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1995 - Elizabeth Montgomery, actress (Bewitched), dies. Not widely known is the fact that Montgomery had an affair with both actors who played Darrin on Bewitched- Dick York and Dick Sargent. Both York and Sargent were cigar smokers, and in later years became friends through a mutual love of cigars. In a 1982 Playboy interview, Montgomery was asked which Dick she liked the best. Embarrassingly, Montgomery did not understand the question and gave a very shocking and lascivious reply.

1985 - The song "One Night In Bangkok" by Murray Head hits #3 on the charts. Insert your own joke here about a guy named Head singing a song about Bangkok.

1980 – Mount St. Helens in Washington State erupts. The eruption column rose 80,000 feet, depositing ash in 11 states. Washington Governor Theo Huxtable quipped, “It’s like 10 million cigar smokers all ashed at the same time.” It was later determined that a 33 year old George W Bush was responsible for allowing the previously dormant volcano to erupt.

1860 - Republican Party nominates Abraham Lincoln for president. Lincoln celebrates with a cigar, even though he normally despised smoke. After Lincoln’s nomination, leaders of the Democratic Party published letters of protest in local newspapers claiming that Lincoln was only popular because of biased coverage by Fox News and Rush Limbaugh. This, as all historians know, led to The Civil War.

1804 - Napoleon Bonaparte is proclaimed Emperor of France. By this time, cigar smoking was fashionable in France due to returning British and French veterans who picked up cigar smoking while serving in Spain. A tobacconist named Gauloises made a special cigar for Bonaparte to celebrate his monarchy. Napoleon found the cigar to be so strong, he said it was like smoking dynamite. Gauloises made a limited edition run of these cigars sold in his shop and called them ‘Napoleon Dynamite’. By 1806, individuals were re-selling the LE cigars on cigar forums at 3x MSRP.