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Companies with Three or More CLFP Members
Despite Economy, 97% Retention Rate

Company	# of CLFPs
First American Equipment Finance, a City National Bank Company	139
DLL	53
U.S. Bank Equipment Finance	53
Ascentium Capital LLC	50
Key Equipment Finance	45
The Huntington National Bank	36
Amur Equipment Finance	34
Oakmont Capital Holdings, LLC	30
Financial Pacific Leasing, Inc., an Umpqua Bank Company	29
Arvest Equipment Finance	28
AP Equipment Financing	24
Stearns Bank NA-Equipment Finance Division	21
North Mill Equipment Finance	19
Channel	18
ECS Financial Services, Inc.	16
KLC Financial, Inc.	15
Odessa	15
Orion First Financial LLC	14
Stryker	14
Navitas Credit Corp.	13
Northland Capital Financial Services, LLC	13
Ivory Consulting Corporation	12
1st Source Bank	11
Beacon Funding Corporation	11
Fleet Advantage, LLC	11
Wintrust	11
Alliance Funding Group	9
Cadence Bank	9
Canon Financial Services, Inc.	9
CIT a division of First Citizens Bank	9
Great American Insurance	9
Lease Corporation of America	9
Solifi	9
LTi Technology Solutions	8
Quality Leasing Co., Inc.	8
BMO Harris Equipment Finance Company	7
Commercial Equipment Finance, Inc.	7
GreatAmerica Financial Services	7
Truist	7
CoreTech Leasing, Inc.	6
Crossroads Equipment Lease & Finance LLC	6
First Citizens Bank	6
Taycor Financial	6
Cisco Systems Capital Corporation	5
Univest Capital, Inc.	5
Balboa Capital Corporation	4
Falcon Equipment Finance, a division of Falcon National Bank	4
First Commonwealth Bank	4
First Foundation Bank	4
FIS	4
Hanmi Bank	4
LEAF Commercial Capital Inc.	4
Nexseer Capital	4
Tokyo Century (USA) Inc.	4
UniFi Equipment Finance, Inc.	4
Vision Financial Group, Inc.	4
APEX Commercial Capital Corp.	3
Commerce Bank	3
Commercial Capital Company, LLC	3
ENGS Commercial Finance Co.	3
MAZO Capital Solutions	3
NCMIC Finance Corporation	3
Northteq, Inc.	3
Siemens Financial Services, Inc.	3
Tamarack Technology, Inc.	3
TD Equipment Finance, Inc.	3
Thermo Fisher Financial Services	3
Transport Enterprise Leasing LLC	3
Western Equipment Finance	3

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Academy for Certified Lease & Finance Professionals
March, 2023 to May, 2023 Updated

The Academy for Lease and Finance Professionals (ALFP) is a three-day event designed to fully prepare an individual to sit for the CLFP exam assuming the attendee has already self-studied. A trend has begun in having virtual online sessions.
During the first two days, all of the required sections of the CLFP exam are covered in-depth. On the third day, the exam is offered but is not mandatory and may be taken on another day.
Students are strongly advised to have read and studied The Certified Lease & Finance Professionals' Handbook prior to attending the class in order to ensure success.

Public, In Person, Channel ALFP
March 5 - 7

Public, Virtual, ALFP, FinPac
March 13 – March 15

Private, Clark University (for CAU students)
March 30 – April 1

Private, Pathway, Virtual
April 11 – April 12

Private Virtual, DLL, ALFP
April 18 -19

Private, Taycor ALFP in Person
April 24 - 24

Private, DLL, Virtual ALFP
May 16 – 18

Private, CIT, Virtual ALFP
May 22 – May 24

Public, USBEF, Virtual ALFP
May 16 – May 18

Professional Handbook for Taking the Test in 2023
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09TZM6SJ9?ref_=pe_3052080_397514860

About Academy
https://clfpfoundation.org/academy-for-lease-and-finance-professionals

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CLFP Foundation 15 New CLFPs with Photographs
Hosted by DLL - Total Membership Now 1216

The CLFP designation identifies an individual as a knowledgeable professional to employers, clients, customers, and peers in the commercial equipment finance industry. There are Certified Lease & Finance Professionals and Associates located throughout the United States (including Puerto Rico), Canada, India, Africa, and Australia.

The Certified Lease & Finance Professional (CLFP) Foundation is pleased to announce that 17 individuals, who recently sat through the 8-hour online proctored CLFP exam, hosted by DLL, have passed.

They are:

Richard Blair, CLFP
Vice President, CIT a division of First Citizens Bank

Alexis Chacchia, CLFP
Vice President of Operations, Premier Financial Services, LLC

Joseph Enevoldsen, CLFP,
Director of Implementation Services, JDR Solutions, Inc.

Nicole Floge, CLFP
VP of Organization Development & Working Capital,
Taycor Financial

Mary Griser, CLFP
Director of Business Development,
Taycor Financial

Carrie Guire, CLFP
EF Sales Support Specialist,
Arvest Equipment Finance

James Howard, CLFP
Vice President of Finance Operations,
APPROVE

Janet Jonas, CLFP
Funding Manager, Alliance Funding Group

Angela LeMaire, CLFP
Documentation and Funding Supervisor,
Ascentium Capital LLC

Kathy Massey, CLFP
Credit Analyst III, Ascentium Capital LLC

Kelley McArdle, CLFP
Strategic Account Manager,
CIT a division of First Citizens Bank

Jesbaan Morales, CLFP
Credit Analyst II, Taycor Financial

Trupti Patel, CLFP
Program Manager,
US Portfolio Management Transformation,
DLL

Sydney Stone, CLFP Associate
Title Administrator, North Mill Equipment Finance

Brent Ver Ploeg, CLFP
Vendor Finance Program Manager, DLL

Ms. Alexis Chacchia, CLFP, attended the Beacon Funding in-person ALFP in November 2022 and stated, “I have found great satisfaction in my leasing career; however, I am very aware of the lack of complete understanding in the industry, even by long-time staff.

“The CLFP Foundation provides an avenue for a leasing employee to become a career leasing professional. 1st Financial Bank USA’s acquisition of Premier has afforded us the opportunity to set our personnel on this path with training and certification being the first steps to a promising and growing career.”

DLL hosted two online ALFPs last year and Trupti Patel, CLFP,
Patel, who attended the second one in December, added, “Being a strategic leader, I’m always striving to continually grow and learn. I chose to pursue the reputable CLFP certification to strengthen my knowledge and understanding of the broader concepts in the equipment leasing and finance industry.

“It helped me learn more about the different products and functions that I have not been closely involved with in my current or previous roles.”

Academy for Lease & Finance Professionals
https://clfpfoundation.org/academy-for-lease-and-finance-professionals/
New CLFP "Frequently Asked Question" Guide:
https://clfpfoundation.org/faqs/

For further information, please contact Reid Raykovich, CLFP, Chief Executive Officer, reid@clfpfoundation.org or or visit: http://www.CLFPFoundation.org.

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IRS Free Portal for 1099 Estimated Business Tax
Open Now

IRS opens free portal to file information returns; new electronic option can reduce millions of paper Forms 1099 estimated to be filed by businesses in 2023

WASHINGTON — The Internal Revenue Service announced today that businesses can now file Form 1099 series information returns using a new online portal, available free from the IRS.

Known as the Information Returns Intake System (IRIS), this free electronic filing service is secure, accurate and requires no special software. Though available to any business of any size, IRIS may be especially helpful to any small business that currently sends their 1099 forms on paper to the IRS.

IRS Acting Commissioner Doug O’Donnell, said, “The IRS is excited to offer any business, especially small companies, a great new way to electronically file their 1099s for free. This simplifies filing for those issuing 1099s and helps recipients receive information timely.

“The launch of IRIS can help reduce the millions of paper Forms 1099 we project will be filed in 2023 and demonstrates our commitment to finding useful and innovative ways of reducing paperwork on the business community and others issuing 1099s. This is part of the larger effort underway to make improvements and transform operations at the IRS.”

Filers can use the platform to create, upload, edit and view information and download completed copies of 1099-series forms for distribution and verification.

With IRIS, businesses can e-file both small and large volumes of 1099-series forms by either keying in the information or uploading a file with the use of a downloadable template.

Currently, IRIS accepts Forms 1099 only for tax year 2022 and later.

The IRS encourages any business, especially those that now file on paper, to switch to e-filing through the platform and share in its benefits.

These benefits include:

E-file security standards keep information safe and protected.
The portal is an accurate filing method that automatically detects filing errors and provides alerts for missing information.
Filers can submit automatic extensions and make corrections to information returns filed through the platform.
The IRS acknowledges receipt of the return in as early as 48 hours.
The platform keeps issuer information from year to year, and prior years filed through this platform, providing convenience to 1099 filers.
E-filing eliminates trips to the post office and can reduce office expenses for paper, postage and storage space.

Enrollment for the IRIS filing platform is now open. Filers should begin the enrollment process immediately.

The Filing Information Returns Electronically (FIRE) system will remain available for bulk filing Form 1099 series and the other information returns through at least the 2023 filing season.

For more information about IRIS visit www.irs.gov/iris.

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This Day in American History

  1813 - Iroquois warriors and British troops capture Buffalo, New York.
http://history.buffalonet.org/1801.html
    1828 - First coffee planted in Hawaii (Kona)
http://www.konacoffeefest.com/history.html
http://www.mauicoffeeco.com/history.html
http://www.konacoffee.com/about.html
http://www.kona-coffee-council.com
    1835 - Cherokees were forced to move across the Mississippi River after gold was discovered in Georgia. A minority faction of Cherokee agreed to the emigration of the whole tribe from their lands by signing the Treaty of New Echota. The Treaty of New Echota resulted in the cession of all Cherokee land to the U.S. and provided for the transportation of the Cherokee Indians to land beyond the Mississippi. The removal of the Cherokee was completed by 1838.
    1847 - Birthday of John Peter Altgeld (d. 1902), born in Germany. He was a very popular and progressive Governor of Illinois, first serving on the Cook County Supreme
Court.
(Lower half of: http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/dec30.html)
    1853 - Gadsden Purchase in Mexico City; the treaty settled the dispute over the exact location of the Mexican border west of El Paso, giving the U.S. claim to approximately 29,000 square miles of land in what is now southern New Mexico and Arizona, for the price of $10,000,000. Secretary of War Jefferson Davis sent James Gadsden, U.S. Minister to Mexico, who negotiated the treaty with General Antonio López de Santa Anna, President of Mexico. The plan was to set in motion land to build a southern continental train route to California. The civil war halted many developments, including this one.
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/dec30.html
    1862 - The Union ironclad ship USS Monitor, which achieved fame after her battle with the Merrimac, sank of Cape Hatteras during a storm. Sixteen of her crew were lost. As the Monitor pitched and swayed in the rough seas, the caulking around the gun turret loosened and water began to leak into the hull. More leaks developed as the journey continued. High seas tossed the craft, causing the ship's flat armor bottom to slap the water. Each roll opened more seams, and by nightfall on December 30, the Monitor was in dire straits. At 8:00 p.m., the Monitor's commander, J.P. Bankhead, signaled the Rhode Island that he wished to abandon ship. The wooden side-wheeler pulled as close as safety allowed to the stricken ironclad, and two lifeboats were lowered to retrieve the crew. Many of the sailors were rescued, but some men were terrified to venture onto the deck in such rough seas. The ironclad's pumps stopped working and the ship sank before 16 crew members could be rescued. Although the Monitor's service was brief, it signaled a new era in naval combat. The Virginia's arrival off Hampton Road terrified the U.S. Navy, but the Monitor leveled the playing field. Both sides had ironclads, and the advantage would go to the side that could build more of them. Northern industry would win that battle for the Union.
    1867 - Birthday of Simon Guggenheim (d. 1941), American capitalist and philanthropist, born at Philadelphia, PA. He established, in memory of his son, the John Somin Guggenheim Memorial Foundation.
    1880 - The temperature at Charlotte, NC, plunged to an all-time record cold reading of 5 degrees below zero, a record which was equaled on the 21st of January in 1985.
    1890 - Birthday of trumpet player/band leader Charlie Creath (d. 1951), born Ironton, MO. Led bands from 1916-1940.
http://www.redhotjazz.com/creath.html
http://www.artistdirect.com/music/artist/card/0,,539301,00.html
http://www.bluesworld.com/OTHERPRE.html
     1903 - A fire in the Iroquois Theatre in Chicago killed 588 people; public outrage led to new theater safety codes across America.
     1905 - Former Idaho governor Steunenberg was assassinated for his role in quelling a miners' strike in 1899. He was wounded by a powerful bomb that triggered when he opened the gate to his home in Caldwell, Idaho. A former newspaper editor, Steunenberg entered Idaho politics in 1890, when he was elected to the House of Representatives. In 1896, he won the Idaho Governor's seat as the head of a coalition of Democrats, Populists, and Republicans who supported the use of silver to back currency. Generally perceived as a friend to labor and the "little man," Steunenberg won a second term as governor in 1896. During this term, he was confronted with one of the most divisive and violent western battles between labor and management of the 19th century. Miners in the rich silver districts near Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, had been struggling to unionize and gain better pay and working conditions since 1892. Radicalized by their initial defeats, an increasing numbers of miners began supporting the violence-prone Western Federation of Miners (WFM), which advocated aggressive tactics and worker control of industry. Alarmed by the growing influence of the WFM, Coeur d'Alene mine owners attempted to bust the union in 1899, and the WFM responded by blowing up one mining company's huge and costly concentrators with dynamite. Disturbed by the miners' violent tactics, the hitherto pro-labor Steunenberg heeded the demands of the powerful mine owners and turned against the WFM, requesting that the federal government send in troops. The soldiers placed the region under martial law and herded hundreds of miners into makeshift prisons, ignoring their constitutional rights to know the charges and evidence against them. Steunenberg's actions restored order in the Idaho silver mines, but also earned him the lasting enmity of many radical WFM members. Six years later, the radicals took their revenge by sending a professional assassin named Harry Orchard to Caldwell. The professional hit man was responsible for planting the bomb that killed the former governor. Orchard was captured, tried, and sentenced to life in prison, and his guilt has never been seriously disputed. However, many were convinced that the plot to kill Steunenberg was supported not just by a radical minority within the WFM, but also by its top leadership. WFM secretary-treasurer William "Big Bill" Haywood was brought up on charges of criminal conspiracy but was found not guilty largely as a result of famous Chicago lawyer Clarence Darrow's brilliant defense. Haywood went on to found the even more radical Industrial Workers of the World.
    1910 – Paul Bowles (d. 1999) was born in Jamaica, Queens, NYC. Composer, author, husband of writer/playwright Jane Bowles.
http://www.charm.net/~brooklyn/People/PaulBowles.html http://www.lib.utexas.edu/Libs/HRC/HRHRC/paulbowles.html
    1912 - The Haas Brothers patented “crepe,” first produced in France the same year, and commenced production in the United States.
http://64.70.222.59/Merchant2/merchant.mv?Screen=CTGY&Store
_Code=CrepeSuzette&Category_Code=corsets
http://tirocchi.stg.brown.edu/essays/print/parmal.html
    1915 - Birthday of singer Brownie McGhee (d. 1996), Knoxville, TN .
http://www.io.com/~tbone1/blues/ECblz/bromcg.html
http://www.bluesaccess.com/No_26/brownie.html
http://yazoobluesmailorder.com/vesta13056.htm
    1917 – State low temperatures: -32ºF in Mountain City, TN and -37ºF in Lewisburg, WV.
    1917 - A great cold wave set many records in the northeastern U.S. The mercury plunged to 13 degrees below zero at New York City, and to 15 degrees below zero at Boston. Temperature readings dipped below zero at Boston five nights in a row. Berlin, NH hit 44 degrees below zero in the "Great World War I Cold Wave", and Saint Johnsbury, VT reached 43 degrees below zero.
    1918 - John E Hoover decides to be called J Edgar Hoover. He entered the Dept. of Justice in 1917 and served (1919-21) as special assistant to Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer.
(“Lies My Teacher Told Me, “ by James W. Loewan.)
http://www.crimelibrary.com/hoover/hoovermain.htm
    1918 - Birthday of pianist Jimmy Jones (d. 1982), Memphis TN
http://www.harlem.org/people/jimmyjones.html
    1924 - Edwin Hubble announces existence of other galactic systems
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/archivepix.html
http://www.edwinhubble.com/hubble_bio_001.htm
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/databank/entries/dp24ga.html
http://scienceworld.wolfram.com/physics/HubbleLaw.html
http://www.nso.lt/cosmos/hubble.htm
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/A3547695 1517507
    1926 - Birthday of guitarist James “Jesse” Richard, Mississippi
    1926 - Birthday of pianist Stan Tracey (d. 2013), London ,England
http://home.achilles.net/~howardm/stantracey/st.shtml
http://www.ejn.it/mus/tracey.htm
    1927 - The International Church of the Foursquare Gospel was incorporated in Los Angeles, CA. Founded in 1923 by evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson, the denomination recognizes the significant role that women in ministry. Today, over 40% of its ministers are women.
http://www.foursquare.org/
    1928 - Birthday of singer/song writer Bo Diddley (d, 2008), born Ellas Otha Bates, McCombs, MS. He auditioned for Chess records in Chicago in 1955 with a song called "Uncle John." When the song was recorded -- the session was produced by legendary blues man Willie Dixon -- the title was changed to the autobiographical "Bo Diddley." "I'm a Man," "You Can't Tell a Book By Its Cover" and "Road Runner" were some of the other Diddley classics. His hard-driving, rhythmic guitar style influenced some of the early recordings of the Beatles, the Rolling Stones and the Yardbirds.
http://www.rockhall.com/hof/inductee.asp?id=88
http://www.guitarsite.com/BoDiddley.htm
http://members.tripod.com/~Originator_2/index_2.html
    1928- Birthday of tenor saxophone player Jack Montrose (d. 2006), Detroit.
http://shopping.yahoo.com/shop?d=product&id=1
http://art.staviator.com/J/Jack_Montrose.html  http://www.jazzmanrecords.com/jacmonpetjol.html
http://windmusicplus.safeshopper.com/469/4236.htm?148
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/stores/artist/glance/-
/135969/ref%3Dbr%5Fart%5F/104-3547695-1517507
    1931 - Birthday of coach/former baseball player Frank Joseph Torre (d. 2014), New York, NY. 17-year Major Leaguer and older brother of Hall of Fame manager Joe Torre.
    1933 - The temperature reached 50 degrees below zero at Bloomfield, VT. It was the coldest reading in modern records for New England. The temperature at Pittsburgh NH reached 44 degrees below zero.
    1935 - Birthday of Sandy Koufax, Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher, born Brooklyn, NY. He pitched 12 seasons for the Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers from 1955 to 1966. Koufax, at age 36 in 1972, became the youngest player ever elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame. He has been hailed as one of the greatest pitchers in baseball history. Koufax's career peaked with a run of six outstanding years from 1961-66, before arthritis in his left elbow ended his career prematurely at age 30. He was an All-Star for six seasons and was the National League MVP in 1963. He won three Cy Young Awards in 1963, 1965 and 1966, by unanimous votes, making him the first three-time Cy Young winner in baseball history and the only one to win three times when one overall award was given for all of Major League Baseball instead of one award for each league. Koufax also won the NL Triple Crown for pitchers those same three years by leading the NL in wins, strikeouts and ERA. Koufax was the first major league pitcher to pitch four no-hitters and the eighth pitcher to pitch a perfect game in baseball history. Despite his comparatively short career, Koufax's 2,396 career strikeouts ranked 7th in history as of his retirement, at the time trailing only Warren Spahn (2,583) among left-handers. Koufax, Trevor Hoffman, Randy Johnson, Pedro Martinez and Nolan Ryan are the only five pitchers elected to the Hall of Fame who had more strikeouts than innings pitched. In 1999, The Sporting News placed Koufax at number 26 on its list of "Baseball's 100 Greatest Players." That same year, he was named as one of the 30 players on the Major League Baseball All-Century Team.
    1938 - Historic recording of Meade Lux Lewis, Pete Johnson, Albert Ammons “ Boogie Woogie Prayer.” Vacalion
    1939 - Birthday of Del Shannon, born Charles Westover (d. 1990), Grand Rapids, Michigan. Singer: “Runaway,” “ Hat’s Off to Larry,” “Little Town Flirt,” “ Keep Searchin’ [We’ll Follow the Sun]”; songwriter: “I Go to Pieces.” Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1999.
http://www.history-of
rock.com/del_shannon.htm
http://www.cchr.org/art/eng/page20.htm
http://www.srv.net/~roxtar/shannon_del.html
    1939 - Birthday of bassist/producer/arranger Felix Pappalardi (d. 1983), Bronx, NY.
http://www.theiceberg.com/artist.html?artist_id=25076
http://www.pappalardi.com/
    1940 - Birthday of drummer Jerry Granelli, San Francisco, CA
http://ubl.artistdirect.com/music/artist/bio/0,,437701,
http://www.songtone.com/artists/granelli_link.htm
http://www.cosmik.com/aa-january00/john55.html
    1942 - Frank Sinatra opened at New York’s Paramount Theatre backed by the Benny Goodman Orchestra, performed his first solo concert at the Paramount Theatre in New York. This show marked the beginning of the mass hysteria for Sinatra among teen girls, known as bobby-soxers. There was a near-riot in Times Square. The show was scheduled to be a 4-week engagement (his shows turned out to be so popular, he was booked for an additional 4 weeks). An estimated 400 policemen were called out to help curb the excitement. It is said that some of the teenage girls were hired to scream, but many more screamed for free. Sinatra was dubbed ‘The Sultan of Swoon’, ‘The Voice that Thrills Millions’, and just ‘The Voice’. Whatever he was, it was at this Paramount Theatre engagement that modern pop hysteria was born.
    1944 - Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys made their first guest appearance on the Grand Ole Opry. Wills had been popular for more than a decade by then, but his western swing style -- a combination of western and big band music -- apparently was not favored by the Opry management.
    1946 - Davy Jones (d. 2012), lead vocalist of the Monkees, was born in Manchester, England. The Monkees' guitarist, Mike Nesmsith, was born on the same day in 1942. The Monkees were a musical group created by producer Don Kirshner for a television series based on the Beatles' film "A Hard Day's Night." With the help of the songwriting team of Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart, and plenty of studio musicians, the Monkees had a succession of pop hits in the 1960's -- among them, "Last Train to Clarksville" and "Pleasant Valley Sunday."
    1946 - Singer/poet Patti Smith born Chicago.
http://www.oceanstar.com/patti/bio/aristbio.htm
http://www.pattismithland.com/
    1948 - Alfred Drake and Patricia Morrison starred in "Kiss Me Kate" which opened at the New Century Theatre in New York City. Cole Porter composed the music for the classic play that was adapted from Shakespeare’s comedy, "The Taming of the Shrew". The show ran for 1,077 performances on the Great White Way.
    1951 - Top Hits
Slowpoke - Pee Wee King
Sin (It’s No) - Eddy Howard
Down Yonder - Del Wood
Let Old Mother Nature Have Her Way - Carl Smith
    1951 – “The Roy Rogers Show” premiered on TV. This very popular TV western starred Roy Rogers and his wife, Dale Evans, as themselves. It also featured Pat Brady as Roger’ sidekick who rod a jeep named Nellybelle, the singing group Sons of the Pioneers, Roger’s horse Trigger, Evan’s horse Buttermilk and a German shepherd named Bullet. This half-hour show was especially popular with young viewers.
    1952 - Tuskegee Institute reports this is first year in 71 years with no lynchings in the country
http://audible.nolanet.org/itemdetail.cfm?ID=786
http://www.bl.uk/collections/tuskegee.html
    1953 - Trumpet player Chet Baker cuts first strings session for Columbia Records (46174)
    1953 - The film, “The Wild One,” starring Marlin Brando as a leader of tough motorcyclists terrorizing a small town, debuted in New York.
    1953 - The first color television sets went on sale for more than $1,000.
    1954 - Pearl Bailey opened on Broadway in the play, "House of Flowers," about two madams with rival bordellos. Diahann Carroll was also cast in the play, written by Truman Capote. Harold Arlen provided the musical score.
    1954 – Our neighbor in the Pacific Palisades, CA. James Arness made his dramatic TV debut on the "Lux Video Theatre" in "The Chase." The "Gunsmoke" series didn’t begin for Arness until the fall of 1955.
    1954 - The first athlete who was African-American to win the James E. Sullivan Memorial Trophy was Malvin Greston “Mal” Whitfield of the Los Angeles Athletic Club, a half-miler who was the first choice on 252 of 657 ballots cast by a nationwide tribunal of sports authorities and tabulated this day. Whitfield set the Olympic record for 800 meters in London in 1948 and held the world 880-yard record and the 600-yeard indoor record. The trophy, presented annually since 1940 by the Amateur Athletic Union, is the top award for amateur athletes in the United States
    1955 - Anchorage, AK, reported an all-time record snow depth of 47 inches.
    1957 - Elvis Presley's Elvis' Christmas Album hits #1
    1959 - Top Hits
Why - Frankie Avalon
The Big Hurt - Miss Toni Fisher
It’s Time to Cry - Paul Anka
El Paso - Marty Robbins
    1961 - Jack Nicklaus lost to Gary Player in an exhibition match in Miami, Florida. It was Nicklaus’ first attempt at pro golf. The following year he entered the pro tour, winning $61,868.95, more than any other rookie golfer in history.
    1963 - “Let’s Make a Deal” premiered on television. Monty Hall hosted this outrageous and no-skill-required game show. Our neighbor Bernie Gould was the chief writer (yes, all these shows were scripted for one liners, games, introductions, etc.). Audience members, many of whom were picked to “make a deal” with Hall by trading something of their own for something they were offered. Sometimes prizes were worthless (“zonks”). At the end of the show, the two people who had won the most were given the option to trade their winnings for a chance at the “Big Deal”,” hidden behind one of three doors. A rival of the show ran from 1990 to 1991 with Bob Hilton as the host.
    1967 - Top Hits
Hello Goodbye - The Beatles
Woman, Woman - The Union Gap
Judy in Disguise (With Glasses) - John Fred & His Playboy Band
For Loving You - Bill Anderson & Jan Howard, jumped into the top spot on Billboard's hit record charts, and stayed Number 1 for 3 weeks.
    1967 - "Hello Goodbye" becomes The Beatles 15th Billboard number one hit. The flip side, "I Am the Walrus" reached #56, the lowest ranking for any charted "B" side of a Beatles number one single. John Lennon wrote nonsense words for "Walrus" after learning that a teacher at his old primary school was having his students analyze Beatles' lyrics. He would later say, "Let the fuckers work that one out."
    1968 - HOWARD, ROBERT L., Medal of Honor
Rank and organization: First Lieutenant, U.S. Army, 5th Special Forces Group (Airborne), 1st Special Forces. Place and date: Republic of Vietnam, 30 December 1968. Entered service at: Montgomery, Ala. Born: 11 July 1939, Opelika, Ala. Citation: For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty. 1st Lt. Howard (then Sfc .), distinguished himself while serving as platoon sergeant of an American-Vietnamese platoon which was on a mission to rescue a missing American soldier in enemy controlled territory in the Republic of Vietnam. The platoon had left its helicopter landing zone and was moving out on its mission when it was attacked by an estimated 2-company force. During the initial engagement, 1st Lt. Howard was wounded and his weapon destroyed by a grenade explosion. 1st Lt. Howard saw his platoon leader had been wounded seriously and was exposed to fire. Although unable to walk, and weaponless, 1st Lt. Howard unhesitatingly crawled through a hail of fire to retrieve his wounded leader. As 1st Lt. Howard was administering first aid and removing the officer's equipment, an enemy bullet struck 1 of the ammunition pouches on the lieutenant's belt, detonating several magazines of ammunition. 1st Lt. Howard momentarily sought cover and then realizing that he must rejoin the platoon, which had been disorganized by the enemy attack, he again began dragging the seriously wounded officer toward the platoon area. Through his outstanding example of indomitable courage and bravery, 1st Lt. Howard was able to rally the platoon into an organized defense force. With complete disregard for his safety, 1st Lt. Howard crawled from position to position, administering first aid to the wounded, giving encouragement to the defenders and directing their fire on the encircling enemy. For 3 1/2 hours 1st Lt. Howard's small force and supporting aircraft successfully repulsed enemy attacks and finally were in sufficient control to permit the landing of rescue helicopters. 1st Lt. Howard personally supervised the loading of his men and did not leave the bullet-swept landing zone until all were aboard safely. 1st Lt. Howard's gallantry in action, his complete devotion to the welfare of his men at the risk of his life were in keeping with the highest traditions of the military service and reflect great credit on himself, his unit, and the U.S. Army.
    1968 - The first Led Zeppelin bootleg, Gonzaga '68, is a recording of tonight's show at Gonzaga University in Spokane, WA, one of their very first in America and the first ever live recording of the band.
    1969 - Peter, Paul and Mary received a gold record for the single, "Leaving On a Jet Plane." The song had hit #1 on December 20.
    1969 - President Nixon signs off on tax reform. As the 1960s drew to a close, President Richard Nixon signed off on what was then the most far-reaching tax reform bill in U.S. history. The legislation relieved nine million low-income citizens of the burden of paying taxes; it also slashed tax rates for individuals by 5 percent. It was the most far-reaching tax reform bill in US history passed by Congress. Although it removed 9,000,000 of the very poor from federal tax rolls, it was criticized as a measure that aided the rich. The bill, signed by President Nixon on this day, reduced the tax surcharge from 10% to 5% and extended it for six months, reduced the oil depletion allowance from 27.5% to 22%, closed numerous tax loopholes, and increased Social security benefits by 15%.
    1970 - Paul McCartney sued the other three Beatles to dissolve the partnership and gain control of his interest. The suit touched off a bitter feud between McCartney and the others, especially his co-writer on many of the Beatles compositions, John Lennon. The partnership officially came to end in 1974.
“You get your lawyer
& I'll get mine
We'll all get together
& have a real bad time.”
George Harrison, "Sue Me Blues
    1971 - Daniel Ellsberg indicted by a federal grand jury for releasing Pentagon papers to the media.
http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/history/A0838198.html
http://ellsberg.net/index.htm
http://www.theatlantic.com/issues/72nov/ungar.htm
http://globetrotter.berkeley.edu/people/Ellsberg/ellsberg98-0.html
    1972 – Officials in Washington, D.C., announce that the peace talks in Paris between National Security Adviser Henry Kissinger and North Vietnamese negotiator Le Duc Tho will resume on January 2 President Richard M. Nixon on December 18th ordered a massive air bombardment of military installations in North Vietnam. The heaviest attack since the November, 1968 bombing halt. On December 28, Hanoi agreed to return to the negotiations, and President Nixon ordered a halt to Linebacker II, the intensive bombing campaign of North Vietnam. Nixon initiated the campaign on December 18 when the North Vietnamese, who walked out of the peace negotiations in Paris, refused his ultimatum to return to the talks. During the course of the bombing, 700 B-52 sorties and more than 1,000 fighter-bombers dropped an estimated 20,000 tons of bombs, mostly over the densely populated area between Hanoi and Haiphong. the US (by its own count) lost 15 B-52's & 11 fighter-bombers, with 93 airmen killed or missing. Hanoi claims 76 planes were shot down. Nixon, elected on the campaign with the promise of a "secret" plan to end the war . “The White House tapes” indicate he had none and at the time, was negotiating behind his Secretary of State Kissinger’s back. The North Vietnamese realized that Nixon was going to continue to bomb until they came back to the peace table, no matter what Kissinger was or was not telling them. When the communist negotiators returned to Paris, the peace talks moved along quickly. On January 23, 1973, the United States, North Vietnam, the Republic of Vietnam, and the Viet Cong signed a cease-fire agreement that took effect five days later.
    1975 - Top Hits
Let’s Do It Again - The Staple Singers
Saturday Night - Bay City Rollers
Love Rollercoaster - Ohio Players
Convoy - C.W. McCall
    1975 - Birthday of golfer Tiger (Eldrick) Woods, born Cypress, CA.
    1976 - The Smothers Brothers, Tom and Dick, played their last show at the Aladdin Hotel in Las Vegas and retired as a team from show business. Each continued as a solo artist. They reunited years later for another stab at TV (on NBC) plus concert appearances that proved very successful.
    1976 – “ABBA's Greatest Hits” is certified gold
    1978 - Ohio State University fired Woody Hayes as its football coach, one day after Hayes punched Clemson University player Charlie Bauman during the Gator Bowl after Bauman intercepted an Ohio pass.
    1979 - Emerson, Lake and Palmer announced they were splitting up. The trio of Keith Emerson, Greg Lake and Carl Palmer was enormously popular in the early 1970's with their classically-flavored progressive rock. The trio regrouped in 1986, at first with drummer Cozy Powell substituting for Palmer. But Palmer himself later rejoined Emerson and Lake.
    1980 - The longest-running series in prime-time television history was canceled by NBC. "The Wonderful World of Disney" was axed after more than 25 years on the tube.
    1982 - An uncommon sight in the sky this night, as a ‘blue moon’ appeared. It was not really a blue moon, but one unobstructed by pollution and haze - appearing grayish in color. It was the second full moon of the month; a rare event that attracted many sky watchers. Now you know where the expression, “once in a blue moon” came from.
    1983 - Top Hits
Say Say Say - Paul McCartney & Michael Jackson
Say It Isn’t So - Daryl Hall-John Oates
Union of the Snake - Duran Duran
Houston (Means I’m One Day Closer to You) - Larry Gatlin & The Gatlin Brothers
    1983 - ‘Dr. J’, Julius Erving, of the Philadelphia 76ers, sank a free throw in the third quarter to become the ninth pro basketball player to score 25,000 points. The 13-year veteran reached his milestone, but the Sixers still lost to the Seattle SuperSonics, 97-93.
    1988 - President Ronald Reagan and President-elect George Bush were subpoenaed to testify at the trial of former White House aide Oliver North on criminal charges stemming from the Iran-Contra affair.
    1985 - IBM-PC DOS Version 3.2 released
http://a1computers.net/pcdoshis.htm|
    1987 - An unusually heavy demand for non-smoking seats aboard a TWA flight from Boston to Los Angeles leads to a complete smoking ban. Toward the end of the flight, 11 passengers protest by lighting cigarettes, & the flight attendant who demands that they be extinguished is physically assaulted.
    1988 - Unseasonably cold weather prevailed in the southwestern U.S. A week of subfreezing temperatures in southern California claimed the lives of five people. Redding CA was blanketed with four inches of snow.
    1989 - Extreme cold continued across northern Maine. Milo ME was the cold spot in the nation with a morning low of 38 degrees below zero, and the low of 31 degrees below zero at Caribou ME was a December record for that location. Freezing rain spread across much of Lower Michigan, knocking out electrical power to 1.9 million customers in southeastern Lower Michigan.
    1991 - A girl was born to Bruce Springsteen and wife Patty Scialfa. It was the couple's second child.
    1991 - Top Hits
Black or White - Michael Jackson
It’s So Hard to Say Goodbye to Yesterday - Boyz II Men
All 4 Love - Color Me Badd
My Next Broken Heart - Brooks & Dunn
    1995 - Sir Elton John was named a commander of the Order of the British Empire in the Queen's New Year's honors list. He was honored for his service to music and to charity. John donated millions of dollars to AIDS research.
    1995 - Right-to-Life (sic) gunman John C. Salvi III murders Shannon Lowney of Planned Parenthood & Lee Ann Nichols of Pre-term, women's health care clinics in Brookline, Massachusetts. Salvi, who worked in a beauty salon in New Hampshire before his murderous rampage, was described by acquaintances as a "very odd" man. Despite his increasingly erratic behavior, Salvi's parents resisted getting professional treatment for him. As his mental state deteriorated, he became a zealous anti-abortion activist. In March 1996, Salvi's trial jury rejected his insanity defense and convicted him of murder. After receiving two life sentences, he killed himself in prison in November 1996.
http://wildcat.arizona.edu/papers/old-wildcats/spring95/February/February8,1995/03_3_m.html
http://www.standardtimes.com/daily/03-96/03-19-96/1asalvi.htm
    2002 - According to a Nielsen SoundScan survey, total CD album sales were down 10.7% in 2002, marking the sharpest sales decrease from the previous year in the 11-year tracking history. It was the second straight year the market declined, following steady growth since Nielsen first began tracking the US market in 1991. Total album sales in 2002 were 681 million, compared with 762.8 million the previous year. Country album sales posted the largest increase, as sales rose 12.2% from 2001. This rise was largely fueled by such crossover sensations as The Dixie Chicks, Shania Twain, Alan Jackson, and Faith Hill.
    2006 – Saddam Hussein was executed by hanging for crimes committed against his own people during his rule.
    2018 – Patrick Mahomes became the second QB (Tom Brady) in NFL history to throw for 5,000 yards and 50 TDs.

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