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7/26/2015
« on: July 26, 2015, 12:00:15 AM »
Any cigar deals on the various internet sites that are 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: 7/26/2015
« Reply #1 on: July 26, 2015, 12:07:18 AM »
Nightie night Tony.
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Re: 7/26/2015
« Reply #2 on: July 26, 2015, 01:41:48 AM »
Good morning guys.
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Re: 7/26/2015
« Reply #3 on: July 26, 2015, 03:34:18 AM »
Today is Sunday, July 26, the 207th day of 2015. There are 158 days left in the year.

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Re: 7/26/2015
« Reply #4 on: July 26, 2015, 03:34:50 AM »
Highlight in History

On July 26, 1945, President Harry S. Truman, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Chinese leader Chiang Kai-shek issued the Potsdam Declaration, which called upon Imperial Japan to unconditionally surrender, or face "prompt amd utter destruction." The same day, Churchill resigned as Britain's prime minister after his Conservatives were soundly defeated by the Labour Party; Clement Attlee succeeded him.
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Re: 7/26/2015
« Reply #5 on: July 26, 2015, 03:35:20 AM »
On this date

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Re: 7/26/2015
« Reply #6 on: July 26, 2015, 03:35:46 AM »
In 1775, Benjamin Franklin became America's first Postmaster-General.

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Re: 7/26/2015
« Reply #7 on: July 26, 2015, 03:36:05 AM »
In 1788, New York became the 11th state to ratify the U.S. Constitution.

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Re: 7/26/2015
« Reply #8 on: July 26, 2015, 03:36:26 AM »
In 1882, the Richard Wagner opera "Parsifal" premiered in Bayreuth, Germany.
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Re: 7/26/2015
« Reply #9 on: July 26, 2015, 03:36:55 AM »
In 1908, U.S. Attorney General Charles J. Bonaparte ordered creation of a force of special agents that was a forerunner of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

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Re: 7/26/2015
« Reply #10 on: July 26, 2015, 03:37:15 AM »
In 1925, five days after the end of the Scopes Trial in Dayton, Tennessee, prosecutor William Jennings Bryan died at age 65. (Although Bryan had won a conviction against John T. Scopes for teaching Darwin's Theory of Evolution, the verdict was later overturned.)

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Re: 7/26/2015
« Reply #11 on: July 26, 2015, 03:37:34 AM »
In 1952, Argentina's first lady, Eva Peron, died in Buenos Aires at age 33. King Farouk I of Egypt abdicated in the wake of a coup led by Gamal Abdel Nasser.

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Re: 7/26/2015
« Reply #12 on: July 26, 2015, 03:37:58 AM »
In 1956, the Italian liner Andrea Doria sank off New England, some 11 hours after colliding with the Swedish liner Stockholm; at least 51 people died. Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser nationalized the Suez Canal.
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Re: 7/26/2015
« Reply #13 on: July 26, 2015, 04:37:28 AM »
In 1965, the Maldives became independent of Britain.

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Re: 7/26/2015
« Reply #14 on: July 26, 2015, 04:37:54 AM »
In 1971, Apollo 15 was launched from Cape Kennedy on America's fourth successful manned mission to the moon.

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