lachnith, composer
1752 - Joseph-Marie Jacquard, invented programmable loom
1778 - Antonio Francesco Gaetano S Pacini, composer
1806 - Michele Amari, Italian historian/minister of Education
1813 - William Scott Ketchum, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1871
1816 - Isaac Fitzgerald Shepard, Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1889
1824 - Alfred Pleasonton, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1897
1827 - James Murrell Shackelford, Brig General (Union volunteers)
1827 - William Montague Browne, Brig General (Confederate Army)
1843 - Camillo Golgi, Italy, physician, cytologist (Nobel 1906)
1851 - Lillien Jane Martin, psychologist, found gerontology clinic
1853 - Albert Vandal, French earl/historian (Le Pacha Bonneval)
1856 - George Hearne, cricketer (brother of Frank & Alec, Test for England)
1860 - Gustav Mahler, Kalischat Bohemia Austria, composer/conductor (Titan)
1872 - Juan Lamonte de Grignon, composer
1879 - Jacob Weinberg, composer
1882 - Zdzislaw Jachimecki, composer
1883 - Toivo Kuula, composer
1884 - Lion Feuchtwanger, German philosopher/writer (Jud Sss)
1885 - Ernest Bristow Farrar, composer
1887 - Dirk Koster, literary (New Noises)
1887 - Marc Chagall, Vitebsk Russia, artist (I & The Village)
1887 - Raymond Hatton, Red Oak IA, actor (Girls in Prison, Lady Killer)
1890 - Tom Powers, Owensboro KY, actor (Station West, Destination Moon)
1893 - Vladimir Mayakovsky, Soviet Georgia, poet (Ode to Revolution)[NS=7/19]
1897 - Anna Luther, NJ, silent screen actress (Sinners in Silk)
1898 - Hanns Eisler, composer
1899 - George Cukor, producer/director (Adam's Rib, Philadelphia Story)

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1901 - Gustav Knuth, Braunschweig Germany, actor (Freddy Unter Fremden)
1901 - Vittorio de Sica, Italian actor/director (Fietsendieven)
1902 - James McCartney, father of Beatle (Paul)
1902 - Vittorio De Sica, Sora Italy, director/actor (2 Women)
1905 - Marcel Rubin, composer
1906 - Harry Von Zell, sidekick (George Burns Show)
1906 - [Leroy] Satchel Paige, baseball pitcher, never look back
1907 - Helene Johnson, poet
1907 - Robert A[nson] Heinlein, US, sci-fi author (4 Hugos, Red Planet)
1908 - Evert W Beth, Dutch mathematician/philosopher
1908 - Harriette Arnow, Wayne Co, Ky, novelist (Dollmaker)
1911 - Eddie Mayehoff, Balt Md, actor (Hour Glass, How to Murder Your Wife)
1911 - Gian-Carlo Menotti, Italy, composer (Amahl & Night Visitors)
1911 - Joan Perry Cohn Harvey, actress (Hands of a Stranger)
1912 - Tiny Alma, [Catharina E J Stam], operetta singer (Vienna Blood)
1914 - Cor de Groot, pianist/conductor/composer (Old-Dutch Suite)
1914 - Serafim Sergeyevich Tulikov, composer
1915 - Margaret Walker Alexander, poet/novelist (For My People)
1916 - Luc Peire, Flemish painter/graphic artist
1916 - Robert Stevens Baker, composer
1917 - Elton Britt, Marshall Ark, country singer (Sat Night Jamboree)
1917 - Lawrence F O'Brien, (Watergate conspirators broke into his office)
1919 - Jon Pertwee, English comic/actor (Dr Who, Worzel Gummidge)
1919 - William Moses Kunstler, defense attorney (Chicago
1921 - Ezzard Charles, world heavyweight boxing champion (1949-51)
1921 - Stanislaw Wislocki, composer
1922 - Artie Malvin, US music director (Julie LaRosa/Steve Lawrence)
1922 - Pierre Cardin, Paris France, fashion designer (Unisex)
1923 - Eduardo Fal£, Argentine guitarist (Zamba de Vargas)
1923 - Richard Lumley, English insurance magnate/multi-millionaire
1923 - Roberto Caamano, composer
1924 - Dieter Nowka, composer
1924 - Mary Ford, [Colleen Summer], vocalist/actress (Queen of Outer Space)
1925 - Yvonne Mitchell, London England, writer (Johnny Nobody, Genghis Khan)
1927 - Alan J Dixon, (Sen-D-IL, 1981- )
1927 - Charlie Louvin, Rainsville Ala, country singer (Louvin Brothers)
1927 - Doc Severinson, [Carl], Arlington Or, bandleader/trumpeter (Tonight)
1928 - Colleen Summers, Pasadena Calif, vocal overdubber
1929 - Marcel Liebman, Belgian historian
1929 - R Baumgart, writer
1930 - Hank Mobley, US jazz saxophonist
1931 - David Eddings, US, sci-fi author (Belgariad, Malloreon)
1931 - Stanley Brock, Bkln, actor (Ivan-He's the Mayor)
1932 - Josef Zawinal, singer/pianist (Weather Report)

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1932 - Ted Cassidy, actor (Lurch-Addams Family)
1933 - David McCullough, actor (Huey Long)
1933 - Dick Kallman, Brooklyn NY, actor (Borned to Be Loved, Verboten!)
1933 - Murray Halberg, New Zealand, 5K runner (Olympic-gold-1960)
1934 - Vinko Globokar, composer
1936 - Friedhelm Dohl, composer
1936 - Stuart Ross Dempster, composer
1937 - Carroll Hubbard Jr, (Rep-D-KY, 1975- )
1939 - Laurie Silvers, horse trainer
1940 - James Toner, horse trainer
1940 - Richard K Armey, (Rep-R-Texas, 1985- )
1940 - Ringo Starr, [Richard Starkey], Beatle drummer/actor (Magic Christian)
1944 - Tony Jacklin, Scunthorpe England, PGA golfer (1970 US Open)
1944 - Warren Entner, Boston Mass, rock vocalist/guitarist (Grass Roots)
1945 - James Rodford, English rock vocalist/bassist (Kinks-Mr Pleasant)
1945 - Matti Salminen, Turku Finland, bass player (King Philipp-Don Carlos)
1946 - Jean LeClerc, actor (Jeremy Hunter-All My Children)
1946 - Jim Day, Canada, equestrian show jumper (Olympic-gold-1968)
1946 - Joe Spano, SF Calif, actor (Henry Goldblume-Hill St Blues)
1947 - Rob Townsend, rock drummer (Family Leicester)
1948 - Fred Brown, NBAer (Seattle SuperSonic)
1948 - Larry Reinhardt, rocker (Iron Butterfly)
1949 - Larry "Rhino" Rheinhardt, rock guitarist (Iron Butterfly)
1949 - Shelley Duvall, Houston Tx, actress (Popeye, Faery Tale Theater)
1951 - Roz Ryan, Detroit Mich, actress (Amelia-Amen, Occupied)
1953 - Lynval Golding, rocker (Fun Boy Three)
1954 - Corbin Bernsen, North Hollywood Ca, actor (LA Law)
1956 - Bill Lagattuta, NYC, news correspondent (CBS, 48 Hours, Eye to Eye)
1956 - Jesus Bazan, jockey

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1958 - Michael Marx, Portland Or, US fencer-epee (Olympic-84, 88, 92, 96)
1959 - Bill Campbell, Chicago IL, actor (Rocketeer)
1959 - Jessica Hahn, evangelist rape victim/model (playboy)/actress
1960 - Barbara Bierman, Miami Fla, WPVA volleyballer (US Open-13th-1994)
1960 - Isabelle Boeri-B‚gard, France, foils (Olympic-gold-1980)
1960 - Ralph Sampson, NBA center (Golden State Warriors, Houston Rockets)
1962 - Clive "Doctor" Jackson, rocker (Dr & Medics-Laughing at Pieces)
1962 - Shawn Paddock, rocker (Red Rockers)
1963 - Lance Johnson, Cincinnati OH, outfielder (NY Mets)
1963 - Naved Anjum, cricketer (Pakistani all-rounder, two Tests 1989-90)
1963 - Perry Richardson, SC, bassist (Firehouse-Love of a Lifetime)
1966 - Hector Burba, Dayton OH, pitcher (Cin Reds)
1966 - Henk Fr„ser, soccer player (Feyenoord)
1966 - Jeff Shaw, Washington Ohio, pitcher (Cin Reds)
1967 - Alfred Jackson, CFL receiver (BC Lions)
1967 - Erik van der More, soccer player (FC Utrecht)
1967 - Jason R Rich, Irvington NY, writer (Celebrity Teen Talk)
1968 - Chuck Knoblauch, Houston TX, shortstop (NY Yankees, Minn Twins)
1968 - Reggie Cobb, NFL running back (Jacksonville Jaguars)
1969 - Amy Carlson, Elmhurst Il, actress (Josie-Another World) [1969-Approx]
1969 - Cree Summer, actress (Freddie-Different World)
1969 - Joe Sakic, Burnaby BC, NHL center (Colorado Avalanche, Canada 1998)
1970 - Michael McCrary, NFL defensive end (Seattle Seahawks)
1970 - Min Patel, cricketer (in Mumbai England left-arm spinner v India 1996)
1971 - Darren Krein, WLAF defensive end (Barcelona Dragons)
1972 - Aldi Henry, CFL defensive back (Calgary Stampeders)
1972 - Darnay Scott, NFL wide receiver (Cin Bengals)
1972 - Lisa Leslie, Calif, WNBA center (LA Sparks)/foward (Oly-gold-1996)
1972 - Michael Westbrook, NFL wide receiver (Washington Redskins)
1972 - Stoney Case, NFL quarterback (Arizona Cardinals)
1974 - Patrick Lalime, St Bonaventure, NHL goalie (Pitts Penguins)
1979 - America Martin, model (Not macaroni & cheese, cheese & macaroni)
1980 - Michele Kwan, Torrance Calif, figure skater (Oly-94, Oly-silver-98)

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Chinese Business Trip
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A man went on a business trip to China and wanted to buy some gifts
for his kids.  He went to a shop and found a nice looking CD player.
Wary of buying inferior goods, he asked the shopkeeper, 'What would
happened if this does not work?'

The shopkeeper quietly points to the only sign in English that reads,
'GUARANTEE NO SPOILT'.

Feeling assured, he paid for the CD player and returns to his hotel.
He tried to use the CD player after returning to the hotel but it
would not even switch on.

He quickly return to the shop and asked for a refund or an exchange
for another unit.  When the shopkeeper refused to give either, the man points to the sign
assuring him of a guarantee.

The shopkeeper then said, 'Brother, you are in China. We read from the
right to the left.'

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Time to hit the road for work, enjoy your day guys.

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Sheesh X 2!

[South Carolina Redfish]

Morning LSU, looks like you worked all night by yourself trying to keep the place open.  I was able to sleep in a little myself I have to be at a meeting at 10:00 downtown.