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9/22/2015
« on: September 22, 2015, 12:01:11 AM »
It's Tuesday again!  In between insults we'll occasionally discuss cigars.  Join in 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: 9/22/2015
« Reply #1 on: September 22, 2015, 12:05:07 AM »
Two fer Tuesday!  Sheesh!
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Re: 9/22/2015
« Reply #2 on: September 22, 2015, 01:59:52 AM »
Good morning guys.
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Re: 9/22/2015
« Reply #3 on: September 22, 2015, 02:02:46 AM »
Today is Tuesday, September 22, the 265th day of 2015. There are 100 days left in the year. The Jewish Day of Atonement, Yom Kippur, begins at sunset.
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Re: 9/22/2015
« Reply #4 on: September 22, 2015, 02:24:34 AM »
Today's Highlight in History:

On September 22, 1975, Sara Jane Moore attempted to shoot President Gerald R. Ford outside a San Francisco hotel, but missed. (Moore served 32 years in prison before being paroled on December 31, 2007.)
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Re: 9/22/2015
« Reply #5 on: September 22, 2015, 02:25:15 AM »
On this date:
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Re: 9/22/2015
« Reply #6 on: September 22, 2015, 02:25:48 AM »
In 1515, Anne of Cleves, who became the fourth wife of England's King Henry VIII, was born in Dusseldorf.
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Re: 9/22/2015
« Reply #7 on: September 22, 2015, 02:26:19 AM »
In 1776, during the Revolutionary War, Capt. Nathan Hale, 21, was hanged as a spy by the British in New York.
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Re: 9/22/2015
« Reply #8 on: September 22, 2015, 02:26:44 AM »
In 1792, the first French Republic was proclaimed.
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Re: 9/22/2015
« Reply #9 on: September 22, 2015, 02:27:12 AM »
In 1862, President Abraham Lincoln issued the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation, declaring all slaves in rebel states should be free as of January 1, 1863.
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Re: 9/22/2015
« Reply #10 on: September 22, 2015, 02:27:39 AM »
In 1911, pitcher Cy Young, 44, gained his 511th and final career victory as he hurled a 1-0 shutout for the Boston Rustlers against the Pittsburgh Pirates at Forbes Field.
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Re: 9/22/2015
« Reply #11 on: September 22, 2015, 02:28:23 AM »
In 1927, Gene Tunney successfully defended his heavyweight boxing title against Jack Dempsey in the famous "long-count" fight in Chicago.
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Re: 9/22/2015
« Reply #12 on: September 22, 2015, 02:28:46 AM »
In 1938, the musical comedy revue "Hellzapoppin'," starring Ole (OH'-lee) Olsen and Chic Johnson, began a three-year run on Broadway.
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Re: 9/22/2015
« Reply #13 on: September 22, 2015, 02:29:13 AM »
In 1949, the Soviet Union exploded its first atomic bomb.
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Re: 9/22/2015
« Reply #14 on: September 22, 2015, 02:29:44 AM »
In 1950, Omar N. Bradley was promoted to the rank of five-star general, joining an elite group that included Dwight D. Eisenhower, Douglas MacArthur, George C. Marshall and Henry H. "Hap" Arnold.
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