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[CigarBanter]

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!

[Travellin Dave]

Good Monday Morning all.

[LSUFAN]

Good morning guys.

[LSUFAN]

Not a good deal in Cigar land for deals, Tempus next door and the Monster site is blank again today, my hey must have hired CI's IT guys. 

[Travellin Dave]

Not a good deal in Cigar land for deals, Tempus next door and the Monster site is blank again today, my hey must have hired CI's IT guys.

I was afraid you'd miss that Tempus next door.   lol

[Travellin Dave]

Bed time for me, see you in a few hours Chip.

[LSUFAN]

Bed time for me, see you in a few hours Chip.

Have a good sleep Dave.

[LSUFAN]

On this day in history ..
1312 - Roman Catholics German King Henry VII crowned
1377 - French invasion fleet lands at Rye England
1428 - Jacoba of Bavaria signs cease fire with Philip the Good
1529 - Emperor Karel V & Pope Clemens VII sign Treaty of Barcelona
1534 - Jacques Cartier discovers Prince Edward Islands Canada
1540 - English ex chancellor Thomas Cromwell sentenced as heretic
1613 - Shakespeare's Globe Theater burns down
1682 - Sofia names herself regent of Russia
1694 - Dutch fleet attacks French grain transports
1755 - 515 prominant filipinos baptized as Catholic
1762 - Russian Czar Peter III divorces his wife Catharina II
1767 - British passes Townshend Revenue Act levying taxes on America
1776 - Mission Dolores founded by SF Bay
1776 - Va state constitution adopted & Patrick Henry made governor
1800 - Free mason lodge establishes in Alkmaar
1822 - Prince Charles Bonaparte marries niece Zena‹de Bonaparte
1850 - British ex-premier sir Robert Peel falls off his horse
1854 - Gadsden Purchase (parts of Az, NM) from Mexico for $10 million
1854 - Netherlands allows corporal punishment
1857 - Battle at Chinhat (Indies rebel under Barkat Ahmed beat British)
1858 - Great fire in London harbor
1858 - Treaty of Algun, China cedes north bank of Amur River to Russia
1862 - Day 5 of 7 Days-Battle of Savage's Station Va
1863 - Battle at Westminster Maryland: Federal assault
1863 - George A Custer (23) appointed Union Brig-general
1863 - Lee orders his forces to concentrate near Gettysburg, PN
1863 - Very 1st First National Bank opens in Davenport, Iowa
1864 - Grand Trunk Railway accident; 100 killed
1867 - Pope Pius IX declares Gorcumse holy martyrs
1880 - France annexes Otaheite (Tahiti)
1881 - Pope Leo XIII publishes encyclical Diuturnum illud
1891 - 100øF (SF, CA)
1891 - National Forest Service organized
1897 - Chicago beats Louisville 36-7 (baseball)
1899 - Brazo River in Texas floods 12 miles wide causing $10 mil damage

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1903 - British govt protests against abuser in Belgian Congo
1904 - 2 prehistoric bones found in Weerdingerveen, Drenthe
1906 - 12th US Golf Open: Alex Smith shoots a 295 at Onwentsia Club Ill
1911 - Freiherr Gautsch von Frankenthurn becomes premier
1913 - 2nd Balkan War begins-Bulgaria overthrows Greek/Serbian troops
1916 - Boeing aircraft flies for 1st time
1921 - 34th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Suzanne Lenglen beats E Ryan (62 60)
1926 - Carter Woodson wins Springarn Medal for research of Black history
1927 - 1st flight from West Coast arrives in Hawaii
1929 - 1st high-speed jet wind tunnel completed Langley Field Ca
1929 - 31.1øC (88øF) hoogste temperatuur op deze dag in De Bilt
1929 - Mexico & Vatican sign Concord
1931 - 109øF (43øC), Monticello, Florida (state record)
1931 - Pope Pius XI encyclical on Nun abbiamo bisogno Mussolini
1932 - USSR & China sign no attack treaty
1933 - Primo Carnera KOs Jack Sharkey in 6 for heavyweight boxing title
1936 - Empire State Building emanates high definition TV-343 lines
1936 - Pope Pius XI encyclical to US bishops "On motion pictures"
1939 - 4th Dutch govt of Colijn falls
1939 - Dixie Clipper completes 1st commercial plane flight to Europe
1940 - Anjer (Carnation) Day-anniversary of Prince Bernhard
1940 - US passes Alien Registration Act requiring Aliens to register
1940 - Batman Comics, mobsters rubbed out a circus highwire team known as the Flying Graysons, leaving their son Dick (Robin) an orphan
1941 - DiMaggio extends hitting streak to 42 breaking Sisler's record
1942 - Dmitri Shostakovitch's 7th Symphony, premieres
1943 - Pope Pius XII encyclical Mystic Corporis (mystic body of Christ)
1943 - US forces landed at Nassau Bay, near Salamaua, New Guinea
1943 - Germany begins withdrawing U-boats from North Atlantic in anticipation of the Allied invasion of Europe
1944 - German counter attack at Caen
1944 - Nazi Paul Touvier shoots 7 Jews dead
1944 - Rommel & von Rundstedt travel to Berchtesgaden
1944 - Soviet Armys join in Bobroesjk
1944 - US 7th army corp conquers Cherbourg
1945 - 20.6 cm rainfall at Litchville North Dakota (state record)
1945 - Ruthenia, formerly in Czechoslovakia, becomes part of Ukrainian SSR
1946 - "Are You with It?" closes at Century Theater NYC after 264 perfs
1946 - "Billion Dollar Baby" closes at Alvin Theater NYC after 219 perfs
1946 - Black Sabbath-Brits arrest 2700 Jews in Palestine as alleged terrorist
1946 - British mandatory govt of Palestine arrests 100 leaders of Yishnuv
1947 - 2nd US Women's Open Golf Championship won by Betty Jameson
1947 - Yanks beat Senators 3-1 starting a 19 game win streak
1949 - South Africa begins implementing apartheid; no mixed marriages
1949 - US troops withdraw from Korea after WW II
1950 - US beats England 1-0 in a world cup soccer game (next win in 1994)
1950 - West Indies beat England by 326 runs thanks Ramadhin & Valentine
1952 - 1st aircraft carrier to sail around Cape Horn-Oriskany
1952 - 7th US Women's Open Golf Championship won by Louise Suggs
1953 - XETV TV channel 6 in Tijuana-San Diego, CA (IND) begins broadcasting
1954 - Atomic Energy Comm voted against reinstating Dr J Robert Oppenheimer
1955 - Argentine state of siege ends
1956 - Charles Dumas, makes 1st high jump over 7' (2.13 m)-LA, Calif
1956 - Federal interstate highway system act signed
1956 - PM Drees refuses resignation of queen Juliana (Greet Hofmans)
1957 - 12th US Women's Open Golf Championship won by Betsy Rawls
1957 - Malenkov, Molotov, Kaganowitsj & Sjepilov leave USSR communist party
1958 - Brazil beats Sweden 5-2 in soccer's 6th World Cup at Stockholm
1959 - Pope John XXIII 1st encyclical "On truth, unity, & peace, in charity"
1960 - Joyce Ziske wins LPGA Western Golf Open
1960 - KYA-AM in SF changes call letters to KDBQ (for 2 weeks)
1961 - Launch of Transit 4a, with 1st nuclear power supply (SNAP-3)

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1961 - Willie Mays is 4th major leaguer with 3 or more HRs twice in a season
1962 - 1st flight Vickers (British Aerospace) VC-10 long-range airliner
1962 - Frank Howard, hits the 5,000th Dodger home run
1962 - JFK dines with premier MacMillan in London
1963 - "Little Me" closes at Lunt-Fontanne Theater NYC after 257 performances
1963 - Beatles' 1st song "From Me to You" hits UK charts
1963 - SVB, Students Unions, established under Barrel Regtien
1964 - 1st draft of Star Trek's pilot "Cage" released
1964 - Civil Rights Act of 1964 passed after 83-day filibuster in Senate
1965 - USAF Capt Joseph Henry Engle reaches 85,530 m in X-15
1966 - In the Vietnam War, US planes bombed Hanoi & Haiphong for 1st time
1966 - KBSC (now KVEA) TV channel 52 in Corona-Los Angeles, CA begins
1966 - US bombs fuel storage facilities near N Vietnamese cities
1967 - Israel removes barricades, re-unifying Jerusalem
1967 - Keith Richards is sentenced to 1 year in jail on drugs charge
1968 - "Tip-Toe Thru' The Tulips With Me" by Tiny Tim peaks at #17
1969 - 1st Jewish worship service at White House
1969 - 24th US Women's Open Golf Championship won by Donna Caponi Young
1969 - On Billy Williams Day in Chicago, the Cubs outfielder passes Stan Musial's NL record for consecutive games played (896)
1970 - US ends 2 month military offensive into Cambodia
1971 - Rolling Stones Mick Jagger & Keith Richards sentenced on drug offense
1971 - Soyuz 11 docks with Salyut 1 for 22 days
1972 - Supreme Court rules (5-4) that Death Penalty is cruel & unusual
1972 - USSR launches Prognoz 2 into earth orbit (549/200,000 km)
1974 - Milt coup in Ethiopia
1975 - 3rd du Maurier Golf Classic (Peter Jackson Classic): JoAnne Carner
1975 - 8.10" (20.57 cm) of rainfall, Litchville No Dakota (state 24-hr rec)
1976 - Seychelles gains independence from Britain
1977 - Supreme Court rules out death penalty for rapists of adults
1977 - Willie Stargell hits his 400th career HR
1978 - VP Walter F Mondale begins trip to Mid-East
1979 - "Moonraker" premieres in US
1979 - San Diego Chicken reborn at Jack Murphy Stadium
1980 - "Sweeney Todd" closes at Uris Theater NYC after 557 performances
1980 - Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Sarah Coventry Golf Tournament
1981 - Bomb attack on headquarters of Islamic Party in Teheran, 72 killed
1981 - Hu Yaobang succeeds Hua Guofeng as leader of China PR
1982 - Voting Rights Act of 1965 extended
1983 - Angel Cordero wins his 5,000th horse races
1983 - Challenger flies back to Kennedy Space Center via Kelly AFB
1984 - Orel Hershiser begins string of making every sched start until 1990
1984 - Pete Rose plays in record 3,309th game, surpassing Carl Yastrzemski
1984 - USSR offers to start talking about banning SDI
1985 - NASA launches Intelsat VA

[LSUFAN]

1985 - STS 51-F vehicle moves to launch pad
1986 - Argentina becomes world champion soccer team (3-2 against W-Germany)
1986 - Boston Red Sox trade for Tom Seaver
1986 - Sandra Palmer wins LPGA Mayflower Golf Classic
1986 - Sparky Anderson is 1st to win 600 games as manager in both leagues
1987 - Phil's Steve Bedrosian is 1st to record 12 saves in 12 attempts
1987 - Yanks blow 11-4 lead but trailing 14-11 Dave Winfield's 8th inning grand slammer beats Toronto 15-14; Mattingly also grand slams
1988 - Emmy 15th Daytime Award presentation - Susan Lucci loses for 9th time
1989 - Emmy 16th Daytime Award presentation - Susan Lucci loses for 10th time
1989 - Susan Lucci loses daytime emmy for 10th straight year
1990 - Marla Maples father sues National Enquirer for $12M
1990 - NY Mets tie their team career high 11 game win streak
1990 - A's Dave Stewart no-hits Blue Jays & Dodger's Fernando Valenzuela no-hits St Louis 6-0, 1st time no-hitters in both leagues
1991 - "Jackie Mason - Brand New" closes at Neil Simon NYC after 216 perfs
1991 - 6.0 earthquake hits southern Calif
1991 - Britain's Nick Brown, 591st rank beats 10th-seeded Goran Ivanisevic 4-6, 6-3, 7-6, 6-3 in 2nd round at Wimbledon
1992 - "Salome" opens at Circle in Sq Theater NYC for 9 performances
1992 - 2 earthquakes including 7.4 hits southern Calif
1992 - A's Dennis Eckersley sets record of 26th straight save of season
1992 - NHL decides Eric Lindross goes to Flyers instead of Rangers
1994 - Socialist, Tomiichi Murayama, elected premier of Japan
1994 - US reopens Guantanamo Naval Base to process refugees
1995 - George Foreman loses IBF boxing title, refused to fight Axel Schulz
1995 - Memphis Mad Dogs 1st CFL game (vs Calgary Stampeders)
1996 - Andrea Leah Plummer, of Tennessee, crowned 39th America's Junior Miss
1996 - Superman's Action Comic #1 (1938) auctioned at Sotheby at $61,900
1997 - "American Daughter" closes at Cort Theater NYC after 88 performances
1997 - "London Assurance" closes at Criterion Theater NYC after 72 perfs
1997 - 18th US Seniors Golf Open: Graham Marsh
1997 - Greg Norman wins PGA St Jude Classic
1997 - Michelle McGann wins ShopRite LPGA Classic
1997 - Progress M-35 Soyuz Launch (Russia)
1997 - Tyrenda Williams, 18, of Alabama, crowned 40th America's Junior Miss

[LSUFAN]

Famous birthdays for this day ..

1397 - Joƒo II, King of Aragon (Spain)
1517 - Rembert Dodoens, [Rembertus Dodonaeus], physician/botanist
1738 - Constantin Reindl, composer
1746 - Joachim H Campe, German author (Robinson of the Jngere)
1783 - August Alexander Klengel, composer
1798 - Willibald Alexis, [Georg W H„ring], German writer (Schloss Avalon)
1805 - Hiram Powers, US sculptor (Greek Slave)
1824 - Victor J van Hinsbergh, South Neth engraver (PTT Stempels)
1831 - William Thomas Clark, Bvt Mjr General (Union volunteers), died in 1905
1842 - Josef Labor, composer
1849 - Sergei J Witte, Neth/Russ count/premier Russia
1850 - Joseph Paul Skelly, composer
1858 - George Washington Goethals, engineer (built Panama Canal)
1861 - William James Mayo, surgeon/co-founder Mayo clinic in Minnesota
1863 - James Harvey Robinson, Ill, historian (Ordeal of Civilization)
1864 - Anton Beer-Walbrun, composer
1864 - Pietro Bonfante, Italian lawyer (Roman law)
1865 - Shigechiyo Izumi, achieved oldest authenticated age (120 y 237 d)
1865 - William E Borah, lawyer/(Sen-R-Id)
1870 - Joseph Carl Breil, composer
1874 - Georg Gohler, composer
1876 - Nellie Taylor Ross, 1st woman to serve as a gov (Wyoming, 1925-27)
1879 - Zsigmond M¢ricz, Hungarian writer (S rarany [Mud gold])
1880 - Ludwig Beck, chef Germany general staff ("July 20th plot")
1885 - Andre Gailhard, composer
1885 - S Pedro Humberto Allende, Chilian composer (And una Ma€anita)
1885 - Virginia Pope, (NY Times)
1886 - George Frederick Boyle, composer
1886 - James Van DerZee, famous African
1886 - Juliane Gabriels, Flemish physician (Artus Quellin)
1886 - Robert Schuman, French premier
1893 - Aare Merikanto, composer
1893 - Antoon Schweigmann, Dutch religious poet/resistance fighter
1896 - Irene Browne, England, actress (All at Sea, Peg O' My Heart)
1897 - Ottmar Gerster, composer

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1900 - Antoine Saint-Exup‚ry, France, aviator/writer (Wind, Sand & Stars)
1901 - Frieda Inescort, Edinburgh Scotland, actress (Pride & Prejudice)
1901 - Hendrik Diels, Flemish conductor
1901 - Nelson Eddy, Providence RI, baritone (Duets with Jeanette MacDonald)
1902 - Carl-Heinz Schroth, Innsbruck, director (Reaching for the Stars)
1902 - Ellen Clara Pollock, actress (Wicked Lady, Horror Hospital)
1905 - Manuel Altolaguirre, Spanish poet/publisher (La lenta libertad)
1907 - Joan Davis, St Paul Minn, actress (I Married Joan)
1907 - Paul O'Dwyer, pres of City Council (D-NYC)
1908 - Paul Lebeau, Flemish writer (Last Rose, Xanthippe)
1908 - Rene Gerber, composer
1909 - Leroy Anderson, US, composer (Syncopated Clock)
1910 - Franc Henry Loesser, US songwriter/composer (Most Happy Fella)
1911 - Bernard Herrmann, composer
1911 - Bernhard, Germany, Prince (Consort to Queen Juliana of Netherlands)
1911 - Klaus E J Fuchs, German/British/German nuclear physicist/spy
1912 - John Toland, US, political writer (Rising Sun, Pulitzer 1971)
1912 - Jos‚ Pablo Moncayo Garcia, Guadalajara M‚xico, composer (Huapango)
1914 - Rafael Kubelik, Bychory Czechoslovakia, conductor (Cornelia Farooli)
1916 - David Donaldson, painter
1916 - Ruth Warwick, St Joseph Mo, actress (Citizen Kane, All My Children)
1918 - Jack Harkness, rose grower
1919 - Slim Pickens, Kingsburg Calif, actor (Dr Strangelove, Blazing Saddles)
1920 - Ray Harryhausen, movie special effect artist (Clash of Titans)
1922 - Vasko Popa, Yugoslavia/Serbian poet (Heaven is a Side Issue)
1923 - Chou Wen-Chung, Cheefoo China, composer (Mode of Shang)
1924 - Ezra Laderman, NYC, composer (Jacob & the Indians)
1925 - Cara Williams, Bkln NY, actress (Pete & Gladys, Cara Williams Show)
1925 - Hale Smith, composer
1928 - Ian Bannen, Airdrie Scotland, actor (Eye of the Needle, Gorky Park)
1929 - Johnny Ace, rocker
1929 - Michio Mamaia, composer
1929 - Peter George, Akron Ohio, weightlifter (Oly-gold/2 silver-48, 52)
1930 - Robert Evans, NYC, director/actor (Love Story, Godfather, Chinatown)
1934 - Carl Levin, (Sen-D-MI)
1934 - Henning Kronstam, dancer
1936 - David Jenkins, US, figure skater (Olympic-gold-1960)
1936 - Harmon Killebrew, baseball player (Minnesota Twins)
1936 - Leonard Lee, US vocalist (Shirley & Lee-Let the Good Times Roll)
1938 - Billy Storm, singer (Valiants-This is the Night)
1938 - Edmund Falkiner, jazz saxophinist/probation officer
1939 - Alan Connolly, cricketer (Australian pace bowler through 60s)
1939 - Ron Headley, cricketer (son of George, 2 Tests WI v England 1973)
1940 - Louise S Groenman, Dutch MP (D66)
1940 - Viacheslav Artyomov, composer
1941 - Margritta Gummel, German DR, shot putter (Olympic-gold-1968)
1941 - Stokeley Carmichael, [Kwame Toure], US, Black Power-activist
1942 - Bas J van der Vlies, Dutch MP (SGP)

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1942 - Larry Snyder, jockey
1943 - Roger Ruskin Spear, London Eng, saxophonist (Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band)
1944 - Collin Peterson, (Rep-D-Minnesota)
1944 - Gary Busey, Goose Creek Tx, actor (Buddy Holly Story, Star in Born)
1945 - Johnnie Richardson, rocker (Johnnie & Joe)
1945 - Little Eva [Boyd], Belhaven NC, rock vocalist (Locomotion)
1947 - Jeff Moss, cricketer (one Test Australia v Pakistan 1979)
1947 - Richard Lewis, NYC, comedian (Marty Gold-Anything But Love)
1948 - Bill Kirchen, singer/guitarist (Commander Cody & His Lost Planet)
1948 - Charles McCorquodale, art historian
1948 - Fred Grandy, Sioux City IA, (Rep-R-Iowa, 1986- )/actor (Love Boat)
1948 - Ian Paice, British hard rock drummer(White Snake, Deep Purple)
1948 - Loncoln Gordon, rocker
1949 - Dan Dierdorf, NFLer, sportscaster (Monday Night Football)
1953 - Billy Hinsche, rocker
1953 - Colin Hay, Scotland, rock vocalist (Men At Work)
1953 - Don Dokken, heavy metal rocker (Dokken-Alone Again)
1953 - Rosa Mota, Port marathoner (Olympic-gold-1988)
1954 - Rick Honeycutt, Chattanooga TN, pitcher (St Louis Cardinals)
1955 - Charles J Precourt, Waltham Mass, astronaut (STS 55, 71, 84, sk:91)
1957 - Maria Conchita Alonso, Cuba, actress (Moscow on the Hudson)
1958 - Leslie Browne, NYC, ballerina (Turning Point)
1958 - Richard Mettee, horse trainer
1959 - Edward F Humenik, Detroit MI, PGA golfer (1994 Kmart Greater-2nd)
1959 - Kim Hiett, jockey
1959 - Larry Parham, 4th victim of NYC's Zodiac killer (1st to die)
1960 - Sergey Kopylov, USSR, cyclist (Olympic-gold-1980)
1961 - Jean-Fran‡ois Sen‚cal, Laval Quebec, rifle shooter (Olympics-3-92, 96)
1962 - Amanda Donohoe, London, actress (CJ Lamb-LA Law)
1962 - Sharon Lawrence, Charlotte NC, actr (Civil Wars, NYPD Blue, Fired Up)
1963 - Anne-Sophie Mutter, Rheinfeldin Germany, violinist (Berlin Phil)
1963 - Tracey E Bregman, Munich Germany, actress (Lauren-Bold & Beautiful)

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1964 - Pepper Johnson, NFL linebacker (NY Giants, Cleve Browns)
1964 - Stedman Pearson, Essex, rock vocalist (Five Star-Silk & Steel)
1964 - Wendy Kilbourne, actress (Devon-Midnight Caller) [1964 Approx]
1965 - Barry D, [Iain Bakker], English pop musician (Jesus Jones)
1965 - Paul Jarvis, cricketer (England pace bowler 1988-93)
1967 - John Wehner, Pittsburgh PA, infielder (Pitts Pirates)
1967 - Melora Hardin, Houston Tx, actress (Family Tree, Best Times)
1968 - Theoren Fleury, Oxbow Sask, NHL right wing (Calgary Flames, Canada)
1969 - Erik Tammer, soccer player (SC Heerenveen, Go Ahead Eagles)
1969 - Simon Brown, cricketer (Durham pace bowler, England 1996)
1970 - Troy Drayton, tight end (Miami Dolphins)
1971 - Dennis Gerritsen, soccer player (NAC)
1971 - Mike Sillinger, Regina, NHL right wing (Vanc Canucks, Anaheim Ducks)
1971 - Wendee Espinosa, Stockton Calif, female outfielder (Silver Bullets)
1972 - Fabrice L'Henry, hockey forward (Team France 1998)
1972 - Samantha Smith, Houlton Mo, actress (Elizabeth-Lime Street)
1973 - George Hincapie, Queens NY, road cyclist (Olympics-76th-92, 96)
1974 - Ted Giannous, San Diego, actor (KGB Chicken)
1975 - Mathew Gates, Baldock Engld, dance skater (& Chalom-1995 Nat Jr champ)
1976 - Sandhya Chib, Miss Universe-India (1996)
1977 - Sharon Cripps, Australian 100m/200m (Olympics-96)
1977 - Tania Joy Gibson, Lake Barrington Ill, Miss America-Illinois (1997)
1993 - Angela & Amy Lakeberg, US Siamese twin (separated on Aug 20th)