This Week In Cigar History October 6 - 10
Navigating west from Spain, Christopher Columbus hoped to sail the ocean blue and discover a watery shortcut to the Orient. But his ship, the Santa Maria, dropped anchor near the tranquil shores of today's San Salvador -- this week on October 12, 1492.
posted: Monday October 6th - 8:15am
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This Week In Cigar History September 29 - October 3
The classic noir film of intrigue, deception and murderous adventures, "The Maltese Falcon" -- based on the hard-boiled detective thriller -- packed movie houses from the get-go of its release date on October 3, 1941.
posted: Monday September 29th - 8:15am
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This Week In Cigar History September 22 - 26
Acclaimed actor and producer Michael Douglas always defies stereotype in the wide ranging character roles he plays and movies he helps shape for big screens. But he consistently favors only the finest cigars, a cherished love he adopted along with his passion for golf. Scion of Kirk Douglas celebrates his birthday, this week on September 25th.
posted: Monday September 22nd - 8:15am
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This Week In Cigar History September 15 - 19
Maxwell Q. Klinger's cigar chomping corpsman/orderly finally received a well-deserved promotion to army sergeant on the beloved M**A**S**H television series. But it was actor Jamie Farr character's hilarious stunts, get-rich quick schemes, interminable number of Uncles, and donning of feminine attire to secure a coveted Section 8 medical discharge -- that are the most memorable moments to fans worldwide. One of the most popular episodes, aptly titled "Bug Out" aired this week on September 21st 1976.
posted: Monday September 15th - 8:15am
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This Week In Cigar History September 8 - 12
Amidst the XXX headlines, rumors, denials, and late night one-liners about cigars as sex toys, the first 445 pages of the salacious opus, the Starr Report, was finally released (unleashed) to Congress and on the Internet -- this week on September 11, 1998.
posted: Monday September 8th - 8:15am
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This Week In Cigar History September 1 - 5
Marking a tactical shift in Hitler's military strategy, intense round-the-clock Nazi bombings of London began this week on September 7th, 1940.
posted: Tuesday September 2nd - 8:15am
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This Week In Cigar History August 25 - 29
Whether chomping a cigar or admonishing the naughty boys, the hefty sailor "Der Captain" of the beloved "Katzenjammer Kids" comic strip, hit shore this week on August 31, 1902.
posted: Monday August 25th - 8:15am
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This Week In Cigar History Aug 18 - 22
Former cigar smoker, gossip column staple, and oft' married Ronald O. Perelman and his MAFCO Consolidated Group Inc.'s Consolidated Cigar Holdings scored major bucks ($127.8 million) in its NYSE's debut -- this week on August 21st 1996. Appropriately enough, the six plus million Class A shares, priced at $23/share -- traded under the symbol "CIG."
posted: Monday August 18th - 8:15am
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This Week In Cigar History August 11 - 15
"Commandante" Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz continues to solidly defy rumors of his death, celebrating his birthday this week on August 13th.
posted: Monday August 11th - 8:15am
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This Week In Cigar History August 4 - 8
The wonderful world of innovative jazzman, singer, and performer Louis "Satchmo" Daniel Armstrong began this week on August 4th, 1901 in New Orleans.
posted: Monday August 4th - 8:15am
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This Week In Cigar History July 28 - August 1
Bodybuilder, movie star, politician and cigar connoisseur Arnold Schwarzenegger is this week’s birthday boy, celebrating on July 30th.
posted: Monday July 28th - 8:15am
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This Week In Cigar History July 21 - 25
Like a cat with nine lives, the elusive bank robber John Dillinger escaped from a law enforcement full court presses, most notably those led by the obsessed J. Edgar Hoover...for years. But the criminal to some, Robin Hood folk hero to others lost in life's tenth round. Dillinger went down in a hail of bullets unleashed by federal agents outside a Chicago theater -- after the FBI's Melvin Purvis' go-ahead signal of lighting his cigar, this week on July 22, 1934.
posted: Monday July 21st - 8:15am
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This Week In Cigar History July 14 - 18
The much loathed and feared Mafioso, Carmen Galante (nicknamed "the Cigar" because he was rarely without one) dallied a bit too long between courses at his cousin's restaurant, and was shot dead this week on July 12, 1979.
posted: Monday July 14th - 8:15am
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This Week In Cigar History July 7 - 11
One of the most acclaimed symbols of 20th century fashion, Yves Saint Laurent's Le Smoking tuxedo for women, took its debut strut down Parisian couture runways this week in July 1966.
posted: Monday July 7th - 8:15am
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This Week In Cigar History June 30 - July 4
The cigar loving Arnold Schwarzenegger as the reprogrammed cyborg...made good on a threat and was BACK -- with the U.S. release of Terminator 2: Judgment Day on July 3rd 1991.
posted: Monday June 30th - 7:15am
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This Week In Cigar History June 23 - 27
Though pressured to abdicate the throne of the British Empire for his love of a twice-divorced American, King Edward VIII was never required to give up his love of cigars. Known as His Royal Highness Duke of Windsor (courtesy of succeeding brother George VI), the ex-monarch was born this week on June 23rd 1894.
posted: Monday June 23rd - 12:00am
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This Week In Cigar History June 16 - 20
Considered one of the greatest achievements of his life, General Israel Putnam led the Revolutionary forces to victory at the decisive Battle of Bunker Hill, this week on June 17, 1775. Cigar lovers, however, better remember him as the man who introduced stogies to the as-yet-to-be-united United States.
posted: Monday June 16th - 8:00am
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This Week In Cigar History June 9
When Marines scooped up the missing Air Force pilot Captain Scott F. O’Grady on June 9th 1995…a sleepless President Clinton and his National Security advisor, Anthony Lake celebrated the risky daylight rescue mission by lighting up celebratory cigars on the White House’s Truman Balcony.
posted: Monday June 9th - 10:49am
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This Week In Cigar History June 2-6
The ditty “Fire, I’ll take you to burn…” ruled the airwaves decades after this week’s birthday celebrator, Zippo inventor George G. Blaisdell was born on June 5th, 1895.
posted: Monday June 2nd - 11:45am
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This Week In Cigar History May 26-May 30
Republican primary candidate, former two term Big Apple Mayor and cigar aficionado, Rudolph William Louis Giuliani celebrates his birthday this week on May 28th.
posted: Monday May 26th - 11:27am
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This Week In Cigar History: May 19-23
Prolific raconteur and tobacco connoisseur Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, this week on May 22, 1859.
posted: Monday May 19th - 1:55pm
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This Week In Cigar History: May 12-16
Montecristo Cigars, the popular Habanos S.A. brand, began a worldwide launch of a newly formatted stogy -- its first in 30 years -- with the novel-sized Edmundo on May 13, 2004.
posted: Monday May 12th - 12:53pm
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This Week In Cigar History: May 5-9
Remembered for his curt response that dismissed the significance of his stogie ways - “sometimes a cigar is just a cigar” - Sigmund Freud, the father of psychoanalysis, was born this week on May 6, 1856.
posted: Monday May 5th - 10:11am
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This Week In Cigar History : April 28-May 4
Released this week on May 1, 1941, devoted cigar smoker Orson Welle’s directorial debut, Citizen Kane, revolutionized American audiences and filmmakers with its haunting tale of publishing tycoon Charles Forster Kane’s lonely death (“Rosebud”) and life- using groundbreaking shooting techniques, a discontinuous narrative script, and complex montage film sequences.
posted: Monday April 28th - 5:38pm
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This Week In Cigar History: April 21-27
With his signature arched eyebrow, cigar-chomping actor Jack Nicholson has wowed movie fans for decades. No doubt, the three-time Oscar winner will puff away on a favorite Romeo y Julietas, Cohiba robustos or Montecristos to celebrate his 71st birthday this week, on April 22.
posted: Monday April 21st - 5:34pm
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This Week In Cigar History: April 14-20
Endearingly kicking up his heels into hearts across the world, the cigar chomping, refined Tramp, Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin Jr., was born this week on April 16, 1889.
posted: Monday April 14th - 6:31am
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This Week In Cigar History April 7-13
Anointed Queen Consort, then Regent, the tobacco loving power behind the French throne that belonged to three (!) sons, Catherine de’ Medici was born this week on April 13th, 1519.
posted: Monday April 7th - 5:31pm
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This Week In Cigar History March 31-April 6
Strutting on stage to her 1983 hit “Holiday” with a pair of panties and cigar in hand, Madonna soon had viewers applauding (or horrified) and censors busy, editing out her sassy swagger on the March 31st 1994 edition of The Late Show With David Letterman, which marked her first appearance on American television that year.
posted: Monday March 31st - 5:30pm
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This Week In Cigar History March 24-30
Living life by his catchphrase, “I’m just telling it like it is” sports casting legend and Macanudo lover Howard William Cosell (Cohen) was born this week on March 25th, 1918.
posted: Monday March 24th - 5:29pm
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This Week In Cigar History Mar 17-23
Cigar smoker Bruce Willis, a 1980’s wisecracking television detective turned modern day, buff action hero was born this week on March 19th, 1955.
posted: Monday March 17th - 5:24pm
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This Week In Cigar History: March 10-16
Admired for his self-deprecatory wit and remark — “What this country needs is a good five-cent cigar” — former Vice President Thomas Riley Marshall was born this week, March 14, 1854.
posted: Monday March 10th - 4:01pm
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This Week In Cigar History: March 3-9
The innovative French opera Carmen, dramatizing the life of a beautiful gypsy cigar roller, premiered at the Opéra Comique of Paris this week on March 3, 1875.
posted: Monday March 3rd - 7:33am
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This Week In Cigar History: Feb 25th-Mar 2nd
Seemingly always surrounded by beautiful babes - with cigar in hand - and lots of celebrity friends, America’s iconic entertainer, Herbert John “Jackie” Gleason was born this week on February 26th, 1916.
posted: Monday February 25th - 6:00am
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This Week In Cigar History: Feb 18-24
Acknowledged by golf great Jack Nicklaus as “…possibly the best in the world,” the exquisite and challenging Pebble Beach Golf Links, a premier destination for cart driving cigar lovers, opened this week on February 22, 1919.
posted: Monday February 18th - 6:00am
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This Week In Cigar History: February 11th-17th
Founded by Julius Caesar Newman, a twenty year-old Hungarian immigrant cigar maker (in a barn behind the Ohio family home in 1895), the J.C. Newman Cigar Company rapidly expanded from its humble beginnings to employ over 700 workers by 1916.
posted: Monday February 11th - 6:00am
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This Week In Cigar History: February 4th-10th
posted: Monday February 4th - 6:00am
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This Week in Cigar History: January 28th-February 3rd
Known for his wicked wit as well as his bulbous nose and portly stature, W.C. Fields actually began his successful entertainment career as “The Eccentric Juggler” on the vaudeville circuit.
posted: Monday January 28th - 6:00am
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This Week in Cigar History: January 21-27
posted: Monday January 21st - 6:00am
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This Week In Cigar History: January 14–20
Born this week on January 20, 1896, the native New Yorker George Burns smoked up to 10 cigars a day during his 100-year lifespan.
posted: Monday January 14th - 6:00am
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This Week In Cigar History: January 7-13
Short, squat, and forever embedded in the public’s mind as the prototype of a cigar-chomping gangster, Edward Goldenberg Robinson’s mug was splattered across American movie screens this week on January 9th, 1931…in his career defining role in Little Caesar.
posted: Monday January 7th - 6:00am
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This Week In Cigar History: Dec 31–January 6
Admired as one of the few great Italian cigar connoisseurs, film director and Havanas lover, Sergio Leone was born in Rome on January 3, 1929.
posted: Monday December 31st - 6:00am
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This Week In Cigar History: Dec 24-30
Regarded as one of England's most beloved writers, Joseph Rudyard Kipling, winner of the 1907 Nobel Prize for Literature and devoted cigar smoker, was born on December 30th, 1865.
posted: Monday December 24th - 6:00am
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This Week In Cigar History: December 17–23
posted: Monday December 17th - 6:00am
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This Week In Cigar History: December 10–16
posted: Monday December 10th - 6:00am
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This Week In Cigar History December 3–9
One of the great 20th century American entertainers and devoted cigar smoker, Sammy Davis Jr., was born this week on December 8th 1925.
posted: Monday December 3rd - 10:33am
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This Week In Cigar History November 26–December 2
Born on November 30, 1835, celebrated American satirical novelist Samuel Langhorne Clemens (aka Mark Twain) was a devoted cigar smoker. He claimed to immoderately smoke 100 cigars per month by the age of eight.
posted: Monday November 26th - 10:31am
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This Week In Cigar History November 19–25
Moses F. Gale received the first U.S. Patent (#121,049) for a cigar lighter on November 21, 1871.
posted: Monday November 19th - 6:00pm
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