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 Seven New CLFPs – Including  First CLFP in Africa-
added to Certified Leasing & Finance Foundation

There are currently 979 active Certified Lease & Finance Professionals and Associates in the United States, Canada, India, Africa, and Australia

Seven individuals who recently sat through the 8-hour online CLFP exam, have passed, including the first CLFP in Africa.  They are:

Todd Chase, CLFP
Senior Vice President
Sales, Ascentium Capital LLC

Jacob Griffin, CLFP
Vice President Sales
Ascentium Capital LLC

Rhonda Howlett, CLFP
Assistant Vice President
Key Equipment Finance

Thomas Long, CLFP Associate
Broker
Impact Commercial Capital

Katoh Hamadou Kone, CLFP
Head of Retail & SME Banking, BICICI
BNP Paribas Group

Chad Schaffner, CLFP
Vice President of Sales
Ascentium Capital LLC

Armando Yepez, CLFP
Senior Business Development Manager
intrust Commercial Finance

Mr. Katoh Kone, the first African CLFP, attended the IDS online ALFP stated, “Getting this certification was important to me because it gave me more skills and knowledge in the field of leasing and equipment finance.

“There is something to do and I am eager to play a significant role in the development of this field to provide a better and well fitted financial solution in a country where only 15% of the equipment market is financed.”

The CLFP designation identifies an individual as a knowledgeable professional to employers, clients, customers, and peers in the equipment finance industry.

For more information, visit http://www.CLFPFoundation.org.

Academy for Certified Lease & Finance Professionals
    Three Online Virtual Open
http://leasingnews.org/archives/Jan2021/01_21.htm#clfp

 

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Top Ten Leasing News
January 25 to January 29

(Stories most opened by readers)

(1) Reasons to Work from Home
    Placard
http://leasingnews.org/archives/Jan2021/01_27.htm#reasons

(2) Act Like an Adult
     Placard
http://leasingnews.org/archives/Jan2021/01_29.htm#act

(3)  Major Executive and Financial Changes
    Reported at Currency, Los Angeles, California
http://leasingnews.org/archives/Jan2021/01_25.htm#major

(4) New Hires/Promotions in the Leasing Business
    and Related Industries
http://leasingnews.org/archives/Jan2021/01_29.htm#hires

(5) The Happiest People...
    Placard
http://leasingnews.org/archives/Jan2021/01_25.htm#happiest

(6) ELFA Monthly Reflects 35 Companies (MLFI-25)
    Fourth Quarter and End-of-Year Press Releases Differ Here
http://leasingnews.org/archives/Jan2021/01_27.htm#elfa

(7) North Mill Equipment Finance Announces
    Ten Employee Promotions
http://leasingnews.org/archives/Jan2021/01_25.htm#north

(8) Slim Capital Joins
    Financing Cannabis Funding Sources
http://leasingnews.org/archives/Jan2021/01_25.htm#slim

(9) An Interview with Larry Hartman
  regarding Acquiring "Turnkey Search"
    By Christopher Menkin, Editor
http://leasingnews.org/archives/Jan2021/01_27.htm#interview

(10) Alternative Finance Network Joins
    Financing Cannabis Funding Sources
http://leasingnews.org/archives/Jan2021/01_27.htm#afn

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Always Be in Motion: Moving

The Ultimate Hire by Ken Lubin, ZRG Partners

An object in motion stays in motion with the same speed and in the same direction unless acted upon by an unbalanced force. - Einstein

Right now, it is easier than ever to work at quarter or half speed due to the unbalanced force that we are facing, COVID-19. Many have hit the brick wall although many also took a different direction and capitalized from the circumstances.

We all have computers, keyboards and brains. We can create, innovate and think differently, and don’t stop. Movement and momentum will get us out of this.

If you have fear trying something new or making a mistake and failing, there is no better time than now to do it.  No one is judging or criticizing; they are just trying to survive.  If they do judge or criticize, it just means they are scared.

Take a different path, create momentum, and keep moving. You might be moving forward, backwards, or to the side, but you are moving. 

Remember the other law of physics: An object at rest stays at rest and you don’t want that to be you.

Ken Lubin
Managing Director

ZRG Partners, LLC
Americas I EMEA I Asia Pacific
C: 508-733-4789
https://www.linkedin.com/in/klubin/
"What is the Ultimate Hire? The Ultimate Hire is the professional that every business, team or leader needs in their organization. This is the high performance individual that always rises to the top, brings the team to the next level and can significantly add to the bottom line. The Ultimate Hire is the person that you can't afford to be without. Finding, Attracting, Hiring and Retaining these professionals is critical to the success of your business. We have identified these traits and can help you find these top professionals."

 

Marlin Business Services Corp. (MRLN)
 Q4 2020 Results - Earnings Call Transcript—Highlights
Seeking Alpha

 

Jeff Hilzinger, President & CEO

“Since the pandemic began, we have completed approximately 5600 loan and lease modification requests. As of the end of the fourth quarter. the active contracts that were modified totaled $111 million or 12.8% of total receivables, consisting of %104 million of equipment finance contracts and 7 million of working capital loans. This is a 14% reduction from the third quarter where modified contracts totaled $130 million or 14.3% of total receivables.”

Lou Maslowe, SVP & Chief Risk Officer

“The increase in delinquency percentage is attributed to the modified portfolio, which comprised 35% of total working capital receivables at year-end. The 30 plus delinquency of this modified portfolio was 9.9% as compared to 0.4% of the non-modified portfolio. Many of the delinquent customers continued to make payments but are unable to keep up with the daily or weekly repayment frequency. We will typically charge-off customers that become more than 60 days delinquent and continue to work with those customers to collect the balance owed post charge-off.”

Michael Bogansky, SVP & CFO

“The 21.5 million loss provision benefit was driven by $17.2 million reduction in the allowance for loan losses from updated economic forecasts and assumptions, and a $4.3 million favorable variance and expected charge-offs as compared to model [ph]. The primary driver of the favorable economic forecasts was related to a significant reduction in projected business bankruptcies, which significantly improved at the end of the fourth quarter compared to the third quarter. Consistent with the results through the first three quarters of the year, our provisions for credit losses remains a significant driver of our financial results. While favorable macroeconomic developments contributed to our reserve release in the quarter, we believe our allowance for loan losses of %44 million, which reflects various economic forecasts, continues to contemplate near-term macroeconomic uncertainty. We will continue to closely monitor and evaluate the evolving economic environment and refine our outlook and update our loss reserves accordingly.”

($)
https://seekingalpha.com/article/4401993-marlin-business-services-corp-mrln-ceo-jeff-hilzinger-on-q4-2020-results-earnings-call

 

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Picking an Attorney - Risk Management
By Tom McCurnin, retired Leasing News Legal Editor

When a leasing company wants to sue, or gets sued, it has to find legal representation. I’ve worked in-house and as outside counsel for many firms and can offer the readers the benefit of my experience. Actually, the process should begin before you want to sue or before you have been sued.  The process starts with hiring a risk manager or someone with an equivalent title or function.

The risk manager should be a senior, experienced person who has familiarity with courts, depositions, judges, mediations, settlements, and attorneys. The risk manager should be given the discretion to hire (or at least recommend) outside counsel to represent the company. The risk manager should have unfettered discretion to settle cases under a certain ceiling and can recommend settlement for cases over that ceiling.  Hopefully, that discretion will grow as management gains trust in the risk manager.

The risk manager should interview and hire his or her own lawyers. This is a team function, and a risk manager saddled with a lawyer he or she does not trust is worthless. 

So what are my takeaways here? 

▪ Risk Management Matters. Litigation is not necessarily all bad, but knowing when to hold them, when to fold them, and when to walk away, is an incredible skill set. Appoint an experienced senior staff member to measure risk. Let him or her pick a good lawyer, as this is a team sport. Listen to the lawyers and the risk manager about the risk of proceeding with the lawsuit. 

▪ Good Counsel is Important. Do not pick a lawyer because he or she is aggressive, scary smart or is an industry hack.  Instead, what you need is a person who is reasonably intelligent and can explain what the right course of action is to you in plain English without pulling any punches or sugar-coating it.  You don’t need scary smart.  You don’t need aggressive.  You don’t need clever.  You need straight answers from the lawyer to solve the problem. 

▪  Embrace Settlement. I’d rather have a bad settlement than a good lawsuit. The exception to this rule is where the settlement might be reported in a public forum, like a bankruptcy court. Often in bankruptcy, you are better off proving a point. This is where an experienced risk manager and good counsel are at their best. Let them run the show. Mediation is a bit of a game and it is a skill set knowing when the mediator is playing a game with you, and what the game is. 

▪ Be Proactive With Collection Suits. Be first to the feast. Don’t dawdle, file the lawsuit quickly and get into court quickly and make sure your lawyer understands the necessity for speed. I can’t tell you how many times being first to have a judgment has saved the day for me. 

▪ Understand Pre-Judgment Remedies. Most states have prejudgment remedies like replevin (writ of possession) or attachment (seizing bank accounts). While seizing the company’s collateral might be tempting, it is fraught with risk. Is it still there? What condition is it in? Can you get past the landlord to grab the stuff? Can you conduct a commercially reasonable sale of the stuff? Sometimes it is simply better to walk away from the collateral and get your judgment against the borrower and the guarantors. Again, this is where having an experienced risk manager is a real benefit. 

▪ Understand the Opponent. Whether the opponent is a lessee, employee, a trustee in bankruptcy, or counsel, do your research on them, and try to figure out what they want, and what buttons to press to make them do what you want either in litigation or settlement. Often, the case is a contingency matter for the other side, and quite frankly, the client will have little interest in settlement. You’ll be bargaining with the lawyer. 

The bottom line to hiring a lawyer is that the process begins and ends with an experienced risk manager working in conjunction with good counsel. 

(This appeared in Leasing News edition April 9, 2019)

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Curtis Funding Group Announces Strategic Partnership
 Extension with Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations

 Coldwater, MI— Curtis Funding Group (CFG), a national provider of equipment leasing and financing services for corporate and municipal clients, today announced an extension of a strategic partnership with Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations to facilitate low-interest commercial project financing for eligible Bridgestone Authorized Independent Tire Retailers. 

This extension of the previous agreement, implemented in December/2013, extends the agreement between Curtis Funding Group and Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations through November/2022.

Curtis Funding’s team provides a variety of equipment financing options, and the flexibility to offer tailored financing solutions to all of Bridgestone’s 2,700 Affiliated Retailer locations.

About Curtis Funding Group

Curtis Funding Group was founded in July/2012 to provide equipment-financing options to commercial and municipal clients.  With a commitment to “no surprises” and a strong service and support background, CFG has provided tailored financing and leasing services on a nationwide-U.S. level, and in Canada.

https://www.curtisfunding.com/

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Hound, Mix
McKinney, Texas  Adopt-a-Dog

Charlie

ID: 45862015
Nuetered Male
Age: 6 years, 3 months
Size: Medium

About me: Hi my name is Charlie and I am an older boy who is about 53lbs. I have heartworms but I was just recently treated for them at the shelter. I will need to be on exercise restrictions for several more weeks. I am super soft and I can be quick to warm up to new people. I was transferred from Louisiana during the hurricanes.

Special Skills: I do know how to sit! I am sure you can teach me more.

Likes: I like going for short strolls with you and looking outside my kennel window. I also love soft toys.

Dream home: Quiet home, apartments or a house. If an apartment need to be on the ground floor. Stairs are not good for me while I am recovering from heartworm treatment.

Dream adopter: I think I would do ok with other animals, so bring your dog with you to meet me. Same with kids since the staff don't know if I lived with kids in my prior home.

SPCA of Texas
Russell H. Perry Animal Care Center
8411 Stacy Road/FM 720
McKinney, TX 75070

Email: spca@spca.org
Call: 214-742-SPCA (7722)

Adoption appointments will be available by appointment only.

Adoption form:
https://spcatxfoster.home.blog/find-your-friend-dog-2/

Adoption Fee: $75.00

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Leasing News Advisor
Ken Greene, Attorney

Ken Greene
Law Office of Kenneth Charles Greene
5743 Corsa Avenue Suite 208
Westlake Village, California 91362
Tel: 818.575.9095
Fax: 805.435.7464
ken@kengreenelaw.com
Alternate: kengreenelaw@outlook.com

Ken is an attorney with his own law firm, the Law Office of Kenneth Charles Greene. He was involved in the formation of Leasing News, Inc. and represented it (pro bono) in the early days. Ken is currently based in Southern California. He began his leasing career with BankAmerilease in
1981. Ken has been a partner in several law firms including Ross & Ivanjack, one of the first law firms in the country devoted exclusively to the equipment finance industry.

Ken served as corporate counsel to a leasing company and a real estate development company. He was a partner in a major Universal City law firm before opening his own firm in Westlake Village, California in 2013. The new firm continues representation of equipment finance companies, including lessors and brokers, in litigation, bankruptcy, licensing, compliance and transactions. He also represents small businesses and individuals in litigation, bankruptcy, transactions, contract, and corporate matters, as well as entities and individuals in the entertainment industry.

Ken has been associated with the American Bankruptcy Institute, California Bankruptcy Forum, Eastern Association of Equipment Lessors (“EAEL”), Equipment Leasing and Finance Association (“ELFA”—formerly the Equipment Leasing Association), and National Equipment Finance Association (NEFA) (formerly NAEL, UAEL, and, once upon a time, WAEL). He has served on the Board of Directors of that association and has been its Legal Committee Chairman, Legal Line Editor, Regional Committee Chair, and Conference Chairman. He is currently General Counsel for the American Association of Commercial Finance Brokers (formerly the “National Association of Equipment Leasing Brokers”) and has spoken at conference panels the last four years, and is a member of the American Bar Association.

Ken has served on the Board of Directors of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Ventura County, the Mountain Play Association in Marin County, California, and the Marin Symphony Orchestra Association. He has been active in musical theater at the school and community levels. Until recently, he was Musical Director at the Westlake Village Inn and was very active in the Conejo Valley music community. In 2019, he was  featured in Calabasas Style Magazine in the “People to Watch” section. He is now a part owner of Bridgeway Studios in Sausalito, California, formerly known as The Record Plant, an iconic and historic recording studio which gave birth to some of
the most renowned albums of all time, including Fleetwood Mac’s “Rumors,” Stevie Wonder’s “Songs in the Key of Life,” and many more.

Ken received his B. A, at Brandeis University, located in Waltham, Massachusetts, graduating cum laude. He received his J.D. at Santa Clara University in 1980, also graduating with honors.

Mr. Greene has been a frequent writer and lecturer on matters of leasing law and other related legal issues. He is an acknowledged contributor on bankruptcy issues to Miller & Starr, California Real Estate 2d (Bancroft Whitney). He has lectured on leasing law and documentation, litigation,
licensing, and collection matters, and has created and presented seminars to leasing companies on enhancing the attorney-client relationship. He has also taught nationally for Euromoney Lease Training. He currently writes for the AACFB’s “Commercial Break” and the National Association of
Commercial Lease Brokers’ “Dealmaker.”

Ken’s passions, besides music, include travel, yoga, cooking, hiking, reading, golf, crossword puzzles, the Yankees, cigars, wine, and more. He lives in Moorpark, California with his wife Barbara and their son Alex, who is a graduate of Cal Lutheran and is pursuing further education in video game design. His daughter, Gigi, graduated UC Irvine and is employed at Service Titan as an event planner and diversity leader. She also has a photography business (PhotoGGraphy). In his “spare” time, Ken plays keyboards with several Los Angeles and San Francisco Bay Area bands, and plays and records with other local artists.

News Briefs---

Truck lease becoming more appealing option
     versus ownership
https://www.ccjdigital.com/business/article/15042781/truck-leasing-may-be-more-advantageous-than-ownership

Israel’s FinTLV Raises $120 Million
     for New Fintech Fund
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-01-31/israel-s-fintlv-raises-120-million-for-new-fintech-fund

‘Great America’ is first California theme park
    to set 2021 reopening date
https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/01/31/first-california-theme-park-sets-2021-reopening-date/?

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You May Have Missed---

COVID-Related Financing Program Updates
    U.S. Small Business Administration
https://www.sba.gov/funding-programs/loans/coronavirus-relief-options?utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery

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Sports Briefs---

Rams get Matthew Stafford; Lions get Jared Goff; 49ers get…?
https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/01/30/reports-49ers-will-be-defending-not-acquiring-matthew-stafford-as-jared-goff-heads-to-lions/?

Garafolo says Jimmy Garoppolo
    is staying with the 49ers in 2021
https://www.ninersnation.com/2021/1/31/22258286/49ers-garafolo-garoppolo-2021-staying-draft-offseason-plan

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California Nuts Briefs---

Shootings in Oakland soar
     as cuts to Police Department take hold
https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/philmatier/article/Shootings-in-Oakland-soar-as-cuts-to-Police-15910197.php

Napa County runs out of first doses of coronavirus vaccine
https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/Napa-County-runs-out-of-first-doses-of-15908776.php

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“Gimme that Wine”

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

Bad Year Turns Good for California
https://www.wine-searcher.com/m/2021/01/bad-year-turns-good-for-california

Champagne Shipments to U.S. Decrease 20 Percent in 2020,
    Industry Takes Steps to Meet Challenges of Global Pandemic
https://www.winebusiness.com/news/?go=getArticle&dataId=240946

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

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

This Day in History

     1788 – The Georgia legislature awarded Augusta inventor William Longstreet and his associate Isaac Briggs a patent for a steam engine, the first U.S. steamboat patent.
    1790 - The Supreme Court of the United States met for the first time in New York City with Chief Justice John Jay presiding.
    1859 - Considered one of America's greatest composers, Victor Herbert (d. 1924), was born in Dublin, Ireland.
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/feb01.html
    1860 - The first Rabbi to open the House of Representatives with prayer was Rabbi Morris Jacob Raphall, rabbi of Congregation B'nai Jeshurn, New York City, who delivered the invocation at the first session of the 36th Congress.
    1860 - Decree from Norton I, Emperor of the United States & Protector of Mexico, orders representatives of the different states to assemble at Platt's Music Hall in San Francisco to change laws to ameliorate the evils under which the country is laboring.
http://www.sfmuseum.org/hist1/norton.html
http://www.zpub.com/sf/history/nort.html
    1861 - Texas seceded from the Union and joined the Confederate States of America.
    1862 – “Battle Hymn of the Republic,” written by Julia Ward Howe, was first published in the Atlantic Monthly. The song's music was inspired by the song "John Brown's Body." Howe just wrote new words for the existing music.
    1865 - President Abraham Lincoln signed into law the 13th Amendment to the US Constitution abolishing slavery: "1. Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States or any place subject to their jurisdiction. 2. Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation." The amendment had been proposed by the Congress Jan 31, 1865; ratification was completed Dec 6, 1865.
    1865 - The first African-American lawyer admitted to practice before the Supreme Court was John S. Rock.  His admittance was moved by Senator Charles Sumner of Massachusetts. Chief Justice Salmon Portland Chase presided. It would be the last triumphant act in a life overflowing with achievement, for Rock died suddenly on December 3, 1866. He was interred at the Twelfth Baptist Church and buried with full Masonic honors at Woodlawn Cemetery in Everett, MA.
http://www.nps.gov/boaf/johnsrock.htm
http://www.state.nj.us/state/history/rock.html
    1878 - Hattie Wyatt Caraway (d. 1950) was born at Bakersville, TN.  She became a US senator from Arkansas when her husband died in 1931 and she was appointed to fill out his term. The following year, she ran for the seat herself and became the first woman elected to the US Senate. She served 14 years there, becoming an adept and tireless legislator (once introducing 43 bills on the same day) who worked for women's rights (once co-sponsoring an equal rights amendment), supported New Deal policies as well as Prohibition and opposed the increasing influence of lobbyists.
    1887 - Harvey Wilcox subdivided 120 acres he owned in Southern California and started selling it off as a real estate development.  He and his wife owned a ranch west of LA that they founded together.  It was in an agricultural area of fig and apricot orchards. Harvey tried his hand at raising fruit but failed and decided to subdivide the land, selling lots for $1,000 each. His wife named the tract "Hollywood."  Harvey filed a plat of the subdivision with the Los Angeles County Recorder's office and began to develop residential property, "The University Tract," surrounding the newly-built University of Southern California.
    1893 - The first moving picture studio was built at Thomas Edison's laboratory compound at West Orange, NJ, at a cost of less than $700. The wooden structure of irregular oblong shape was covered with black tar paper. It had a sharply sloping roof hinged at one edge so that half of it could be raised to admit sunlight. Fifty feet in length, it was mounted on a pivot enabling it to be swung around to follow the changing position of the sun. There was a stage draped in black at one end of the room. Though the structure was officially called a Kinetographic Theater, it was nicknamed the "Black Maria" because it resembled an old-fashioned police wagon.
    1894 - Birthday of rag time pianist/composer James P. Johnson (d. 1955), New Brunswick, NJ.
http://blackhistory.eb.com/micro/727/42.html
http://www.jazzradio.org/jpjohnsn.htm
http://www.jass.com/jamesp.html
    1895 - Film director John Ford (d. 1973) was born at Cape Elizabeth, ME, as Sean Aloysius O'Feeney.  He changed his name after moving to Hollywood. Ford won his first Academy Award in 1935 for “The Informer.” Among his many other films: “Stagecoach,” “Young Mr. Lincoln,” “The Grapes of Wrath,” “How Green Was My Valley,” “Rio Grande,” “What Price Glory?” and “Mister Roberts.” During World War II, he served as chief of the Field Photographic Branch of the OSS. Two documentaries made during the war earned him Academy Awards.
    1898 - Travelers Insurance Company issued the first car insurance against accidents with horses.
    1901 - Actor Clark Gable (d. 1960) was born at Cadiz, OH. His first film was “The Painted Desert” in 1931, when talking films were replacing silent films. He won an Academy Award for his role in the comedy “It Happened One Night,” which established him as a romantic screen idol. Other films included “China Seas,” “Mutiny on the Bounty,” “Saratoga,” “Run Silent Run Deep” and “Gone with the Wind,” for which his casting as Rhett Butler seemed a foregone conclusion due to his popularity as the acknowledged "King of Movies." Gable died Nov 16, 1960, at Hollywood, CA, shortly after completing his last film, Arthur Miller's “The Misfits,” in which he starred with Marilyn Monroe.
    1902 - Birthday of Langston Hughes (d. 1967) at Joplin, MO.  African American poet and author.  Among his works are the poetry collection “Montage of a Dream Deferred,” plays, a novel and short stories.
What happens to a dream deferred?
Does it dry up
like a raisin in the sun?
Or fester like a sore--
and then run?
Does it stink like rotten meat?
Or crust and sugar over—
like a syrupy sweet?
Maybe it just sags
like a heavy load
Or does it just explode?
— Langston Hughes, "Dream Deferred"
(lower part of http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/feb01.html )
    1906 - First federal penitentiary building completed, Leavenworth KS. The penitentiary is the largest maximum-security prison in the United States, housing more than 2,200 inmates.  Famous inmates over the years included Al Capone, Machine Gun Kelly, and Robert Stroud – the famous “Birdman of Alcatraz.”  Actually, Stroud's bird work began at Leavenworth, where he served 28 years before being transferred to Alcatraz. The Immanuel Church, located on the grounds, was made famous in Ripley's Believe it or Not as the only church in which Protestant and Catholic services were conducted simultaneously.
http://www.lvarea.com/data/usp_info.htm
http://www.lvarea.com/data/usp_info.htm#USP%
20Background%20Information
http://www.leavenworthdirectory.com/leavenworth.htm
    1911 - Thomas Jennings was found guilty and sentenced to death for the murder of Clarence B. Hiller. He was convicted because of his fingerprints and is the first to be found guilty on the basis of fingerprint evidence. The Illinois Supreme Court rule that fingerprints were admissible evidence.  Hiller was hanged for his crime.
    1913 – Jim Thorpe signed with the New York Giants in the National League.  Thorpe was a steadily improving ballplayer over six Major League seasons, hitting .327 in his last year.  He disagreed with Manager John McGraw's assessment of him and was sold to the Cincinnati Reds in 1917. He was later that year returned to the Giants and appeared briefly in the 1917 World Series.  Thorpe's most famous baseball feat was driving in the only run in the famous Hippo Vaughn and Fred Toney double no-hitter in 1917.
    1914 - New York Giants and Chicago White Sox played an exhibition baseball game in Egypt, a 3-3 tie.
    1916 - The Battle of Verdun ends with the French and Germans each having suffered more than 330,000 killed and wounded in 10 months. It was the longest engagement of World War I. 
    1919 - The first Miss America was crowned in New York City. The winner, Edith Hyde, was found by a New York Times reporter not to be a Miss. She was a "Mrs." named Mrs. Tod Robbins, a divorced mother of two children.
http://www.greatreporter.com/content/first-real-miss-america
    1920 - The North West Mounted Police ("The Mounties") became the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
    1922 - Birthday of Renata Tebaldi (d. 2004) in Pesaro, Italy.  Operatic soprano whose rich, sumptuous voice made her the operatic star at the Metropolitan Opera, Covent Garden, and LaScala in the 1950s and 60s. She was also known for her acting ability. In 1946, along with Arturo Toscanini, she performed at the reopening concert of La Scala, which had been closed during World War II.    Her great roles included Giacomo Puccini's Mimi (“La Boh è me”) and “Tosca,” Giuseppe Verdi's Desdemona (“Otello”) and “Aida,” and Umberto Giordano's Madeleine (“Andrea Ch é nier”).
    1926 – The Yankees sold 1B Wally Pipp to the Cincinnati Reds.  In 1925, Pipp sat out of the Yankees lineup in June, resulting in his permanent replacement by Lou Gehrig.
    1934 - Bob Shane of the Kingston Trio was born Robert Castle Schoen (d. 2020) in Hilo, Hawaii. The trio was credited with starting the folk craze of the late 1950's and early '60s with their hit recording of "Tom Dooley" in 1958. The Kingston Trio had a clean-cut collegiate image which helped them win acceptance among the trendy college crowd. The trio broke up in 1968. Since 2017, a newly-constructed Kingston Trio has performed under a license agreement executed with Shane.
    1935 - James T. Farrell finishes his Studs Lonigan trilogy, “Judgment Day.”
    1937 - Phil Everly (d. 2014) was born in Brownie, Kentucky. Together with his brother Don, the Everly Brothers made some of the most exciting pop records of the late 1950’s. The brothers came from a country music family and their parents took them to Nashville in 1956 to meet Chet Atkins. A year later, the Everly Brothers had their first hit, “Bye Bye Love.”  They were rarely absent from the charts for the next five years. “Wake Up Little Susie”, “Bird Dog” and “Cathy’s Clown” were among their hits. The relationship between the two brothers began to deteriorate about 1963, although they continued to perform together for another decade. The Everly Brothers got together again in the 1980’s. They began touring with Simon and Garfunkle, who originally wanted to sound exactly like them.  They were elected to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1986 and the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2001.
    1938 – Sherman Hemsley (d. 2012), TV’s George Jefferson in “The Jeffersons,” was born in Philadelphia.  The show ran 11 seasons through 1985 and one of Norman Lear’s most successful.
    1939 - On Victor Records, Benny Goodman and his orchestra recorded "And the Angels Sing." The vocalist for that song went on to find fame at Capitol Records, Martha Tilton.
    1939 - Birthday of jazz pianist Joe Sample (d. 2014), Houston, TX.  Co-founder of the Crusaders. 
    1940 - For his first recording session, held in Chicago, Illinois, with the Tommy Dorsey Band, Frank Sinatra sang "Too Romantic" and "The Sky Fell Down." Sinatra replaced Jack Leonard as the band's lead singer.
    1941 - "Downbeat" magazine reported Glenn Miller had signed a new three-year contract with RCA Victor Records, guaranteeing him $750 a side, the largest record contract signed to that date.
    1941 - Defended by 610 fighting men, the American-held island of Guam falls to more than 5,000 Japanese invaders in a three-hour battle. 
    1942 – Not quite two months after Pearl Harbor, the Navy conducted Marshall-Gilberts raids, the first offensive action by the United States against Japanese forces in the Pacific.  The raids were carried out by two separate U.S. carrier task forces, Yorktown and Enterprise. The Yorktown aircraft inflicted moderate damage to the Japanese naval installations on the islands and destroyed three aircraft. Seven Yorktown aircraft were lost, as well as a floatplane.  Aircraft from the carrier Enterprise inflicted light to moderate damage on the three islands' naval garrisons, sank three small warships and damaged several others, including a cruiser and destroyed 15 Japanese aircraft.  The raids had little long-term strategic impact. But did however, did help lift the morale of the U.S. Navy and American public. The raids also provided valuable experience in carrier air operations, which hardened the U.S. carrier groups for future combat against Japanese forces.
    1942 – Voice of America, the official external radio and television service of the US, began broadcasting with programs aimed at areas controlled by the Axis powers.
    1944 - Top Hits
My Heart Tells Me - The Glen Gray Orchestra (vocal: Eugenie Baird)
Shoo, Shoo, Baby - The Andrews Sisters
Besame Mucho - The Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra (vocal: Bob Eberly & Kitty Kallen
Pistol Packin' Mama - Al Dexter
    1945 - US Army arrives at Siegfriedlinie, a major defense of the Nazi regime.
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    1949 - Louis B. Mayer, of Metro Goldwin Mayer (MGM), became a millionaire all over again when he sold his racehorse breeding farm for $1 million.
    1949 - RCA Victor introduced the 45 rpm record. It was designed as a rival to Columbia's 33 1/3 rpm long-playing disc, introduced the previous year. The two systems directly competed with each other to replace 78 rpm records, bewildering consumers and causing a drop in record sales.
By the end of 1949, all the major companies, except RCA, had committed themselves to the LP record, seemingly putting an end to the 45. Even RCA itself announced it would issue its classical library on 33 1/3 rpm discs. But RCA was not ready to admit the demise of the 45 rpm record. The company spent $5-million publicizing 45 rpm as the preferred speed for popular music. The campaign worked. Buyers of non-classical records turned increasingly to the 45 rpm record, so that by 1954, more than 200-million of them had been sold. And all the major companies now were producing both 33 1/3 and 45 rpm records.
    1951 - New Mexico state record low temperature, -50ºF (-46ºC), Gavilan.
    1951 - The greatest ice storm of record in the U.S. produced glaze up to four inches thick from Texas to Pennsylvania causing twenty-five deaths, 500 serious injuries, and 100 million dollars damage. Tennessee was hardest hit by the storm. Communications and utilities were interrupted for a week to ten days.
    1951 - The temperature at Taylor Park Dam plunged to 60 degrees below zero, a record for the state of Colorado.
    1952 - Top Hits
Slowpoke - Pee Wee King
Cry - Johnnie Ray
Anytime - Eddie Fisher
Give Me More, More, More (Of Your Kisses) - Lefty Frizzell
    1953 - "Private Secretary" debuted on CBS-TV starring Ann Sothern as Susie McNamara, the private secretary to New York talent agent, Peter Sands played by Don Porter. With its last show airing on September 10, 1957, the show ran on CBS during the regular television seasons and ran on NBC-TV in the summers of 1953 and 1954.
    1953 - "You Are There" premiered on Television. The program began as an inventive radio show in 1947. News correspondents would comb the annals of history and "interview" the movers and shakers of times past. Walter Cronkite hosted the series on CBS for four seasons. The show's concept was revived for a season in 1971 with Cronkite gearing the program toward children.
    1953 – “General Electric Theater” premiered on TV. CBS's half-hour dramatic anthology series was hosted by Ronald Reagan (in between his movie and political careers). Making their television debuts were Joseph Cotten (1954); Fred MacMurray, James Stewart and Myrna Loy (1955); Bette Davis, Anne Baxter, Tony Curtis and Fred Astaire (1957); Sammy Davis, Jr (1958); and Gene Tierney (1960). Other memorable stars who appeared on the series include: Joan Crawford, Harry Belafonte, Rosalind Russell, Ernie Kovacs, the Marx Brothers and Nancy Davis Reagan, who starred with her husband in the premonitory episode titled "A Turkey for the President" (1958).
    1954 - On CBS-TV, "The Secret Storm," TV’s first soap opera, was shown for the first day of a 20-year run.
    1954 - Backed by his Jazz ensemble, Big Joe Turner records the original version of "Shake, Rattle and Roll." The tune will top the Billboard R&B chart next June but did not cross over to the Pop chart. Some of the original lyrics, that would have been considered highly sexual at the time, were changed when Bill Haley recorded the song five months later. 
    1955 - Elvis Presley records, "Baby, Let's Play House"
    1956 - Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Montgomery Improvement Association files suit in federal court against Alabama for segregation of buses.
    1957 - Birthday of Donna Adamek, known as "Mighty Mite," Duarte, CA.  She dominated women's professional bowling from 1978 through 1981.
She was Woman Bowler of the Year each year and, in that four-year period, she won the Women's Open in 1978 and 1981, the WIBC Queens in 1979 and 1980, and the WPBA National Championship in 1980. Adamek led the WPBA tour in winnings for three consecutive years, 1978 through 1980.
During the 1981-82 season, she rolled three perfect 300 games.  The compiler of WOAH whose highest average was 194 (287 game) remembers when ONE 300 GAME was memorable before the change in bowling ball construction and the way bowling lanes are dressed.
    1957 - 20-year-old Don Everly and his 2-year-younger brother Phil sign a recording contract with Cadence Records. During their career, The Everly Brothers will have 35 Billboard Hot 100 singles. 
    1958 - Elvis Presley records: "My Wish Came True," "Doncha' Think It's Time," "Your Cheatin' Heart," "Wear My Ring Around Your Neck."
    1960 - Greensboro Sit-In. Commercial discrimination against blacks and other minorities provoked a nonviolent protest. At Greensboro, NC, four students from the Agricultural and Technical College (Ezell Blair, Jr, Franklin McCain, Joseph McNeill and David Richmond) sat down at a Woolworth's store lunch counter and ordered coffee. Refused service, they remained all day. Over the following days, similar sit-ins took place at the Woolworth's' lunch counter. Before the week was over, they were joined by a few white students. The protest spread rapidly, especially in southern states. More than 1,600 people were arrested before the year was over for participating in sit-ins. Civil rights for all became a cause for thousands of students and activists. In response, equal accommodation regardless of race, became the rule at lunch counters, hotels and business establishments in thousands of places.
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    1960 - Top Hits
“Running Bear” - Johnny Preston
“Teen Angel” - Mark Dinning
“Where or When” - Dion & The Belmonts
“El Paso” - Marty Robbins
    1962 - Ken Kesey's “One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest” is published.
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    1963 - Paul Simon graduates from New York City's Queens College.
    1964 - "I Want to Hold Your Hand" by the Beatles reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. It stayed there for seven weeks.
    1964 - The Beatles' "Please Please Me" enters the pop charts
    1964 - The governor of Indiana declared "Louie, Louie" pornographic. The song was about seven years old when the Kingsmen recorded their version in 1963, and the fantastic legend that grew up in its wake--a legend that even an FCC investigation couldn't kill--seems to have sprung solely from their extraordinary lack of elocution. Richard Berry, its composer, who spoke on the subject a while back to a Los Angeles interviewer named Bill Reed, explains the song as the lament of a seafaring man, spoken to a sympathetic bartender named Louie. Here, without further ado, are the "official" published lyrics:
"Louie Louie, me gotta go. Louie Louie, me gotta go. A fine little girl, she wait for me. Me catch the ship across the sea. I sailed the ship all alone. I never think I'll make it home. Louie Louie, me gotta go. Three nights and days we sailed the sea. Me think of girl constantly. On the ship, I dream she there. I smell the rose in her hair. Louie Louie, me gotta go. Me see Jamaican moon above. It won't be long me see me love. Me take her in my arms and then I tell her I never leave again. Louie Louie, me gotta go." (By Richard Berry. Copyright 1957-1963 by Limax Music Inc.)
    1965 - At the Arthur Smith Studios in Charlotte, North Carolina, James Brown records "Papa's Got A Brand New Bag," which will reach #8 on the Billboard Pop chart and #1 on the R&B chart the following August and later win a Grammy Award for Best Rhythm and Blues Recording. 
    1966 - The first African-American Navy captain was Thomas David Parham, Jr., of Newport News, VA, a Presbyterian chaplain, whose rank was raised from commander to captain.
    1966 - Bill Graham resigns as business manager of the San Francisco Mime Troupe in order to devote himself full-time to the business of acid rock concert promotion, initially at the Fillmore Auditorium.
    1966 - Birthday of soccer great Michelle Akers, Santa Clara, CA.
    1967 - The American Basketball Association (ABA) was born with 11 teams and George Mikan as commissioner in its first season. The original teams:  Anaheim Amigos, Dallas Chaparrals, Houston Mavericks, Indiana Pacers, Kansas City which quickly became the Denver Larks, Kentucky Colonels, Minnesota Muskies, New Orleans Buccaneers, New York Americans, Pittsburgh Pipers, San Diego Conquistadors, Oakland Oaks.  The ABA distinguished itself from its older counterpart with a more wide-open, flashy style of offensive play, as well as differences in rules—a 30-second shot clock (as opposed to the NBA's 24-second clock, though the ABA did switch to the 24 second shot clock for the 1975–76 season) and use of a 3-point field goal arc. Also, the ABA used a colorful red, white and blue ball, instead of the NBA's traditional orange ball. The ABA lasted nine years before four teams, the Denver Nuggets, the Indiana Pacers, the New York Nets and the San Antonio Spurs, were absorbed into the NBA.
    1967 - The Beatles record "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band"
    1968 - DIX, DREW DENNIS, Medal of Honor
Rank and Organization: Staff Sergeant, U.S. Army, U.S. Senior Advisor Group, IV Corps, Military Assistance Command. Place and date: Chau Doc Province, Republic of Vietnam, 31 January and 1 February 1968. Entered service at: Denver, Colo. Born: 14 December 1944, West Point, N.Y. Citation: For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty. S/Sgt. Dix distinguished himself by exceptional heroism while serving as a unit adviser. Two heavily armed Viet Cong battalions attacked the Province capital city of Chau Phu resulting in the complete breakdown and fragmentation of the defenses of the city. S/Sgt. Dix, with a patrol of Vietnamese soldiers, was recalled to assist in the defense of Chau Phu. Learning that a nurse was trapped in a house near the center of the city, S/Sgt. Dix organized a relief force, successfully rescued the nurse, and returned her to the safety of the Tactical Operations Center. Being informed of other trapped civilians within the city, S/Sgt. Dix voluntarily led another force to rescue 8 civilian employees located in a building which was under heavy mortar and small-arms fire. S/Sgt. Dix then returned to the center of the city. Upon approaching a building, he was subjected to intense automatic rifle and machine gun fire from an unknown number of Viet Cong. He personally assaulted the building, killing 6 Viet Cong, and rescuing 2 Filipinos. The following day S/Sgt. Dix, still on his own volition, assembled a 20-man force and though under intense enemy fire cleared the Viet Cong out of the hotel, theater, and other adjacent buildings within the city. During this portion of the attack, Army Republic of Vietnam soldiers inspired by the heroism and success of S/Sgt. Dix, rallied and commenced firing upon the Viet Cong. S/Sgt. Dix captured 20 prisoners, including a high ranking Viet Cong official. He then attacked enemy troops who had entered the residence of the Deputy Province Chief and was successful in rescuing the official's wife and children. S/Sgt. Dix's personal heroic actions resulted in 14 confirmed Viet Cong killed in action and possibly 25 more, the capture of 20 prisoners, 15 weapons, and the rescue of the 14 United States and free world civilians. The heroism of S/Sgt. Dix was in the highest tradition and reflects great credit upon the U.S. Army. 
    1968 - Top Hits
“Judy in Disguise (With Glasses)” - John Fred & His Playboy Band
“Chain of Fools” - Aretha Franklin
“Green Tambourine” - The Lemon Pipers
“Sing Me Back Home” - Merle Haggard
    1968 - Green Bay Packers head coach Vince Lombardi resigned after nine seasons, five NFL titles and victories in the first two Super Bowls. Oddly enough, Green Bay's founding coach, Curly Lambeau, resigned on the same day in 1950 after 29 years on the job.
    1968 - Elvis Presley's only child, Lisa Marie, was born in Memphis. Elvis and his wife, Priscilla, were married in Las Vegas the previous May. They were divorced in 1973.
    1968 - The Jimi Hendrix Experience, John Mayall and the Bluesbreakers, at the Fillmore Auditorium.
    1968 – The New York Central and Pennsylvania Railroads merged to form Penn Central Transportation.  In 1970, bankruptcy forced Penn Central into the hands of the federal government which formed Conrail as a result.
    1969 - Tommy Roe's "Dizzy" enters the pop charts
    1969 - Tommy James & the Shondells' "Crimson and Clover" hits #1.
    1970 - Timothy Leary sentenced to 10 years for Texas/Mex marijuana bust.
    1971 - The “Love Story” soundtrack album is certified gold.
    1974 - “Good Times” premiered on TV. A CBS spin-off from "Maude," which was a spin-off of "All in the Family." "Good Times" featured an African American family living in the housing projects of Chicago. The series portrayed the Evans family's struggles to improve their lot. The cast featured Esther Rolle and John Amos as Florida and James Evans, Jimmie Walker as son J.J., Bernadette Stannis as daughter Thelma, Ralph Carter as son Michael, Johnny Brown as janitor Mr. Bookman, Ja'Net DuBois as neighbor Willona Woods, Janet Jackson as Willona's adopted daughter Penny and Ben Powers as Thelma's husband, Keith Anderson.
    1975 - Neil Sedaka's "Laughter in the Rain" hits #1.
    1976 - Top Hits
“Love Rollercoaster” - Ohio Players
“Love to Love You Baby” - Donna Summer
“You Sexy Thing” - Hot Chocolate
“This Time I've Hurt Her More Than She Loves Me” - Conway Twitty
    1978 - The first postage stamp depicting an African-American woman was issued. It showed the likeness of Harriet Tubman, the escaped slave and abolitionist who led more than 300 slaves to freedom along the Underground Railroad.
    1978 - Bob Dylan's film "Renaldo and Clara," a documentary of the Rolling Thunder Revue tour mixed with surrealistic fantasy sequences, premieres in Los Angeles.
    1979 - Patty Hearst released from jail.
    1979 - Blondie's "Heart of Glass" is certified Platinum in the UK, where it tops the Pop chart. The song will also rise to number one in the US the following April.
    1982 - "Late Night with David Letterman” premiered.  This is when it all began: the stupid pet tricks, stupid human tricks and the legendary top ten lists. "Late Night" premiered on NBC as a talk/variety show appearing after "The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson." Host David Letterman was known for his irreverent sense of humor and daffy antics. The offbeat show attained cult status among college crowds and insomniacs, as many tuned in to see a Velcro-suited Letterman throw himself against a wall. The show also featured bandleader-sidekick Paul Shaffer, writer Chris Elliott and Calvert DeForest as geezer Larry "Bud" Melman. In 1993, Letterman made a highly publicized exit from NBC and began hosting "The Late Show" on CBS.  In 2014, Letterman announced his retirement and the final episode of “Late Night” aired on May 20, 2015. 
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    1983 - Air Supply's third album, "Now and Forever" is certified Platinum. 
    1984 - Top Hits
“Owner of a Lonely Heart” - Yes
“Karma Chameleon” - Culture Club
“Talking in Your Sleep” - The Romantics
“The Sound of Goodbye” - Crystal Gayle
    1985 - Utah state record low temperature, -69ºF (-56ºC), Peter's Sink.
    1985 - Snow, sleet and ice glazed southern Tennessee and northern sections of Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama. The winter storm produced up to eleven inches of sleet and ice in Lauderdale County, AL, one of the worst storms of record for the state. All streets in Florence, AL were closed for the first time of record
    1987 - Terry Williams from Los Gatos, California, won the largest slot machine payoff, to that time, pocketing $4.9 million after getting four lucky 7s on a machine in Reno, Nevada.
    1988 - Thirty cities in the eastern U.S. reported new record high temperatures for the date, including Richmond, VA with a reading of 73 degrees. Thunderstorms in southern Louisiana deluged Basile with 12.34 inches of rain. Arctic cold gripped the north central U.S. Wolf Point, MT reported a low of 32 degrees below zero
    1988 - The Cars, who had placed 15 songs on the Hot 100 between 1978 and 1987, announce their break up. 
    1989 - While arctic cold continued to invade the central U.S., fifty- four cities in the south central and eastern U.S. reported new record high temperatures for the date. Russell, KS, the hot spot in the nation with a high of 84 degrees the previous day, reported a morning low of 12 above. Tioga, ND reported a wind chill reading of 90 degrees below zero
    1989 - A Spokane, Washington, funeral director revealed that jazz saxophonist and pianist Billy Tipton, who had lived his life as a man, was a woman. Tipton played for years in the US northwest after a career with several big bands. He appeared to have a wife and adopted three sons.
    1990 - Top Hits
How Am I Supposed To Live Without You - Michael Bolton
Opposites Attract - Paula Abdul (Duet With The Wild Pair)
Downtown Train - Rod Stewart
Two To Make It Right - Seduction
    1992 - United States President George Bush and Russian President Boris Yeltsin signed the Camp David declaration which states that their two countries no longer regard each other as adversaries
    1992 - Barry Bonds signs baseball's highest single year contract ($4.7 million)
    1992 - Elton John and George Michael teamed up to score a US number one with a song recorded live at Wembley Stadium the previous March, "Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me". Elton had originally released the song on his "Caribou" album in 1974. 
    1993 - On Lisa Marie's 25th birthday, it was announced that she wouldn't be taking over her father's estate as provided in his will. Lisa Marie left management of Graceland and other parts of Elvis's multimillion-dollar estate to Jack Soden, head of Elvis Presley Enterprises.
    1993 - First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton is given an office in the West Wing of the White House and named January 25 to head a commission charged with creating a health plan for the nation. It is the most influential position a president's wife has ever had.  She bans smoking in the White House February 1.
    1995 - Top Hits
“Creep” - TLC
“On Bended Knee” - Boyz II Men
“Another Night” - Real McCoy
“Take A Bow” - Madonna
    1998 - Rear Admiral Lillian E. Fishburne became the first female African American to be promoted to that rank.
    2000 - Top Hits
“I Knew I Loved You” - Savage Garden
“What A Girl Wants” - Christina Aguilera
“Smooth” - Santana Featuring Rob Thomas
“Back At One” - Brian McKnight
    2002 – Daniel Pearl, journalist and South Asia Bureau Chief of the Wall Street Journal, kidnapped January 23, 2002 by Pakistani militants, was beheaded and mutilated by his captors.
    2003 - After a successful 16-day mission, the space shuttle Columbia, with a crew of seven, perished during entry. Kalpana Chawla, 41, who emigrated to United States from India in 1980s and became an astronaut in 1994, was one of seven astronauts who died in an explosion that streaked across the Texas sky on a clear, beautiful morning.  Laurel Clark, 41, a Navy diving medical officer aboard submarines, then flight surgeon who became an astronaut in 1996, was on board Columbia to help with science experiments. She had 8-year-old son. Her home was in Racine, Wis. Commander Rick Husband, 45, Air Force colonel; Pilot William McCool, 41;  Payload commander Michael Anderson, 43; David Brown, 46, a Navy captain, pilot and doctor; Ilan Ramon, 48, a colonel in Israel's air force and the first Israeli in space.
    2004 - While New England Patriots beat the Carolina Panthers 32-29, it was singer Janet Jackson exposing her breast at half time with Justin Timberlake that made the big news.  With just over one minute to play, Adam Vinatieri kicked a 41-yard field goal to give New England the lead, 32-29.  New England quarterback Tom Brady was named Most Valuable Player for the second time in three years. He set a Super Bowl record for the most pass completions (32). Brady also recorded a 66.7 completion percentage (48 pass attempts), 354 passing yards, 3 touchdowns, 1 interception, and 12 rushing yards. This was the fourth Super Bowl to be decided on a field goal in the final seconds. Super Bowl V was won on a last second kick by Jim O'Brien of the Baltimore Colts, Super Bowl XXV as Buffalo’s Scott Norwood missed his field goal chance, and Super Bowl XXXVI as Adam Vinatieri made his for the Patriots’ first Super Bowl win.
    2005 - A web site claimed Yogi Berra filed a $10 million lawsuit against TBS due to a “Sex and the City” promotion which used Berra's name as a possible answer concerning the definition of yogasm. The choices included (a) a type of yo-yo trick, (b) sex with Yogi Berra and (c) what Samantha has with a guy from yoga class.  In September, 2005, settlement was reached but the terms of the settlement were not revealed.  TBS has not commented on the settlement. Berra's lawyer, Louis Smoley, told ESPN.com that both parties agreed to mediation and the payout was "substantial."  But, according to ESPN.com, the network agreed in principle to pay an undisclosed amount to Berra.
    2008 - A news report revealed that Spain was the European leader in illegal music downloads. Spanish computer users illegally downloaded more than 1.2 billion tracks in 2007, according to authors and publishers society, SGAE. 
    2009 - The Cardinals entered the game seeking their first NFL title since 1947, the longest championship drought in the league. The club became an unexpected winner during the season and the playoffs with the aid of head coach Ken Whisenhunt, who was the Steelers offensive coordinator during Super Bowl XL, and the re-emergence of quarterback Kurt Warner, who was the Super Bowl MVP in Super Bowl XXXIV with the St. Louis Rams. Trailing 20–7 at the start of the fourth quarter, Arizona scored 16 unanswered points, including wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald's 64-yard touchdown reception, to take the lead with 2:37 remaining in the game. But then the Steelers marched 78-yards to score on wide receiver Santonio Holmes's 6-yard game-winning touchdown catch with 35 seconds left, tip-toeing at the deep corner of the end zone. Holmes caught nine passes for 131 yards and a touchdown, including four receptions for 71 yards on that final game-winning drive.
    2010 - President Barack Obama proposed a $3.8 trillion budget for fiscal 2011 which projected a record-high budget deficit of $1.6 trillion in fiscal 2010.
    2013 - Hillary Clinton stepped down from her post as Secretary of State; she is succeeded by Senator John Kerry.
    2013 - In the wake of earlier reports of Alex Rodriguez being a client of a clinic in Boca Raton, FL under investigation for supplying PEDs, ESPN reported that he has been receiving weekly injections at home from the director of the suspect clinic, Anthony Bosch.
    2014 - A long-delayed review of the Keystone XL Pipeline was completed by the U.S. State Department.  It concluded the pipeline would not significantly increase greenhouse gas emissions.
    2015 - The New England Patriots won their fourth Super Bowl title, beating the Seattle Seahawks 28-24.  Patriots quarterback Tom Brady was named MVP and is now one of only three quarterbacks to have won four Super Bowls (Bradshaw and Montana).  With Seattle driving for a winning TD with seconds left and the ball on the Patriots 1-yard line, Patriots rookie corner Malcolm Butler made a game-saving interception to seal the game for the Pats.
    2016 - Alphabet, Google's parent company surpasses Apple as the world's most valuable company ($568bn vs $535bn), after releasing income results.
Super Bowl Champions:
    2004 - New England Patriots-32, Carolina Panthers-29 
    2009 - Pittsburgh Steelers-27, Arizona Cardinals-23
    2015 – New England Patriots-28, Seattle Seahawks-24