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1/18/2016
« on: January 18, 2016, 12:00:12 AM »
Happy MLK Jr. Monday! Are there any cigar deals out there today to be had? 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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Re: 1/18/2016
« Reply #1 on: January 18, 2016, 02:24:43 AM »
Good morning guys.
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Re: 1/18/2016
« Reply #2 on: January 18, 2016, 02:28:40 AM »
Today is Monday, Jan. 18, the 18th day of 2016. There are 348 days left in the year. This is the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday.
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Re: 1/18/2016
« Reply #3 on: January 18, 2016, 02:32:16 AM »
Today's Highlight in History:

On Jan. 18, 1911, the first landing of an aircraft on a ship took place as pilot Eugene B. Ely brought his Curtiss biplane in for a safe landing on the deck of the armored cruiser USS Pennsylvania in San Francisco Harbor.
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Re: 1/18/2016
« Reply #4 on: January 18, 2016, 02:33:19 AM »
On this date:
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Re: 1/18/2016
« Reply #5 on: January 18, 2016, 02:33:43 AM »
In 1778, English navigator Captain James Cook reached the present-day Hawaiian Islands, which he named the "Sandwich Islands."
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Re: 1/18/2016
« Reply #6 on: January 18, 2016, 02:34:14 AM »
In 1862, the tenth president of the United States, John Tyler, died in Richmond, Virginia, at age 71, shortly before he could take his seat as an elected member of the Confederate Congress.
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Re: 1/18/2016
« Reply #7 on: January 18, 2016, 02:35:30 AM »
In 1862, the tenth president of the United States, John Tyler, died in Richmond, Virginia, at age 71, shortly before he could take his seat as an elected member of the Confederate Congress.
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Re: 1/18/2016
« Reply #8 on: January 18, 2016, 02:35:57 AM »
In 1919, the Paris Peace Conference, held to negotiate peace treaties ending the First World War, opened in Versailles (vehr-SY'), France.
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Re: 1/18/2016
« Reply #9 on: January 18, 2016, 02:36:31 AM »
In 1936, Nobel Prize-winning author Rudyard Kipling, 70, died in London.
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Re: 1/18/2016
« Reply #10 on: January 18, 2016, 02:36:56 AM »
In 1943, during World War II, Jewish insurgents in the Warsaw Ghetto launched their initial armed resistance against Nazi troops, who eventually succeeded in crushing the rebellion. A U.S. ban on the sale of pre-sliced bread — aimed at reducing bakeries' demand for metal replacement parts — went into effect.
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Re: 1/18/2016
« Reply #11 on: January 18, 2016, 02:37:28 AM »
In 1957, a trio of B-52's completed the first non-stop, round-the-world flight by jet planes, landing at March Air Force Base in California after more than 45 hours aloft.
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Re: 1/18/2016
« Reply #12 on: January 18, 2016, 02:38:07 AM »
In 1967, Albert DeSalvo, who claimed to be the "Boston Strangler," was convicted in Cambridge, Massachusetts, of armed robbery, assault and sex offenses. (Sentenced to life, DeSalvo was killed in prison in 1973.)
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Re: 1/18/2016
« Reply #13 on: January 18, 2016, 02:38:38 AM »
In 1970, David Oman McKay, the ninth president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, died at the age of 96.
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Re: 1/18/2016
« Reply #14 on: January 18, 2016, 02:39:00 AM »
In 1988, a China Southwest Airlines Ilyushin 18 crashed while on approach to Chongqing Airport, killing all 108 people on board.
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