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[CigarBanter]

Find any cigar deals on the various internet sites? Any worth talking about? Join in this Tuesday 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!

[Johnny]

What a crock,jam going on and CIs page is still down, I'm going to bed.

[LSUFAN]

Good morning guys.

[LSUFAN]

3 MUWAT Kentucky Fire Cured Just a Friend (Toro)
          5/25.00
 2 Foundry Chillin' Moose Robusto (5.5"x50)
         20/37.50
 1 Drew Estate Undercrown
          5/27.50

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On this day in history ..
0296 - St Marcellinus begins his reign as Catholic Pope
0833 - Louis, king of Austria, crowned
0949 - Otto I the Great gives away bishopdom of Utrecht
1294 - Jews are expelled from Berne Switzerland
1371 - Arnold II of Horne chosen bishop of Utrecht
1397 - Denmark, Norway & Sweden sign Union of Kalmar under Queen Margaretha
1520 - Spanish conquerors under Cortes take gold from Aztecs
1528 - Burgundy army occupies Utrecht
1548 - Emperor Charles V orders Catholics to become Lutherans
1559 - Duke of Montgomery wounds king Henri II during tournament
1596 - English/Dutch fleet reach Cadiz
1598 - King Philip II moves to Escorial palace
1607 - Annales Ecclesiastici (Scientific History of Catholicism) published
1643 - Battle at Atherton Moor: Royalists beat parliamentary armies
1648 - French premier cardinal Mazarin calls Saint Louis Chamber together
1688 - Whig-Lords questions prince Willem III van Orange on Protestantism
1690 - Battle at Beachy Head: French under Tourville beat Neth/English fleet
1700 - Gelderland goes on Gregorian calendar (tomorrow is 12/7/1700)
1722 - Hungarian Parliament condemns emperor Karel VI's Pragmatic Sanctions
1734 - Russian army occupies Danzig
1741 - Pope Benedict XIV encyclical forbidding traffic in alms
1755 - Philippines close all non-catholic Chinese restaurants
1794 - Battle of Fort Recovery, Ohio
1815 - US naval hero Stephen Decatur ends attacks by Algerian pirates
1834 - Congress creates Indian Territory (now Oklahoma)
1859 - Charles Blondin is 1st to cross Niagara Falls on a tightrope
1861 - CSS Sumter slips past USS Brooklyn blockade
1862 - Battle at Nelson's Farm, Virginia
1862 - Battle at Turkey Bridge Virginia: Confederate assault attack
1862 - Day 6 of 7 Days-Battle of White Oak Swamp VA (Frayser's Farm)
1862 - Gustave Flaubert completes "Salammbo"
1863 - Battles in Hanover Pennsylvania: 80 casualties
1863 - Dutch colony Suriname counts population of 33,000 slaves
1863 - Skirmish at Sporting Hill Pennsylvania
1865 - 8 alleged conspirators in assassination of Lincoln are found guilty
1870 - Ada Kepley becomes 1st female law college graduate
1871 - Guatemala revolts for agrarian reforms
1876 - Serbia declares war on Turkey
1879 - Ex-khedive Ismael Pasha leaves Cairo with train full stolen goods
1881 - Henry Highland Garnet, named minister to Liberia
1893 - Excelsior diamond (blue-white 995 carats) discovered
1894 - Korea declares independence from China, asks for Japanese aid
1894 - London Tower Bridge opens
1896 - W S Hadaway patents electric stove
1899 - Jack Hearne takes a hat-trick Eng v Australia at Headingley

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1900 - 4 German liners burn at Hobokon Docks NJ, 326 die
1902 - Cleveland is 1st AL team to hit 3 consecutive HRs in same inning
1906 - John Hope becomes 1st black president of Morehouse College
1906 - Pure Food & Drug Act & Meat Inspection Act adopted
1908 - Boston's Cy Young's 2nd no-hitter, beats NY Highlanders, 8-0
1908 - Giant fireball impacts in Siberia (Tunguska Event) (Enckes comet?)
1909 - Jack Johnson fights Tony Ross to no decision in 6 for hw boxing title
1910 - Russia absorbs Finland
1911 - Adolphe Messimy appointed French minister of War
1911 - US Assay Office in St Louis, Missouri closes
1913 - 2nd Balkan War begins
1913 - NY Giants score 10 in 10th to beat Phillies 11-1
1914 - Mahatma Gandhi's 1st arrest, campaigning for Indian rights in S Africa
1916 - 22nd US Golf Open: Chick Evans shoots a 286 at Minikahda Club MINN
1916 - General Douglas Haig reports "The men are in splendid spirits"
1923 - NZ claims Ross Dependency in Antarctica
1924 - England score 2-503 in day's play v S Africa at Lord's
1927 - Augusto Cesar Sandino issues his Manifesto Politico
1927 - US Assay Office in Deadwood, South Dakota closes
1928 - Radio Service Bulletin lists radio stations call signs that are to be changed to conform with international standards
1929 - 33rd US Golf Open: Bobby Jones shoots a 294 at Winged Foot CC NY
1930 - 1st round-the-world radio broadcast Schenectady NY
1930 - Bradman scores 254 at Lord's v England, 320 mins, 25 fours
1933 - 50,000 demonstrate in Antwerp against fascism/war
1933 - Card's Dizzy Dean strikes out 17 Cubs to win 8-2
1933 - US Assay Offices in Helena Mon, Boise Id & Salt Lake City Utah closes
1934 - "Night of Long Knives," Hitler stages bloody purge of Nazi party
1934 - French Equatorial Africa constituted a single administrative unit
1934 - NFL's Portsmouth Spartans become Detroit Lions
1935 - Danno O'Mahoney beats Ed George in Boston, to become wrestling champ
1936 - "Gone With the Wind" by Margaret Mitchell, published
1936 - 40 hour work week law approved (federal)
1936 - Haile Selassie asks League of Nations for sanctions against Italy
1936 - Margaret Mitchell's novel "Gone with the Wind" published
1938 - Final game at Phila's Baker Bowl, Giants beat Phils 14-1
1939 - Heinkel He 176 rocket plane flies for 1st time, at Peenem�nde
1940 - "Brenda Starr" cartoon strip, by Dale Messick, 1st appears
1940 - 58 U-boats (284,000 ton) sunk this month
1940 - US Fish & Wildlife Service forms
1941 - 61 U-boats (310,000 ton) sunk this month

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1941 - Pro-nazi group declares Ukraine independence
1942 - 144 U boats (700,000 ton) sunk this month
1942 - Col-gen Von Paul' 6th Army enters Ukraine
1942 - US Mint in New Orleans ceases operation
1942 - US bombs Celebes & Timor
1943 - Gen MacArthur begins Operation Cartwheel (island-hopping)
1944 - Allies land on Vogelkop, New Guinea
1944 - French Cotentin Peninsula in allied hands
1944 - Universal strike against nazi terror in Copenhagen
1945 - 17-day newspaper strike in NY begins
1948 - Cleve Indian Bob Lemon no-hits Detroit Tigers, 2-0
1948 - Last British armies leave Israel
1948 - Transistor as a substitute for Radio tubes announced (Bell Labs)
1949 - Dutch troops evacuate Djakarta
1950 - US Gen MacArthur visits front in South Korea/asks for US troops
1951 - "Victor Borge Show," last airs on NBC-TV
1951 - NAACP begins attack on school segregation & discrimination
1952 - "Guiding Light" soap opera moves from radio to TV
1952 - Hussein Sirri Pasha forms Egyptian government
1953 - 1st Corvette manufactured
1954 - Largest check: Internal US Treasury check at $4,176,969,623.57
1954 - Yank pitcher Tom Morgan ties record by hitting 3 batters in 1 inning This was also Bobby Brown's last game; he retired to become a doctor
1955 - "Johnny Carson Show," debuts on CBS-TV
1956 - "Pipe Dream" closes at Shubert Theater NYC after 245 performances
1956 - "Shangri-La" closes at Winter Garden Theater NYC after 21 performances
1956 - Lenins politics testament (1923) published in Moscow
1956 - United DC-7 & TWA collide over Grand Canyon killing 128
1958 - "No Chemise, Please" by Gerry Grenahan peaks at #24
1958 - Dutch Govt of Drees ends obligatory dismissal of married teachers
1959 - During a game in Wrigley Field, 2 balls were in play at same time
1960 - US stops sugar import from Cuba
1960 - Zaire (formerly Belgian Congo) declares independence from Belgium
1961 - Buddy Rogers beats Pat O'Conner in Chicago, to become NWA champ
1961 - Explorer (12) fails to reach Earth orbit
1962 - 17th US Women's Open Golf Championship won by Murle Lindstrom
1962 - French Foreign Legion leaves Algeria
1962 - LA Dodger Sandy Koufax no-hits NY Mets, 5-0
1962 - Premier Ben Khedda disbands Algerian Liberation Army fighters
1962 - Rwanda & Burundi become independent
1963 - Cardinal Montini elected Pope Paul VI, 262nd head of RC Church
1963 - Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Carvel Ladies Golf Open
1964 - Centaur 3 launch vehicle fails to make Earth orbit
1964 - Last UN troops leave Congo
1965 - NFL grants Atlanta Falcons a franchise
1966 - Beatles land in Tokyo for a concert tour

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1966 - Leopoldville Congo is renamed Kinshasa
1966 - Richath Helms, promoted from deputy director to 8th director of CIA
1966 - Test cricket debut of Derek Underwood, v WI Trent Bridge, wicketless
1966 - Vice Adm William F Raborn Jr, USN, ends term as 7th director of CIA
1967 - Maj Robert H Lawrence Jr named 1st black astronaut
1967 - Mo‹se Tsjombe kidnapped to Algeria
1967 - Phillies Cookie Rojas pitches, plays 9th position since joining Phils
1968 - E German party leader Ulbricht receives "Order of October Revolution"
1968 - Gaullists win French parliamentary election, 358 of 458 chairs
1968 - Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Lady Carling Golf Open
1969 - Derek Clayton of Australia sets Marathon record at 2:08:34
1969 - Spain cedes Ifni to Morocco
1970 - Brazil beats Italy 4-1 in soccer's 9th World Cup at Mexico City
1970 - Cincinnati's Riverfront Stadium opens, Braves beat Reds 8-2
1971 - Biesheuvel govt forms
1971 - Dutch Biesheuvel government begins [or May 6]
1971 - Ohio becomes 38th state to approve of lower voting age to 18, thus ratifying 26th amendment
1972 - 1st leap second day; also 1981, 1982, 1983, 1985
1972 - Cincinnati Reds are 11 games back in NL, & go on to win pennant
1973 - "Burns & Schreiber Comedy Hour," TV Variety; debut on ABC
1973 - Biggest US tanker "Brooklyn" christened (230,000 ton)
1973 - Observers aboard Concorde jet observe 72-min solar eclipse
1974 - 2nd du Maurier Golf Classic (Peter Jackson Classic): Carole Jo Skala
1974 - Petty thief Peter Leonard sets fire to cover burglary that torches "Gulliver's" nightclub killing 24 (Port Chester NY)
1974 - Soviet dancer Mikhail Baryshnikov defects to west
1975 - Bundy victim Shelley Robertson disappears in Colorado
1975 - Cher, just 4 days after divorcing Sonny Bono marries Gregg Allman
1975 - Heavyweight Muhammad Ali defeats Joe Bugner in Malaysia
1975 - U of Calif reports galaxy 3C123 at 8 billion light years distance
1976 - John Walker of NZ sets record for 2000 m, 4:51.4
1977 - Jimmy Carter cans B-1A bomber later "B-1's the B-52"
1977 - Marvel Comics publish "Kiss book" tributing rock group Kiss
1977 - US Railway Post Office final train run (NY to Wash DC)
1977 - Yankee DH Cliff Johnson hit 3 consecutive HRs in Toronto
1978 - English prince Michael marries baroness Marie-Christine von Reibnitz
1978 - Giants' Willie McCovey becomes 12th to hit 500 HRs
1978 - Larry Doby becomes manager of Chicago White Sox
1979 - "Got To Go Disco" closes at Minskoff Theater NYC after 8 performances
1979 - Johnny Rotten & Joan Collins appear together on BBC's Juke Box Jury
1980 - West German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt visits Moscow
1981 - China's Communist Party condemns late Mao Tse-tung's policy
1982 - "Lena Horne: Lady, Music" closes at Nederlander NYC after 333 perfs
1982 - Federal Equal Rights Amendment fails 3 states short of ratification
1982 - Orbiter Challenger (OV-099) rolled out at Palmdale
1982 - NJ NHL franchise officially named Devils by fan balloting, runner-up names are Blades, Meadowlanders & Americans

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1984 - Failed coup by cocaine growers in Bolivia
1984 - Last sixpence minted in Great-Britain (in use since 1551)
1984 - Longest pro football game, LA Express beats Mich Panthers 27-21 in USFL playoffs, games lasts 93 minutes 33 seconds
1985 - "King & I" closes at Broadway Theater NYC after 191 performances
1985 - 39 remaining hostages from Flight 847 are freed in Beirut
1985 - Juli Inkster wins LPGA Lady Keystone Golf Open
1985 - LA Dodger Pedro Gonzalez sets NL record of 15 HRs in June
1986 - Georgia sodomy law upheld by Supreme Court (5-4)
1987 - Emmy 14th Daytime Award presentation - Susan Lucci loses for 8th time
1987 - Patrik Sjoberg of Sweden set a new world record in high jump
1988 - "Sledge Hammer!" last aires on ABC-TV
1988 - Brooklyn dedicates a bus depot honoring Jackie Gleason
1988 - Chicago agrees to build a new stadium so White Sox won't move to Fla
1989 - "Les Miserables," opens at Theatre Muzyczyny, Gdynia
1989 - Attorney General Thornburgh orders Joseph Doherty deported to UK
1989 - Congressman Lukins found guilty of having sex with a 16 year old girl
1989 - NASA closes down tracking stations in Santiago, Chile & Guam
1989 - NY State Legislature passes Staten Island secession bill
1989 - Sudan suspends interim constitution following coup
1990 - East & West Germany merge their economies
1991 - 37th Mazda LPGA Championship won by Meg Mallon
1992 - 1st pay bathrooms in US open: 25› (NYC)
1992 - Actress Cecil Hoffman (Zoe-LA Law) marries Paul Slye
1992 - Fidel Ramos installed as president of Philippines
1992 - Total solar eclipse in Uruguay (5m21s)
1993 - "Les Miserables," opens at Point Theatre, Dublin
1993 - Richard Jacobs announces Chief Wahoo will go to Jacobs Field
1994 - Airbus A330 crash at Toulouse France (7 killed)
1994 - Giants outfielder Darren Lewis errors after record 392 flawless games
1994 - Pre-trial hearings open in LA against OJ Simpson
1994 - US Ice Skating Federation bars Tonya Harding for life
1995 - Indians' Eddie Murray, is 20th to reach 3,000 hits
1996 - "Buried Child" closes at Brook Atkinson Theater NYC after 77 perfs
1996 - "Moon Over Buffalo" closes at Martin Beck Theater NYC after 308 perfs
1996 - "State Fair," closes at Music Box Theater NYC after 118 performances
1996 - Caroline Frolic (Miss Ontario), crowned Miss Renaissance USA
1996 - Dottie Pepper wins ShopRite LPGA Golf Classic
1997 - Leap Second to synchronize atomic clocks
1998 - Sega Channel, cable's 1st on-demand video game service, closes down

[LSUFAN]

Famous birthdays for this day ..

1468 - Johan, the Standvastige, monarch of Saxon
1470 - Charles VIII, King of France (1483-98), invaded Italy
1503 - Johan Frederik, elector of Saxon (1532-47)
1669 - Mauritius Vogt, composer
1685 - Dominikus Zimmermann, German architect/painter (Liebfrauenkirche)
1685 - John Gay, author (Baggars' Opera)
1722 - Jiri Antonin Benda, composer
1723 - Christian Ernst Graf, composer
1743 - Niels Schiorring, composer
1748 - Jacques D "comte" Cassini, French astronomer
1768 - Elizabeth Kortright Monroe, 1st lady (1817-25)
1789 - E J Horace Vernet, French painter
1791 - F‚lix Savart, French surgeon/physicist (law of Biot & Savart)
1807 - Friedrich T Vischer, German philosopher/writer (Auch einer)
1810 - Stanko Vraz, [Jakob Frass], Slovenian/Croatian poet (illyrism)
1817 - Joseph D Hooker, British botanist
1818 - Edward John Hopkins, composer
1819 - William A Wheeler, (R) 19th VP (1877-81)
1823 - Hendrik Jan Schimmel, Dutch writer/dramatist (2 Tudors)
1837 - Stephen D Ramseur, youngest West Pointer to be Maj Gen
1846 - Ricardo Drigo, composer
1847 - Jacob T Cremer, min of Colonies/pres (Dutch Trading Comp)
1853 - Adolf Furtw„ngler, German archaeologist (Antiken Gemmen)
1856 - Gerrit Kalff, writer (history of Dutch writers)
1858 - Andr‚ Antoine, French stage manager (Th‚ƒtre Libre) [or 7/31]
1860 - Gyula Andr ssy Jr, Hungarian minister of Foreign affairs (1918-20)
1868 - C V France, Bradford Engld, actor (Skin Game, Adventure in Blackmail)
1879 - Walter Hampden, Bkln NY, actor (Five Fingers, Hunchback of Notre Dame)
1882 - Sven R Lidman, Swedish writer (Tvedr„ktens Barn)
1890 - Gertrude McCoy, Sugar Valley GA, silent screen actress (Blue Bird)
1890 - Horace Chapman, cricketer (leg-spin all-rounder for S Afr in 2 Tests)
1892 - Laszlo Lajtha, composer
1892 - Pierre Blanchar, Philippeville Algeria, actor (Magnificent Sinner)
1893 - Harold/Joseph Laski, English economist/Labour leader (1945-..)
1893 - Walter Ulbricht, president German DR
1894 - Gavrilo Princip, Bosnian assassin (arch duke Ferdinand)
1896 - Wilfred Pelletier, Montreal Canada, conductor (Voice of Firestone)
1898 - George Chandler, Waukegan Ill, actor (Lassie)
1899 - Frantisek Tomasek, bishop of Prague/cardinal

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1902 - Madge Bellamy, Hillsboro TX, actress (White Zombie)
1904 - Glenda Farrell, Enid OK, actress (Golddiggers of 1935)
1905 - Nestor Paiva, Fresno CA, actor (Comanche, Fear, Tarantula, Killer Ape)
1908 - Charles Camproux, French linguistic/author (Bestiari)
1908 - Lucino Tinio Sacramento, composer
1908 - Monica Maurice, industrialist
1909 - Juan Bosch, poet/pres of Dominican Republic (1962-63)
1911 - Czeslaw Milosz, Polish/American writer (Bells in Winter, Nobel 1980)
1911 - Virginia Smith, (Rep-R-NB, 1975- )
1912 - Dan Reeves, NFL team owner (Cleveland/LA Rams)
1912 - J Tibor de Powerula, [de Abrah mfalva], Hungarian/Dutch cellist)
1912 - Kenneth Jameson, art educator
1912 - Madhaviah Krishnan, naturalist
1912 - [J] Tibor de Machula, Hungarian/Dutch cellist
1913 - Harry Wismer, Port Huron Mich, AFL owner (NY Titans)
1914 - David Wayne, actor (Adam's Rib, Andromeda Strain, 3 Faces of Eve)
1914 - Natko Devcic, composer
1915 - Charles Rowe, cricketer (scored a pair in only Test (NZ v Aust 1946))
1917 - Buddy Rich, Bkln NY, drummer/orch leader (Buddy Rich Band-Away We Go)
1917 - Lena Horne, Bkln NY, actress/singer (Stormy Weather, Wiz)
1917 - Robert Vandekerckhove, Belgian politician
1918 - Stuart Foster, Binghamton NY, singer (Galen Drake Show)
1918 - Susan Hayward, Flatbush Bkln, actress (I Want to Live, Tulsa)
1919 - Lee Krieger, MD, actor (Clambake, One Way Wahini)
1920 - Sam Moskowitz, SF fandom historian
1920 - Zeno Colo, Italy, downhill skier (Olympic-gold-1952)
1921 - Gordon Reynolds, musician
1925 - Dorothy Malone, actress (Peyton Place)
1925 - Jim Levitch, horse trainer
1925 - Micheline Lannoy, Belgium, figure skating pairs (Olympic-gold-1948)
1925 - Will Gay Bottje, composer
1927 - Harvey Vernon, Flint Mich, actor (Jasper-Carter Country)
1927 - James Goldman, author/playwright (Butch Cassidy & Sundance Kid)
1927 - Joseph R Skeen, (Rep-R-New Mexico, 1981- )
1928 - Frank Ulrich Marcus, playwright/critic
1929 - Alexander Kelly, pianist/teacher
1930 - Doyle Holly, comedian/country performer (Buckaroos)
1930 - June Valli, Bronx NY, singer (Your Hit Parade)
1930 - Mac Benson, horse trainer
1930 - Nikolai Karetnikov, composer
1931 - James Loughran, British conductor
1931 - Johannes Gruijters, Dutch mayor (D66-Lelystad)
1931 - June Thorburn, Kashmir India, actress (Touch & Go, Children Galore)
1932 - Martin Mailman, composer
1933 - Mike J K Smith, cricketer (England captain mid-60s)

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1934 - Harry Blackstone Jr, magician (Blackstone Book of Magic & Illusion)
1936 - Dave Van Ronk, rocker/actor (Caffe Lena)
1936 - Nancy Dussault, Pensacola Fla, actress (Muriel-Too Close for Comfort)
1936 - Pauls Dambis, composer
1936 - Tony Musante, Bridgeport Ct, actor (David Toma-Toma, Nowhere to Hide)
1938 - Billy Mills, Pine Ridge SD, 10k (Olympics-gold-64)
1938 - Chris Hinze, Dutch flutist (Vivat Vivaldi)
1938 - William Mervin Mills, Pine Ridge SD, 10K runner (Olympic-gold-64)
1939 - Lindembergue Cardoso, composer
1941 - John Jameson, cricketer (England batsman, 465 p/ship with Kanhai)
1941 - Larry Hall, rocker (Tape Heads)
1941 - Micki Grant, composer
1941 - Mike Leander Farr, record producer
1941 - Peter Pollock, cricketer (bro of Graeme/father of Shaun, S Af quickie)
1942 - Robert Ballard, explorer/geologist/author/discoverer (Titanic in 1985)
1943 - Florence Ballard, Detroit Mich, rocker (Supremes)
1944 - Glenn Shorrock, Sydney Australia, rock vocalist (Little River Band)
1944 - Ron Swoboda, baseball outfielder/sportscaster (NY Yankees, NY Mets)
1946 - Billy Brown, rock vocalist (Ray, Goodman, Brown)
1947 - Jasper van 't Hof, Dutch jazz pianist (Live in Montreux)
1947 - Yuri Petrovich Sheffer, Russian cosmonaut
1949 - Andrew Scott, Wales, rock guitarist (Sweet)
1949 - Bui Thanh Liem, Vietnam, cosmonaut
1949 - Eric Goetz, NYC, US shipbuilder (America's Cup 1995)
1949 - Thanh Liem Bui, Vietnam, cosmonaut
1950 - Donna Jean Willmott, Akron Ohio, FALN member (FBI most wanted)
1950 - Pablo Castillo, jockey
1951 - Andr‚ Hazes, Dutch barkeeper/singer (We Love Orange)
1951 - Andy Scott, rocker
1951 - Stanley Clarke, Phila, rock bassist (New Barbarians-Find Out Hideaway)
1951 - Stephen S Oswald, Seattle Washington, astronaut (STS 42, 56, 67)
1953 - Hal Lindes, Monterey CA, rocker (Dire Straits)
1954 - Bryn B Burrows, rock drummer (Fabulous Poodles)
1954 - Ken Olin, Chicago, actor (Thirtysomething, Det Quinn-EZ Street)

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1955 - Mark MacDonald, horse trainer
1956 - Adrian Wright, Sheffield, rock vocalist (Human League-Only Human)
1956 - David Alan Grier, comedian (In Living Color, Boomerang)
1956 - Ronald Winans, gospel singer (Winans)
1957 - Sarah McGuire, Springfield IL, LPGA golfer (1983 United Va Bank-5th)
1958 - Esa-Pekka Salonen, Helsinki Finland, conductor (Giro)
1959 - Gina Goldberg, playmate (May, 1981)
1959 - Michel Dion, Quebec City Canada, Rifle shooter (Olympics-24-92, 96)
1959 - Stephanie Farwig, Milwaukee WI, golfer (1994 LPGA Corning Classic-2nd)
1960 - Randy Ladouceur, Brockville, NHL defenseman (Anaheim Mighty Ducks)
1961 - Karolyn Kirby, US beach volleyball player (Goodwill-gold-94)
1962 - Julianne Regan, rocker (All About Eve-All About Scarlet)
1962 - Vladimir Mikolaevich Dezhurov, Mordovia, astronaut (Mir 18, STS-71)
1963 - Rupert Graves, actor (Damage, Handful of Dust, Maurice)
1965 - Mitch Richmond, Ft Lauderdale Fl, NBA guard (Sac Kings, Oly-g-88, 96)
1965 - Steve Duchesne, Sept-iles, NHL defenseman (Ottawa Senators)
1966 - "Iron" Mike Tyson, NY, youngest heavyweight boxing champ (1986-90)
1966 - Louie Aguiar, NFL punter (KC Chiefs)
1967 - Rudi Steyn, cricketer (S African opening batsman 1995)
1967 - Sheila Hudson, US triple jumper (US record 1992)
1967 - Tina Bockrath, Dayton Oh, playmate (May, 1990)/actress
1968 - Dan Peltier, Clifton Park NY, outfielder (SF Giants)
1968 - Peter Miller, CFL linebacker (BC Lions)
1969 - Jim Montgomery, Montreal, NHL center (Phila Flyers)
1969 - Ken Gernander, Grand Rapids, NHL center (NY Rangers)
1969 - Kristina Farrar Stookey, Martha Vineyard MA, 470 yachter (Oly-4th-96)
1969 - Sanath Jayasuriya, cricketer (Sri Lankan open bat MVP-1996 World Cup)
1970 - Brian Bloom, actor (As the World Turns)
1970 - Mark Grudzielanek, Milwaukee Wisc, infielder (Montreal Expos)
1971 - Ann Marsh, Royal Oak Mich, fencer-foil (Olympics-96)
1971 - Viktor Ivanovich Patsayev, USSR, cosmonaut (Soyuz 11), dies at 38
1972 - Dan Comiskey, CFL guard (Saskatchewan Roughriders)
1972 - Ellen Coleen Pasturzak, Portsmouth Ohio, Miss America-Ohio (1996)
1972 - Garret Anderson, Los angeles CA, outfielder (California Angels)
1972 - Tyrone Davis, NFL tight end (NY Jets, Green Bay Packers-Superbowl 31)
1973 - Chan Ho Park, Kong Ju City Korea, pitcher (LA Dodgers)
1973 - Dodda Ganesh, cricketer (Karnataka & India pace bowler 1997)
1974 - Michelle Kang, Fredericksburg Virginia, Miss America-Virginia (1997)
1975 - Natasha Sturgess, Australian mistral yachter (Olympics-96)
1976 - Brian Rocheleleau, Honolulu Hawaii, kayak (alt-olympics-96)
1977 - Lola Odusoga, Finland, Miss Universe-3rd place (1996)
1981 - Allison Schroeder, Miss Wisconsin Teen USA (1997)

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Canadian Tourism Website
-------------------------

These questions about Canada were posted on an international tourism
website and obviously the answers came from a fellow Canuck.

Q: I have never seen it warm on TV, so how do the plants grow? (UK)
A: We import all plants fully grown and then just sit around
   watching them die.

Q: Will I be able to see Polar Bears in the street? (USA)
A: Depends how much you've been drinking.

Q: I want to walk from Vancouver to Toronto - can I follow the
   railroad tracks? (Sweden)
A: Sure, it's only six thousand km, take lots of water. . .

Q: Is it safe to run around in the bushes in Canada? (Sweden)!
A: So it's true what they say about Swedes.

Q: It is imperative that I find the names and addresses of places
   to contact for a stuffed beaver. (Italy)
A: Let's not touch this one.

Q: Are there any ATMs (cash machines) in Canada? Can you send me a
   list of them in Toronto, Vancouver, Edmonton and Halifax? (UK)
A: What did your last slave die of?

Q: Can you give me some information about hippo racing in Canada?
   (USA)
A: A-fri-ca is the big triangle shaped continent south of Europe.
   Ca-na-da is that big country to your North . . . oh forget it.
   Sure, the hippo racing is every Tuesday night in Calgary.
   Come naked.

Q: Which direction is North in Canada? (USA)
A: Face south and then turn 90 degrees. Contact us when you get
   here and we'll send the rest of the directions.

Q: Can I bring cutlery into Canada? (UK)
A: Why? Just use your fingers like we do.

Q: Can you send me the Vienna Boys' Choir schedule? (USA)
A: Aus-tri-a is that quaint little country bordering Ger-man-y,
   which is... oh forget it. Sure, the Vienna Boys Choir plays
   every Tuesday night in Vancouver and in Calgary, straight
   after the hippo races.
   Come naked.

Q: Do you have perfume in Canada? (Germany)
A: No, WE don't stink.

Q: I have developed a new product that is the fountain of youth.
   Can you tell me where I can sell it in Canada? (USA)
A: Anywhere significant numbers of Americans gather.

Q: Can I wear high heels in Canada? (UK)
A: You are an American politician, right?

Q: Can you tell me the regions on British Columbia where the female
   population is smaller than the male population? (Italy)
A: Yes, gay nightclubs.

Q: Do you celebrate Thanksgiving in Canada? (USA)
A: Only at Thanksgiving.

Q: Are there supermarkets in Toronto and is milk available all year
   round? (Germany)
A: No, we are a peaceful civilization of vegan hunter gatherers.
   Milk is illegal.

Q: Please send a list of all doctors in Canada who can dispense
   rattlesnake serum. (USA)
A: All Canadian rattle snakes are perfectly harmless, and can be
   safely handled and make good pets.

Q: I was in Canada in 1969 on R&R, and I want to contact the girl I
   dated while I was staying in Surrey, BC. Can you help? (USA)
A: Yes, and you will still have to pay her by the hour.

Q: Will I be able to speak English most places I go? (USA)
A: Yes, but you will have to learn it first.

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4 La Aurora 1495 Series Robusto (5.0"x50)
         10/29.99
 3 MUWAT Kentucky Fire Cured Just a Friend (Toro)
          5/25.00
 2 Foundry Chillin' Moose Robusto (5.5"x50)
         20/37.50
 1 Drew Estate Undercrown
          5/27.50