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Top Ten Leasing News
June  15 - June 19

(Stories most opened by readers)

(1) Marlin Business Services Announces Further Staff Cuts
    Form 8-K Regulation FD Disclosure
http://leasingnews.org/archives/Jun2020/06_17.htm#marlin

(2) New Hires/Promotions in the Leasing Business
    and Related Industries
http://leasingnews.org/archives/Jun2020/06_19.htm#hires

(3)  Signs of an Imminent Layoff
    Career Crossroads---by Emily Fitzpatrick/RII
http://leasingnews.org/archives/Jun2020/06_15.htm#crossroads

(4) Correction--Adopt-a-Dog
    First Why?
http://leasingnews.org/archives/Jun2020/06_19.htm#correction

(5) Former Enloe Bank President Pleads Guilty
    to Setting a Fire to Hide Theft from the Bank
http://leasingnews.org/archives/Jun2020/06_15.htm#former

(6) Specialists in cannabis and hemp company leasing
    Xtraction Services Announces Name Change to XS Financial
http://leasingnews.org/archives/Jun2020/06_17.htm#specialists

(7)  Financing Cannabis Funding Sources
    Many Work with Third Party Originators
http://leasingnews.org/archives/Jun2020/06_17.htm#financing

(8) Unemployed due to FinTech
    Career Crossroads---By Emily Fitzpatrick/RII
http://leasingnews.org/archives/Jun2020/06_19.htm#crossroads        

(9) The World's Largest Retailers
    Top 10 retailers based on global retail sales 2020
http://leasingnews.org/archives/Jun2020/06_17.htm#worlds

(10) Selling In a Pandemic
    By Steve Chriest
http://leasingnews.org/archives/Jun2020/06_15.htm#selling

 

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NVLA Executive Director Moves Down the Road
By Edward P. Kaye

Mike Mathy

After more than five years in the driver’s seat at the National Vehicle Leasing Association, Mike Mathy stepped down from his role as Executive Director at the end of May and is taking a new position as Executive Director of the Ohio Foot and Ankle Medical Association.  A search for his replacement has begun and the professional staff at Association Acumen has taken over the management responsibilities on an interim basis.

In his time as Executive Director, Mike helped improve the NVLA and became an agent of positive change for the organization through innovation, strengthening our fiscal stability, and positioning the Association for future growth and success. 

Mike established member email campaigns, helped revitalize the Certified Vehicle Lease Executive (CVLE) training program, organized and managed several well attended and informative annual conferences, and helped to increase the Association’s overall membership and relevance in the automotive industry.

I had the pleasure of working closely with Mike when I was president of the Board from 2018 – 2019.  He always understood the delicate balance between the volunteer board members and his role as the NVLA’s professional executive director.  An exceptionally talented director, Mike was quick to come up with great ideas while always respecting of the will of the Board.

In a farewell to the organization, Mathy thanked the Board Members noting, “I’ve relished every opportunity we’ve had to get together as a group – whether via teleconference, at NVLA Annual Conferences, or at our always memorable summer board meetings. I’ll genuinely miss the spirit of camaraderie that is at the core of NVLA. It is truly something special and unique.”  Adding, “instead of saying good-bye, I’ll simply say, see you down the road.”

While we will truly miss working with Mike, we wish him and his family much success in his new opportunity.

Ed Kaye
ekaye@accesscapital.biz

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American Financial Network
(Bankers Equipment Leasing, a division)

added to:
Companies who notify lessee in advance of lease expiration

American Financial Network, Inc.
(Bankers Equipment Leasing, a division)
21403 Chagrin Blvd, Suite 230
Cleveland, Ohio 44122
P. 216-921-2000 x221

"Our practice is to send the attached letter (via certified mail) to customers 120 days prior to the end of their lease term for FMV, PRO and TRAC leases.  For $1 or $101 buyout leases, we don’t send any letter because we automatically bill the $1 or $101 and do not auto-renew.

"In case any lessee’s fail to give any notice on FMV type leases, our lease terms are 90-day auto renewal and notice of termination may be given at any time after the base lease term ends with 90 days notice."

Spencer Richman, CLFP

Letter via Certified Mail
PDF

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Mix of Spaniel, Retriever, Pug and Beagle
Benny

“We rescued Benny about 1 month ago.”

Doug Simon
dasimon@mtb.com
Administrative Vice President, Head of Equipment Management
M&T Bank | Commercial Equipment Finance

 

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The Link Between Social Media
and Search Engine Optimization

FinTech #102 by Alex Vasilakos

If you have been working on your company's digital marketing for some time, you probably understand the importance of search engine optimization, or SEO. You may even realize that social media marketing is vital to your growth online. What you may not know is that both of these marketing elements are linked in several important ways. Keep reading to delve deeper into the relationship between your business's social media marketing and its organic search ranking online.

The History of Search Engine Optimization and Social

In April of 2019, Google's algorithm changed to reflect its focus on the value of content and online searches rather than simplistic keywords. Many brands and their marketing agencies consider social media marketing to be an important part of their SEO efforts. However, comments from Google in 2014 claiming that social signals - which are key metrics like Twitter followers - do not affect a brand's rank on the Google search engine, even if they do demonstrate the authority and reputation of a company. These comments have left even the most experienced of marketers confused and irritated, but a 2018 Hootsuite study tested articles' SEO ranks and found that social promotion did indeed boost ranking, with the highest-performing articles receiving a 22 percent SEO boost on average during the experiment.

What does all of this information mean for your company and its search marketing efforts? You will learn about some key concepts related to search and social media in a moment that will help you to view your brands' social media strategy like a true SEO marketing expert. First, you need to learn more about Google's 2014 statement and how it fits in to other historical data on the effectiveness of a solid social media plan when it comes to search engine ranking.

Google and Social

Before delving into core concepts about how social media can influence your search engine optimization, it is important to understand Google's history on the topic. In 2010, Matt Cutts, who worked for Google at the time, stated that social signals were factored in to a brand's online search ranking. As you may remember from the information above, marketers were in for a shock just three years later, in 2014, when Cutts claimed that social signals were no longer important to SEO. Even if Cutts' statements are true - which can be hard to determine due to the ever-changing messages presented by Google - there are still many other factors that make social media important for SEO efforts, as you will soon learn. Therefore, social media should definitely be part of your overall search and digital marketing strategy.

Five Things to Remember About Search and Social

What should you look at when trying to plan your social media in a way that can help you boost your SEO efforts? The following five concepts can help you realize how much of an impact social media has on SEO. Read through them all to get a better feel for the relationship between these two online marketing concepts so you can use all of the digital tools at your disposal to your company's advantage.

1. Social media sites are used as search engines. Since social media has become a powerful cultural force, many individuals turn to Twitter, LinkedIn or Facebook rather than Google to find information online in today's world. Once you understand this, you can realize that it is very important to audit your social media sites and make sure that your profiles and strategies are aligned with a search-engine mentality and approach. First and foremost, you need to delete duplicate pages and make it easy to identify your official profiles apart from scam pages or other unofficial presences. If you have different official identities for different departments of your company, make sure to clearly label each profile for its intended purpose. Since Twitter, Instagram and Pinterest are all commonly used to find new content, properly using hashtags and posting appealing content on each can help interested users find you on those platforms. Make sure to keep the varying best practices for each site in mind while building your strategy.
   
   
2. Bing is more important than you may think, especially when it comes to social signals. Google tends to ignore these key metrics, as stated above, but Bing takes them seriously - and more than 33 percent of online searches in the United States are still completed with the search engine, which tends to be ignored by marketers in many cases. If your social presence is positive, you have a greater chance of a high organic search ranking on bing.com. Always include Bing as part of your overall social SEO strategy for the best results.
   
   
3. Back links can be helpful when social signals are not. Hootsuite and Optinmonster have both completed research demonstrating that social popularity can help boost a business's Google ranking. One way to increase your chances of having a viral post - or one that at least gets a great deal of positive attention - is by publishing back links that are credible and up-to-date. This is because Google actually crawls social websites for data in much the same way as it would for a traditional website. Your quality links could be more important than the authority of your business or its social presence, so always be mindful of the type of content that gets published to your profiles.
   
   
4. Social media content influences what appears under your business name in search results, even when it doesn't alter your search ranking. Social media profiles are one of the most common results that pops up under a brand's name. For example, Googling "General Electric" will present you with the company's Twitter, Pinterest and Instagram profiles on the very first page of Google results. You may actually have a better chance of appealing to your target audience if your relatable social content appears before your more corporate-focused, static website. Social media is fun and entertaining for your audience who gets to see a more humanistic side of your brand and may be more willing to keep coming back for more - as long as you always keep your content fresh and inviting. If your social media channels are active, up-to-date and linked to your website, they can be very efficient online tools for reaching your target demographic through Google. 
   
   
5. Google's SEO methods are prone to change. Social signals may be unimportant on the search engine right now and become vital in the next few years. The past comments from the search engine's leadership demonstrate this fact in a powerful way. In any case, a recent study from Hootsuite has found that all search engines consider social media's value to some extent while determining authority and other important SEO signals. The key takeaway here is that you should always optimize your content to help you build authority and engagement as if it does indeed have an impact on your overall search strategy, whether through direct means like Bing ranking or indirect means - such as the sharing of credible back links on your social media profiles or having an updated, engaging social media presence.

As long as you are ready to use these five considerations to begin crafting or modifying your social media strategy, you are in a good place to utilize the power of social to help you boost your search ranking. Having a dedicated member of your team to handle the bulk of your social media work can also help. If it seems to be too much work for your in-house team, a dedicated marketing agency can always help you create a social media plan and an overall SEO strategy that works for your unique needs as your business - and Google - changes over time.

Search Engine Optimization and Social Media: Summary

While Google claims that social signals are unimportant today, it has changed it stance over the years and it and other search engines do consider a variety of social media factors when figuring a company's search rank. Building a reputation among and rapport with your audience should always be a goal when creating content online, since these qualities are always important to search engine optimization. As long as you remember the five points above and understand that users often rely on social to find quality content online, you will be in a good place to begin crafting winning social media profiles and content that can help you boost your search ranking and bring in your target audience members.

Alex Vasilakos
Director of Marketing
The Finance Marketing Group
Alex@financemarketing.com 
Office: 518-591-4645x102 / Fax: 518-677-1071
90 State Street, Suite 1500, Albany, NY 12207

He entered advertising and marketing in 2003, right when the industry landscape shifted from traditional print to digital media. In that time, Alex has worked with numerous large accounts in both healthcare and financial services, and has helped small and medium-sized businesses grow and flourish in their respective digital markets. Alex has won countless awards for creative direction and strategy, and is certified by Google Partners in both AdWords and Analytics. Currently, Alex works exclusively with financial services companies, but his depth of knowledge and experience can help design and implement long-reaching strategies for businesses across all industries.

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Certified Lease and Finance Professionals Now 905
30 Graduate from Two Virtual Academy Classes
Names/Positions/Company/Photos

Due to COVID-19, two previously scheduled in-person Academies for Lease & Finance Professionals (ALFP), were moved to a virtual online format.  The first was hosted by U.S. Bank Equipment Finance in May and the second by Arvest Equipment Finance this month.

Eric Bunnell, CLFP, President at Arvest Equipment Finance, commented, “We were looking forward to hosting again in Kansas City but when we realized that wasn't an option, we adjusted our plans to move forward with the online class. I observed the sessions and I was very impressed with the experienced instructors that the CLFP Foundation lined up and how they presented the material.”

Following both ALFPs, the Certified Lease & Finance Professional (CLFP) Foundation welcomed the following new CLFPs and Associates:

Amanda Albertsson, CLFP
Vice President of Sales
Fernwood Capital & Leasing

James (Jay) Bankston, CLFP
VP, Equipment Finance Business Development Rep.
Arvest Equipment Finance

Brett Blankenship, CLFP
Manager of Customer Support
LTi Technology Solutions

Michelle Castor, CLFP
Director of Contract Administration
U.S. Bank Equipment Finance

Anita Colvin, CLFP
Vice President, Director of Sales
U.S. Bank Equipment Finance

Katie Crawford, CLFP
Vice President, Equipment Finance Specialist
Arvest Equipment Finance

J. Patrick Doud, CLFP
Account Executive
Zions Equipment Finance

Regina Eckendorf, CLFP
Vice President
U.S. Bank Equipment Finance

Maria Ehlers, CLFP Associate
Commercial Relationship Manager
American Equipment Financial Services, LLC

Leslie Harty, CLFP
Sales Support Specialist
Arvest Equipment Finance

Kacie Haugen, CLFP
Financial Analyst
U.S. Bank Equipment Finance

Austin Johnson, CLFP
Finance Manager
Commercial Capital Company, LLC

Derek Johnson, CLFP
Partner
10-4 Financing, LLC

Eric Johnston, CLFP
Business Development Rep.
Vice President
Arvest Equipment Finance

Amber Kodet, CLFP
Business Analyst
U.S. Bank Equipment Finance

Jenaleigh Lathrop, CLFP
Sales Support Specialist
Arvest Equipment Finance

Ryan Ledden, CLFP
Implementation Manager
LTi Technology Solutions

Isaac Leman, CLFP
Vice President
U.S. Bank Manufacturing Vendor Services
U.S. Bank Equipment Finance

Andrew Lepley, CLFP
Leasing Credit Manage
Assistant Vice President
U.S. Bank Equipment Finance

John Marshall, CLFP
Principal
JRM Business Advisory & Consulting Services, LLC

Jackie Moore, CLFP
Credit Analyst
Arvest Equipment Finance

John (Clark) Parker, CLFP
Asset Manager
Arvest Equipment Finance

Matthew Peters, CLFP
Sales Manager
Commercial Capital Company, LLC

Jason Peterson, CLFP
EVP of Finance
JenCas Financial, Inc.

Megan Syltie, CLFP
Operations Manager
U.S. Bank Equipment Finance

Jeffery Swift, CLFP
Vice President
Credit Manager
U.S. Bank Equipment Finance

John Thomsen, CLFP
Regional Sales Manager
U.S. Bank Equipment Finance

Annie Weets, CLFP
End of Lease Manager
AVP, Asset Management
U.S. Bank Equipment Finance

Kayla Werkman, CLFP
Financial Analyst
U.S. Bank Equipment Finance

Justin Wilmes CLFP
AVP, Inside Sales Manager
Healthcare Vendor Services
U.S. Bank Equipment Finance

Annie Weets, CLFP, End of Lease Manager, Assistant Vice President at U.S. Bank Equipment Finance, explained why she pursued the designation: “The breadth of knowledge required to obtain the CLFP designation encompasses the entire leasing life cycle and all of the departments involved. Having this knowledge makes me a more valuable resource to my company and to my customers. Having the designation is just an outward sign of my commitment and passion for an industry that I love.”

The CLFP designation identifies an individual as a knowledgeable professional to employers, clients, customers, and peers in the equipment finance industry. There are currently 905 active Certified Lease & Finance Professionals and Associates in the United States, Canada, India and Australia. For more information, visit http://www.CLFPFoundation.org.

 

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Curly
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Male
Medium Coat
Neutered
Up-to-date with vaccines

Hello!  My name is Curly and I'm a 2-year-old German Shepherd that currently weighs about 55 lbs.  I'm very sweet but I'm on the timid side.  I would do best with a family that has experience with large dogs like me and will be able to give me the time and love I'll need to adjust to my new home.  I prefer a calm and quiet home with older kids and adults where I can relax.  If you are interested in meeting me, please follow the instructions below:

Please submit your fully completed Adoption Profile Form https://phs-spca.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/AdoptionProfiles_dog.pdf to adoptinquire@peninsulahumanesociety.org and an adoption counselor will call you to conduct a phone interview before making an appointment to meet in person. Ask for me, Curly ID# A879199.

Peninsula Humane Society & SPCA
Lantos Center for Compassion
450 Rollins Road
Burlingame, CA

Adoption Hours
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Treasury Dept. to disclose details
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‘They Just Dumped Him Like Trash’:
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https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/21/business/nursing-homes-evictions-discharges-coronavirus.html

In major reversal, Navy opts to uphold firing of aircraft carrier
    captain who warned about coronavirus outbreak
https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/19/politics/uss-roosevelt-investigation/index.html

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Dak Prescott will play for Cowboys in 2020;
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San Francisco Bay Area gains jobs during May in big rebound
    But state’s unemployment rate hovers at 16 percent
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Almost 1 in 6 Californian workers are unemployed
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This Day in History

 

    1610 - In their search for a marketable product, some settlers in the Colonies had begun growing tobacco.  Europeans had acquired a taste for tobacco in the late sixteenth century when the Spanish brought samples from the West Indies and Florida. Initially expensive, it became popular among wealthy consumers. The high price appealed to Virginians, but they found that native Virginia leaf was of poor quality. John Rolfe began experimenting with seeds from Trinidad, which did much better. The first cargo of Virginia-grown tobacco arrived in England in 1617 and sold at a highly profitable 3 shillings per pound. Following Rolfe's success, settlers immediately planted tobacco everywhere- -even in the streets of Jamestown. Company officials, unwilling to base the colony's economy on a single crop, especially one that many people (including King James) considered to be an unhealthy indulgence, tried to restrict annual production to 100 pounds per colonist. Colonists, busy "rooting in the ground about Tobacco like Swine" as one observer reported, ignored these restrictions. But it was only after company rule ended that tobacco planting really surged. Between 1627 and 1669, tobacco exports climbed from 250,000 pounds to more than 15 million pounds. As the supply grew, the price plunged from 13 pence in 1624 to a mere penny in the late 1660s, where it remained for the next half century. What had once been a luxury product thus became affordable for Europeans of average means. Now thoroughly dependent on tobacco for their livelihood, the only way colonists could compensate for falling prices was to grow even more, pushing exports to England to more than 20 million pounds by the late 1670s.
    1611 - After spending a winter trapped by ice in present-day Hudson Bay, the starving crew of the Discovery mutinies against its captain, English navigator Henry Hudson, and sets him, his teenage son, and seven supporters adrift in a small, open boat. Hudson and the eight others were never seen again. Two years earlier, in 1609, Hudson sailed to the Americas to find a northwest passage to Asia after repeatedly failing in his efforts to find a northeast ocean passage. The Discovery later returned to England, and its crew was arrested for the mutiny. Although Henry Hudson was never seen again, his discoveries gave England its claim to the rich Hudson Bay region.
    1633 - Galileo Galilei was forced by the Pope to recant his research that the Earth orbits the Sun.  On Oct 31, 1992, the Vatican admitted it was wrong.
    1774 - The Quebec Act was passed by Parliament. It established a permanent government in Quebec and extended its boundaries south to the Ohio River, to include land contested by several American colonies. For this, it was considered by the colonists to be one of the Intolerable Acts that lead to the Revolutionary War.
http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/Depts/MilSci/BTSI/abs_coer.html
    1775 - Continental currency was issued for the first time, totaling $3,000,000.
    1807 - The crew of the British man-of-war, "Leopold," fired upon and boarded the United States frigate "Chesapeake." The commander of the "Chesapeake," James Barron, was court martialed and convicted for not being prepared for action. Along with some others, this incident led to the War of 1812. Eight years after the war, Stephen Decatur, a judge in the court martial, was killed in a duel. The victor of the duel was James Barron.
    1808 – Zebulon Pike (d. 1813) reached the mountain summit that would be named for him.  As a US Army captain in 1806–1807, he led the Pike Expedition, sent out by President Thomas Jefferson to explore and document the southern portion of the Louisiana territory and to find the headwaters of the Red River, during which he recorded the discovery of what later was called Pikes Peak.
    1832 - John Ireland Howe of Derby, CT, obtained a patent for manufacturing pins. He exhibited it at the American Institute Fair in New York City, receiving a silver medal for his contribution to Manufacturing. He later founded the Howe Manufacturing Company and made improvements on his design. It was a great boon to the clothing industry, among others.
    1839 - Cherokee leaders Major Ridge, John Ridge, and Elias Boudinot were assassinated for signing the Treaty of New Echota, which had resulted in the Trail of Tears.  The treaty established terms under which the entire Cherokee Nation ceded its territory in the southeast and agreed to move west to the Indian Territory. Although the treaty was not approved by the Cherokee National Council nor signed by Principal Chief John Ross, it was amended and ratified by the US Senate in March, 1836.  The supporters of Ross, in teams ranging up to twenty-five in number, converged on the houses of John Ridge, Major Ridge, and Elias Boudinot and murdered them.
    1845 – Birthday of Tom Dula (d. 1868) in Wilkes County, NC.  A former Confederate soldier, he was convicted of murdering Laura Foster. National publicity from newspapers such as The New York Times turned Dula's story into a folk legend. Dula was tried, convicted, and hung. Considerable controversy surrounded the case and in subsequent years, a folk song was written (entitled “Tom Dooley,” based on the pronunciation in the local dialect), and The Kingston Trio recorded a hit version of the ballad in 1958.
    1846 – Adolphe Sax (1846-94) patented his invention – the saxophone. He had invented the instrument early in the decade, and by the time the patent was granted there were 14 different saxophones – seven designed for orchestras and seven for bands. The saxophones designed for bands are the ones in common use today.
    1847 – The doughnut with a hole was first invented in 1847 by American sea captain Hanson Crocket Gregory.  He claimed to have invented the ring-shaped doughnut in 1847 aboard a ship. Gregory was dissatisfied with the greasiness of doughnuts twisted into various shapes and with the raw center of regular doughnuts. He claimed to have punched a hole in the center of dough with the ship's tin pepper box, and later taught the technique to his mother.  Smithsonian magazine states that his mother, Elizabeth Gregory, "made a wicked deep-fried dough that cleverly used her son's spice cargo of nutmeg and cinnamon, along with lemon rind," and "put hazelnuts or walnuts in the center, where the dough might not cook through", and called the food doughnuts.
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    1850 - In San Francisco, a 500-pound grizzly bear was caught near the Mission Dolores.
    1868 – Arkansas was re-admitted to the Union.
    1870 – Congress created the Department of Justice.
    1870 – America’s first boardwalk was built, in Atlantic City.  In the mid-1800s, oceanside resorts and the railroads that provided transportation to them were enjoying a booming success, but they were also gritting their teeth against the problem of sand — it was everywhere! Finally, a solution was found to keep the sand at bay: a walkway made of boards that would lead from town to the beach, helping keep sand out of the tourists' shoes.
    1896 - Dr. Mary Stone (Shih Mai-Yu) graduated from the Medical School of the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, becoming the first Chinese woman physician. She founded the Women’s Hospital at Kiukiang, China, under the auspices of the Methodist Foreign Mission and served as its head for 25 years.
    1894 - Legendary magician and escape artist Harry Houdini married Wilhelmina Beatrice Rahne.  (Lower part of:  http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/jun22.html )
    1898 – Adm. Sampson begins amphibious landing near Santiago, Cuba. Lt. Col. Theodore Roosevelt and Col. Leonard Wood led the Rough Riders, a volunteer cavalry regiment, onto the beach at Daiquiri in the Spanish American War.
    1899 - Richard Gurley Drew (d.  1980) was born in St. Paul, MN.  He was an inventor who worked for Johnson and Johnson, Permacel Co., and 3M, where he invented masking tape and cellophane tape.
    1903 – Birthday of Ben Pollack (d. 1971) in Chicago.  Dixieland drummer, who owned a “pizza/beer/jazz” joint on Sunset Blvd in Hollywood, California, with a cover charge. When I was growing up, this was one of best hang outs as those under 18 could get in, and often, we had beer, although we were also not 21. Pollack was a “boom-chick-a-boom” drummer but played with some of the best and is mentioned in many Chicago jazz era books. Warren Luening, Jr. would sometimes sit in and play trumpet with the band. Pollack really liked his playing and it may have been one of the reasons we were always able to drink beer here.
    1903 – New York Giants Hall of Fame pitcher Carl Hubbell (d. 1988) was born in Carthage, MO.  Twice voted the NL’s MVP, a rarity for pitchers, Hubbell was inducted into the Hall in 1947. During 1936 and 1937, Hubbell set the Major League record for consecutive wins by a pitcher with 24. He is perhaps best remembered for his performance in the 1934 All-Star Game, when he struck out five of the game's great hitters and future Hall of Famers in succession: Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Jimmie Foxx, Al Simmons, and Joe Cronin.
    1903 – John Dillinger (d. 1934) was born in Indianapolis.  His gang robbed twenty-four banks and four police stations.  In the heyday of the Depression-era outlaw (1933–1934), Dillinger was the most notorious of all. The government demanded federal action, and J. Edgar Hoover developed a more sophisticated FBI as a weapon against organized crime, using Dillinger and his gang as his campaign platform to launch the FBI.  Dillinger was gunned down by an FBI team outside a movie theater in Chicago.
    1910 – Dancer, anthropologist, humanitarian, philanthropist
Katherine Dunham (d. 2006) was born in Chicago, IL.
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    1912 - The Republican Party under President Theodore Roosevelt got into a bitter feud among the various factions of the party, starting out in the open with Roosevelt asking a faction to leave the convention, resulting in a split party.  This basically gave the election to Democratic candidate Woodrow Wilson, who was not that popular but won because of the Republican split.
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    1912 – Ty Cobb was pinch hit for in an unusual scenario. With two outs in the 9th, and the Tigers down 11-3, Cobb was nowhere to be found and George Mullin substituted and flied out to end the game. It turns out Cobb was in the clubhouse showering.
    1915 – Subway service was launched in Brooklyn, the BMT for Brooklyn Motor Transit.
    1918 - A Michigan Central Railroad troop train, after several days shuttling soldiers to New York from Chicago, was deadheading back to the Midwest when it struck the rear of the Hagenback-Wallace Circus train. The circus trained has stopped to have its brake box overhauled in Ivanhoe, Indiana. Fifty-three circus performers were killed. Of the circus animals not killed outright, many that were crippled and maimed had to be destroyed by police officers. The performers, of who only three could be identified, were buried in a mass grave. The engineer, A.K. Sargent, who was accused of falling asleep at the throttle, was tried and acquitted.
    1919 - An F5 tornado struck the town of Fergus Falls, Minnesota. 59 people were killed and 400 buildings were destroyed. Lumber was carried for 10 miles and other debris were found 60 miles away.
    1930 – Babe Ruth tied a Major League record by hitting five homers in two games and six homers in three games. The Yankee outfielder hit three homers in the second game of the doubleheader yesterday, two homers in today's opener and one more in the nightcap.
    1932 - The National League club presidents finally approved players wearing numbers. The AL had started the practice in 1929.
    1933 - Birthday of Dianne Feinstein, born Dianne Emiel Goldman in San Francisco.   She is the U.S. Senator from California since 1992 and the former Mayor of San Francisco. In 1969, she became the first woman to be elected president of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors and then succeeded the murdered mayor George Moscone, serving 1978-88. She was defeated in a try for Governor of California and then was elected U.S. Senator in 1992.
    1936 - Singer, songwriter and actor Kris Kristofferson was born in Brownsville, Texas.   Kristofferson earned a Rhodes Scholarship to Oxford University, where he studied at Merton College. While at Oxford, he was awarded his Blue for boxing and began writing songs. With the help of his manager, Larry Parnes, he recorded for Top Rank Records under the name Kris Carson. His first success as a songwriter came when Roger Miller recorded "Me and Bobby McGee." That song was turned into a million-seller by Janis Joplin in 1971. And Sammi Smith sold a million with "Help Me Make It Through the Night," another Kristofferson song. By this time, Kristofferson had begun his career as a singer, and in 1972, his single, "The Silver-Tongued Devil and I," was certified gold. His other successes have included the single, "Why Me," and the albums "The Silver-Tongued Devil and I" and "Jesus Was a Capricorn." In 1985, Kristofferson, along with Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson, recorded the hugely successful "Highwayman" single and album. There was a "Highwaymen Two" album in 1990 with the same cast.
    1937 - At Chicago’s Comiskey Park, Joe Louis won the World Heavyweight Championship title by knocking out James J. Braddock in the eighth round. Louis retained the title until his retirement in 1949.
    1938 - Exactly one year after the Braddock fight, Louis met Germany’s Max Schmeling, at New York City’s Yankee Stadium. Louis knocked out Schmeling in the first round.
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    1940 - During World War II, Adolf Hitler gained a stunning victory as France was forced to sign an armistice eight days after German forces overran Paris.
    1941 - Over 3 million German troops invaded Russia in three parallel offensives, in what is the most powerful invasion force in history.
    1942 - A Japanese submarine shelled Fort Stevens, Oregon, at the mouth of the Columbia River. In a plan, balloons were launched with bombs that landed in Oregon, but the military along with the news media never mentioned the fires or damaged that occurred.
    1944 - The GI Bill of Rights was signed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt. One of the most important governmental measures of the post-World War II era, the bill was designed to provide greater opportunities for returning war veterans. An important result of the bill was the training of almost 8 million veterans.
    1942 – The Pledge of Allegiance was formally adopted by Congress
    1945 - Howard Kaylan, one of the two lead singers of the Turtles, was born in New York City. The Turtles had hit singles with "It Ain't Me Babe" in 1965 and "Happy Together" and "She'd Rather Be With Me," both in 1967. Some members of the Turtles wanted the group to be more than a band that made hit singles. The resulting dissension led to the Turtles' breakup in 1968. Lead singers Howard Kaylan and Mark Volman joined the Mothers of Invention, and then embarked on a duo career as Flo and Eddie.
    1947 - 12 inches of rain fell in 42 minutes at Holt, Missouri, setting a new rainfall intensity world record. That record was tied on January 24-25, 1956, at the Kilauea Sugar Plantation in Hawaii, as their state record was established with 38 inches of rain in 24 hours.
    1947 – Ewell Blackwell just missed pitching back-to-back no-hitters when Eddie Stanky of the Brooklyn Dodgers singled with one out in the 9th inning. Blackwell won, 4-0, his ninth straight win, to improve to 11-2. Stanky's hit ended Blackwell's hitless-inning streak at 19. He had no-hit the Boston Braves on June 18th and won 16 consecutive games in 1947.  Cincinnati’s Johnny Vander Meer is the only Major League pitcher to throw consecutive no-hitters.
    1947 – One of the great basketball players, Pistol Pete Maravich (d. 1988), was born in Aliquippa, PA.  Maravich starred in college at LSU while playing for his father, head coach Press Maravich. He is the all-time NCAA Division I scorer with 3,667 points and an average of 44.2 points per game.   All of his accomplishments were achieved before the adoption of the three-point line and shot clock, and despite being unable to play varsity as a freshman under then-NCAA rules.  He played for three NBA teams until injuries forced his retirement in 1980 following a ten-year professional career.  One of the youngest players ever inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, Maravich was cited by the Hall as "perhaps the greatest creative offensive talent in history." In an April 2010 interview, Hall of Famer John Havlicek said that "the best ball-handler of all time was Pete Maravich." Maravich died suddenly at age 40 during a pick-up game due to a previously undetected heart defect.
    1949 - Top Hits
“Again” - Gordon Jenkins
“Some Enchanted Evening” - Perry Como
“Bali Ha’I” - Perry Como
“One Kiss Too Many” - Eddy Arnold
    1950 - Prominent figures in the music industry, including Leonard Bernstein, Aaron Copland, Lena Horne, Pete Seeger and Artie Shaw, were named publicly as suspected Communist sympathizers in the infamous publication, “Red Channels: The Report of Communist Influence in Radio and Television.”
    1957 - Top Hits
“Love Letters in the Sand” - Pat Boone
“Teddy Bear” - Elvis Presley
“I Like Your Kind of Love” - Andy Williams
“Four Walls” - Jim Reeves
    1959 - Eddie Lubanski bowled 24 consecutive strikes, that is two perfect games, back-to-back, in a bowling tournament in Miami, Florida.
    1959 - Chuck Berry's "Memphis" is released.
    1959 - Starting its fourth week at the top of the Tunedex was "The Battle of New Orleans" by Johnny Horton. The song spent six weeks at number one. It was Horton’s only number one record and million copy seller. He had other big hits with movie music like "Sink the Bismarck" and "North to Alaska" from the film by the same title, starring John Wayne. Horton, from Tyler, Texas, married Hank Williams' widow Billie Jean Jones. On November 5, 1960, Johnny Horton was killed in a car crash.
    1959 – The Dodgers’ Sandy Koufax fanned 16 Phillies to set a new record for a night game, winning, 6-2.
    1962 - St. Louis Cardinal Hall of Famer Stan Musial broke the late Ty Cobb's Major League record of 5,863 career total bases.
    1963 - "Fingertips - Pt 2," by Stevie Wonder, was released and became his first number one single on August 10th. From 1963 to 1987, Wonder had 46 hits on the pop and R&B music charts, eight of which made it to number one.
    1963 - The Sufaris' "Wipe Out" is released.  It spent four months on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the autumn of 1963, reaching #2 to Stevie Wonder’s “Fingertips.”  The song returned to the Hot 100 in 1966, reaching #16 (and #63 for the year), and peaked at #9 on the Cash Box chart. 
    1963 – Phillies’ CF Tony Gonzalez played his 200th straight errorless game to help rookie Ray Culp beat Roger Craig and the Mets, 2-0.
    1964 - The United States Supreme Court voted that "Tropic of Cancer," Henry Miller’s controversial book, could not be banned.
    1965 - Top Hits
“I Can’t Help Myself” - The Four Tops
“Mr. Tambourine Man” - The Byrds
“For Your Love” - The Yardbirds
“Ribbon of Darkness” - Marty Robbins
    1968 - Mason Williams' "Classical Gas" is released.
    1968 - The Jeff Beck Group, with Rod Stewart and Ron Wood, made its US debut at the Fillmore East in New York City. Stewart was said to have had such a severe case of stage fright that he hid behind the speakers for the first couple of songs. The band, which had a major influence on the heavy metal groups that followed, broke up after two LPs and several North American tours.
    1969 - The Cuyahoga River caught fire in Cleveland, drawing national attention to water pollution, and spurring the passing of the Clean Water Act and the creation of the EPA.
    1969 – Singer/actor Judy Garland died at age 47.
    1970 - President Nixon signed the 26th amendment, lowering the voting age to 18
    1972 - Hurricane Agnes, a category 1 storm, made landfall near Apalachicola, Florida on the 19th, moved northeast, joined up with an upper level disturbance, and unloaded anywhere from 10 to 20 inches of rain across Maryland, Virginia, Pennsylvania, and New York during the period from the 20th to the 25th. Extreme flooding was the result -- the worst in U.S. history. A dike was breached at Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania and the resultant wall of water destroyed much of the city. Total damage was $3.5 billion and 122 lives were lost.
    1973 - Top Hits
“My Love” - Paul McCartney & Wings
“Playground in My Mind” - Clint Holmes
“I’m Gonna Love You Just a Little More Baby” - Barry White
“Kids Say the Darndest Things” - Tammy Wynette
    1976 – Randy Jones pitched the Padres to a 4-2 win over the Giants, and tied Christy Mathewson’s 63-year-old NL record by going 68 innings without issuing a base on balls. He received a standing ovation from the home crowd to end the 7th. His streak ended when he walked C Marc Hill leading off the 8th.
    1977 – Convicted Watergate conspirator and former Attorney General John Mitchell started a 19-month term in an Alabama Federal prison.
    1981 - John Lennon's murderer, Mark David Chapman, pleads guilty to his crime and is sentenced to 20 Years to Life in New York's Attica State prison. He has since been up for parole ten times and has been denied every time.
    1981 - A young woman from Lubbock, TX, was struck by lightning. The bolt of lightning struck just above her right shoulder near her neck and passed right to left through her body, tearing her warm-ups, causing her tennis shoes to explode, and lifting her two feet into the air.
    1981 - Top Hits
“Stars on 45 medley” - Stars on 45
“Sukiyaki” - A Taste of Honey
“A Woman Needs Love (Just like You Do)” - Ray Parker Jr. & Raydio
“But You Know I Love You” - Dolly Parton
    1984 - In a teary home plate ceremony before the Twins-White Sox game at the Metrodome, Calvin Griffith and his sister, Thelma Haynes, signed a letter of intent to sell their 52 percent ownership of the Twins to Minneapolis banker Carl Pohlad for $32 million. Griffith and his sister had been involved with the franchise since 1922, when they were adopted by Clark Griffith, then owner of the Washington Senators. Griffith had moved the Senators, a charter American League franchise, to Minneapolis in 1960
    1985 - "People" magazine took count of the deaths in Sylvester Stallone’s "Rambo" movie, finding that 44 people directly killed. Those at "People" figured out this was an average of one person dying every 2.1 minutes. There were also 70 explosions that killed an uncountable number of people.
    1987 - Thunderstorms in southern Texas produced wind gusts to 116 mph near Quemado. Thunderstorms in New York State produced 5.01 inches of rain in 24 hours at Buffalo, an all-time record for that location, and produced an inch of rain at Bath, PA. The temperature at Fairbanks, AK soared to 92 degrees, establishing a record for the date.
    1988 - Sixty-five cities in twenty-four states reported record high temperatures for the date. Tucson, AZ reported an all-time record high of 114 degrees, surpassing the previous record of 112 degrees established a day earlier. Highs of 98 degrees at Pittsburgh, PA, and 100 degrees at Baltimore, MD, tied records for the month of June.
    1989 - White Sox C Carlton Fisk surpasses Yogi Berra as the American League leader for career home runs by a catcher as his 307th home run helps to beat the Yanks, 7-3.  But Yogi has 10 rings, Fisk has none.  Subsequently, Mike Piazza passed Fisk and holds the MLB record for HRs by a catcher with 427.
    1989 - Top Hits
“I’ll Be Loving You (Forever)” - New Kids on the Block
“Satisfied” - Richard Marx
“Buffalo Stance” - Neneh Cherry
“Love Out Loud” - Earl Thomas Conley
    1990 - The last-place Atlanta Braves fired manager Russ Nixon and replaced him with GM Bobby Cox, who last managed Toronto in 1985. Good move. Cox led the Braves to a dramatic worst-to-first turnaround, the first of its kind in the National League. In the World Series, his team lost to the (also) resurgent Minnesota Twins. Cox was name AP Manager of the Year (the first manager to be so named in both leagues) and repeated in 2004 and 2005. He led the Braves to a division title every season from 1991 to 2005, excluding the strike-shortened 1994 season. Those division titles also let to NL pennants, except for 1993 and 1997, and the Braves won their only World Series under Cox in 1995.  Cox has the fourth highest win total of any manager in MLB history and he was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2014 with contemporaries Joe Torre and Tony LaRussa.
    1993 – White Sox C Carlton Fisk passed Bob Boone catching his 2,226th game to become the all-time leader.
    1993 - New York Met Anthony Young tied the record with his 23rd straight loss.
    1998 - CompUSA announced that it was buying Computer City from Tandy for $275 million. Tandy was selling the sickly chain as part of a turnaround it had started the previous year. Tandy president Leonard Roberts said, “Computer City was a losing operation for the company. The sale will allow us to completely focus on Radio Shack at a time when profits are at an all-time high.”  Radio Shack filed under Chapter XI in 2014 and is being liquidated.
    1990 - Billy Joel became the first rock artist to perform at Yankee Stadium.  Attendance was in excess of 60,000.
    1994 - Ken Griffey, Jr. broke Babe Ruth's record for most home runs by end of June (31).
    2001 - Returning to the Major Leagues after a stint with Newark Bears of the independent Atlantic League, Jose Canseco starts as the designated hitter for the White Sox. The former All Star, who has 446 career home runs (23rd all time), didn't get any offers after being released by the Angels in the spring.
    2002 – Darryl Kile (1968-2002) died.  A pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals who won 20 games in 2000, Kile died of undetected coronary disease in Chicago, where he and the Cardinals were staying for a weekend series against the Cubs.
    2003 - In the 13th inning at Veterans' Stadium, pinch-hitter Todd Pratt hits a two-run homer giving the Phillies a walk-off 6-5 victory over the Red Sox. Boston's shortstop Nomar Garciaparra's club tying record 6-for-6 (all singles) performance could not prevent the bullpen from blowing three late leads; 2-1 in the 8th (Thome's HR ties it), 3-2 in 12th (Thome's second HR ties it).
    2006 - California and the rest of the West Coast got hit by a big heat wave. For three days it has been over 100 degrees in the shade.  It was 104 degrees at Los Gatos, California. The air conditioning could not keep up and when the office hit 83 degrees at 3pm, Leasing News closed up and all went home for a cool one.
    2009 – Eastman Kodak announced that it will discontinue sales of the Kodachrome Color Film, concluding its 74-year run as a photography icon.
    2009 - A DC Metro train, traveling southbound at the Fort Totten Station in suburban Maryland, collided into another train sitting in the station. Nine people were killed in the collision (eight passengers and the train operator) and at least 80 others were injured.
    2009 – Donald Fehr announced his retirement as head of the MLB Players Association after 25 years. He was in charge during the 1994 strike that cancelled the World Series, the rampant use of PEDs that he protected under the cover of player privacy, and the relative labor peace that followed. His resignation was effective in March, 2010.
    2011 – After 16 years in hiding, Boston mobster Whitey Bulger was arrested outside an apartment in Santa Monica, CA.  Federal prosecutors indicted Bulger for nineteen murders. On December 23, 1994, Bulger fled the Boston area and went into hiding after his former FBI handler, John Connolly, tipped him off about a pending RICO indictment against him. Although adamantly denied by Bulger, the FBI admitted that he served as an informant for several years starting in 1975.   Bulger provided information about the inner workings of the Patriarca crime family, his Mafia rivals based in Rhode Island. In return, Connolly, as Bulger's FBI handler, ensured that the Winter Hill Gang effectively went ignored.  Beginning in 1997, the news media exposed various criminal misconduct by officials tied to Bulger from federal, state, and local law enforcement. This caused great embarrassment to each of these agencies, but none more so than the FBI.  Bulger was added to the FBI's Ten Most Wanted list in 1999 and was considered the most wanted person on the list behind Osama bin Laden.   He was finally apprehended along with his longtime girlfriend Catherine Greig outside an apartment complex in Santa Monica. By then he was 81 years old.  Bulger and Greig were then promptly extradited to Boston and taken under heavy guard to the US Courthouse, which had to be partially closed for their arrival. In June 2012, Greig pleaded guilty to conspiracy to harbor a fugitive, identity fraud, and conspiracy to commit identity fraud, receiving a sentence of eight years in prison. Bulger declined to seek bail and remained in custody.  Bulger's trial began on June 12, 2013. He was tried on 32 counts including complicity in nineteen murders.  On August 12, Bulger was found guilty on 31 counts and was found to have been involved in eleven murders.  On November 14, he received two consecutive life sentences plus five years for his crimes and he was incarcerated in federal prison in Florida.
    2015 – South Carolina governor Nikki Haley calls for the removal of the Confederate flag from statehouse grounds in wake of killings in a Charleston church.

NBA Champions:
    1994 - Houston Rockets