California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA)
 Applies to Businesses Starting January 1, 2020

By Dan Diaz-Gilligan
 Compliance Analyst, Spinnaker Support

If you haven’t heard yet, the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) is set to take effect January 1, 2020, with enforcement beginning July 1, 2020.

Similar to GDPR, this new law is considered to be the most expansive and explicit such data privacy law yet in the United States. The intentions of the CCPA are to provide California residents with the right to:

1. Know what personal data is being collected about them.
2. Know whether their personal data is sold or disclosed and to whom.
3. Say no to the sale of personal data.
4. Access their personal data.
5. Request a business delete any personal information about a consumer collected from that consumer.
6. Not be discriminated against for exercising their privacy rights.

In short, the CCPA is designed to give CALIFORNIA consumers (but not consumers in the other 49 states and territories) more control over their personal information. Its impact will reach beyond the borders of California TO ANYONE DOING BUSINESS WITH PEOPLE OR BUSINESSES IN THE STATE.

The CCPA applies to any business that does business in California and satisfies at least one of the following thresholds:

• Has annual gross revenues in excess of $25 million;
• Possesses the personal information of 50,000 or more consumers, households, or devices; or
• Earns more than half of its annual revenue from selling consumers’ personal information.

https://spinnakersupport.com/about-us/

 

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40% of U.S. Businesses are Owned by Women
Greatest Challenge Lack of Capital and Cash Flow

By Mary Miller, Contributing Editor, Coleman Reports

According to Guidant Financial, 40% of U.S. businesses are owned by women. Despite performing well, female small business owners face more struggles with obtaining financing than male owners. As a result, only 6% of female entrepreneurs rely on SBA loans.

35% of female small business owners report their greatest challenge is a lack of capital and cash flow. Bonnie Crater, president and CEO of Full Circle Insights, says "venture capitalists tend to invest in startups run by people of their own “tribe.” For instance, a Stanford-educated investor will want to back a Stanford alum's business." This means that venture capital firms with female partners are more likely to invest in women-run startups. However, according to the Babson report, only 6% of venture capital firms have female partners. Therefore, many female business owners rely on non-traditional financing options.

With the proper support and resources, SBA loans to female entrepreneurs perform well. The SBA Office of Advocacy lists several resources for female entrepreneurs and Reliant Funding recently released its first edition of a comprehensive guide entitled, "The Complete Women Business Owner Resource Guide."

Reliant's guide is designed to provide female entrepreneurs with the resources necessary to navigate the financing challenges women face. It includes information on topics such as small business certification resources, human resources advice, available funding options and advice from women-owned small business mentors. The guide features contributions from successful women-based business advocates such as Jeanette Armbrust, Board Chair of the National Association of Women Business Owners and Rieva Lesonsky, President and Founder of GrowBiz Media, among others.

Reliant Funding releases the comprehensive guide to coincide with their announcement of a partnership with the National Association of Women Business Owners (NAWBO), another resource for female entrepreneurs. Since 2008, Reliant Funding has provided women-owned businesses with over $1 billion in funding used as working capital for the growth of women-owned businesses.

Reprinted from Coleman Reports:
bob@colemanreport.com
Coleman Report, 28081 Marguerite Pkwy., #4525, Mission Viejo, CA 92690

 

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Help Wanted

 

 

Cutting Through the Noise

Sales Makes it Happen by Scott Wheeler, CLFP

Top performing originators in the commercial equipment leasing and finance industry are operating above the daily noise and offering superior service to their clients.

An originator's daily noise may include:

7:00 AM: The same news outlet publishes competing articles. One claims that the recession worries of just 30-60 days before are quickly diminishing. The fundamentals of the economy are strong and economic growth will continue for the foreseeable future. The second article states the economy is being supported by the consumer and business spending continues to slow. Capital expenditures in 2020 will be negatively affected by uncertainty in trade, politics, and global affairs.

9:00 AM: A funding source representative explains how the company has dropped its yields and is being more aggressive on credits to encourage a fourth quarter push.

11:00 AM: A strong independent competitor is scrambling. Its bank is exiting the funding of commercial equipment leasing and finance companies. The competitor will be constrained until it establishes new funding facilities.

1:00 PM:  A news release confirms that a competing company is merging with a major investor. Expectations for growth and expanded capabilities will follow.

I recently interacted with a seasoned originator who explained that he doesn't ignore all of the daily noise in the market, but rises above it. He is having one of his best years ever. He regularly asks the hard questions to fully understand every transaction. He works closely with his credit department. He understands the power of application-only products, but he is not afraid to get additional financial information and submit a full disclosure package, even on a smaller request, if needed. He has meaningful conversations with his clients about some of the crazy money currently in the market and how he is a long-term player who has and will continue to provide value and expertise. This seasoned originator has been through several cycles in the past and is well aware that strong originators who add non-commoditized value will flourish, no matter the daily noise that preoccupies his competition. This originator maximizes his efforts, his bottom-line results, and his value-added expertise on a daily basis.

 
Rise Above with Value
 

Order via Amazon: https://www.createspace.com/5355516  

Scott A. Wheeler, CLFP
Wheeler Business Consulting
1314 Marquis Ct.
Fallston, Maryland 21047
Phone: 410 877 0428
Fax: 410 877 8161
Email: scott@wheelerbusinessconsulting.com
Web: www.wheelerbusinessconsulting.com 

Sales Makes it Happen articles:
http://www.leasingnews.org/Legacy/index.html

 

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 Even though people and businesses are having second thoughts about moving Brexit, it's still arguably the place to be if you want to make big bucks in the European banking sector. Despite the Brexit vote in 2016, UK-based bankers still earned millions a year later according to pay and bonus details published by the European Banking Authority earlier this year. The research found that 3,567 bankers based in the UK earned over €1 million in 2017 with one asset manager bringing home €40.9 million, of which the bonus was €38.3 million. To put that into perspective, it's 1,220 times the median average salary of a full-time worker in the UK.

No other country in Europe has as many high-earning bankers as the UK. Germany comes a distant second with 390 while France is in third place with 233. In and when Brexit does finally occur, it will be interesting to see if the situation changes, especially considering that Paris and Frankfurt are vying to replace London as the EU's future banking hub. Even though the UK's millionaire banking population is still growing, that growth is actually losing steam and that's more than likely due to Brexit.

Last year, the UK added 38 bankers to the million-euro pay club. The EU's high-earning bankers grew by five percent in 2017 despite a cap on bonuses which is likely to have also contributed to the UK's slowdown. In 2014, an EU regulation went into effect which stipulated that a banker's bonus could not exceed one year's salary. The UK was deeply opposed to the legislation, arguing that it would result in financial instability and make London less attractive. Despite the devastating impact of the financial crisis, the number of bankers getting paid €1 million or more actually increased by over 40 percent compared to 2010 and by 2017, the total number of high-earners was 4,859.

By Niall McCarthy, Statista

https://www.statista.com/chart/19981/bankers-who-earned-one-million-or-more/

 

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CIT Receives OCC Approval to Acquire
Mutual of Omaha Bank

NEW YORK,  CIT Group Inc. (NYSE: CIT) today announced that the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) has provided regulatory approval for Mutual of Omaha Bank to be merged into CIT's banking subsidiary, CIT Bank, N.A.  Subject to the receipt of certain other regulatory approvals and waivers and completion of the other customary closing conditions, CIT expects to close the transaction in the first quarter of 2020.

In August, CIT announced it entered into an agreement for its Pasadena-based bank subsidiary to acquire Mutual of Omaha Bank. The transaction will advance CIT's strategic plan by diversifying and enhancing the company's funding profile, extending its commercial banking capabilities and enhancing profitability. Following the completion of the transaction, Mutual of Omaha Bank will begin to transition to the CIT brand and its branch locations will operate under the CIT Bank brand.

CIT Chairwoman and Chief Executive Officer Ellen R. Alemany. said, "We are pleased to receive approval from the OCC and complete another milestone in the transaction. This acquisition will make CIT an even stronger company through the addition of the scalable homeowner association banking business and the complementary middle market banking capability. We look forward to completing the final steps of this transaction and bringing together the organizations to unlock greater value for our customers, colleagues, shareholders and communities."

Upon completion of the merger, the combined company is expected to have over $42 billion of total deposits and approximately $60 billion of total assets.

About CIT
CIT is a leading national bank focused on empowering businesses and personal savers with the financial agility to navigate their goals. CIT Group Inc. (NYSE: CIT) is a financial holding company with over a century of experience, approximately $50 billion in assets as of Sept. 30, 2019, and operates a principal bank subsidiary, CIT Bank, N.A. (Member FDIC, Equal Housing Lender). The company's commercial banking segment includes commercial financing, real estate financing, equipment financing, factoring and railcar financing. CIT's consumer banking segment includes its national online bank, CIT Bank, and a Southern California branch bank, OneWest Bank, a division of CIT Bank, N.A. Discover more at www.cit.com/about.

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Housing Should Help Drive Growth into 2020
Urs Buehlmann and Delton Alderman, Virginia Tech

“Third quarter 2019 residential fixed investment growth is expected to be positive for the first time since 2017.  Increases in home sales, housing starts, and construction spending suggest housing will be supportive of growth, counteracting declining growth in business fixed investment and weak business inventory building.

"We revised downward our outlook on business investment and inventories in response to the General Motors shutdown, as well as the broader slowdown of the manufacturing sector, lowering our real gross domestic product (GDP) growth estimate for the third quarter by two-tenths to 1.7 percent annualized.   The slowdown in growth will likely be temporary as we expect inventories to rebound and business investment to turn positive again in the final quarter of the year.  Therefore, we maintained our top-line forecast for 2019 GDP growth at 2.2 percent.

"The GDP  projection for 2020 rose one-tenth to 1.7 percent as we expect a still-solid labor market and gains in household wealth drive more consumer spending. Our upward revision to 2020 U.S. GDP growth means a more positive outlook for housing.

"We expect total home sales in 2019 to increase by nearly 1.0 percent with another gain of about that magnitude in 2020.  Housing starts were up across the forecast horizon with year-over-year growth expected in both 2019 and 2020, though they will remain below historical norms.  The annual FHFA home price appreciation path was revised downward for 2019 as home price growth in recent months has been less sensitive to interest rate declines than previously expected, a signal that affordability constraints are still present in many markets.

"We continue to expect home price deceleration from 2019 but a persistently low interest rate environment likely means less slowdown than previously expected.”

Pros:
1) Historically low interest rates are still in place;
2) Select builders are beginning to focus on entry-level houses.

Cons:
1) Housing affordability indicates improvement;
2) Lot availability and building regulations (according to several sources);
3) Laborer shortages;
4) Household formations still lag historical averages;
5) Changing attitudes towards SF ownership;
6) Job creation is improving and consistent but some economists question the quantity and types of jobs being created;  
7) Debt: Corporate, personal, government –United States and globally;
8) Other global uncertainties.

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Trailer Industry Net Orders Post y/y Declines
for Last 10 Months

COLUMBUS, IN – According to this quarter’s issue of ACT Research’s Trailer Components Report, trailer industry net orders have now posted year-to-year declines for the last 10 months. YTD September net orders were down 54% versus 2018. Dry van and reefer net orders were both weaker than the industry average, while only medium “lowbeds” had a positive year-to-year result, but just 3% better than last year.

Frank Maly, Director–CV Transportation Analysis and Research at ACT Research, said, “While the 2019/2020 order season is underway, fleet response has been lackluster. The impact of financial pressures, a combination of weaker freight volume and lower rates for the available freight movement, is an overarching concern.” Additionally, Maly said, “The dramatic growth of the trailer fleet in the past few years is also an important factor, resulting in both increased capacity and a dramatically younger fleet, all meaning little incentive for significant capital investment by fleets.”

Maly also noted, “We project softening production into early 2020, with slower line rates and/or reduced days in operation at the OEMs. A market that was extremely advantageous toward the OEMs as 2019 opened has seen that pendulum shift rather dramatically to ‘advantage fleets,’ meaning price levels will likely be a major topic during ongoing order negotiations.”

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Pew Poll Finds Increased Support for Marijuana Legalization
CannabisNewsWire.com

Pew Research Center released the 2019 polling results on support for marijuana legalization which showed an increase with more than two-thirds of Americans backing the policy.

The survey was conducted through phone interviews from September 3-15. It involved 9,900 respondents, of whom 67 percent said that cannabis should be legal. This is 5 percent higher than the 2018 Pew survey findings on marijuana legalization support. Pew Research Center’s 2019 poll results closely reflect survey findings released last month by Gallup, which showed that 66 percent of Americans are in favor of marijuana legalization.

In their survey questions, Pew had a new question that had multiple policy options from which the respondents could choose their answer. The new question results showed that 91 percent of Americans support the legalization of either medical or adult-use marijuana. The legalization of both medical and recreational marijuana was backed by 59 percent, while 32 percent support legalization for medical cannabis only. And only 8 percent said that marijuana should stay illegal.

Read The Complete Article
https://www.cannabisnewswire.com/420-with-cnw-pew-poll-finds-increased-support-for-marijuana-legalization/

Red Golden Retriever and Boxer
Mission Viejo, Calfornia  Adopt a Dog

Linus
ID #A220718

“My name is LINUS.

“I am a neutered male, red Golden Retriever and Boxer.

“The shelter staff thinks I am about 3 years old.

“I have been at the shelter since Nov 06, 2019.”

For more information about this animal, call:
Mission Viejo Animal Shelter at (949) 470-3045
Ask for information about animal ID number A220718

Adoption Fee: $100.00
Rabies Vaccination        $15.00
DHLPP Vaccination        $15.00
Microchip Fee      $20.00
Bordetella Vaccination  $15.00
Flea Control        $15.00
1 Year License Fee  $50.00

Mission Viejo Shelter
28095 Hillcrest
Mission Viejo, CA 92692

ask-shelter@cityofmissionviejo.org
949-470-3045

Hours:
Mon 11 AM - 4 PM
Tue 11 AM - 4 PM
Wed 12 PM - 6 PM
Thu 11 AM - 4 PM
Fri 11 AM - 4 PM
Sat 11 AM - 4 PM
Sun 12 PM - 3 PM

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Chris Walker Education Fund
Accepting Grant Request for 2020

Chris Walker, CLP
(Photo: GreatAmerica Corporate Directory)

 The Chris Walker Education Fund Committee is now accepting grant requests until the application deadline of January 31st, 2020. The fund will award a total of $20,000 in grants to be distributed by the end of February 2020. The grant application process is available to individuals as well as associations, foundations, and institutions. Individual grants may be requested up to $1,500, or an amount equal to the cost of qualified industry-related education.

Funds available through the Chris Walker Education Fund may be used for any project or need that provides industry education opportunities for leasing professionals. This includes grants for industry-related education, certifications, such as the Certified Lease and Finance Professionals (CLFP) designation, education development initiatives for NEFA, and other educational endeavors.

All grant requests must be submitted online through the following link: https://www.nefassociation.org/page/FundRequestForm

About the Chris Walker Education Fund

Education was always important to Chris Walker, as a NEFA Member and Member of NEFA's Board of Directors. When Chris passed away in 2011, many NEFA Members and other industry professionals wanted some way they could make a donation to honor Chris and continue his great service to this industry. This resulted in the creation within NEFA of the Chris Walker Education Fund.

For more information, you can visit:  https://www.nefassociation.org/donations/fund.asp?id=10120

Confidentiality Notice
All requests submitted online will be held in the strict confidence of the Chris Walker Education Fund Committee members. Any information shared will be used strictly for the purpose of determining grant awards and shall not be shared outside of the board members.

Chris Walker Education Fund Committee Members:

Randy Haug,  LTi Technology Solutions
 rhaug@ltisolutions.com
Chris Lerma, CLFP AP Equipment Financing clearma@apfinancing.com
Guy Selinka, CLFP Streamline Financial Services guy@streamlinefin.com
Hugh Swandel, Meridian OneCap Credit Corp. hugh.swandel@meridianonecap.ca
Stephanie Hall, CLFP Black River Business Capital stephanie@blackriverbc.com
Kayla Perlinger, CLFP Oakmont Capital Services, LLC kperlinger@oakmontfinance.com 
Kim King, National Equipment Finance Association (NEFA) kking@nefassociation.org

News Briefs----

Secretive energy startup backed by Bill Gates
   achieves solar breakthrough
"We are rolling out technology that can beat the price of fossil fuels and also not make the CO2 emissions," Bill Gross, Heliogen's founder and CEO, told CNN Business. "And that's really the Holy Grail."
https://www.cnn.com/2019/11/19/business/heliogen-solar-energy-bill-gates/index.html

US housing starts rebound;
 building permits at highest level in over 12 years
https://www.cnbc.com/2019/11/19/us-housing-starts-total-1point314m-in-october-vs-1point320m-expected.html

SunTrust Bank, Atlanta, GA, to be acquired by
  Branch Banking and Trust Company, Winston-Salem, NC
https://www.fdic.gov/news/news/speeches/spnov1919g.pdf?source=govdelivery&utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery

New Belgium Brewing, Employee owned, Colorado’s
   largest craft brewery, sold to international beer conglomerate
https://www.denverpost.com/2019/11/19/new-belgium-brewing-sale-kirin/

Here's How Much Warren Buffett Has Made on Coca-Cola
   Berkshire's investment in Coke is worth $20.7 billion.
https://www.fool.com/investing/2019/11/19/heres-how-much-warren-buffett-has-made-on-coca-col.aspx

NTSB calls on Boeing to redesign 737s
  after deadly 2018 Southwest accident
https://www.cnbc.com/2019/11/19/ntsb-calls-on

California won't buy from automakers
   who side with Trump on emissions
https://www.axios.com/california-ban-on-automakers-who-backed-trump-86d2cbd7-8824-401e-9ad1-81d5b5f45ff6.html

Boeing directors sued over missed warning signs
     on 737 Max 8
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/boeing-directors-sued-over-missed-191808577.html

WeWork braces for mass layoffs this week
 more than 12,000 global staffers are bracing for mass layoffs
https://www.cnn.com/2019/11/18/tech/wework-layoffs/index.html

Gannett, Now Largest U.S. Newspaper Chain,
   Targets ‘Inefficiencies’
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/19/business/media/gannett-gatehouse-merger.html

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Football

By Louis Jenkins

I take the snap from the center, fake to the right, fade back...
I've got protection. I've got a receiver open downfield...
What the hell is this? This isn't a football, it's a shoe, a man's
brown leather oxford. A cousin to a football maybe, the same
skin, but not the same, a thing made for the earth, not the air.
I realize that this is a world where anything is possible and I
understand, also, that one often has to make do with what one
has. I have eaten pancakes, for instance, with that clear corn
syrup on them because there was no maple syrup and they
weren't very good. Well, anyway, this is different. (My man
downfield is waving his arms.) One has certain responsibilities,
one has to make choices. This isn't right and I'm not going
to throw it.

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Warriors coach Steve Kerr’s radical idea:
  Young ballers should play soccer first
https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2019/11/19/warriors-coach-steve-kerrs-radical-idea-young-ballers-should-play-futbol-first/

Raiders’ rookie class is repairing Jon Gruden’s reputation
https://www.pressdemocrat.com/sports/10337038-181/barber-raiders-rookie-class-is

Why haven't the 49ers run the ball well lately?
   Kyle Shanahan explains
https://www.sfgate.com/49ers/article/49ers-running-game-struggles-why-Coleman-Breida-14846976.php

NFL power rankings: Cowboys, Saints on move
  as stars like Dak Prescott, Alvin Kamara heat up
https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/columnist/nate-davis/2019/11/19/week-11-nfl-power-rankings-cowboys-saints-ravens-patriots/4235337002/

32 things we learned from Week 11 of the 2019 NFL season
https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/columnist/nate-davis/2019/11/17/nfl-week-11-32-things-we-learned-2019/4223926002/

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California Nuts Briefs---

PG&E reduces number of customers who may lose power
https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/PGE-adds-more-Bay-Area-counties-shutoff-list-14845837.php

Amazon crafts leasing deal for huge Milpitas delivery hub
https://www.mercurynews.com/2019/11/19/amazon-crafts-leasing-deal-for-huge-milpitas-delivery-hub/

 

Hundreds of SFPD officers sue Hunters Point contractor
   over health problems
https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/Hundreds-of-SFPD-officers-sue-Hunters-Point-14844785.php

Marielle Heller got Tom Hanks to play Mister Rogers
    and made him the antagonist
https://datebook.sfchronicle.com/movies-tv/marielle-heller-got-tom-hanks-to-play-mister-rogers-and-made-him-the-antagonist

How to explore the new 49 Mile Scenic Route in San Francisco
https://www.sfchronicle.com/culture/article/First-date-Drunken-Saturday-How-to-explore-the-14836304.php

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“Gimme that Wine”

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

The Women Behind Some of Washington’s Best Grapevines
https://www.winemag.com/2019/11/18/women-washington-state-vineyards/

Napa's wineries want you to visit: by car, by plane, or on Instagram
https://napavalleyregister.com/news/local/napa-s-wineries-want-you-to-visit-by-car-by/article_c523a019-fee9-5882-8c31-b30ef26562bb.html#tracking-source=home-top-story

Wine Institute Announces New Director for California Wines Canada
https://www.winebusiness.com/people/?go=getPeopleArticle&dataId=222595

7 Tips To Improve Your Staff’s Wine Education
https://totalfood.com/wine-education-7-tips-to-improve-your-staff/

Wine Opinions Launches Monthly Newsletter
https://www.winebusiness.com/news/?go=getArticle&dataId=222473

Local wine industry continues to thrive in San Diego
https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/communities/north-county/story/2019-11-18/local-wine-industry-continues-to-thrive

Domestic Wine Sales Strengthen 5 Percent in October
https://www.winebusiness.com/news/?go=getArticle&dataId=222562

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

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

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

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

This Day in History

    1620 - The first child born of English parents in New England was Peregrine White (d. 1704), born aboard the Mayflower anchored in Cape Cod harbor. He was the son of Susanna and William White.  White was the second baby born abroad the Mayflower.  He married twice and had one son.
    1711 - The first sperm whale captured at sea was cap­tured by a whaling vessel out of Nan­tucket, MA. This was the beginning of an in­dustry that numbered over 700 vessels by 1846.
    1715 – The first whaling expedition on record set sail from Nantucket, MA. Six sloops, of 30 to 40 tons burden each, returned with cargoes amounting to 600 barrels of oil and 11,000 pounds of bone, the total value of which was £1,100 sterling. There were whaling trips by single boats prior to this expedition.
    1726 - Birthday of Oliver Wolcott (d. 1979) at Windsor, CT. Signer of the Declaration of Independence, Doctor, sheriff, judge, soldier. Continental Congress (1776-1777); Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut (1786-1796); Governor (1797).
http://www.oliverwolcott.com/
    1775 - Forks of Tar River, North Carolina, changed its name to Washington in honor of General Washington.
    1776 - The Continental Congress authorized the building of the US
Navy first ship, America, which was to be commanded by John Paul Jones. On September 23, 1782, the America was presented to King Louis XVI of France in appreciation of his country’s assistance during the Revolutionary War.
    1776 – The Hessians captured Ft. Lee, NJ…no word on how quickly they gave it back!
http://faculty.njcu.edu/ckarnoutsos/revolutionarywar.htm
http://www.patriotresource.com/battles/trenton/page1.html
http://www.njreporter.org/NJH200204/njr_trenton_princeton1.html
    1789 - New Jersey became the first state to ratify 10 of the 12 amendments to the US Constitution proposed by Congress. These 10 amendments came to be known as the "Bill of Rights."
http://www.magnacartaplus.org/usa-rights/#billofrights
    1817 – The First Seminole War began in Florida. After the American Revolution, Spain regained control of Florida from Britain as part of the Treaty of Paris. When the British evacuated Florida, Spanish colonists as well as settlers from the newly formed United States came pouring in. Many of these new residents were lured by favorable Spanish terms for acquiring property, called land grants. Even Seminoles were encouraged to set up farms, because they provided a buffer between Spanish Florida and the United States. Escaped slaves also entered Florida, trying to reach a place where their U.S. masters had no authority over them. Instead of becoming more Spanish, Florida increasingly became more "American." The British often incited Seminoles against American settlers who were migrating south into Seminole territory. These old conflicts, combined with the safe-haven Seminoles provided black slaves, caused the U.S. army to attack the tribe in the First Seminole War (1817-1818), which took place in Florida and southern Georgia. Forces under Gen. Andrew Jackson quickly defeated the Seminoles.
    1819 - The first ship sunk by a whale was the whaler Essex, which sailed from Nantucket, MA, on August 12, 1819, headed for the whaling grounds off the coast of Chile. According to the account of first mate Owen Chase, on November 20, 1820, the Essex was hunting sperm whales at latitude 0 degrees 40 minutes 5, lon­gitude 119 degrees W, when an enraged bull whale rammed the ship twice and capsized it. The crew escaped in open boats, but only five of them survived the 4,500-mile journey to Peru, which took 83 days. The story of the Essex was one of the inspirations for Herman Melville’s novel “Moby Dick.”
    1861 - Representatives from several counties met, calling themselves the "Convention of the People of Kentucky" and passed the ordinance establishing a Confederate government of Kentucky with its capital in Bowling Green.
    1862 - Confederate Army of Tennessee was organized under Gen. Braxton Bragg, operated between the Appalachians and the Mississippi River until the end of the war, and participated in most of the significant battles in the Western Theater.  Nearly two years later, Union forces captured Brown’s Ferry, which opened a supply route to Alabama.  A Confederate counterattack at Wauhatchie during the night of October 28–29 tried to recapture the ferry but failed.  Bragg, on November 5, sent Longstreet's corps and nearly all of his cavalry away to Knoxville, reducing his army's strength.  Bragg hoped that Grant would be forced to detach part of his own force to relieve the Union garrison at the city. The final Union attack on the Confederate army started November 24, when Hooker captured Lookout Mountain, threatening the Confederate left flank. The next day, William T. Sherman attacked the right flank on Missionary Ridge but was stalemated. To help Sherman and to draw Confederate units from the right, Grant ordered a demonstration against the Confederate center. This demonstration by Union Gen. Thomas turned into a full-fledged attack which broke though the Confederate line. Bragg retreated into north Georgia, regrouping around Dalton. His request to be relieved was accepted on December 1.
http://www.civilwarhome.com/braggbio.htm
http://www.ngeorgia.com/people/braggb.html
http://www.civilwarhome.com/CHMbraggbio.htm
http://users.aol.com/cinticwrt/bragg.html
    1864 - Nearly a week into the famous March to the Sea, the army of Union General William T. Sherman moves toward central Georgia, destroying property and routing small militia units in its path. Advanced units of the army skirmished with scattered Rebel forces at Clinton, Walnut Creek, East Macon, and Griswoldville, all in the vicinity of Macon. The march began on November 15 and ended on December 21, 1864. Sherman led 62,000 troops for 285 miles across Georgia and cut a path of destruction more than fifty miles wide. He divided his force into two columns and widened the swath of destruction. The Yankees cut away from their supply lines at Atlanta and generally lived off the land. What they did not consume, they destroyed. More than 13,000 cattle fell into Union hands, as well as 90,000 bales of cotton and numerous sawmills, foundries, cotton gins, and warehouses. The March to the Sea devastated Southern morale and earned Sherman the lasting hatred of many Southerners.
    1866 - Formation of Howard University.  Shortly after the end of the Civil War, members of The First Congregational Society of Washington considered establishing a theological seminary for the education of African-American clergymen. Within a few weeks, the project expanded to include a provision for establishing a university. Within two years, the University consisted of the Colleges of Liberal Arts and Medicine. The new institution was named for General Oliver Otis Howard, a Civil War hero, who was both the founder of the University and, at the time, Commissioner of the Freedman’s Bureau. Howard later served as President of the university from 1869–74.  Congress chartered Howard on March 2, 1867, and much of its early funding came from endowment, private benefaction, and tuition. An annual congressional appropriation administered by the Department of Education funds Howard University and Howard University Hospital.  Howard is ranked among the nation's top 150 universities and second among historically black institutions.  It is the only HBCU (historically black college or university) ranked in the top 75 on the 2015 Bloomberg college rankings.  The Princeton Review ranked the school of business #1 in opportunities for minority students and in the top 5 for competitive students. The National Law Journal ranked the law school among the top 25 in the country.
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    1866 - The first bicycle with a rotary crank was patented by Pierre Lallemont. It was known as a “bone shaker.” He rode on it from Ansonia, CT, to New Haven, CT.  The fore wheel was axed to the jaws of a depending bar, which was pivoted in the frame, and turned by a horizontal level bar, which was revolved by a treadle crank.
    1866 – Kenesaw Mountain Landis (d. 1944), the first Commissioner of Major League Baseball, was born in Millville, OH.  A federal judge (1905-22), he received national attention in 1907 when he fined Standard Oil of Indiana more than $29 million for violating federal laws forbidding rebates on railroad freight tariffs. Though Landis was reversed on appeal, he was seen as a judge determined to rein in big business. In 1920, Judge Landis was a leading candidate when American and National League team owners, embarrassed by the Black Sox scandal and other instances of players throwing games, sought someone to rule over baseball. Landis was given full power to act in the sport's best interest and used that power extensively over the next quarter-century. Landis was widely praised for cleaning up the game, although some of his decisions in the Black Sox matter remain controversial. Others blame Landis for, in their view, delaying the racial integration of the game. Landis was elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame by a special vote shortly after he died in 1944.
    1884 – Norman Thomas (d. 1968) was born in Marion, OH.  He was a Presbyterian minister who achieved fame as a socialist, pacifist, and six-time presidential candidate for the Socialist Party of America.
    1889 - Birthday of Edwin Powell Hubble (d. 1953) at Marshfield, MO.  American astronomer whose discovery and development of the concept of an expanding universe has been described as the “most spectacular astronomical discovery” of the 20th century. As a tribute, the Hubble Space Telescope, deployed April 25, 1990, from US Space Shuttle Discovery, was named for him. The Hubble Space Telescope, with a 240-centimeter mirror, was to allow astronomers to see farther into space than they had ever seen from telescopes on Earth.
    1900 - A major tornado outbreak in Arkansas, Mississippi and Tennessee killed 77 people. Two F4 tornadoes accounted for most of the deaths.
    1900 – Chester Gould (d. 1985), the creator of the cartoon strip, “Dick Tracy,” was born in Pawnee, OK.
    1907 – Fran Allison (d. 1989) was born in LaPorte City, IA.  She is best known for her starring role on the weekday NBC-TV puppet show “Kukla, Fran, and Ollie,” which ran from 1947 to 1957, occasionally returning to the air until the mid-1980s. The trio also hosted “The CBS Children’s Film Festival,” introducing international children's films, from 1967 to 1977.
    1908 – Alistair Cooke (d. 2004) was born in Salford, England.  A British journalist, television personality and broadcaster, outside his journalistic output, which included “Letter from America” and “Alistair Cooke’s America,” he was well known in the United States as the host of PBS’ “Masterpiece Theatre” from 1971 to 1992. After holding the job for 22 years, and having worked in television for 42 years, Cooke retired in 1992, although he continued to present “Letter from America” until shortly before his death.
    1910 - Birthday of trumpet player Franc Williams, McConnells Mills, MA.
    1914 - The high temperature of 28 degrees at Atlanta, GA, was their earliest daily high below the freezing mark.
    1917 - Robert Carlyle Byrd (d. 2010) was born Cornelius Calvin Sale, Jr. in N. Wilkesboro, NC.  He was the longest-serving US Senator and, at the time of his death, the longest-serving member in the history of the Congress.
    1919 - “Swede” Myerhofer landed his plane and christened the first airport owned by a city, Tucson Municipal Airport, located east of Tucson, Arizona.
    1920 - Birthday of trumpet player Joe Guy (d. 1982), Birmingham, AL.
    1921 – Jim Garrison (d. 1992) was born Earling Carothers Garrison in Denison, IA.  He was the District Attorney of Orleans Parish, LA, from 1962 to 1973. He is best known for his investigations into the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.
    1923 - African-American Garrett T Morgan patents the traffic signal.
Founder of the “Cleveland Call” newspaper, he became a wealthy man, and also holds many patents for many inventions.
http://education.dot.gov/aboutmorgan.html
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/inventors/page/m/morgan.shtml
    1925 - Birthday of Robert Kennedy (d. 1968), Brookline, MA.  He was the former Attorney General, US Senator and younger brother of President John F. Kennedy.  History shows him as the only US Senator to have had a brother who was President.   Robert Kennedy was killed in 1968 in Los Angeles by Sirhan Sirhan moments following his primary victory in California. When I worked at ABC-TV West Coast News, I covered the afternoon Sirhan trial, seated only a few feet from him.
    1925 - June Christy (d. 1990) was born Shirley Luster, Springfield, IL.  Known for her work in the cool jazz genre and for her silky smooth vocals, her success as a singer began with The Stan Kenton Orchestra.
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    1931 - The American Telegraph and Telephone Company introduced the first teletype commercial service. Messages were typed on tape and transmitted automatically to a central office and retransmitted to their destinations. The charges were based on the time required to transmit each message rather than the number of words.
    1939 – Dick Smothers was born in NYC.  He is best known for being half of the musical comedy team the Smothers Brothers, with his older brother Tom.
    1942 – Former Vice President Joe Biden was born in Scranton, PA.
    1943 - The US Marines landed during the night, attacking the Gilbert Islands, particularly the islets of Betio and Makin. The American invasion force to the Gilberts was the largest yet assembled for a single operation in the Pacific.  The Japanese had heavily fortified the Tarawa chain of atolls, especially Tarawa, with pillboxes, blockhouses and ferroconcrete bombproof structures. In the eight days it took the 5th Amphibious Corps, 2nd Marine Division and the 27th Infantry Division to take the Tarawa and Makin Islands, 1,000 US soldiers were killed and 2,311 wounded. The Japanese loss was tallied at 4,700 men killed, 17 wounded captured and 129 Koreans surrendered. The US public, who through censorship previously had been kept in the dark about the human cost of the war, was appalled by casualty figures and photographs from the battle offensive against Japan in the Central Pacific (Operation Galvanic).
    1943 - BORDELON, WILLIAM JAMES, Medal of Honor
Rank and organization: Staff Sergeant, U.S. Marine Corps. Born: 25 December 1920, San Antonio, Tex. Accredited to: Texas. Citation: For valorous and gallant conduct above and beyond the call of duty as a member of an assault engineer platoon of the 1st Battalion, 18th Marines, tactically attached to the 2d Marine Division, in action against the Japanese-held atoll of Tarawa in the Gilbert Islands on 20 November 1943. Landing in the assault waves under withering enemy fire which killed all but 4 of the men in his tractor, S/Sgt. Bordelon hurriedly made demolition charges and personally put 2 pillboxes out of action. Hit by enemy machinegun fire just as a charge exploded in his hand while assaulting a third position, he courageously remained in action and, although out of demolition, provided himself with a rifle and furnished fire coverage for a group of men scaling the seawall. Disregarding his own serious condition, he unhesitatingly went to the aid of one of his demolition men, wounded and calling for help in the water, rescuing this man and another who had been hit by enemy fire while attempting to make the rescue. Still refusing first aid for himself, he again made up demolition charges and single-handedly assaulted a fourth Japanese machinegun position but was instantly killed when caught in a final burst of fire from the enemy. S/Sgt. Bordelon's great personal valor during a critical phase of securing the limited beachhead was a contributing factor in the ultimate occupation of the island, and his heroic determination throughout 3 days of violent battle reflects the highest credit upon the U.S. Naval Service. He gallantly gave his life for his country.
    1944 - Les Brown, with Doris Day, records “Sentimental Journey.”
    1944 - The first Japanese suicide submarine attack was at Ulithi Atoll, Caroline Islands. A Japanese Kaiten attack sinks the US naval tanker Mississinewa. The kaiten was aptly described by Theodore Cook as "not so much a ship as an insertion of a human being into a very large torpedo." The gut of the beast was a standard Type-93 24" torpedo, with the mid-section elongated to create the pilot's space. He sat in a canvas chair practically on the deck of the kaiten, a crude periscope directly in front of him, and the necessary controls close to hand in the cockpit. Access to the kaiten was through hatches leading up from the sub and into the belly of the weapon. The nose assembly was packed with 3000+ pounds of high explosive; the tail section contained the propulsion unit.
    1945 - The International Military Tribunal begins trying German war criminals at Nuremberg. The trial, which lasted 78 days, attempted to hold Nazi and German military officials accountable for atrocities including the massacre of 30,000 Russians during the German invasion and the massacre of at least 50,000 people in the Warsaw Ghetto. Twenty-four defendants were tried, including Hermann Goering, the designated successor to Hitler, and Rudolf Hess, Hitler's personal secretary. All defendants pleaded not guilty to the charges. When one of the defendants demanded that an anti-Semitic lawyer represent him, an ex-Nazi was assigned to his defense. Because of the mountains of evidence and the many languages spoken by the defendants and prosecutors, the trial was beset with logistical problems. During the proceedings, Rudolf Hess feigned amnesia to escape responsibility. Though many expected the most excitement to arise from the cross-examination of Hermann Goering, his testimony was a letdown: he was even attacked by his fellow defendants for refusing to take responsibility for anything. Twenty-one defendants were convicted: 12 were sentenced to hang, and the rest were sent to prison. One man escaped the hanging by remaining at large while Goering escaped by committing suicide first. On October 16, 1946, 10 Nazi officials were hanged.
    1945 - BRILES, HERSCHEL F., Medal of Honor
Rank and organization: Staff Sergeant, U.S. Army, Co. C, 899th Tank Destroyer Battalion. Place and date: Near Scherpenseel, Germany, 20 November 1944. Entered service at: Fort Des Moines, lowa. Birth: Colfax, lowa. G.O. No.: 77, 10 September 1945. Citation: He was leading a platoon of destroyers across an exposed slope near Scherpenseel, Germany, on 20 November 1944, when they came under heavy enemy artillery fire. A direct hit was scored on 1 of the vehicles, killing 1 man, seriously wounding 2 others, and setting the destroyer afire. With a comrade, S/Sgt. Briles left the cover of his own armor and raced across ground raked by artillery and small-arms fire to the rescue of the men in the shattered destroyer. Without hesitation, he lowered himself into the burning turret, removed the wounded and then extinguished the fire. From a position he assumed the next morning, he observed hostile infantrymen advancing. With his machinegun, he poured such deadly fire into the enemy ranks that an entire pocket of 55 Germans surrendered, clearing the way for a junction between American units which had been held up for 2 days. Later that day, when another of his destroyers was hit by a concealed enemy tank, he again left protection to give assistance. With the help of another soldier, he evacuated two wounded under heavy fire and, returning to the burning vehicle, braved death from exploding ammunition to put out the flames. By his heroic initiative and complete disregard for personal safety, S/Sgt. Briles was largely responsible for causing heavy enemy casualties, forcing the surrender of 55 Germans, making possible the salvage of our vehicles, and saving the lives of wounded comrades.
    1945 – Rick Monday was born in Batesville, AR.  In the inaugural MLB First-Year Player Draft in 1965, Monday was selected with the first overall selection by the Kansas City A’s.  Over a 19-year Major League career he also played for the Chicago Cubs and the LA Dodgers.  On April 25, 1976, two protesters, William Thomas and his 11-year-old son, ran into left-center field and tried to set fire to an American flag after the start of the bottom of the 4th inning at Dodger Stadium.  After Steve Stone of the Cubs got Ted Sizemore to pop out, Monday dashed over and grabbed the flag to thunderous cheers. Monday ran through the infield with the flag and while walking towards the Dodgers’ dugout met and handed the flag over to Dodgers pitcher Doug Rau. The ballpark police officers arrested and escorted the two intruders off the field and afterwards the father of the boy was fined, charged with trespassing, and put on probation.
    1947 – Guitarist Joe Walsh, of The Eagles, was born in Wichita, KS.  
    1950 - U.S. troops push to the Yalu River, within five miles of Manchuria.
    1951 - Top Hits
“Because of You” - Tony Bennett
“Down Yonder” - Del Wood
“Slow Poke” - Pee Wee King
“Sin (It’s No)” - Eddy Howard
    1952 - A struggling Frank Sinatra agrees to a screen test for a role in “From Here to Eternity,” a film adaptation of the James Jones novel of the same name.  The movie won him an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor and revived his flagging career. Sinatra was born in New Jersey in 1915. He formed a singing quartet in his teens; the group won a popular radio talent show in 1935 and began touring small nightclubs. In 1940, Sinatra joined the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra and began topping the charts. Sinatra soon became a popular screen actor, but after his vocal chords suffered damage in 1952 and his philandering became quite public, his career took a drastic downturn. His talent agency dropped him and he had to plead with movie producers to cast him, agreeing to do screen tests despite the fact that he was already a well-known performer. He won the role in “From Here to Eternity” (1953) with help from girlfriend Ava Gardner, but was paid only $8,000. However, the role and the Academy Award helped bring him back into the limelight, which he never relinquished, even after his retirement in 1973, until his death in 1998.   
    1955 - The Maryland National Guard is ordered desegregated.
    1955 - After telling Ed Sullivan that he would perform a song called "Sixteen Tons," Bo Diddley sings "Bo Diddley" live on CBS-TV's Ed Sullivan Show. He would never be invited back.
    1955 - RCA Victor buys Elvis Presley's contract from Sun Records for $40,000. The deal was inked at New York's Warwick Hotel and gives Elvis $13,500 for signing.
    1956 – Mary Cathleen Collins was born in Long Beach, CA.  She is better known as actress Bo Derek, star of the film “10” (1979).  For grins and giggles, what was the name of her role in the film?
    1959 - Top Hits
“Mr. Blue” - The Fleetwoods
“Don’t You Know” - Della Reese
“Heartaches by the Number” - Guy Mitchell
“Country Girl” - Faron Young
    1961 - Billboard reports on the global Twist Craze: WOR-TV, New York, has shot a series of one and five minute "Twist Lessons" with Chubby Checker to be shown hourly every day. Checker had also been inked for a British-American film production; Joey Dee & the Starlighters, whose album, "Doin' the Twist at the Peppermint Lounge" was released this week, signed for the Paramount film, "Hey, Let's Twist"; Dion has signed to star in Columbia's "Twist Around the Clock"; and in France there are 45 different "Twist" records on the market.
    1962 - Lifting of the naval blockade of Cuba was announced by President Kennedy, following assurances by Premier Khrushchev that all Soviet jet bombers in Cuba would be removed within 30 days.
    1962 - An executive order prohibiting racial discrimination in housing built or purchased with federal funds was signed by President Kennedy.
    1962 - The Four Seasons' "Big Girls Don't Cry" is released on Vee Jay Records. It goes up to Number One, as does their first (and current) hit, "Sherry." Both songs feature lead singer Frankie Valli's falsetto.
    1965 - "I Hear A Symphony" becomes The Supremes' sixth US number one single. The trio had their streak of five chart toppers in a row interrupted by "Nothing But Heartaches," which stalled at number 11.
    1966 - "Cabaret" opened on Broadway for the first of 1,166 stellar performances. Joel Grey starred in the hugely successful musical that is an adaptation of both the play, "I Am a Camera," and the novel, "Goodbye to Berlin."
    1967 - U.S. census reports the population at 200 million.
    1967 - Top Hits
“To Sir with Love” - Lulu
“Soul Man” - Sam & Dave
“Incense and Peppermints” - Strawberry Alarm Clock
“It’s the Little Things” - Sonny James
    1967 - LOZADA, CARLOS JAMES,  Medal of Honor
Rank and organization: Private First Class, U.S. Army, Company A, 2d Battalion, 503d Infantry, 173d Airborne Brigade. place and date: Dak To, Republic of Vietnam, 20 November 1967. Entered service at: New York, N.Y. Born: 6 September 1946, Caguas, Puerto Rico. Citation: For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty. Pfc. Lozada, U.S. Army, distinguished himself at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty in the battle of Dak To. While serving as a machine gunner with 1st platoon, Company A, Pfc. Lozada was part of a 4-man early warning outpost, located 35 meters from his company's lines. At 1400 hours a North Vietnamese Army company rapidly approached the outpost along a well-defined trail. Pfc. Lozada alerted his comrades and commenced firing at the enemy who were within 10 meters of the outpost. His heavy and accurate machine gun fire killed at least 20 North Vietnamese soldiers and completely disrupted their initial attack. Pfc. Lozada remained in an exposed position and continued to pour deadly fire upon the enemy despite the urgent pleas of his comrades to withdraw. The enemy continued their assault, attempting to envelop the outpost. At the same time enemy forces launched a heavy attack on the forward west flank of Company A with the intent to cut them off from their battalion. Company A was given the order to withdraw. Pfc. Lozada apparently realized that if he abandoned his position there would be nothing to hold back the surging North Vietnamese soldiers and that the entire company withdrawal would be jeopardized. He called for his comrades to move back and that he would stay and provide cover for them. He made this decision realizing that the enemy was converging on 3 sides of his position and only meters away, and a delay in withdrawal meant almost certain death. Pfc. Lozada continued to deliver a heavy, accurate volume of suppressive fire against the enemy until he was mortally wounded and had to be carried during the withdrawal. His heroic deed served as an example and an inspiration to his comrades throughout the ensuing 4-day battle. Pfc. Lozada's actions are in the highest traditions of the U.S. Army and reflect great credit upon himself, his unit, and the U.S. Army.
    1967 - 19-year-old Arlo Guthrie released an album called "Alice's Restaurant." When the eighteen-minute-long title song premiered at the Newport Folk Festival, it helped foster a new commitment among the '60s generation to social consciousness and activism. Arlo went on to star in the 1969 Hollywood film version of “Alice's Restaurant,” directed by Arthur Penn.
    1968 - 78 miners were killed in an explosion at the Consolidated Coal Company’s No. 9 mine in Farmington, WV.  The cause of the explosion was never determined, but the accident served as the catalyst for several new laws that were passed to protect miners.
    1969 - Seymour Hersh, an independent investigative journalist, files a second My Lai story based on interviews with Michael Terry and Michael Bernhardt, who served under 1st Lt. William Calley during the action that was later dubbed the My Lai massacre. Coincidentally, the Cleveland Plain Dealer published explicit photos of the dead at My Lai. The American public was stunned. Hersh broke the story earlier in the month, describing how soldiers from the American Division, conducting a sweep of My Lai, indiscriminately shot people as they ran from their huts, and then systematically rounded up the survivors, allegedly leading them to a ditch where they were executed per Calley's orders.
Despite the fact that an Army board of inquiry found that 30 persons either participated in the atrocity or knew of it and failed to do anything, only 14 were charged with crimes. All eventually had their charges dismissed or were acquitted, except Calley, who was found guilty of murdering 22 civilians and was sentenced to life imprisonment. His sentence was reduced twice and he was paroled in November, 1974.
    1969 – Native Americans seized and occupied Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay.  79 people, including students, married couples and six children, landed on the island, despite an attempted Coast Guard blockade, and began their occupation which lasted for 19 months.
    1971 - Isaac Hayes hit number 1 in the US with the "Theme from Shaft," a mostly instrumental track used in the “Shaft” movie, starring Richard Roundtree. It was Hayes' only million-selling single, although he did place seven other songs in the US Top 40, only one of which cracked the top 20.
    1971 - "Inner City Blues" becomes the third R&B Number One single from Marvin Gaye's, "What's Goin' On" album. The others are the title track and "Mercy, Mercy Me." The LP represents the first time a major Motown artist has taken a public stand on controversial social issues.
    1974 - The Justice Department filed suit against AT&T that later leads to the breakup of AT&T and its Bell System in 1984.  United States v. AT&T was the antitrust case that led to the breakup of the old American Telephone & Telegraph into seven regional Bell operating companies (RBOC)s and a much smaller new AT&T.  Subsequently, Bell Atlantic, through acquisitions that included RBOC NYNEX, has become Verizon and an AT&T equal.  Southwestern Bell became SBC Communications which then acquired its old parent, and Pacific Telesis and Ameritech, both RBOCs, and changed its name to AT&T, now one of the world’s largest communication enterprises.   US West, through acquisitions, is now CenturyLink Communications.  BellSouth was the last of the Regional Bell Operating Companies to keep its original corporate name after the 1984 AT&T breakup, as well as the last one to retain the Bell logo as part of its main corporate identity.  
    1975 - Top Hits
“Island Girl” - Elton John
“Who Loves You” - Four Seasons
“That’s the Way (I like It)” - KC & The Sunshine Band
“Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way” - Waylon Jennings
    1976 - Woody Herman Band plus alumni play Carnegie Hall on their 40th anniversary (RCA BGL2-2203)
    1976 - Paul Simon hosts NBC's Saturday Night Live where he duets with George Harrison on "Here Comes The Sun" and "Homeward Bound." Paul McCartney and John Lennon are both in New York and watching the show on TV.
    1979 - The first transfusion of artificial blood took place at the University of Minnesota Hospital, Minneapolis, MN. The patient was a Jehovah’s Witness who, on religious grounds, refused a transfusion of real blood. Dr. Robert Anderson injected the patient with Fluosol, an artificial blood substitute developed in Japan.
    1982 - The University of California football team defeated Stanford University, 25-20, on a most unusual last play. Stanford was ahead, 20-19, and had to kick off with only a few seconds left. The Cal players knew that if any of them were tackled, the game would be over. They began an unscripted series of five laterals that landed them in the end zone after they dodged all the Stanford players and the Stanford band which had rushed onto the field prematurely. The Stanford band today is quite unique and iconoclast, it is said, having contributed to the lost game because they came on the field too early in celebration of the “victory,” and prevented the Stanford players from tackling the Bears running loose toward the end zone.
    1983 – The Washington Redskins’ John Riggins sets an NFL record by rushing for a touchdown in his 12th straight game. The score is his record-tying 19th rushing touchdown of the year. The streak ended at 13 consecutive games while Riggins went on to establish an NFL record with 24 touchdowns for the year.
    1983 - Top Hits
“All Night Long (All Night)” - Lionel Richie
“Say Say Say” - Paul McCartney & Michael Jackson
“Uptown Girl” - Billy Joel
“One of a Kind Pair of Fools” - Barbara Mandrell
    1984 - The largest crowd to see the unveiling of a Hollywood Walk-of-Fame star turned out as Michael Jackson got his piece of the sidewalk right in front of Mann’s Chinese Theatre in Los Angeles. ‘The Gloved One’ became star number 1,793 on the famed walk.
    1985 – Microsoft Windows 1.0 was released to the public.  Microsoft founder, Bill Gates, had worked with Apple Computer founder Steve Jobs to develop applications for Apple's January 1984 original Macintosh, the first mass-produced personal computer with a graphical user interface.  Windows 1.0 was released as the first version of the Windows line. It runs as a graphical, 16-bit, multi-tasking shell on top of an existing MS-DOS installation, providing an environment which can run graphical programs designed for Windows, as well as existing MS-DOS software. Gates was motivated after seeing a demo of a similar software suite known as Visi On at COMDEX.
    1988 - Thunderstorms developing ahead of a fast moving cold front produced severe weather in the Upper Ohio Valley and the Middle Atlantic Coast Region during the afternoon and early evening. Thunderstorm winds gusted to 69 mph at Kennedy Airport in New York City, and winds along the cold front itself gusted to 56 mph at Cincinnati, OH. The same storm produced snow in Kansas, Missouri and Illinois, with eight inches reported at Rolla, MO.
    1989 - An unusual out-of-season severe outbreak occurred across the northeast with 193 reports of damaging winds in New York, Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Winds gusted to 94 mph at Newburgh, NY, 86 at Harrisburg, PA and Hammonton, NJ. Tornadoes touched down at McAlveys, NY and Seaside Park, NJ
    1990 - Due to his unruly behavior toward the umpires in Game 4 of the ALCS, Roger 'the Rocket' Clemens is suspended for the first five games of the 1991 season and is fined $10,000.
    1991 - Top Hits
“Cream” - Prince & The N.P.G.
“Can’t Stop This Thing We Started” - Bryan Adams
“When a Man Loves a Woman” - Michael Bolton
“Shameless” - Garth Brooks
    1993 - The Senate Ethics committee issued a stern censure of California senator Alan Cranston for his "dealings" with savings-and-loan executive Charles Keating.
    1997 - A.C. Green of the Dallas Mavericks set an NBA record for consecutive games played, 907, when he took the floor for the Mavericks’ game against the Golden State Warriors. Green began his streak on November 19, 1986, when he played for the Los Angeles Lakers. It continued as he moved to the Phoenix Suns and then to the Mavericks.  His accomplishment was noted with an elaborate halftime ceremony that included appearances by Randy Smith, the man whose record Green broke, and baseball’s iron man, Cal Ripken.
    2000 - The landmark 1915 Albert S. Samuels clock at 856 Market Street, San Francisco, was restored following a 10-year respite.
    2001 - Ichiro Suzuki becomes only the second player in Major League history to win the Most Valuable Player Award and Rookie of the Year in the same year. The 28-year-old Mariner outfielder joins Red Sox freshman outfielder Fred Lynn, who accomplished the feat in 1975, as the only other rookie to win the MVP.
    2008 - The 35-year reign of George Steinbrenner as the Yankees boss officially ends when the MLB owners unanimously approve of his son taking control of the franchise. Hal Steinbrenner was appointed co-chairmen of the team along with his brother Hank at the start of last season when it became evident their 78-year old dad was gradually reducing his role as the owner of the storied franchise.
    2008 - After critical failures in the US financial system began to build up after mid-September, the Dow reached its lowest level since 1997.  These were the first consequences of what would become the Great Recession, so-called only because The Great Depression already occurred in the 1930s.
    2010 - NATO nations reached an agreement to begin handing over Afghanistan's security to the Afghanistan military by 2014.
    2014 - North Korea threatened nuclear tests, and activity has been detected at one of the nation's nuclear facilities; the threat was made after the U.N. recommended trying North Korean officials in the International Criminal Court for human rights crimes.
    2014 - President Barack Obama announced plans to delay deportation of about 4 million undocumented immigrants who have lived in the country for at least 5 years and have children who are legal residents or U.S. citizens.  In October, 2015, a federal appeals judge ruled this to be unconstitutional.  On Sep 5, 2017, US Attorney General Jeff Sessions declared the act, known as Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, to have been an unconstitutional overreach of the president’s executive action authority, specifically in the face of what Congress refused to approve.  The objective is to provide Congress with the time to work on a legislative solution as intended in the Constitution before taking further action but the Department of Homeland Security has stated that it will no longer accept applications under the law until advised by Congress to do so.