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Holmes,
Levine Earn CAE Designation
CapitalStream---Decision
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One
of the Best Kept Secrets in Leasing?
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Western
Sierra Named a ``Best Bank'' by Independent Banker
De
Lage Landen names Tom Locke as Reg. Sales Director
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HOLMES,
LEVINE EARN CERTIFIED ASSOCIATION EXECUTIVE (CAE) DESIGNATION
ALEXANDRIA,
VA -- AMY MILLER HOLMES, Vice President, Communications, of the Equipment
Leasing Association and LISA LEVINE, Executive Director of the Equipment
Leasing and Finance Foundation earned the Certified Association Executive
(CAE) designation from the American Society of Association Executives
(ASAE), in June of 2003.
Prior
to certification, applicants must have obtained career experience for
the required length of time within the field of non-profit/association
management, have obtained multiple hours of continuing professional
education, and have successfully completed a comprehensive examination,
which tests fundamental knowledge of all areas of the association management
profession.
The
June 2003 class brings the total number of association executives who
have earned the CAE designation to over 3,100. Among association professionals
“CAE” is an indication of demonstrated skill in leadership and expertise
in association management.
The
American Society of Association Executives, Washington, DC, is an individual
membership organization made up of roughly 25,000 association executives
and suppliers. Its members manage leading trade associations, individual
membership societies, and voluntary organizations across the United
States and in 50 countries around the globe. The society is dedicated
to advancing the value of voluntary associations to society and supporting
the professionalism of the individuals who lead them.
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2003
Monitor 100-----Wow!!!
The
Monitor Equipment Leasing and Finance, June, 2003, has the Monitor 100.
It
is the twelfth annual ranking of the 100 largest equipment finance/leasing
companies in the United States. How
they rank by asset growth. New
Business
Volume
and Overall Growth.
What
is most interesting are the changes, those that fell from the list,
and those
that
were added to the list, plus other analysis in this special section. A reader
sent
us a copy of the 2003 Top 100:
http://two.leasingnews.org/temporary/monitor100.jpg
Published
since 1974, the Monitor reaches over 30,000 professionals throughout
the
United States with a broad-based cross section of readership. It is not the
articles
and features that attract many readers, but the advertising itself. You
can
learn more about the industry, who is doing what, who wants what, what
they
have to offer, just by reading the ads in the publication that generally
runs
seventy pages, including features section such as the Monitor 100.
The
June, 2003 edition has an interview with Jerry Newell of Bank of
the
West Leasing, stories on Merrill Lynch Capital, the Equipment Leasing
Association “On a Mission to Deliver Value,” Residual Value
Curves, Cat
Financial
& FCC Equipment, Wells Fargo, Marlin Leasing, Olympus Financial.
Don’t
leave you office without getting a subscription today!!!!
You
can subscribe by calling 610-293-1300 or visiting their website at www.monitordaily.com Monitor subscribers receive discounts,
including
special pricing on receiving the full 100 report in pdf format
by
calling 610-456-6570. You can
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CapitalStream---Decision
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“It
isn't over until the fat lady sings! Everyone else has until 6/30 to
get
their
bids in. Word is there is at least one more serious contender and they
intend
on waiting until the last day to make it interesting.”
Semper
Fi
(Leasing
News will stand by its source. Things do fall out of bed,
but
CapitalStream won’t let that happen. They are the winner
in
this bid. editor_
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Terra
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a new search feature that allows users to perform searches without opening
a browser.
The
free "HotBot Quick-Search Deskbar" is based on the open source
"Dave's Deskbar," a small textbox that allows for search while
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also provides short cuts to other functions such as dictionary and weather.
"Our
strategy with HotBot has been to create an open platform that provides
access to the four largest search catalogs on the Internet, as well
while providing an interface that can be completely tailored to the
users’ preferences," said Lincoln Jackson, senior director of search
products for Terra Lycos.
The
new deskbar comes six months after Terra Lycos redesigned the HotBot
site after a period of benign neglect. The search engine's cleaner ad-free
homepage give users the ability to query four popular search catalogs:
AlltheWeb, Google, Inktomi and Teoma.
Other
new features included: new filters to narrow searches for images, date,
language, region and offensive content. New customization tools also
allows users to adjust the look and feel of the site's layout and color
scheme -- or skin.
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Sweat
Equity Opportunity
One
of the oldest, active members of the leasing community (1957) is retiring
.
Bob
New is looking for a vehicle and/or equipment leasing sales person or
middle manager who would like an opportunity to eventually have his
own business in return for some sweat equity.
It
would be helpful if this person could bring his own sources of leasing
business.
This
is a great opportunity for a young entrepreneur.
Please
e-mail: Bob New (bobnew@gcs1.com
) or call him at 818-244-4788
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Western
Sierra Named a ``Best Bank'' by Independent Banker
CAMERON
PARK, Calif.----Western Sierra Bank, a subsidiary of Western Sierra
Bancorp (Nasdaq:WSBA) was named one of the top performing banks in the
nation by Independent Banker, "Best Banks", June 2003 issue.
Annually, members of the Independent Community Bankers of America are
ranked by Return on Assets ("ROA") and Return on Equity ("
ROE") ratings. Independent Banker collects data from the FDIC to
identify the top 20 performing community banks based on performance
throughout the country. In the ROA comparison, Western Sierra Bank ranked
number seven in the nation with an ROA of 2.02%. In the category of
ROE, Western Sierra ranked number four with an ROE of 24.45%. Rankings
were determined by measuring performance among peer banks with assets
of $250 million to $500 million.
"Our
team of Relationship Bankers has a real sense of pride and ownership
to Western Sierra Bank and the communities we serve. Our stellar performance
in field has had a direct impact on ROA and ROE rankings," stated
Kirk N. Dowdell, President and CEO, Western Sierra Bank.
Western
Sierra Bancorp is comprised of Western Sierra Bank, Lake Community Bank
and Central California Bank and has assets exceeding $720 million. The
Company operates in 23 locations throughout the counties of El Dorado,
Placer, Sacramento, Lake, Stanislaus, Calaveras, Contra Costa, Tuolumne,
and Butte.
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De
Lage Landen Financial Services names Tom Locke as Regional Sales Director
- South/Southeast for its Materials Handling & Construction Strategic
Business Unit
WAYNE,
Pa– De Lage Landen Financial Services, a leading international provider
of high quality asset-based finance products for manufacturers and distributors
of capital goods, has named Tom Locke to the newly created position
of Regional Sales Director - South/Southeast for its Materials Handling
& Construction Equipment Strategic Business Unit.
Locke, of San Antonio, TX, will manage field
sales activity for the construction segment of the Materials Handling
& Construction SBU, which provides lease financing to industrial
lift and construction equipment manufacturers and dealers throughout
the U.S.
In this new position, Locke will report directly
to Rod Versteegh, Vice President of Sales for the business unit.
Most recently, Locke served as Regional Sales
Manager for the South/Southwest for Copelco Capital, recently purchased
by CitiCapital.
From 1979 to 1998, he held positions of increasing
responsibility within the Caterpillar dealer network.
Locke is a graduate of Ohio State University
with an Applied Science Degree.
De Lage Landen International B.V., headquartered
in Eindhoven (the Netherlands) is an international provider of high-quality
asset financing products. It is a subsidiary of the Dutch Rabobank Group
that is AAA-rated by the major rating agencies Moody’s & Standard
& Poor's. For the past two years, Rabobank has had the distinction
of being named the World's Safest Bank by “Global Finance” magazine.
(2001 and 2002).
With offices and joint ventures in 20 countries
throughout Europe, the Americas, Australia and New Zealand, De Lage
Landen specializes in asset financing and vendor finance programs internationally,
with a focus on the following industries: Food & Agriculture, Healthcare,
Office Equipment, Information Technology, Telecommunications and Materials
Handling & Construction Equipment. In the U.S., De Lage Landen also
offers private label leasing programs for the Banking industry, and
delivers a broad range of financial services to captive leasing organizations
and non-banking financial institutions. In the Netherlands, De Lage
Landen offers a broad array of leasing and trade financing products
through local Rabobanks and directly to the market. These products include
Equipment Leasing, Real Estate Finance, Car and Commercial Vehicle Leasing,
ICT Leasing and Trade Finance.
In 2002 De Lage Landen grew its net profit to
$94 million and its balance sheet total to $12.9 billion.
For
more information, please visit our Website at www.delagelanden.com
CONTACT:
Rita
DiMartino
De
Lage Landen Financial Services
Phone
Number: 610 386 5441
Fax
Number: 610 386 5840
E-mail:
rdimartino@leasedirect.com
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Editorial
Advisory Board
Bob
Baker, Wildwood Financial, St. Louis, MO
Steve Crane, Bank of the
West, Walnut Creek, CA
Phil Dushay, Global Leasing,
New York, NY
Steve Geller, Leasing
Solutions LLC, Wesley Hills, NY
Ken Greene, Attorney, Greenbrae,
CA
Bruce Kropschot,
Kropschot Financial Services, Vero Beach, FL
Fred St. Laurent,
Managing Director, TheBlassGroup, Atlanta, GA.
Charlie Lester, LPI Financial,
Marietta, GA
Bob Rodi, LeaseNow, Warrendale,
PA
Bob Teichman, Teichman Financial
Training, Sausalito,CA
Rob Yohe, Yohe and Associates, Stilwell,
KS
Ginny Young, Brava
Capital, Orange, CA
"We
are an electronic newspaper for the entire leasing industry, not just
one segment. We also are not just for executives, presidents, CEO, but
for all the employees."
"For
years, I have been telling the directors of the associations I belong
to, we need to get all the employees involved. When I was regional chairman
of one, I had meetings, inviting operations and other people to meetings,
to mingle, learn from each other, and help each other. It is silly to
think an employee is going to remain at the same company for 30 years.
There are no more Bob Cratchets. When employees learn more, or have
better opportunities, their employer should be doing more to keep them
happy, and if not, move on. Presidents do this. Sales managers do this.
Why can't everyone do this?"
"We
encourage everyone in the leasing industry to read our electronic newspaper
and hope we are serving the entire spectrum."
Christopher
"Kit" Menkin,
Editor/Publisher
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News
Briefs---
Anticipated
rate cut by Fed only adding to 'weird' climate
http://www.bayarea.com/mld/mercurynews/business/6157336.htm
Fed
finding rate cuts aren't enough ----Tried-and-true solutions fail in
this economy http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2003/06/24/BU115226.DTL&type=business
ALL
BUSINESS: Dark side of low interest rates
http://www.boston.com/dailynews/175/economy/ALL_BUSINESS_Dark_side_of_low_:.shtml
Consumer
confidence essentially flat in June
http://www.boston.com/dailynews/175/economy/Consumer_confidence_essentiall:.shtml
Highlights
This Day in American History
1630—Governor
Winthrop introduced the fork to American dining.
The
custom was to eat with your sharp knife or hands.
http://www.johnwinthrop.org/
http://www.caer-galen.outlands.sca.org/fork_1096.html
1788-Virginia
became the 10th state to ratify the Constitution. Jamestown,
was the first permanent English settlement in North America, The state,
also known as Old Dominion, was named after the "Virgin Queen",
Elizabeth I of England. Virginia and its capital, Richmond, have played
major roles in American history. Like West Virginia, it names the cardinal
as the state bird. The official state flower of Virginia is the flowering
dogwood.
1844-President
John Tyler married Julia Gardiner, daughter of a New York State Senator,
at the Church of the Ascension, New York City.
He became the first president to be married in the White House.
His first wife, Letita Christian Polk, whom he had married on
March 29,1813, had died on September 10,1842, in the White House.
1862-Earlier
this month, at Fair Oaks, Virginia, Confederate forces under General
Joseph E. Johnston stalled the Union advance toward Richmond in General
George B. McClellan’s Peninsular campaign.
Johnston was wounded at Fair Oaks and Robert E. Lee was then
appointed commander of the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia. He
then launched a series of engagements on this date that became known as the Seven Days Campaign.
Battles at Oak Grove, Gaine’s Mill’s, Garnett’s Farm, Golding’s
Farm, Savage’s Station, White Oak Swamp and finally Malvern Hill left more than
36,000 casualties on both sides. Despite
losing the final assault at Malvern Hill, the Confederates under the
leadership of General Lee succeeded in preventing the much larger Union
army from taking Richmond.
http://library.thinkquest.org/3055/graphics/battles/7day.html?tqskip1=1&tqtime=0625
1862-First
day of the seven-day battle at Oak Grove
http://www.morssweb.com/hookrbde/7days.shtml#oakgrove
http://www2.cr.nps.gov/abpp/battles/va015.htm
1864-President
Abraham Lincoln signs bill providing schools for Black children
1864-The
Union Army facing mounds of pickets and bunkers decides to dig tunnels under this obstructions
1868-Congress
authorized government laborers a workday of eight hours, which was signed
into law by President Andrew Johnson this day, providing, among other
things, that “eight hours shall constitute a day’s work for all laborers,
workmen, and mechanics who may be employed by or on behalf of the Government
of the Untied States.
1876-Lieutenant
Colonel George Armstrong Custer, leading military forces of more than
200 men, attacked an encampment of Sioux Indians led by Chiefs Sitting
Bull and Crazy Horse near Little Bighorn River, MT. Custer and 264 men
of the Seventh Calvary were slaughtered in the brief battle (about two
hours) of Little Bighorn. One horse, named Comanche, is said to have
been the only survivor among Custer’s forces. This brought more repression
by both the US Army and Federal Government to the American Indians in
the next fifty years. It was
common to “ Remember Custer’s Last Stand.”
It was common for military commanders to attack the Indians out-numbered
with firepower and from three directions.
It is said one of his units halted in the three prong attack,
and the other reacted by holding back and not proceeding with the long
proved strategy, allowing the Indians to “divide and conquer.”
He was considered an American hero. It was not until present
time that he was considered an egoist trying to build his reputation
in the military (very common in that day, and perhaps until recent times.) Military historians find no errors in the strategy
of the attack, except for the execution (This is from accounts from interviews with the Indians, including
scouts who were dismissed before the attack and watched the battle,
plus papers and diaries from the soldiers. Other historians believe
he should have waited
for
reinforcements from General Alfred H. Terry, who discovered the bodies)
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/jun25.html
1886-
birthday of Henry H. “Hap” Arnold, US general and commander of the Army
Air Force in all theaters throughout WWII, Arnold was born at Gladwyne,
PA. Although no funds were made available, as early as 1938 Arnold was
persuading the US aviation industry to step up manufacturing of airplanes.
Production grew from 6,000 to 262,000 per year from 1940—44. He supervised
pilot training and by 1944 Air Force personnel strength had grown to
two million from a prewar high of 21,000. Made a full general in 1944,
he became the US Air Force’s first five-star general when the Air Force
was made a separate military branch equal to the Army and Navy. Arnold
died Jan 15, 1950, at Sonoma, CA.
1874-birthday
of Rose O’Neill, born at Wilkes-Barre, PA.
Her career included work as an illustrator, author and doll designer,
the later gaining her commercial success with the Kewpie Doll. In 1910,
“
The Ladies Homes Journal” devoted a full page to her Kewpie Doll designs,
which were a marketing phenomenon for three decades.
Died at Springfield, MO,
April 6, 1944.
1881-Birthday
of Crystal Eastman –said to be one of the most influential and
“radical”
U.S. women of her day. She was an attorney, feminist, labor reformer,
peace advocate, birth control advocate, suffragist, and worker for women's
financial equality in both the U.S. and England. She was active in the
Political Equality League, Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage, Women's
Peace Party, the Feminist Congress, and a member of the famed Heterodoxy
Club of New York.
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAWeastman.htm
http://www.library.csi.cuny.edu/dept/history/lavender/386/ceastman.html
1910-
The Mann Act was passed by the US Congress. It prohibited the transportation
of females across state or internationally lines for immoral purposes.
It was said to be an attempt to curb the huge "white slave"
and prostitution business in the U.S. and the world.
At the time it was estimated that there were more than 600 recognized
houses of prostitution in Chicago alone. New Orleans was "closed"
to naval personnel because of the number of brothels. But the situation
was nothing new With the change from rural to city living caused by the industrial
revolution, more and more women were on their own without family to
help support them. It was said that women were “imported” for prostitution,
however, the custom had been going on since France brought in French
prostitutes
in the 17th century to marry French soldiers and settlers
in Louisiana.
The
most famous prosecutions under the law were those of Charlie Chaplin
in 1944 and Chuck Berry in 1962, who took unmarried women across state
lines for "immoral purposes." Chaplin was acquitted but left
the country under FBI director J. Edgar Hoover's threats. Berry was
convicted and spent two years in the prime of his musical career in
jail. After Berry's conviction, the Mann Act was enforced only sparingly
and was finally removed from the books in 1986.
1918-Birthday
of Marion Alice Orr, member of the Canadian Aviation Hall of Fame. MAO
was one of the most noted pilots for the RCAF in England during World
War II. She ferried military planes - some terribly shot up and dangerous
to fly - from landing strips to repair locations and back. Her flights
always subject to German fighter interception as well as the dangers
from the planes disintegrating in air. The women also flew planes that
had made their regular night sorties over Germany from air fields close
to the channel to safer locations to the west of England and then returned
them to the eastern air bases that evening. A number of women who ferried
the planes died. In Canada, she was the first woman to fly and instruct
helicopters. For further information on this remarkable woman and other
Canadian flyers, see
http://
http://www.schoolnet.ca/collections/aviation/
http://collections.ic.gc.ca/high_flyers/orr.htm
http://www.canadian99s.org/articles/profile_Marion_Orr.htm
http://www.cahf.ca/members/O_members.htm
1922-birthday
of Bill Russo, jazz composer, arranger and trombonist, best known perhaps
for playing with Stan Kenton. While I was going to Julliard School of
Music, I studied privately with him in New York.
He was teaching me fundamentals of big band arranging, starting
with six and seven chord harmonies.
1925-birthday
of accordion player Clifton Chewier, King of Zydeco, Opelousas,LA. Zydeco
is the party music of the black Cajuns of Louisiana, and is a mixture
of blues, French folk songs, country, R'n'B and rock 'n' roll. Chenier
usually played an accordion and sang in a mixture of French and English.
He often wore a jeweled crown on stage, and appeared at blues festivals
and rock clubs all over North America. He was largely responsible for
the popularity of zydeco outside his native Louisiana. Chenier, who
was severely diabetic, died on December 12th, 1987, at the age of 62.
http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=B485gtq0ztu43~C
http://www.coldbacon.com/music/clifton.html
http://www.popmatters.com/music/reviews/c/chenierclifton-squeezebox.html
http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=Bxt1uakjk5m3z~C
http://www.jazzprofessional.com/interviews/bill_russo.htm
http://www.vosbein.com/russo.htm
1935-birthday
of vocalist Eddie Floyd, Montgomery, Al http://www.jsent.com/artists/eddiefloyd.html
http://www.history-of-rock.com/eddie_floyd.htm
http://covers.wiw.org/artist/Eddie+Floyd
1941-Glenn
Miller records Adios on Bluebird.
1941-Fair
Employment practices Commission established.
1941
- Joe DiMaggio ran his hitting streak to 45 straight games, with a home
run off Boston’s Heber Newsome. The ‘Yankee Clipper’ broke the record
set by Wee Willie Keeler in 1897.
1942--
Major General Dwight D. Eisenhower takes command of U.S. forces
in Europe. Although Eisenhower had never seen combat during his 27 years
as an army officer, his knowledge of military strategy and talent for
organization were such that Army Chief of Staff General George C. Marshall
chose him over nearly 400 senior officers to lead U.S. forces in the
war against Germany. After proving himself on the battlefields of North
Africa and Italy in 1942 and 1943, Eisenhower was appointed supreme
commander of Operation Overlord--the Allied invasion of northwestern
Europe
1944---Top
Hits
I’ll
Be Seeing You - The Tommy Dorsey Orchestra (vocal: Frank Sinatra)
I’ll
Get By - The Harry James Orchestra (vocal: Dick Haymes)
Swinging
on a Star/Going My Way - Bing Crosby
Straighten
Up and Fly Right - King Cole Trio
1945-
singer Carly Simon was born in New York City, the daughter of publishing
magnate Richard Simon of Simon and Schuster. She began singing with
her sister Lucy when the two were in college. Simon began her solo career
in 1969, and hit the top 10 two years later with "That's the Way
I've Always Heard It Should Be." In 1972, her recording of "You're
So Vain," featuring a guest appearance by Mick Jagger, hit number
one. That year she married James Taylor, and the two combined in 1974
for the hit single "Mockingbird," a remake of a '60s R'n'B
success by Inez and Charlie Foxx. Carly Simon suffers from stage fright
and rarely appears in concert. In 1981, she filed for divorce from Taylor.
1948-Boxer
Joe Louis defended his heavyweight championship by knocking out Jersey
Joe Walcott in the 11th round of a fight at Yankee Stadium.
This was Louis’s last title defense after which he retired.
1950-Forces
from northern Korea invaded southern Korea, beginning a civil war. US ground forces entered the conflict June 30.
An armistice was signed at Panmunjom July 27,1953, formally dividing
the country into two---North Korea and South Korea.
1949
- Entertainer Fred Allen closed out his amazing radio career. Allen
was making the transition to TV. His final radio guest was his old pal,
Jack Benny. order. Benny went on to become a television legend Allen’s
caustic wit didn’t play well on TV and he found himself out of the medium
in short time.
1950-The
Korean War (1950-1953) began when North Korean forces launched an invasion
across the 38th parallel into South Korea.
The UN ordered an immediate cease-fire and withdrawal of invading
forces.
1951-CBS
broadcast the first color television program on June 25, 1951. The program
was strictly experimental, as no viewers had color televisions at the
time: The four- hour program could only be viewed on the forty color
television sets at CBS. The first all-color station, WNBQ-TV in Chicago,
began showing color programs on November 3, 1955, and switched to color
entirely, even for local programs, by April 15, 1956.
1952---Top
Hits
Kiss
of Fire - Georgia Gibbs
I’m
Yours - Don Cornell
Be
Anything - Eddy Howard
The
Wild Side of Life - Hank Thompson
1959
- CBS journalist Edward R. Murrow interviewed his 500th -- and final
-- guest on "Person to Person": actress Lee Remick. Just hours
before this final broadcast, Murrow had presented his last news broadcast
on the CBS radio network. CBS-TV had reportedly made $20 million from
Murrow’s "Person to Person" series.
1960---Top
Hits
Cathy’s
Clown - The Everly Brothers
Everybody’s
Somebody’s Fool - Connie Francis
Swingin’
School - Bobby Rydell
Please
Help Me, I’m Falling - Hank Locklin
1961
- Pat Boone spent this day at number one for one last time with "Moody
River". Boone, a teen heart-throb in the 1950s, had previously
walked his way up the music charts, wearing white buck shoes, of course,
with these other hits: "Ain’t That a Shame", "I Almost
Lost My Mind", "Don’t Forbid Me", "Love Letters
in the Sand" and "April Love
1962-
the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that a prayer read aloud in public schools
violated the 1st Amendment’s separation of church and state.
The court again struck down a law pertaining to the First Amendment
when it disallowed an Alabama law that permitted a daily one-minute
period of silent mediation or prayer in public schools in 1985. This
decision has been seen by each new Supreme court and is considered a
quite a controversy to this day.
1964
- "A Hard Day’s Night" was released by United Artists Records.
The album featured all original material by The Beatles and became the
top album in the country by July 25, 1964.
1965
- "Mr. Tambourine Man", by The Byrds, reached the number one
spot on the pop music charts. The song was considered by many to be
the first folk-rock hit. The tune was written by Bob Dylan, as were
two other hits for the group: "All I Really Want to Do" and
"My Back Pages". The group of James Roger McGinn, David Crosby,
Gene Clark, Chris Hillman and Mike Clarke charted seven hits. The Byrds
were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1991.
1996-
American Airlines announced its Internet ticket purchasing system was
ready for prime time. The airline also said it would introduce ticketless
travel in September, “freeing its customers from worry about losing
their airline tickets.” Eventually
ticket
agents would lose their minor commission, too, as the airlines learned
they
could oversell airplane seats easier via the computer.
1967-the
first worldwide live television program was “our World,” shown in 26
countries via four satellites. The two-hour production involved 10,000
technicians and 300 cameras in 14 countries on five continents.
It opened with glimpses of births in Mexico, Canada, Denmark,
and Japan. The rest of the program featured clips of Leonard Bernstein
and Van Cliburn rehearsing a Rachmaninoff concerto at New York City’s
Lincoln Center, the Beatles recording a song in London, a rehearsal
of Lohengrin in Bayreuth, Germany, the making of a movie in Italy, and
other presentations. The American
outlet was the National Education Television network. The program cost
about $5 million.
1968---Top
Hits
This
Guy’s in Love with You - Herb Alpert
MacArthur
Park - Richard Harris
The
Look of Love - Sergio Mendes & Brazil ’66
Honey
- Bobby Goldsboro
1968---San
Francisco Giant Bobby Bonds ( not Barry ) hits a grand slam in his firstmajor
league game
1969-Pancho
Gonzalez and Charlie Pasarell played the longest match in Wimbledon
history. After 112 games and 5 hours, 12 minutes, Gonzales emerged triumphant.
1976---Top
Hits
Silly
Love Songs - Wings
Get
Up and Boogie (That’s Right) - Silver Convention
Misty
Blue - Dorthy Moore
El
Paso City - Marty Robbins
1976
- The CN Tower opened in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. At 1,815 feet, 5
inches high, the tower is the world's tallest building and the tallest
freestanding structure.
1979 - Muhammad Ali announced that he was retiring
as world heavyweight boxing champion. The 37-year-old fighter said,
“Everything gets old, and you can’t go on like years ago.” The “float
like a butterfly, sting like a bee” act was no more.
1984---Top
Hits
The
Reflex - Duran Duran
Dancing
in the Dark - Bruce Springsteen
Self
Control - Laura Branigan
When
We Make Love – Alabama
1987
- “Just the facts, ma’am. Thank you.” "Dragnet", starring
Dan Aykroyd in the Jack Webb role of Sgt. Joe Friday; and Tom Hanks
in the Harry Morgan role of detective Stribeck, opened around the U.S.
The movie became the first Hollywood film to feature a "condom-conscious"
bedroom scene ... just right for the social mores of the 1980s. "Dragnet"
was a smash theatrical hit, as it had been on radio and TV in the 1940s
and 1950s. “This is the city...”
1988---Top
Hits
Dirty
Diana- Michael Jackson
Foolish
Beat- Debbie Gibson
The
Flame- Cheap Trick
Make
It Real- The Jets
1990
- "The Arizona Republic" reported it was 122 degrees in Phoenix,
hot enough to cancel some flights at the airport.
1990-In
the case of Cruzan v Missouri, the Supreme Court, in a 5-4 ruling, upheld
the constitutional right of a person whose wishes are clearly known
to refuse life-sustaining medical treatment.
1993-
Bruce Springsteen was a surprise guest on David Letterman's final show
as host of NBC's "Late Night." Letterman, after more than
11 years at NBC, began a similar show on CBS two months later. David
Letterman was born in Indianapolis, Indiana, in 1947. From an early
age, he aspired to host his own talk show. He became a stand-up comic
and a wacky weatherman on a local TV station. After years on the stand-up
comedy circuit, he made his first appearance on The Tonight Show in
1978 and served as the program's guest host 50 times. In 1980, Letterman
had a short-lived morning variety show, The David Letterman Show, which
won two Emmys.
He
launched his popular late-night TV show in 1982. His offbeat humor and
goofy stunts spoofed traditional talk shows. Antics like wearing a Velcro
suit and throwing himself at a wall or tossing eggs into a giant electric
fan, Letterman gained a large following, especially among college students.
Regular features included his "Top Ten List," "Stupid
Pet Tricks," and tours of the neighborhood. He also frequently
wandered with his camera into other NBC shows in progress. Over more
than 11 years, the show won five Emmys and 35 nominations.When Carson
announced his retirement in 1992, Letterman and rival comic Jay Leno
engaged in a heated battle for the coveted host slot. When Letterman
was passed over, he left NBC for CBS, where his new program, Late Show,
outperformed Leno's show almost every week in its first year. However,
Leno pulled ahead the following year and maintained a strong lead. Letterman
underwent emergency heart surgery in 2000 and was off the show for five
weeks. He is back on, funny than
ever,
and that’s where we get “Will it Float or Will it Sink?”
1993—Top
Hits
That
s The Way Love Goes, Janet Jackson
Weak-
SWV
Knockin
Da Boots- H-Town
Freak
Me- Silk
1993- John
Dean begins testimony before Senate Watergate Committee, perhaps the
turn in the hearings as “Deep Throat” begins to talk to two reporters
at the Washington Post.
1997-The
National Hockey League announced that it had granted expansion franchises
to four cities: Nashville(to begin play in 1998-99), Atlanta(1999-2000),
Minneapollis-St. Paul and Columbus(both 2000-2001).
The Nashville team chose the nickname Predators. Atlanta, the
Thrashers, the Twin Cities as the Minnesota Wild and Columbus as the
Blue Jackets. At the same time, the league’s Board of Governors approved the move
of the Hartford Whalers to North Carolina where they became known as
the Hurricanes.
1998—Top
Hits
The
Boy Is Mine- Brandy
You
re Still The One- Shania Twain
Too
Close- Next
My
All- Mariah Carey
1998
- Windows 98 was released. Microsoft used the slogan, “Works better.
Plays better.” The company said the new operating system would bring
an “increased computer experience by providing a rich feature set for
a wider variety of users than ever before.”
1999
- The San Antonio Spurs earned their first NBA (National Basketball
Association) title in their 26-year history by beating the New York
Knicks 78-to-77. That gave the Spurs the series 4 games to 1.
2002—Top
Hits
Hot
In Herre-Nelly
Without
Me,-Eminem
Foolish-
Ashanti
I
Need A Girl (Part One)- P. Diddy Featuring Usher & Loon
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