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10/29/2015
« on: October 29, 2015, 12:00:19 AM »
What's up cigar enthusiasts?!  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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cigarbreath

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Re: 10/29/2015
« Reply #1 on: October 29, 2015, 12:05:46 AM »
No triple Jam.
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Re: 10/29/2015
« Reply #2 on: October 29, 2015, 12:43:47 AM »
Quote from: cigarbreath on October 29, 2015, 12:05:46 AM
No triple Jam.
Good thing.  I've spent WAY too much on cigars past few weeks.
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Re: 10/29/2015
« Reply #3 on: October 29, 2015, 01:41:13 AM »
Good morning guys.
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Re: 10/29/2015
« Reply #4 on: October 29, 2015, 01:42:37 AM »
Today is Thursday, Oct. 29, the 302nd day of 2015. There are 63 days left in the year.
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Re: 10/29/2015
« Reply #5 on: October 29, 2015, 01:43:41 AM »
Today's Highlight in History:

On Oct. 29, 1940, a blindfolded Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson drew the first number — 158 — from a glass bowl in America's first peacetime military draft.
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Re: 10/29/2015
« Reply #6 on: October 29, 2015, 01:44:19 AM »
On this date:
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Re: 10/29/2015
« Reply #7 on: October 29, 2015, 01:44:59 AM »
In 1618, Sir Walter Raleigh, the English courtier, military adventurer and poet, was executed in London for treason.
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Re: 10/29/2015
« Reply #8 on: October 29, 2015, 01:45:23 AM »
In 1787, the opera "Don Giovanni" by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart had its world premiere in Prague.
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Re: 10/29/2015
« Reply #9 on: October 29, 2015, 01:46:04 AM »
In 1901, President William McKinley's assassin, Leon Czolgosz (CHAWL'-gahsh), was electrocuted.
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Re: 10/29/2015
« Reply #10 on: October 29, 2015, 01:46:52 AM »
In 1929, Wall Street crashed on "Black Tuesday," heralding the start of America's Great Depression.
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Re: 10/29/2015
« Reply #11 on: October 29, 2015, 01:47:16 AM »
In 1956, during the Suez Canal crisis, Israel invaded Egypt's Sinai Peninsula. "The Huntley-Brinkley Report" premiered as NBC's nightly television newscast.
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Re: 10/29/2015
« Reply #12 on: October 29, 2015, 01:47:53 AM »
In 1964, thieves made off with the Star of India and other gems from the American Museum of Natural History in New York. (The Star and most of the other gems were recovered; three men were convicted of stealing them.)
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Re: 10/29/2015
« Reply #13 on: October 29, 2015, 01:48:43 AM »
In 1966, the National Organization for Women was formally organized during a conference in Washington, D.C.
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Re: 10/29/2015
« Reply #14 on: October 29, 2015, 01:49:36 AM »
In 1979, on the 50th anniversary of the great stock market crash, anti-nuclear protesters tried but failed to shut down the New York Stock Exchange.
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