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8/22/2015
« on: August 22, 2015, 12:14:00 AM »
What's up cigar enthusiasts?!  Any cigar deals on this twenty second day of August worth talking about? Join in this discussion 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: 8/22/2015
« Reply #1 on: August 22, 2015, 03:37:29 AM »
Good morning guys.
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Re: 8/22/2015
« Reply #2 on: August 22, 2015, 03:48:19 AM »
Today is Saturday, August 22, the 234th day of 2015. There are 131 days left in the year.

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Re: 8/22/2015
« Reply #3 on: August 22, 2015, 03:48:49 AM »
Highlight in History

On August 22, 1485, England's King Richard III was killed in the Battle of Bosworth Field, effectively ending the War of the Roses.
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Re: 8/22/2015
« Reply #4 on: August 22, 2015, 03:49:40 AM »
On this date

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Re: 8/22/2015
« Reply #5 on: August 22, 2015, 03:50:08 AM »
In 1846, Gen. Stephen W. Kearny proclaimed all of New Mexico a territory of the United States.

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Re: 8/22/2015
« Reply #6 on: August 22, 2015, 03:50:44 AM »
In 1851, the schooner America outraced more than a dozen British vessels off the English coast to win a trophy that came to be known as the America's Cup.

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Re: 8/22/2015
« Reply #7 on: August 22, 2015, 03:51:34 AM »
In 1914, Austria-Hungary declared war against Belgium.

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Re: 8/22/2015
« Reply #8 on: August 22, 2015, 03:52:16 AM »
In 1922, Irish revolutionary Michael Collins was shot to death, apparently by Irish Republican Army members opposed to the Anglo-Irish Treaty that Collins had co-signed.

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Re: 8/22/2015
« Reply #9 on: August 22, 2015, 03:52:55 AM »
In 1932, the British Broadcasting Corp. conducted its first experimental television broadcast, using a 30-line mechanical system.

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Re: 8/22/2015
« Reply #10 on: August 22, 2015, 03:53:35 AM »
In 1956, President Dwight D. Eisenhower and Vice President Richard Nixon were nominated for second terms in office by the Republican National Convention in San Francisco.
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Re: 8/22/2015
« Reply #11 on: August 22, 2015, 03:53:59 AM »
In 1962, French President Charles de Gaulle survived an attempt on his life in suburban Paris.
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Re: 8/22/2015
« Reply #12 on: August 22, 2015, 03:54:24 AM »

In 1968, Pope Paul VI arrived in Bogota, Colombia, for the start of the first papal visit to South
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Re: 8/22/2015
« Reply #13 on: August 22, 2015, 03:54:52 AM »
In 1972, President Richard Nixon was nominated for a second term of office by the Republican National Convention in Miami Beach.
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Re: 8/22/2015
« Reply #14 on: August 22, 2015, 03:55:14 AM »
In 1985, 55 people died when fire broke out aboard a British Airtours charter jet on a runway at Manchester Airport in England.
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