Funder “A,” Looking for Broker Business, Story Credit Lists

Name In Business Since Contact Website Leasing Association	Employees	Geo Area	Dollar Amount		A	B	C	D	E
Providence Equipment Finance A Division of Providence Bank & Trust Villa Park, Illinois Dale R. Kluga, President Dale@providenceleasing.com Paul Huidobro Director, Business Development Paul@providenceleasing.com Ryan Rau Business Development Rrau@providenceleasing.com Office: 640-985-3500 Providence Equipment Finance   AACFB, NEFA	10	Nationwide	$150,000 - $5 Million $350,000 Average Transaction		Y	N	Y	N	N

 

A -Accepts Broker Business | B -Requires Broker be Licensed 
| C -Sub-Broker Program| D -"Private label Program" | E - Also "in house" salesmen

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July 2019, The List
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

Entegra Capita, Overland Park, KS (08/19) Alert! Has stopped funding signed truck deals as well as approved deals.
http://leasingnews.org/archives/Jul2019/07_26.htm#entegra

Equipment Leasing and Finance, Washington, DC (08/19) Reports June, 2019 up 9% from May as well as Year-over-Year http://leasingnews.org/archives/Jul2019/07_26.htm#elfa

National Vehicle Leasing Association, Menomonee Falls, WI (08/19) Welcome NVLA's New President, Doug Moore
http://leasingnews.org/archives/Jul2019/07_26.htm#nvla

Commercial Finance Association, New York, NY (08/19) Is Now Secured Finance Network http://leasingnews.org/archives/Jul2019/07_26.htm#cfa

Lendio, Silicon Slopes, Utah (08/19) Unveils Cloud-Based Small Business Accounting Platform with Integrated Access to Capital. We've helped fund 70,000 small businesses loans - that's more than $1.5 billion in capital!" http://leasingnews.org/archives/Jul2019/07_24.htm#lendio

Chesswood, Toronto, Canada (08/19) New Additional Funding Facility for Pawnee, Provides Fixed Rate Funding and Competitive Pricing http://leasingnews.org/archives/Jul2019/07_24.htm#chesswood

North Mill Equipment Finance, South Norwalk, CT (08/19)) Finances over 60 Deals with Truckmaster Warranty
http://leasingnews.org/archives/Jul2019/07_22.htm#north (08/19)  Posts Record Originations for the 2nd Quarter http://leasingnews.org/archives/Jul2019/07_01.htm#north

California Department of Business Oversight, Sacramento, CA (08/19) Licensee Notifications Required by Law http://leasingnews.org/archives/Jul2019/07_17.htm#dbo

Ascentium Capital, Kingwood, Texas (08/19) Reports 26% Growth
Quarter-Over-Quarter in Funded Volume http://leasingnews.org/archives/Jul2019/07_11.htm#asc

Sheer Venture Solutions, Philadelphia, PA (08/19) Launches Sheer Acquisition Capital $1 Million to $50 Million http://leasingnews.org/archives/Jul2019/07_11.htm#svs

Amur Equipment Finance, Grand Island, Nebraska (08/19) Acquired by Pimco’s Private Equity Group? http://leasingnews.org/archives/Jul2019/07_03.htm#amur

 

Help Wanted

 

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Ducks in Eagle School

Anyone who has managed salespeople must admit to making hiring mistakes. At one time or another,  all of us have found ourselves unable to resist the temptation of hiring the next great sales superstar, even though our intuition made us uneasy or something in their story just didn’t jibe with reality.

If you continue to rely on “gut checks” in your hiring process, you are likely to make more bad hires than necessary. I once heard someone admonish sales managers: “Don’t send your ducks to eagle school!” It just won’t work. You send the ducks out hunting, they find a rabbit and they make friends with it! You then yell at the ducks, “No, no, no, reread page twenty-one of your hunting manual!”

The same thing happens when you send the wrong salespeople on a hunting expedition for new prospects and you realize that they make friends with potential customers, buying them lunch, treating them to sporting events, and showering them with expensive gifts. In frustration, you yell,

“No, no, no, bring in the orders, close the prospects, close the prospects!”

The first step in avoiding hiring mistakes is to recognize some of the myths about sales. A big myth about sales is that a truly superior sales person is equally good in any sales situation. Just because ducks, like eagles, can fly, doesn’t mean they are good candidates for eagle hunting school. It’s the same with salespeople. Just because a salesperson has shown exceptional skills at hunting for new customers doesn’t mean she is a good candidate for managing strategic account relationships.

Another myth about sales is that you can train talent. The truth is talent cannot be trained. You either have the talent to sing like an opera star or you don’t. Practice and training can improve innate talent but the talent must already exist. The experts tell us that the performance of talented salespeople can be improved by up to 20%.

Let’s look at the numbers. If you can improve someone in the 80th percentile by 20%, they can become a 96th percentile performer. The bad news, unfortunately, is that all the time and money in the world won’t boost a 20th percentile performer past the 25th percentile!

Nearly 45% of all money spent by business on employee training and education is spent on sales. At some point companies will demand a better system for selecting sales candidates whose talents match the job for which they are hired. For many companies, this may become their single most important investment to improve market share and profitability. Finally, avoiding bad hires is a true win-win. The company and sales managers win because time and resources aren’t squandered on candidates that just don’t have the talent or the will to succeed in a specific area of sales. The candidates win because they are free to pursue other opportunities more suited to their talents and predispositions.

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Steve Chriest is the CEO of Open Advance and author of “Selling to the E-Suite, The Proven System for Reaching and Selling Senior Executives and Business Acumen 101.” He recently re-named his company from Selling-Up. He is also the author of Selling "The E-Suite, The Proven System for Reaching and "Selling Senior Executives" and "Profits and Cash – The Game of Business." He is the past president and founder of a major leasing company.He produces video and radio blogs, as well as continuing as a columnist for Leasing News since 2005. He is getting close to announcing a major project he will be raising funds to bring to fruition.
www.openadvance.com/contact/

925-263-2702
www.openadvance.com/

 

 

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Pepperdine Survey Reports More Difficulty
for Small Business Owners to Get Bank Loans

By Mary Miller. Contributing Editor, Coleman Reports

According to the recently released Pepperdine Private Capital Access Index, many small business owners reported increased difficulty in securing a bank loan for their business.

The national survey of small business owners conducted between April 8 and May 17 indicated that slightly over 31 percent of small businesses were able to obtain a bank loan in the current quarter.

The survey defines "small businesses" as those with a revenue of less than $5 million annually.

At 31.6 percent, the current success rate is the lowest since Q4 2016, when it dropped to a low of 29.1 percent. Compare this to a 43.9 percent success rate in Q1 2019.

As 44.2 percent of small business owners sought a bank loan for financing, more potential borrowers turned to other resources:

• 54.5% turned to business credit cards
  
• 47.6% used personal credit cards

Additional popular alternatives include:

• Family or friends 37.7%
  
• Online business lenders 30.7%
  
• Trade credit 32%

83 page Pepperdine Private Capital Access Index in its entirety, including charts and graphics:
https://www.dnb.com/content/dam/english/economic-and-industry-insight/DNB_Q2_2019_PCA.pdf

Originally appeared in "Main Street Monday,"
Coleman Report, 28081 Marguerite Pkwy.,
#4525, Mission Viejo, CA 92690
 bob@colemanreport.com

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Senator Bernie Sanders continued to blast the state of the American healthcare system during the recent Democratic debates, drawing damning comparisons with other nations such as Canada. He has also consistently criticized "the incredible corruption and greed" of the pharmaceutical industry, singling out soaring insulin prices to prove his point. Two days before the second debate, the Vermont senator traveled on a bus across the Canadian border with over a dozen U.S. patients where they could purchase insulin at a tenth of the price. He described the current situation as "a national embarrassment."

So just how flawed is the U.S. healthcare system compared to other countries? There are many ways of approaching that question but comparing per capita healthcare spending in different nations is a good way to start. As our chart (compiled with OECD data) illustrates, U.S. health spending per capita (including public and private spending) is higher than it is anywhere else in the world, and yet, the country lags behind other nations in several aspects such as life expectancy and health insurance coverage.

By Niall McCarthy, Statista

https://www.statista.com/chart/8658/health-spending-per-capita/

 

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Here’s what taxpayers should know
about making 2019 estimated tax payments

Small business owners, self-employed people, and some wage earners should look into whether they should make estimated tax payments this year. Doing so can help them avoid an unexpected tax bill and possibly a penalty when they file next year.

Everyone must pay tax as they earn income. Taxpayers who earn a paycheck usually have their employer withhold tax from their checks. This helps cover taxes the employee owes. On the other hand, some taxpayers earn income not subject to withholding. For small business owners and self-employed people, that usually means making quarterly estimated tax payments.

Here’s some information about estimated tax payments:

• Taxpayers generally must make estimated tax payments if they expect to owe $1,000 or more when they file their 2019 tax return.
• Whether or not they expect to owe next year, taxpayers may have to pay estimated tax for 2019 if their tax was more than zero in 2018.
• Wage earners who also have business income can often avoid having to pay estimated tax. They can do so by asking their employer to withhold more tax from their paychecks. The IRS urges anyone in this situation to do a Paycheck Checkup using the Tax Withholding Estimator on IRS.gov. If the estimator suggests a change, the taxpayer can submit a new Form W-4 to their employer.
• Aside from business owners and self-employed individuals, people who need to make estimated payments also includes sole proprietors, partners and S corporation shareholders. It also often includes people involved in the sharing economy.
• Estimated tax requirements are different for farmers and fishermen.
• Corporations generally must make these payments if they expect to owe $500 or more on their 2019 tax return.
• Aside from income tax, taxpayers can pay other taxes through estimated tax payments. This includes self-employment tax and the alternative minimum tax.
• The final two deadlines for paying 2019 estimated payments are Sept. 16, 2019 and Jan. 15, 2020.
• Taxpayers can check out these forms for details on how to figure their payments:
• Form 1040-ES, Estimated Tax for Individuals.
• Form 1120-W, Estimated Tax for Corporations.
• Taxpayers can visit IRS.gov to find options for paying estimated taxes. These include:
• Direct Pay from a bank account.
• Paying by credit or debit card or the Electronic Federal Tax Payment System.
• Mailing a check or money order to the IRS.
• Paying cash at a retail partner.
• Anyone who pays too little tax through withholding, estimated tax payments, or a combination of the two may owe a penalty. In some cases, the penalty may apply if their estimated tax payments are late. The penalty may apply even if the taxpayer is due a refund.
• For tax year 2019, the penalty generally applies to anyone who pays less than 90 percent of the tax reported on their 2019 tax return.

More information:
Form 1040 Instructions
Form 1120 Instructions

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American Pit Bull/Terrier/American
Villa Park, Illinois  Adopt a Dog

Lola

Female
1 Year Old
Medium size
Spayed
House-trained
Good with Dogs
Good with Cats
Good with Kids
Shots Up to Date

She’s settling into her foster home.
More info to come

ABOUT PEACE 4 PITS RESCUE:
Please note that we do not have a facility or shelter where you can view adoptables. We are a foster-based rescue in Chicago-land, which means that each dog is placed with a family in the area. This allows us to better understand each dog's individual personalities.

You must complete an application before you can schedule a meet and greet with each animal. The application can be found here: http://peaceforpits.org/adoptionfoster-application/ or if you prefer a Word version, download it here: https://goo.gl/bKo84P and email it to p4papplications@gmail.com. Our adoption fee is typically $300 for an adult dog, and $350 for a dog under one year. It includes all vetting and spa.

Peace for Pits
P.O. Box 5430
Villa Park, Illinois 60181
312-834-3747
http://www.peaceforpits.org
megan.peaceforpits@gmail.com

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38 Top Exhibitors AACFB Commercial Financing Expo
September 19-20, Gaylord Palms Resort, Orlando, FL

Hundreds of top players are expected to ENGAGE with
education, CONNECT with one another and GROW their
businesses and professional networks.

 

Exhibitors to Date

1st Commercial Credit
4 Hour Funding
360 Equipment Finance
American Lease Insurance Agency
Amur Equipment Finance
Ascentium Capital LLC
Bankers Capital
Banleaco
Baystone Government Finance/KS StateBank
Beneficial Equipment Finance Corporation
BlueVine
Bryn Mawr Funding
BSB Leasing, Inc.
C.H. Brown Co. LLC
Channel Partners Capital
CLFP Foundation
Commercial Funding Partners, LLC
ConnectedFi
Crestmark Vendor Finance, a Division of MetaBank
Dedicated Funding
Entegra Capital, LLC
Equipment Leasing Group of America
Expansion Capital Group
Financial Pacific Leasing, Inc.
First Federal Leasing
Fleet Evaluator
Fora Financial, LLC
Fountainhead Commercial Capital
Gateway Commercial Finance
Global Financial & Leasing Services, LLC
Gulf Coast Business Credit
instaCOVER
JB&B Capital LLC
LenderKiosk by Tamarack
Marlin Capital Solutions
Maxim Commercial Capital LLC
Maynards Capital Services
Monitor
Navitas Credit Corp.
NCMIC/Professional Solutions
NFS Leasing
North Avenue Capital
North Mill Equipment Finance LLC
Orange Commercial Credit
Orion First Financial LLC
Paradigm Equipment Finance
Pawnee Leasing
Providence Equipment Finance, a Division of Providence Bank & Trust
Q2 Business Capital
Quality Leasing Co., Inc.
Rapid Finance
SLIM Capital LLC
Targeted Lease Capital
TBS Capital Funding
TEAM Funding Solutions
The Hamilton Group
TradeRiver USA, Inc.
UPS Capital Corporation
VFI Corporate Finance
Visio Lending
YES Leasing

Full Information:
http://expo.aacfb.org/home

News Briefs----

CIT to Acquire Mutual of Omaha Bank
 "pushes into loose network of home owner groups"
https://www.sacbee.com/news/business/article233946627.html

More than 7,800 stores are closing in 2019
  as the retail apocalypse drags on — here's the full list
https://www.businessinsider.com/stores-closing-in-2019-list-2019-3

Trump Bows to Economic Fears in Move to Delay China Tariffs
  Postpones Some Christmas Items to December 15
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-08-13/u-s-delays-10-tariffs-on-china-imports-including-phones-toys?srnd=premium

Federal Reserve Is Too Late To The Real-Time Payments Party
  Taking Five Year to Implement  in Lieu of Newer Programs Today
https://www.forbes.com/sites/ronshevlin/2019/08/12/real-time-payments/#3a74d4ec444f

 

 

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You May Have Missed---

Are You Rich? Where Does Your Net Worth Rank in America?
  New York Times Income Rank Quiz
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/08/12/upshot/are-you-rich-where-does-your-net-worth-rank-wealth.html

 

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 (with permission of the author from his book:
    “Touching All the Bases”
          Poems from Baseball
             available from Amazon
                     or direct from the publisher at: www.mcfarlandpub.com

  “In the family pictures,
          my brother stands at the plate
  forever waiting on a pitch,
        my dad squats by the dugout fence,
  his chin resting on his hands;
   somewhere beyond the eye or the camera,
    I hold a huge scarlet plum behind my back,
 left leg kicked high in a pitching motion,
    as near to the spirit or the game
  as I'd ever be.”

Tim Peeler celebrates with candor and wit both the overlooked and the standout as he merges the topics of personal and baseball rediscovery. The poet reconsiders events and people from his adolescence, offering the reader new takes on old memories, gracefully relating the foibles of family and friends, and cataloging the heroic feats and tragic flaws of players he watched, read about — or merely imagined.

English lecturer, journal editor, essayist and poet, TlM PEELER lives in Hickory, North Carolina. He is a winner of the Jim Harrison Award for his contributions to baseball poetry.

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Sports Briefs---

Dak Prescott contract rumors: How much he will likely be paid,
    and why he deserves it
https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/dak-prescott-contract-rumors-how-much-he-will-likely-be-paid-and-why-he-deserves-it/

Antonio Brown rejoins Raiders;
   agent says others to blame for frostbite
https://www.sfchronicle.com/raiders/article/Antonio-Brown-rejoins-Raiders-eager-to-return-to-14301780.php

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California Nuts Briefs---

In San Jose, a Different Approach to Gun Control
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/13/us/san-jose-mayor-gun-insurance.html

More than 1,000 hotel rooms headed for north San Jose
https://www.mercurynews.com/2019/08/12/900-plus-hotel-rooms-head-north-san-jose-google-apple/

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“Gimme that Wine”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJnQoi8DSE8

North Coast grape harvest kicks off in Napa Valley
https://www.northbaybusinessjournal.com/northbay/napacounty/9898489-181/california-napa-wine-harvest

Why Consumers Purchase Wine in Cans
https://www.winebusiness.com/news/?go=getArticle&dataId=218097

Free Wine App
https://www.nataliemaclean.com/mobileapp/

Wine Prices by vintage
http://www.winezap.com
http://www.wine-searcher.com/

US/International Wine Events
http://www.localwineevents.com/

Leasing News Wine & Spirits Page
http://two.leasingnews.org/Recommendations/wnensprts.htm

This Day in History

    1760 - The first Methodist preacher, Philip Embury, arrived in New York City on the Perry, which carried 70 passengers, half of whom were Methodists. With the assistance of Barbara Heck, he organized the first Methodist Society in America in 1776.
    1806 – While hunting for elk along the Missouri River, Meriwether Lewis is shot in the hip, probably by one of his own men. Meriwether Lewis and William Clark had embarked on their epic journey to the Pacific two years earlier. The near-sighted Cruzatte probably mistook the leather-clad Lewis for an elk, though it is unlikely the private’s guilt will ever be proven with absolute certainty. His wound was not serious, but Lewis spent the next several days lying face down in the bottom of a canoe as the party proceeded down river. The following day, they caught up with Clark. By the time they reached St. Louis on September 23, Lewis’ wound had healed and the excitement of homecoming overshadowed the event.    1841 - Having escaped from slavery only three years earlier, Frederick Douglass was legally a fugitive when he first spoke before an audience on this day. At an antislavery convention on Nantucket Island, Douglass spoke simply but eloquently about his life as a slave. His words were so moving that he was asked to become a full-time lecturer for the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society. Douglass became a brilliant orator, writer and abolitionist who championed the rights of blacks as well as the rights of all humankind.  http://www.history.rochester.edu/class/douglass/home.html
    1842 -  Second Seminole War ends, with the Seminoles forced from Florida to Oklahoma.
    1848 – Oregon Territory was organized by an Act of Congress.  The region was divided between the UK and US in 1846. When established, the territory encompassed an area that included the current states of Oregon, Washington and Idaho, and parts of Wyoming and Montana.
    1860 - Nevada is known as the “Silver State” as the first silver mill to treat sliver ore successfully and the first reducing mill to treat ore-bearing quartz was established by the Washoe Gold and Silver Mining Company, No. 1, near Virginia City, Nevada. The mill operated by waterpower, was built by Almarin B. Paul, who began construction work on May 25, 1860, and completed it on August 9, 1860. It consisted of 24 stamps that began to crush on August 11, 1860.
    1861 - The first US Senator to address the Senate in military uniform was Edward Dickinson Baker, Republican of Oregon. He was drilling his regiment at Meridian Hill when he was summoned to refute Senator John Breckinridge, Democrat of Kentucky, who was speaking against a proposal to send troops against the South. Baker did not have time to change into civilian attire, but removed his sword prior to delivering his speech. Baker City and County were named for London-born Edward Dickinson Baker, a Disciple minister. E.D. Baker had been converted to Christ at the Carrolton Church in Greene County, Illinois. Baker held many roles. He defeated Abraham Lincoln in a primary election in 1842. Baker and Lincoln were friends and the Lincolns named their second son Edward Baker Lincoln in honor of E. D. Baker. He came to Oregon in 1860 and campaigned for Lincoln. Later, becoming United States senator from Oregon, Baker introduced Lincoln at his first inaugural.  He was killed at the battle of Balls Fluff, VA, on October 21, 1861.
http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000059
http://www.ehistory.com/uscw/features/regimental/
pennsylvania/union/71stPennsylvania/eb.cfm
    1864 – Among the earliest recorded games in organized baseball, the  Brooklyn Atlantics finished a 4-game series in Philadelphia‚ beating the Athletics‚ 43-16. The visitors whipped Camden‚ 64-10, on the 8th‚ beat the Keystone Club‚ 65-10, on the 9th‚ and won, 58-11, over the 30-year-old Olympic Club yesterday. 
    1874 - Harry S. Parmelee of New Haven, Connecticut got a patent for the sprinkler head.
    1885 - $100,000 raised in U.S. for pedestal for Statue of Liberty 
    1896 - The pull-chain electric-light socket was patented by Harvey Hubbell of Bridgeport, Connecticut.
    1907 - St. Louis Cardinal pitcher Ed Karger pitches a 7 inning perfect game vs the Boston Braves, 4-0. 
    1909 - The first United States ship to use the "SOS" radio distress call was made by Theodore D. Hauber on the Clyde liner "Arapahoe," a single-screw freight and passenger steamer of some 3,000 tons, bound for Charleston, SC, and Jacksonville, FL, from New York City. The first distress signal used was the “CQ” for “stop sending and listen.” Its engines were disabled 21 miles southeast of Diamond Shoals, off Cape Hatteras at 3:45pm. The SOS was first heard and acknowledged by R.J. Vosburg, wireless operator at station HA in Cape Hatteras, NC.
        1929 - Babe Ruth of the New York Yankees became the first player to hit 500 career home runs when he connected off Willis Hudlin as the Cleveland Indians defeated the Yankees, 6-5. The home was also the 30th of the year for the Bambino.  The next highest total at the time was 237 by Cy Williams.
    1933 - Loggers caused a forest fire in the Coast Range of Oregon, later known as the first forest fire of the Tillamook Burn; it is not fully extinguished until September 5, after destroying 240,000 acres.
    1934 - The first prisoners arrive at Alcatraz, in San Francisco Bay, a prison for the “most dangerous.”  
(lower half of: http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/aug11.html )
    1935 – President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Social Security Act, creating a government pension system for the aged and unemployment insurance.  By the 1930s, the United States was the lone modern industrial country without any national system of social security. In the midst of the Great Depression, physician Francis Townsend galvanized support behind a proposal to issue direct payments to the elderly. Responding to this movement, Roosevelt organized a committee led by Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins to develop a major social welfare program proposal. Roosevelt presented the plan in early 1935, and he signed the Social Security Act into law. The act was upheld by the Supreme Court in two major cases decided in 1937. 
    1940 - A major hurricane struck Savannah, GA, and Charleston, SC, causing the worst inland flooding since 1607.
    1940 – Pitcher Stan Musial of the Daytona Beach Islanders landed on his left shoulder while making a shoestring catch in the outfield.  The injury ended his pitching career. 
    1940 – Ernest Thayer, author of “Casey at the Bat,” died in Santa Barbara.
    1941 – President Franklin Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill sign the Atlantic charter.
    1942 - Movie star Hedy Lamarr, born Hedwig Eva Maria Kiesler in Vienna about 1914, received a patent while under contract with the MGM studio in Hollywood for the development of the concept of “frequency hopping” as a mean of controlling torpedoes by radio.  This later became the basis for modern technologies in wireless telephones and Wi-Fi.    
    1943 – German forces begin a six-day evacuation of the Italian island of Sicily, having been beaten back by the Allies, who invaded the island in July. The Germans had maintained a presence in Sicily since the earliest days of the war. But with the arrival of Gen. George S. Patton and his 7th Army and Gen. Bernard Montgomery and his 8th Army, the Germans could no longer hold their position. The race began for the Strait of Messina, the 2-mile wide body of water that separated Sicily from the Italian mainland. The Germans needed to get out of Sicily and onto the Italian peninsula. While Patton had already reached his goal, Palermo, the Sicilian capital, on July 22 (to a hero’s welcome, as the Sicilian people were more than happy to see an end to fascist rule), Montgomery, determined to head off the Germans at Messina, didn’t make his goal in time. The German 29th Panzergrenadier Division and the 14th Panzer Corps were brought over from Africa for the sole purpose of slowing the Allies’ progress and allowing the bulk of the German forces to get off the island. The delaying tactic succeeded. Despite the heavy bombing of railways leading to Messina, the Germans made it to the strait on August 11. Over six days and seven nights, the Germans led 39,569 soldiers, 47 tanks, 94 heavy guns, 9,605 vehicles, and more than 2,000 tons of ammunition onto the Italian mainland. (Not to mention the 60,000 Italian soldiers who were also evacuated, in order to elude capture by the Allies.) Although the United States and Britain had succeeded in conquering Sicily, the Germans were now reinforced and heavily supplied, making the race for Rome more problematic.
    1944 - Burlington, VT reaches a scorching 101 for all-time maximum record.
    1945 – Japan accepted the Allied unconditional terms of surrender in World War II and the Emperor recorded the Imperial Rescript on Surrender.     
    1946 - Top Hits
“They Say It’s Wonderful” - Frank Sinatra
“The Gypsy” - The Ink Spots
“Surrender” - Perry Como
“New Spanish Two Step” - Bob Wills    
   1947 - WHEAT, ROY M.,  Medal of Honor
Rank and organization: Lance Corporal, U.S. Marine Corps, Company K, 3d Battalion, 7th Marines, 1st Marine Division. Place and date: Republic of Vietnam, 11 August 1967. Entered service a*: Jackson, Miss. Born: 24 July 1947, Moselle, Miss. Citation: For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty. L/Cpl. Wheat and 2 other marines were assigned the mission of providing security for a Navy construction battalion crane and crew operating along Liberty Road in the vicinity of the Dien Ban District, Quang Nam Province. After the marines had set up security positions in a tree line adjacent to the work site, L/Cpl. Wheat reconnoitered the area to the rear of their location for the possible presence of guerrillas. He then returned to within 10 feet of the friendly position, and here unintentionally triggered a well concealed, bounding type, antipersonnel mine. Immediately, a hissing sound was heard which was identified by the 3 marines as that of a burning time fuse. Shouting a warning to his comrades, L/Cpl. Wheat in a valiant act of heroism hurled himself upon the mine, absorbing the tremendous impact of the explosion with his body. The inspirational personal heroism and extraordinary valor of his unselfish action saved his fellow marines from certain injury and possible death, reflected great credit upon himself, and upheld the highest traditions of the Marine Corps and the U.S. Naval Service. He gallantly gave his life for his country.
    1950 – Hitting .279, Yankees CF Joe DiMaggio is benched for the first time in his career by Mgr. Casey Stengel.    1951 – Losing again, the New York Giants fall 13 ½ games behind the Brooklyn Dodgers.  From here on, the Giants go 44-7, tie the Dodgers on the last day of the season, then win in a three-game playoff on Bobby Thomson’s game-winning “Shot Heard ‘Round the World” HR in the bottom of the 9th off Ralph Branca.
    1954 - Top Hits
“Sh-Boom” - The Crewcuts
“The Little Shoemaker” - The Gaylords
“In the Chapel in the Moonlight” - Kitty Kallen
“One by One” - Kitty Wells & Red Foley
    1956 - Elvis Presley's "Don't Be Cruel" is released. It will become his second Billboard chart topper.
    1958 - "Hard Headed Woman," the feature song of the movie "King Cole," earned Elvis Presley a gold record..
    1962 - Neil Sedaka's "Breaking Up Is Hard To Do" hits #1
    1962 - Top Hits
“Breaking Up is Hard to Do” - Neil Sedaka
“The Loco-Motion” - Little Eva
“Ahab, the Arab” - Ray Stevens
“Wolverton Mountain” - Claude King
    1962 - A flood of new releases hit the Billboard Hot 100 chart, that will go on to be hit records. Mary Wells' "You Beat Me to the Punch," Ray Stevens' "Ahab the Arab," Johnny Tillotson's "Send Me the Pillow That You Dream On," The Marvelettes' "Beechwood 4-5789," The Contours' "Do You Love Me," The Beach Boys' "Surfin' Safari," Booker T and the MGs' "Green Onions" and Tony Bennett's "I Left My Heart in San Francisco."    1963 - The Kingston Trio appear as the celebrity "mystery guests" on CBS-TV's What's My Line?
    1964 - The Beatles' first film, “A Hard Day's Night,” has its US premiere in New York City.
    1964 - No. 1 Billboard Pop Hit: "Everybody Loves Somebody," Dean Martin. The song becomes the theme song to NBC's "The Dean Martin Show" the following year.
    1964 – Mickey Mantle set a Major League record when hit a home run from both sides of the plate for the 10th time in his career. Mantle hit a left-handed homer off Ray Herbert over the 461-foot marker in centerfield at Yankee Stadium that lands 15 rows into the bleachers, 502 feet from the plate.
    1966 - The Beatles held a press conference at the Astor Towers Hotel in Chicago where John Lennon apologized for his remarks that The Beatles were "more popular than Jesus now." The US media misquoted Lennon and rallies were held all over the country to smash and burn Beatle records. Lennon said later that he was trying to say, "the way they (some fans) carry on, it's like we're more popular than Jesus Christ."  Separately, the Beatles begin their final tour.
    1967 - WHEAT, ROY M., Medal of Honor.
Rank and organization: Lance Corporal, U.S. Marine Corps, Company K, 3d Battalion, 7th Marines, 1st Marine Division. Place and date: Republic of Vietnam, 11 August 1967. Entered service: Jackson, Miss. Born: 24 July 1947, Moselle, Miss. Citation: For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty. L/Cpl. Wheat and 2 other marines were assigned the mission of providing security for a Navy construction battalion crane and crew operating along Liberty Road in the vicinity of the Dien Ban District, Quang Nam Province. After the marines had set up security positions in a tree line adjacent to the work site, L/Cpl. Wheat reconnoitered the area to the rear of their location for the possible presence of guerrillas. He then returned to within 10 feet of the friendly position, and here unintentionally triggered a well concealed, bounding type, antipersonnel mine. Immediately, a hissing sound was heard which was identified by the 3 marines as that of a burning time fuse. Shouting a warning to his comrades, L/Cpl. Wheat in a valiant act of heroism hurled himself upon the mine, absorbing the tremendous impact of the explosion with his body. The inspirational personal heroism and extraordinary valor of his unselfish action saved his fellow marines from certain injury and possible death, reflected great credit upon himself, and upheld the highest traditions of the Marine Corps and the U.S. Naval Service. He gallantly gave his life for his country.
    1968 – Satchel Paige, in his 60s and needing 158 days to qualify for a Major League pension, signs a contract with the Atlanta Braves.
    1969 - Diana Ross holds a party for 350 at Beverly Hills' Daisy Club to announce her discovery of the singing group the Jackson 5 -- even though Gladys Knight actually recommended them to Motown head Berry Gordy. That night, the group gains even more exposure by performing at the first Miss Black America pageant
    1969 – The last Dodger to have played in Brooklyn, Don Drysdale, announced his retirement due to lingering shoulder ailments.
    1970 - Top Hits
“(They Long to Be) Close to You” - Carpenters
“Make It with You” - Bread
“Signed, Sealed, Delivered I’m Yours” - Stevie Wonder
“Don’t Keep Me Hangin’ On” - Sonny James
    1970 - Jim Bunning of the Philadelphia Phillies defeated the Houston Astros, 6-5, to become the first pitcher to win 100 games in each major league. Bunning, who started his career with the Detroit Tigers, became a Congressman from Kentucky after retiring from baseball and was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1996.
    1970 - Judge Irving Ben Cooper ruled against outfielder Curt Flood in his antitrust suit against Major League Baseball. Cooper says "Decisions of the Supreme Court are not lightly overruled... We find no general or widespread disregard of the extremely important position the player occupies... Clearly the preponderance of credible proof does not favor elimination of the reserve clause." However, the judge says changes in the reserve clause should be made through negotiation, but denies Flood damages. Flood will appeal the decision to the Supreme Court, but in vain.  Flood challenged baseball’s reserve clause objecting to his trade to the Phillies by the St. Louis Cardinals.  This was a first step in a long journey that eventually ushered in free agency to MLB.
    1972 - The last United States ground combat unit leaves South Vietnam. 
    1974 - No. 1 Billboard Pop Hit: "The Night Chicago Died," Paper Lace. The song is written by Mitch Murray and Peter Callander.
    1974 – Nolan Ryan struck out 19, breaking the American League record of 18, set by Bob Feller in 1938 and tying the Major League record set by Steve Carlton and Tom Seaver. He also tied the Major League record with 32 Ks in his last two games.  Ryan is the Majors’ all-time career strikeout leader with 5,714 and is the only pitcher to reach 5000 Ks.
    1975 - Aerosmith's "Toys in the Attic" LP goes gold.
    1978 - Top Hits
“Miss You” - The Rolling Stones
“Three Times a Lady” - Commodores
“Grease” - Frankie Valli
“Love or Something Like It” - Kenny Rogers
    1981 - No. 1 Billboard Pop Hit: "Endless Love," Diana Ross & Lionel Richie. The song holds onto the top spot for nine weeks, making it the most successful duo, most successful Motown single and most successful soundtrack single of all time.
    1982 - The debut of Anglo-American pop-rock band, the Pretenders is certified platinum about three years after it's released. The L.P. contained two hits, "Brass in Pocket" and "Kid."
    1984 - President Ronald Reagan's voice-test joke: in preparation for a radio broadcast, during a thought-to-be-off-the-record voice level test, instead of counting "one, two, three . . ." the President said: "My fellow Americans, I am pleased to tell you I just signed legislation which outlaws Russia forever. The bombing begins in five minutes." The statement was picked up by live television cameras and was heard by millions worldwide. The incident provoked national and international reactions, including a news network proposal of new ground rules concerning the use of "off-the-record" remarks.
    1984 - Ray Parker, Jr.'s single, “Ghostbusters,” hit the Number 1 spot on the Billboard's record charts on this date, and stayed there for 3 weeks. Parker also wrote and produced the song, which was the title theme song for one of the highest-grossing comedy films in movie history. He later received an Academy Award nomination for it.
    1984 – Cincinnati Reds retire catcher Johnny Bench’s #5.  Bench is regarded by many as baseball’s greatest catcher and he is in the Baseball Hall of Fame.
    1986 - Top Hits
“Glory of Love” - Peter Cetera
“Papa Don’t Preach” - Madonna
“Mad About You” - Belinda Carlisle
“Rockin’ with the Rhythm of the Rain” - The Judds
    1987 - The Beatles' album "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" was named 'the best album made during the last 20 years' by Rolling Stone magazine. 
    1988 - Moisture from what remained of Tropical Storm Beryl resulted in torrential rains across eastern Texas. Twelve and a half inches of rain deluged Enterprise, TX, which was more than the amount received there during the previous eight months. Philadelphia, PA reported a record forty-four days of 90 degree weather for the year. Baltimore, MD and Newark, NJ reported a record fourteen straight days of 90 degree heat
    1989 - One of the most severe convective outbreaks of record came to a climax in southern California after four days. Thunderstorms deluged Benton, CA with six inches of rain two days in a row, and the flooding which resulted caused more than a million dollars damage to homes and highways. Thunderstorms around Yellowstone Park, WY produced four inches of rain in twenty minutes resulting in fifteen mudslides. Thunderstorms over Long Island, NY drenched Suffolk County with 8 to 10 inches of rain. Twenty-three cities in the southeastern U.S. reported record low temperatures for the date. It was, for some cities, the fourth straight morning of record cold temperatures.
    1989 - Bruce Springsteen joins Ringo Starr onstage at a concert in Holmdel, NJ, to sing four songs: "Get Back," "Long Tall Sally," "Photograph," and "With A Little Help From My Friends."
    1991 - In only his second big league start, 21-year old White Sox southpaw Wilson Alvarez no-hits the Orioles, 7-0. Only Browns' hurler Bobo Holloman, who threw a no-hitter in his first Major League start in 1953 accomplished the feat in fewer starts.
    1993 - First foreign-born officer appointed chair of joint chiefs: President Bill Clinton appointed Army General John Shalikashvili to succeed Colin Powell as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Shalikashvili was born at Poland, but his family fled to Germany in 1944 to escape advancing Soviet troops. After moving to the US, his family lived at Peoria, IL. "General Shali" has a distinguished military record and is a Vietnam War veteran.
    1993 - A severe thunderstorm spawned a high elevation F3 tornado in the Ashley National Forest, 20 miles north of Roosevelt, UT. The tornado touched down 3 times along a 17 mile path and was up to 1/2 miles wide. 1000 acres of trees were snapped or uprooted. The highest elevation damage was at 10,800 feet.
    1994 - Randy Johnson’s pitch to strike out A's Ernie Young will become the last ball thrown in the Majors for seven and half months as the longest work stoppage in baseball history begins.  Among the casualties was the 1994 World Series, the first to be cancelled in MLB history.
    1994 - Top Hits
“Stay (I Missed You)” (From "Reality Bites") - Lisa Loeb 
“I Swear” - All-4-One 
“Fantastic Voyage” - Coolio 
“Wild Night” - John Mellencamp With Me Shell Ndegeocello
“Can You Feel The Love Tonight” (From "The Lion King") - Elton John
    1994 - Record high set at Miami with 96 then heavy thunderstorms drop the temperature to 70, a record low for the same date.
    1997 - Sonny West, Red West, Lamar Fike and Marty Lacker, four of the biggest members of Elvis' "Memphis Mafia," recall the King in a one-time-only webchat. 
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    1997 - Congress passed the line-item veto for the President in 1996, but on this day in 1997, William Jefferson Clinton was the first to use it, 
eliminating three provisions from legislation that had been passed by Congress. The line-item veto, a power sought by presidents since Ulysses S. Grant, enables presidents to strike particular items from newly enacted federal laws without having to veto the entire bill.
    1998 - Lawrence Ferlinghetti was named the first poet laureate of San Francisco.
    1999 - Top Hits
“Genie in a Bottle” - Christina Aguilera
“Tell Me It’s Real” - K-Ci
“Bills, Bills, Bills” – Destiny’s Child 
“All Star” - Smash Mouth
    2001 - Using fewest number of games anyone has ever needed to hit 50 homers in a season, Giant outfielder Barry Bonds reaches the milestone in 117 contests. In 1999, Sammy Sosa reached the mark in 121 contests.
    2002 - Sammy Sosa's grand slam and run-scoring double against the Rockies gives the Cubs' slugger 14 RBIs over two games establishing a new a National League record. The previous mark was 13 shared by Nate Colbert (Padres-1972) and Mark Whiten (Cardinals -1993).
    2003 - By fanning Jeff Kent in the seventh inning at Wrigley Field, Kerry Wood became the fastest Major Leaguer to record his 1,000th career strikeout, needing only 134 games to reach the milestone. It took 143 games for Roger Clemens to accomplish the feat.
    2003 – Top Hits
“Crazy In Love”- Beyoncé Featuring Jay-Z
“Right Thurr”- Chingy
“Never Leave You - Uh Ooh
“Lumidee P.I.M.P” - 50 Cent 
    2012 – The Republicans’ presumptive nominee for President, Mitt Romney, selects Wisconsin Congressman Paul Ryan as his running mate.
    2012 – The Yankees’ all-time hit leader, Derek Jeter, collected his league-leading 150th hit of the season, joining Hank Aaron as the only two players to have 17 seasons of 150 or more hits.  Jeter finished his career in 2014 with 3,654 hits, sixth-most all-time and most ever by a Yankee.
    2013 - At the Oak Hill Country Club in Pittsford, New York, American golfer Jason Dufner wins the 2013 PGA Championship.
    2014 - Sale of the Los Angeles Clippers to Microsoft ex-CEO Steve Ballmer was approved by the NBA, despite attempts by former owner Donald Sterling to stop the transaction; Sterling was forced to sell after being banned from the NBA for his racist remarks.