Ascentium Capital LLC Reports 41%
Second Quarter Growth Over Prior Year

Ascentium Capital LLC, a national commercial lender, announced strong growth during the second quarter of 2021. The company achieved 41% origination growth year-over-year during the quarter. The growth is reflective of the economic recovery being experienced nationwide following the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.
 

Tom Depping, Executive Vice President, Ascentium Group Manager, declared, “The company’s continued growth highlights the dedication of Ascentium associates to providing financial solutions focused on our equipment vendors and business clients,”.
 
Ascentium Capital offers specialized equipment financing and business loans to businesses nationwide. The company also provides customized finance programs for equipment manufacturers and distributers with simplified application procedures to help businesses in a broad array of industries including commercial vehicles, energy, franchise, healthcare, industrial, and technology.

David Lyder, Senior Vice President, Ascentium Sales and Marketing, said, “We have achieved 15% growth quarter-over-quarter in originations, influenced by our increased operational and sales efficiencies to enhance the delivery of ongoing value to our customers.” said. “Our tenured national sales force is highly skilled in working with our customers to meet their financing business requirements to assist in growing their business.”
 
About Ascentium Capital LLC
Ascentium Capital LLC, a subsidiary of Regions Bank, specializes in providing a broad range of business equipment financing, leasing, and loans across the United States. The Company’s offering is designed to benefit equipment manufacturers and distributors as well as direct to businesses nationwide. For additional information about Ascentium and its business financing products and services, please visit www.AscentiumCapital.com.

About Regions Financial Corporation
Regions Financial Corporation (NYSE:RF), with $156 billion in assets, is a member of the S&P 500 Index and is one of the nation’s largest full-service providers of consumer and commercial banking, wealth management, and mortgage products and services. Regions serves customers across the South, Midwest and Texas, and through its subsidiary, Regions Bank, operates more than 1,300 banking offices and approximately 2,000 ATMs. Regions Bank is an Equal Housing Lender and Member FDIC. Additional information about Regions and its full line of products and services can be found at www.Regions.com.

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TopMark Funding Produces Record-Breaking Quarter
as Industry Returns to the Road

ROSEVILLE, Calif., - TopMark Funding, a premier funding destination for commercial vehicle dealerships and small to midsized fleets, has seen remarkable growth in 2021 by focusing on attracting and retaining top senior sales talent nationwide who have experience in the business and are inspired and fueled by the potential of a commission-only compensation model with unlimited earning potential.

TopMark continues to bolster a talented and growing team across the country as it sets another record-breaking quarter. In fact, TopMark in Q2 continued its trajectory and exceeded its revenue goal which had been set at a 35% increase quarter over quarter. The banner quarter netted 108% of the company’s target resulting in a 45% increase against Q1 performance. The growth is attributed to both expansion of its sales team, strong product offerings, increasing brand awareness, a growing dealership network, and improvement in the overall economy. TopMark’s back half of 2021 plan forecasts additional increase in sales personnel and strong revenue growth.

Co-Founder Dan Summers, said, “The TopMark team is energized by the growth we’re experiencing this year, both in exceeding sales goals and growing our senior talent. After the uncertainty that 2020 brought to the transportation industry, and the overall economy, it’s nice to see and be part of its rebound.” 

Co-Founder Evan Lang, commented, “The continued investment in our sales team expansion underscores our commitment to support our rapidly growing dealerships’ business with top talent. This is another step in our journey to become a significant originator in the transportation space.”

The company is focused on continuing the growth and momentum that its dedicated sales team has delivered to date within its dealership network. In the past quarter, the company has increased its account executives by 15% and is on par to meet its goal of a 45% total increase in its sales force by the end of the year.

The company plans to focus on expanding its footprint, growing its sales team and further enhancing its processes with added technology in the back half of the year. Dealerships can expect additional features within DealerLinc 2.0 which the company began developing in April and intends to roll out in Q3 2021.

About TopMark Funding
TopMark Funding, LLC, is a premier funding partner for dealerships, specializes in financing commercial vehicles, and can effectively and efficiently handle dealer transactions. Founded in 2015, the company has a proven track record of helping transportation companies expand by offering strategic funding solutions for growing small and mid-sized fleet owners. With a laser focus on speed, accuracy, and unmatched customer service, TopMark Funding and its dedicated team assist dealerships in financing over $60 million of commercial vehicles annually.

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ELFA Monthly Business Report Breaks Record
June Month-to-Month Business was up 28% from May

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The Equipment Leasing and Finance Association’s (ELFA) Monthly Leasing and Finance Index for June was $10.4 billion, up 28% for month-to-month and 9% compared to last year.

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ELFA President and CEO Ralph Petta said, “If equipment finance new business volume at the end of Q2 is any indication, the second half of the year should be as strong as economists predict. Despite slower-than-desired vaccinations in certain parts of the U.S, consumer spending is accelerating, markets remain strong and unemployment continues to slowly abate, all of which are contributing to a strong economy. This portends well for the equipment finance sector as we move into the second half of 2021. Recent pronouncements from the Fed indicate that they are eyeing recent upticks in inflation warily, but interest rates should remain low—at least in the near- to medium-term.”

ELFA Statistics:

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Full List of MLFI Participants:

1. Bank of America Global Leasing
2. Bank of the West
3. BB&T Bank
4. BMO Harris Equipment Finance
5. Canon Financial Services
6. Caterpillar Financial Services
7. CIT
8. Citizens Asset Finance
9. Dell Financial Services
10. DLL
11. Fifth Third Bank
12. First American Equipment Finance, a City National Bank  
13. Frost Equipment Leasing and Finance
14. GreatAmerica Financial Services
15. Hitachi Capital America
16. HP, Inc.
17. HPE Financial Services Company
18. Huntington Equipment Finance
19. John Deere Financial
20. Key Equipment Finance
21. LEAF Commercial Capital Inc.
22. M&T Bank
23. Marlin Capital Solutions
24. Merchants Bank Equipment Finance
25. PNC Equipment Finance
26. Societe Generale Equipment Finance
27. Siemens Financial Services
28. Stearns Bank
29. Stonebriar Commercial Finance
30. TCF Capital Solutions, a division of TCF National Bank
31. TD Equipment Finance
32. TIAA Commercial Finance, Inc.
33. US Bancorp Business Equipment Finance
34. Volvo Financial Services
35. Wells Fargo Equipment Finance

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Yelp Reports Over 65% of U.S. States Had an Increased
Volume of Business Openings Compared to Pre-COVID 19

In Yelp’s Q2 Economic Average Report, it reports “an increase in consumers getting back to pre-pandemic activities – such as dining out, in-person shopping and returning to their offices.” Consumer demand is continuing to increase, and new small businesses are opening at rapid rates.

Here are the key statistics from the report:

Consumer demand is on the rise across the United States, but Maine, Montana, South Dakota, and Alaska have seen a huge spike in consumer interest at rates of 78.4%, 74.6%, 74.2%, and 62.9% respectively.

• Counties with larger increases in vaccinations were more likely to see higher consumer demand.

• In Q2, 60,502 businesses reopened according to Yelp. April alone saw 38,725 businesses reopen, the largest monthly volume of reopenings since May 2020.

• Restaurant businesses and retail businesses had the highest number of reopenings in Q2. 22,441 restaurant/food businesses reopened, and 13,700 retails stores reopened.

• New business applications from June 2020 to May 2021 increased at the greatest pace on record since 2004.

• 150,940 new businesses opened on Yelp and surpassed pre-pandemic levels by 8%.

• Home services are continuing to see high demand and accounted for 51,445 of the new businesses opened. This is a 48% increase from pre-pandemic levels.

• Lawn service businesses saw a 189% increase in business openings, home cleaning increased 139%, drywall installation/repair was up 119%, and painting businesses were up 96%.

• There were 19,968 new restaurants opened in Q2. Food delivery services continue to thrive at a 166% increase in delivery service openings.

• Nine out of ten states with the largest increase in new businesses were in the southern United States.

• Over 65% of all states saw an increased volume of new businesses opening when compared to pre-pandemic levels.

Source: Coleman Report by Delaney Sexton, Contributing Editor

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Have you ever rushed through an airport security check only to realize some change fell out of your pocket along the way? In the United States, the Transport Security Administration gets to keep all money lost by careless travelers during security screening. Even though a few coins falling into the odd tray at security may not seem all that much, it swiftly adds up.

In fiscal year 2019, just before the pandemic, the TSA collected a whopping $926,030.44 in loose change across U.S. airports. A year later, when air travel declined drastically due to the pandemic, the sum was $517,978.74. Given that the initial figure is more representative of a standard air travel year, which airports are collecting the most loose change?

In 2019, passengers at John F. Kennedy International in New York City left $98,110 behind them, the highest amount collected at any U.S. airport. San Francisco International followed with $52,669 while Miami International came third with $47,694. Unclaimed money is deposited into a special account where it can be tracked before it is spent.

The TSA had $3,618,969 in resources from loose change on September 30, 2019 and $2.1 million of it was obligated for training with just under $1 million spent during the year. In 2020, $1,518.696 worth of collected loose change was on the books with around $1.1 million of it spent on Covid-19 mitigation efforts such as the purchase of masks, gloves, Plexiglas shields and other protection measures. When the amount of money collected in 2020 is taken into account, the TSA had $925,457.32 available for use by the end of the year.

By Niall McCarthy, Statista

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Disclosure Laws Update
By Kenneth C. Greene, Attorney

July 26, 2021

When do the new disclosure laws in California, New York and New Jersey take effect? What changes need to be made to our documents?

These are by far the two most frequent questions I am asked these days. The questions are simple, but the answers are not. Although I plan on writing a more comprehensive set of articles after we finish the series on licensing and registration, this will serve as an interim update to assist those who need more immediate answers.

CALIFORNIA:
                                   
California Senate Bill 1235, the nation’s first disclosure laws for commercial financing, were signed by Gov. Brown on 9/30/18, but it was not to take effect until the California Department of Business Oversight (DBO), now known as the Department of Financial Protection and Innovation (DFPI), adopted regulations specifying the form and content of the required disclosures.

SENATE BILL 1235:
https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1235

Since the law was signed, there have been at least five rounds of comment solicitations and as many sets of proposed/modified regulations. Recently, the DFPI commenced its most recent round of comment solicitations.

DFPI NOTICE OF FIFTH MODIFICATIONS
https://dfpi.ca.gov/wp-content/uploads/sites/337/2021/07/PRO-02-17-Notice-of-Fifth-Modifications.pdf

Here are some of the highlights that were recently revised:

• §3024(b) which states that (1) a provider’s “mere use” of certain words required by the regulations such as interest, interest rate, APR, and prepayment “shall not constitute evidence that a financer’s contract with a recipient is or is not a loan under California law,” and; (2) the new subsection “shall not preclude a trier of fact from considering a provider’s statements in the disclosures required by [these regulations] when assessing whether a transaction, based upon the totality of the circumstances, is a loan under California law.
• §3025(b) which states that for purposes of determining whether a recipient’s business is “principally directed or managed from California,” a provider “may rely upon the business address provided by the recipient to the provider in the application for financing.” 
• §3026 creates a tolerance for the disclosed APR and safe harbors from liability for over disclosures and for inadvertent disclosure errors that are addressed within 60 days of discovery through the provider’s or financer’s own procedures.
• §3027 requires additional disclosures when the amount financed is greater than the amount of funds received by the recipient.

This should have been the final round of commentary and it would appear that the final regulations will be issued within a month or two. I would expect compliance to be required around the beginning of next year. It is difficult to predict what the regulations will require, but we know they vary from financial product to product. It would be possible to start revising documents now, but I think it's best to wait until the final regs are promulgated.

NEW YORK:

New York’s Senate Bill 5470-B took effect on 6/21/21. Here is a synopsis of what is required:

• The required disclosures vary depending on the type of financing involved. A provider would generally need to disclose the following (i) total amount of financing (or maximum amount of available credit) and, if different, the disbursement amount; (ii) finance charge; (iii) APR, using calculations similar to the federal Truth In Lending Act and Regulation Z; (iv) total repayment amount; (v) term; (vi) amounts and frequency of payments; (vii) description of all other potential fees and charges; (viii) description of any prepayment charges; and (ix) a description of any collateral requirements or security interests.

• Alternative disclosures for factoring and sales-based lending are provided. Additionally, a provider that requires a recipient to pay off an existing financing commitment to that provider as a condition of renewal must disclose the amount of the new financing that will be applied to prepayment charges or interest under the financing being renewed, and the dollar amount by which the new disbursement will be reduced to pay down any unpaid portion of the outstanding balance. “Rates” and “interest” must be disclosed as APR’s, and finance charges also must be stated as APR’s. While this type of disclosure is relatively easy for traditional commercial loans, the legislation recognizes that other types of commercial financing, such as factoring and sales-based lending, will require alternative disclosures. This may ultimately limit the ability of small businesses to compare various types of commercial financing.

• A commercial financing provider must obtain the recipient’s signature, which may be in electronic format, on all required disclosures before authorizing the recipient to proceed further with its application.

No sooner was the ink dry on that law that Governor Cuomo made, as he had promised, certain modifications to the disclosure requirements. When SB 5470-B was enacted into law, an exemption from the new law was provided for an individual commercial financing transaction in an amount over $500,000. Thus, many commercial finance transactions would not have been subject to the new disclosure obligations. SB 898 greatly expands the new disclosure obligations, as it only exempts commercial financing transaction in an amount over $2.5 million. Now, commercial financing of $2.5 million or less is subject to the commercial loan disclosure obligations, unless another exemption applies

SB 898 also adds a new exemption from the disclosure obligations involving certain motor vehicle dealers and rental vehicle companies, defined as “commercial financing transactions in which the recipient is a dealer as defined in §415 of the Vehicle and Traffic law, or an affiliate of such a dealer, or a rental vehicle company as defined in §396-z of the General Business Law, or an affiliate of such a company pursuant to a commercial financing agreement or commercial open-end credit plan of at least $50,000, including any commercial loan made pursuant to such a commercial financing transaction.”

SB 898 also provides some clarification regarding the APR disclosures for the less traditional financing transactions regulated including (i) sales-based financing under §803, (ii) closed-end commercial financing under §804, (iii) open-end financings under §805, (iv) factoring transactions under §806, (v) and other forms of commercial financings under §807. As set out in SB 898, the disclosures for these sections must be made “regardless of whether such act or such regulation would require such a calculation.” Thus, the commercial loan disclosures required under these sections of the modified Commercial Loan Disclosure Law will apply even if the original law did not otherwise require any disclosure.

Finally, SB 898 repeals the provision that the new Disclosure Law was to take effect 180 days after being enacted. Rather, SB 898 provides a specific effective date of 1/1/22, and issues a mandate to those who are to administer the new law, providing that “effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation, necessary for the implementation of this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and completed by the superintendent of financial service on or before such effective date.”

Stay tuned for additional changes expected during this legislative session that will change the licensing laws, something I will discuss in the next segment of our licensing and registration series.

NEW JERSEY:

New Jersey's disclosure Bill S2262 (now, S233 in its latest iteration) was introduced in 3/18 but is not law yet, but probably will be after the session this year.

Some highlights from the bill, though not finalized yet, are disclosures on loans, factoring, and merchant cash advances on transactions less than $500,000. In addition to APR requirements, brokers who arrange such financing would be required to disclose their fee to prospective applicants separately from the financing contract and prior to the consummation of the transaction.

For those of you interested in doing a deeper dive, here’s a link to the bill: 

https://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2020/Bills/S0500/233_I1.HTM

I believe it is still too soon to begin revising the documents that rely upon New Jersey law, as the law will not take effect until 145 days following enactment, which is likely, though we don’t know exactly when.

This is but a cursory overview of these new laws. I will address the laws and disclosure requirements in detail next month.

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November 10-12, 2021
Hayes Mansion, San Jose, California

Bobit Business Media, the largest fleet media company in the world, is pleased to announce the third annual Fleet Forward Conference taking place November 10-12, 2021 in San Jose, California. Designed to facilitate the active inclusion of fleet stakeholders like you, Fleet Forward Conference brings together new technology vendors with fleet services providers and end users.

Fleet Forward Conference 2021 will set the scene for thought leaders, progressive fleets, and technology innovators to break down how electric and connected vehicles, shared mobility concepts, autonomous technologies, and big data can be implemented to create more efficient fleets.

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News Briefs---

CIT Group Reported Net Income of $226.9 Million
    Compared to Reporting a Los in the Same Year
https://mma.prnewswire.com/media/1581734/2Q21_Final_Earnings_Release.pdf

Element Reports Solid Second Quarter and First Half Results
     Reflecting Focus on Growth Priorities
https://www.elementfleet.com/binaries/content/assets/elementfleet/newsroom/efn_2q21-results-news-release.pdf

Electrified Vehicles Now Fastest Growing
    Auto Segment in U.S.
https://www.chargedfleet.com/10147884/electrified-vehicles-now-fastest-growing-auto

Tesla reaches milestone with first $1 billion
    quarterly profit
https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/07/27/tesla-reaches-milestone-with-first-1b-quarterly-profit/

Medical groups call for mandatory vaccination
    of U.S. health care workers.
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/26/health/health-care-workers-vaccine-requirement.html

U.S. won't lift travel restrictions,
    citing spike in COVID delta variant cases
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/u-s-won-t-lift-travel-restrictions-citing-spike-covid-n1275014

CDC will recommend everyone in K-12 schools wear a mask
     -- regardless of vaccination status -- in new guidance
https://www.cnn.com/2021/07/27/politics/cdc-mask-guidance/index.html

At the F.D.A.’s urging, Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna
    are expanding their studies of children 5 to 11
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/26/us/politics/fda-covid-vaccine-trials-children.html

 

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You May Have Missed---

Americans Spend Again
    and American Express Profit Surges
https://apnews.com/article/business-health-coronavirus-pandemic-879a94ac579792e7021d31dab9bee477

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Sports Briefs---

Simone Biles Doesn’t Need a Gold Medal to Win
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/04/opinion/simone-biles-gymnastics.html

Packers fortunate to get highly motivated Aaron Rodgers
    back for one more run
https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/columnist/mike-jones/2021/07/27/aaron-rodgers-green-bay-packers-quarterback-future/5382616001/

Eyeing the SEC, Oklahoma and Texas Plan
    to Leave the Big 12
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/26/sports/ncaafootball/sec-big-12-oklahoma-texas.html

Aaron Rodgers wants WR Randall Cobb back with the Packers
https://www.theredzone.org/Blog-Description/EntryId/16777/Aaron-Rodgers-wants-WR-Randall-Cobb-back-with-the-Packers

49ers actually have good news on injury comebacks
    of Nick Bosa, Dee Ford, Jalen Hurd
https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2021/07/27/49ers-actually-have-good-news-on-injury-comebacks-of-nick-bosa-dee-ford-jalen-hurd/

Max Scherzer to Giants? Cy Young winner prefers
    West Coast destination ahead of trade deadline
https://www.sfgate.com/giants/article/Max-Scherzer-prefers-west-coast-destination-ahead-16343156.php?IPID=SFGate-HP-CP-Spotlight

Why Jimmy Garoppolo is the 49ers'
    most important player in 2021
https://www.sfchronicle.com/sports/49ers/article/Why-Jimmy-Garoppolo-is-the-49ers-most-16338669.php

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California Nuts Briefs---

COVID is surging again in California.
    How CDC’s indoor mask guidance will affect the state
https://www.sacbee.com/news/coronavirus/article253058598.html

California government, health workers must show
     proof of vaccination or be tested regularly
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-07-26/california-state-healthcare-workers-must-show-vaccine-proof?utm_id=33947&sfmc_id=1646692

Cal State to require vaccinations for all students,
    faculty, staff on campus this fall
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-07-27/cal-state-to-require-covid-vaccines-students-faculty-staff?utm_id=34013&sfmc_id=1646692

Bay Area bars, restaurants requiring
    vaccine proof from indoor customers
https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/07/27/list-bay-area-bars-restaurants-requiring-vaccine-proof-from-indoor-customers/

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“Gimme that Wine”

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Wine of the week: Girasole Vineyards,
     2020 Mendocino County Pinot Blanc
https://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/lifestyle/wine-of-the-week-girasole-vineyards-2020-mendocino-county-pinot-blanc/

Mount Veeder winery wins Napa County approval
https://napavalleyregister.com/news/local/mount-veeder-winery-wins-napa-county-approval/article_380011c9-194b-510d-b140-c4ab47eaee92.html#tracking-source=home-top-story-1

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This Day in History

     1746 - Thomas Heyward’s (d. 1809) birthday, in St. Luke’s Parish, SC.  He was elected to the Continental Congress in 1775 as a representative of his home state and he was a soldier in the Revolution.   A signer of the Declaration of Independence.  He was captured by the British in 1778 and imprisoned in Philadelphia.   http://virtualology.com/thomasheyward.com/
http://www.colonialhall.com/heyward/heyward.asp
    1777 - Vermont enacted the first universal voting rights to freemen without restriction as to property or wealth. The state constitution adopted at a general convention at Windsor, VT., permitted all freemen who were natural-born citizens over 21 years of age to elect officers and to be elected to office.
    1819 - A small but intense hurricane passed over Bay Saint Louis, MS. The hurricane was considered the worst in fifty years. Few houses were left standing either at Bay Saint Louis or at Pass Christian, and much of the Mississippi coast was desolate following the storm. A U.S. cutter was lost along with its thirty-nine crew members. The storm struck the same area that was hit 150 years later by Hurricane Camille.
    1841 - Forces from the national bank movement received a glimmer of hope as the Senate narrowly passed the Fiscal Bank Bill. An initiative of the embattled Whig party, this bill called for the creation of the Fiscal Bank of the United States, a federal financial institution to be located in the District of Columbia. The bank's starchy name barely disguised the ideological intent of its inventors: the Whigs sought nothing less than the revival of the Second Bank of the United States, the ill-fated institution that Andrew Jackson had putatively killed in the name of states' rights earlier in the 1830s. The bill to establish a Fiscal Bank of the U.S. was introduced and approved in the Senate and by the House on August 6. For a brief spell during the summer of 1841, it looked as though the Whigs would have their day; however, despite the Fiscal Bank Bill passing through the House in early August, the legislation--and its Whig advocates--was doomed to failure. On August 16, President John Tyler, a staunch state supporter, announced that he was vetoing the bill. The legislation bounced back to the Senate, but the Whigs failed to marshal sufficient support to override Tyler's veto.  The Whig leadership was enraged by Tyler’s veto. They believed Tyler had agreed to sign the bill and that he had reneged on a promise
   1854 – USS Constellation, the last all-sail warship built by the US Navy, is commissioned.  It has been moored in Baltimore’s Inner Harbor since 1963.  In 1994, Constellation was condemned as an unsafe vessel. She was towed to a dry-dock at Ft. McHenry in 1996, and her $9 million restoration project was completed in July, 1999.  On 26 October 2004, Constellation made her first trip out of Baltimore's Inner Harbor since 1955. The trip to the Naval Academy in Annapolis lasted six days and it marked her first trip to Annapolis in 111 years. 
    1857 – Birthday of Ballington Booth (d. 1940), English-American activist, co-founded Volunteers of America, in Brighthouse, England.  He was the second son of William and Catherine Booth, founders of The Salvation Army in 1878.   
    1858 - Four British and American ships spliced a telegraph cable together, and then set sail for home the following day. The cable was laid out until the ships reached Ireland and Newfoundland. The cable, which stretched more than 1,950 miles and was laid as deep as two miles under the ocean in some places, established transatlantic telegraph communication.  An initial message was exchanged by President James Buchanan and Queen Victoria in August. However, the cable's weak signal was insufficient for regular communication and service ended on September 1.
    1864 - Confederates under General John Bell Hood make a third attempt to break General William T. Sherman's hold on Atlanta. Like the first two, this attack failed, destroying the Confederate Army of Tennessee's offensive capabilities. Hood had replaced Joseph Johnston as commander of the Army of Tennessee on July 18, 1864, because Johnston had failed to keep Sherman away from Atlanta. Upon assuming command of the army, Hood quickly scrapped Johnston's defensive strategy and attacked Sherman, first on July 20 at Peachtree Creek, and then on July 22 at the Battle of Atlanta. Both failed, but that did not deter Hood from making another attempt to break the Union hold on the important Southern city. When Sherman sent General Oliver O. Howard southeast of Atlanta to cut the Macon and Western Railroad, one of the remaining supply lines, Hood sent Stephen D. Lee's corps to block the move. Lee attacked at Ezra Church, but the battle did not go as planned for the Confederates. Instead of striking the Union flank, Lee's corps hit the Union center, where the Yankee troops were positioned behind barricades made from logs and pews taken from the church. Throughout the afternoon, Lee made several attacks on the Union lines. Each was turned back, and Lee was not able to get around the Union flank. The battle was costly for an army that was already outnumbered. Lee lost 3,000 men to the Union's 630. More important, Hood lost his offensive capability. For the next month, he could do no more than sit in trenches around Atlanta and wait for Sherman to deal him the knockout blow.
http://www.civilwarlandscapes.org/cwla/states/ga/ez/ez.htm
    1866 – Beatrix Potter (d. 1943), the author of “The Tale of Peter Rabbit,” was born in Kensington, England. 
    1868 – The 14th amendment to the Constitution is ratified and former slaves become United States citizens.  The amendment extends citizenship to “all persons born or naturalized in the United States including former slaves recently emancipated by the 13th Amendment. It also ensures that no state shall “deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.”
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/jul28.html
    1868 - Pres. Johnson signed the Burlingame Treaty. It was negotiated by Anson Burlingame, who represented the interests of China, and committed the US to a policy of noninterference in Chinese affairs. It also established commercial ties and provided unrestricted immigration of Chinese to the US.
    1896 - The city of Miami, Florida was incorporated.
    1891 - Birthday of blues singer Mary McBride, Algiers, LA
    1900 - Louis Lassen of Louis' Lunch in New Haven, Conn., reportedly created the hamburger sandwich when he tossed a grilled beef patty between two slices of white bread for a customer in a hurry.
http://www.npr.org/programs/morning/features/patc/hamburger/
http://whatscookingamerica.net/History/HamburgerHistory.htm
    1901 - Birthday of Rudy Valle (d. 1986) was born Hubert Prior Vallee, at Island Pond, VT. American singer, saxophone player and radio idol of millions during the 1930s.  The crooner used a megaphone to amplify his voice and introduced his performances with the salutation, "Heigh-ho-everybody!" Vallee appeared in a number of movies, including “How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying.” Among his best-remembered songs are "I'm Just a Vagabond Lover," "Cheerful Little Earful," "Say It Isn't So" and his signature song, "My Time Is Your Time."
   
    1903 - The Saint Luke Penny Savings Bank, Richmond, VA, was founded by the first female bank president, Maggie Lena Walker, the daughter of an African-American slave. It had a paid-in capital of $25,000. The first day’s deposits exceeded $8,000.   The bank later became the Consolidated Bank and Trust Company. She died December 15, 1934.
http://www.distinguishedwomen.com/biographies/walker-ml.html
http://www.search.eb.com/women/articles/Walker_Maggie_Lena.html
http://www.nps.gov/malw/details.htm
    1904 - Birthday of Ikey “Banjo” Robinson (d. 1990), Dublin VA.
http://www.jazzbanjo.com/jbartist/artists/bikey.htm
http://www.redhotjazz.com/ikeywc5.html
http://www.rainerjazz.com/Interpreten/Robinson_I_003.htm
http://www.venerablemusic.com/JazzN-ZRecordPages/DOCU_1508.htm
    1907 - Birthday of Leon Prima (d. 1985), trumpeter, New Orleans.  Older brother of Louis Prima who was also a trumpeter and band leader.  Leon ran several Bourbon Street night spots, including the Shim Sham Club (229 Bourbon) and the 500 Club (whose house band was led by Sam Butera before Sam headed to Las Vegas to join Louis Prima's band in 1954) http://www.lib.umd.edu/LAB/JERRYLEE/bands/fi/00000032.html
    1907 – Birthday of Earl Tupper (d. 1983) in Berlin, NH.  Founder of Tupperware.  Using black, inflexible pieces of polyethylene slag, a waste product of an oil refining process given to him by his supervisor at DuPont Chemical Company, Tupper purified the slag and molded it to create lightweight, non-breakable containers, cups, bowls, plates, and even gas masks that were used in World War II.  He later designed liquid-proof, airtight lids, inspired by the secure seal of paint can lids.  Tupper founded the Tupperware Plastics Company in 1938 and, in 1946, introduced Tupper Plastics to hardware and department stores. Around 1948, he joined forces with Brownie Wise, who caught his attention after she made a lengthy phone call to his office during which she explained her extraordinary success selling Tupperware via home parties. Based on a marketing strategy developed by Wise, Tupperware was withdrawn from sale in retail stores in the early 1950s and Tupperware "parties" soon became popular in homes. This was the first instance of "party-plan" marketing.
    1914 - World War I beings. Archduke Francis Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary and his wife were assassinated at Sarajevo, Bosnia, by a Serbian nationalist, touching off the conflict that became World War I. Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia on July 28, the formal beginning of the war. Within weeks, Germany entered the war on the side of Austria-Hungary and Russia, France and Great Britain on the side of Serbia.
    1915 - US forces invaded Haiti and stayed until 1924.
    1918 - MANNING, SIDNEY E., Medal of Honor.
Rank and organization: Corporal, U.S. Army Company G, 167th Infantry, 42d Division. Place and date: Near Breuvannes, France, 28 July 1918. Entering service at: Flomaton, Ala. Born: 17 July 1892, Butler County, Ala. G.O. No.: 44, W.D., 1919. Citation: When his platoon commander and platoon sergeant had both become casualties soon after the beginning of an assault on strongly fortified heights overlooking the Ourcq River, Cpl. Manning took command of his platoon, which was near the center of the attacking line. Though himself severely wounded, he led forward the 35 men remaining in the platoon and finally succeeded in gaining a foothold on the enemy's position, during which time he had received more wounds and all but 7 of his men had fallen. Directing the consolidation of the position, he held off a large body of the enemy only 50 yards away by fire from his automatic rifle. He declined to take cover until his line had been entirely consolidated with the line of the platoon on the front when he dragged himself to shelter, suffering from 9 wounds in all parts of the body.
    1924 - Birthday of tenor sax player Corky Corcoran (d. 1979), Tacoma, WA.
http://www.thejukejoint.com/corkycorcoran.html
http://www.classicjazzguitar.com/albums/artist_album.jsp?album=897
    1929 - Birthday of Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis (d. 1994), former US First Lady, at Southampton, NY. She studied at Vassar, the Sorbonne, and George Washington University before marrying Senator John Kennedy.
She was basically a shy and retiring person who was hounded by the paparazzi. She was particularly admired for her dignified elegance and cool composure after the assassination (Nov. 22, 1963) of her husband who had been elected President in 1960.  She became a working editor for a major publishing company and raised her two children in NYC, away from the public eye and without from scandal.  She is buried next to JFK and her first son at Arlington National Cemetery. (lower half of: http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/jul28.html )
    1930 - 114ø F (46ø C), Greensburg, Kentucky (state record)
    1931 - The White Sox belted an AL record 12 hits in the 8th inning against the Yankees. They scored 11 runs as Bob Fothergill homered and tripled to win, 14 - 12.
    1932 - Some 15,000 unemployed veterans of World War I marched on Washington, DC, in the summer of 1932, demanding payment of a war bonus. After two months' encampment in Washington's Anacostia Flats, eviction of the bonus marchers by the US Army was ordered by President Herbert Hoover. Under the leadership of General Douglas MacArthur, Major Dwight D. Eisenhower and Major George S. Patton, Jr (among others), cavalry, tanks and infantry attacked. Fixed bayonets, tear gas and the burning of the veterans' tents hastened the end of the confrontation. One death was reported.
    1933 - The first singing telegram, said to have been delivered to singer Rudy Vallee on his 32nd birthday. Early singing telegrams often were delivered in person by uniformed messengers on bicycle. Later they were usually sung over the telephone.
    1934 - 118ø F (48ø C), Orofino, Idaho (state record)
    1935 – First flight of the Boeing B-17 bomber, named The Flying Fortress.  The B-17 was primarily employed by the US Army Air Forces (USAAF) in the daylight strategic Bombing campaign of World War II against German industrial and military targets. The United States Eighth Air Force, based at many airfields in central and southern England, and the Fifteenth Air Force, based in Italy, complemented the nighttime area bombing to help secure air superiority over the cities, factories and battlefields of Western Europe in preparation for invasion of France in 1944.  The B-17 also participated to a lesser extent in the Pacific, early in World War II, where it conducted raids against Japanese shipping and airfields.                
    1936 - Birthday of bassist Jim Hughart at Minneapolis, MN
http://www.jazzography.com/gallery/Jimmy_Hughart.html
http://rewards.artistdirect.com/music/artist/card/0,,446232,00.html
    1938 - For the second consecutive day, Hank Greenberg hits two homers in one day. The Tiger first baseman will hit two home runs in the same game a record setting eleven times during the season.
    1938 - The first loss of an airliner in trans-Pacific China Clipper service occurred when Hawaii Clipper was lost between Guam and Manila.
    1939 - Accompanied by the Victor Young Orchestra, Judy Garland sang one of the most famous songs of the 20th century. The song "Over the Rainbow," music by Harold Arlen and lyrics by Yip Harburg, and recorded for Decca Records, became Garland's signature tune and will forever be linked with the singing actress. For those who don't know, "Rainbow" was featured as the musical highlight of the hit movie, "The Wizard of Oz."  The song is number one on the "Songs of the Century" list compiled by the recording Industry Association of America and the National Endowment for the Arts. The American Film Institute also ranked "Over the Rainbow" the greatest movie song of all time on the list of "AFI’s 100 Years…100 Songs."
    1941 - Judy Garland, 19, married composer David Rose, 31, in Las Vegas on this date. It was Garland's first marriage.
    1943 - Birthday of William Warren “Bill” Bradley, former US senator, presidential candidate, and Basketball Hall of Fame forward from the New York Knicks, at Crystal City, MO.
    1943 - MORGAN, JOHN C. (Air Mission), Medal of Honor.
Rank and organization: Second Lieutenant, U.S. Army Air Corps, 326th Bomber Squadron, 92d Bomber Group. Place and date: Over Europe, 28 July 1943. Entered service at: London, England. Born: 24 August 1914, Vernon, Tex. G.O. No.: 85, 17 December 1943. Citation: For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity above and beyond the call of duty, while participating on a bombing mission over enemy-occupied continental Europe, 28 July 1943. Prior to reaching the German coast on the way to the target, the B17 airplane in which 2d Lt. Morgan was serving as copilot was attacked by a large force of enemy fighters, during which the oxygen system to the tail, waist, and radio gun positions was knocked out. A frontal attack placed a cannon shell through the windshield, totally shattering it, and the pilot's skull was split open by a .303 caliber shell, leaving him in a crazed condition. The pilot fell over the steering wheel, tightly clamping his arms around it. 2d Lt. Morgan at once grasped the controls from his side and, by sheer strength, pulled the airplane back into formation despite the frantic struggles of the semiconscious pilot. The interphone had been destroyed, rendering it impossible to call for help. At this time, the top turret gunner fell to the floor and down through the hatch with his arm shot off at the shoulder and a gaping wound in his side. The waist, tail, and radio gunners had lost consciousness from lack of oxygen and, hearing no fire from their guns, the copilot believed they had bailed out. The wounded pilot still offered desperate resistance in his crazed attempts to fly the airplane. There remained the prospect of flying to and over the target and back to a friendly base wholly unassisted. In the face of this desperate situation, 2d Lt. Morgan made his decision to continue the flight and protect any members of the crew who might still be in the ship and for 2 hours he flew in formation with one hand at the controls and the other holding off the struggling pilot before the navigator entered the steering compartment and relieved the situation. The miraculous and heroic performance of 2d Lt. Morgan on this occasion resulted in the successful completion of a vital bombing mission and the safe return of his airplane and crew.
     1945 – The Japanese attack American ships around Okinawa, in response to the Allied strikes on Japan. The American destroyer Callaghan is sunk by a Japanese suicide plane. It is the last ship to be destroyed by a Kamikaze attack.
    1945 - An Army Air Force B-25 bomber crashed into the 79th floor of the Empire State Building in Manhattan, killing 14 and injuring 26.
    1945 -Top Hits
“The More I See You” - Dick Haymes
“Dream” - The Pied Pipers
“Sentimental Journey” - The Les Brown Orchestra (vocal: Doris Day)
“Oklahoma Hills” - Jack Guthrie
    1949 - Birthday of Vida Rochell Blue, former baseball player, born Mansfield, LA.
    1951 - Rosemary Clooney's "Come On-A My House" hits #1
    1951 - “Sammy Kaye” television show premiers. CBS's musical program hosted by bandleader Sammy Kaye swayed audiences to swinging tunes on Saturday nights.
    1951 - Elia Kazan's powerful film, “On the Waterfront,” starring Marlon Brando, premiered in New York. It later won Oscars for Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Actor.
    1953 - Top Hits
“Song from Moulin Rouge” - The Percy Faith Orchestra
“April in Portugal” - The Les Baxter Orchestra
“I’m Walking Behind You” - Eddie Fisher
“It’s Been So Long” - Webb Pierce
    1954 - "Billboard's" top spot on the pop singles chart went to The Crew Cuts with "Sh-Boom." The song was a cover of a rhythm and blues recording by The Chords and it would stay at the #1 spot for seven weeks. Many people consider this song to be the first rock ’n’ roll record. It wasn’t the first ... rock and roll had made it to the music scene long before this. In fact, The Boswell Sisters recorded a song titled, "Rock and Roll" in 1934. However, "Sh-Boom" was the first rock ’n’ roll record to make it to the top of the pop charts. (The Chords’ version became the first rock-related hit in Great Britain.) Purists consider "Rock Around the Clock" to be the first, true #1 rock ’n’ roll hit. However, it didn’t hit the top of the charts until one year after "Sh-Boom".
    1954 - Walt Disney's “Alice in Wonderland” was released in theaters. The animated film took five years to complete at an estimated cost of $3 million.
    1956 - Elvis Presley's "I Want You, I Need You, I Love You" hits #1
    1957 - Jerry Lee Lewis makes his television debut on "The Steve Allen Show." Lewis is booked for two more appearances.
    1958 - Three years after "Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White" reached #1, Cuban-born bandleader Perez Prado was again at #1 with "Patricia." Because of his Latin inspired instrumentals, Prado was known as the Mambo King.
    1959 – In preparation for statehood, Hawaiians voted to send the first Chinese-American, Hiram L. Fong, to the Senate and the first Japanese-American, Daniel K. Inouye, Medal of Honor recipient, to the House of Representatives. Hiram Fong served 3 terms.
    1961 - Top Hits
“Tossin’ and Turnin’” - Bobby Lewis
“The Boll Weevil Song” - Brook Benton
“Yellow Bird” - Arthur Lyman Group
“Heartbreak U.S.A.” - Kitty Wells
    1962 - Tommy Roe's "Sheila" enters the Hot 100 at #93. It will top the charts by September 1.
    1965 - President Lyndon B. Johnson announces that he has ordered an increase in U.S. military forces in Vietnam, from the present 75,000 to 125,000. Johnson also said that he would order additional increases if necessary. He pointed out that to fill the increase in military manpower needs, the monthly draft calls would be raised from 17,000 to 35,000.
    1996 - The Tokens record "The Lion Sleeps Tonight," which will reach the US pop chart in November and climb to number one by Christmas. The song was originally a hit in South Africa in 1939 for its writer, Solomon Linda, under its original title "Mbube" (pronounced EEM-boo-beh) which means "Lion."
    1968 - *CARON, WAYNE MAURICE, Medal of Honor.
Rank and organization: Hospital Corpsman Third Class, U.S. Navy, Headquarters and Service Company, 3d Battalion, 7th Marines, 1st Marine Division (Rein), FMF. Place and date: Quang Nam Province, Republic of Vietnam, 28 July 1968. Entered service at: Boston, Mass. Born: 2 November 1946, Middleboro, Mass. Citation: For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty while serving as platoon corpsman with Company K, during combat operations against enemy forces. While on a sweep through an open rice field, HC3c Caron's unit started receiving enemy small arms fire. Upon seeing 2 marine casualties fall, he immediately ran forward to render first aid, but found that they were dead. At this time, the platoon was taken under intense small-arms and automatic weapons fire, sustaining additional casualties. As he moved to the aid of his wounded comrades, HC3c. Caron was hit in the arm by enemy fire. Although knocked to the ground, he regained his feet and continued to the injured marines. He rendered medical assistance to the first marine he reached, who was grievously wounded, and undoubtedly was instrumental in saving the man's life. HC3c. Caron then ran toward the second wounded marine, but was again hit by enemy fire, this time in the leg. Nonetheless, he crawled the remaining distance and provided medical aid for this severely wounded man. HC3c. Caron started to make his way to yet another injured comrade, when he was again struck by enemy small-arms fire. Courageously and with unbelievable determination, HC3c. Caron continued his attempt to reach the third marine until he was killed by an enemy rocket round. His inspiring valor, steadfast determination and selfless dedication in the face of extreme danger, sustain and enhance the finest traditions of the U.S. Naval Service.
    1969 - Top Hits
“In the Year 2525” - Zager & Evans
“Crystal Blue Persuasion” - Tommy James & The Shondells
“My Cherie Amour” - Stevie Wonder
“Johnny B. Goode” - Buck Owens
    1972 - Spacelab 3. Alan L. Bean, Owen K. Garriott and Jack R. Lousma started 59-day mission in the space station to test man's space flight endurance. Pacific splashdown Sept 25.     
    1973 - Chicago's “Chicago IV” LP hits #1
    1973 - Exactly one year after their first date, television’s "Six Million Dollar Man," Lee Majors, married one of "Charlie’s Angels," Farrah Fawcett. On the campus of the University of Texas, newly-married Farrah Fawcett-Majors was deemed one of the 10 most beautiful and her provocative poster adorned many a boy’s room.
    1973 - One of the largest rock festivals of all time is held at the Watkins Glen raceway in the Finger Lakes region in New York State. More than 600,000 show up for one day of music with the Grateful Dead, the Band and the Allman Brothers.
    1976 - Steve Miller Band's "Fly Like an Eagle" goes gold, on its way to platinum. The album features huge hits as the title track (which makes it to number two), "Rock'n Me" (goes number one later in the year), "Jet Airliner" (#8 in 1977) and "Take the Money and Run" (#11 this month).
    1977 - Top Hits
“Looks like We Made It” - Barry Manilow
“I Just Want to Be Your Everything” - Andy Gibb
“I’m in You” - Peter Frampton
“It was Almost like a Song” - Ronnie Milsap
    1977 – The Windy City was windy that day!  The first-place Cubs (6) and the Reds (5) slammed 11 homers to tie the Major League record. The Cubs aback four times to win, 16 - 15, in 13 innings in a contest that lasted 4 hours and 50 minutes.
    1979 - Cubs' slugger Dave Kingman becomes the sixth player in Major League history to hit three home runs in one game twice in one season. The Mets win the game, 6-4.
    1983 – American league president Lee MacPhail overruled the umpires in the Pine Tar game and allowed George Brett’s 3-run homer off Goose Gossage to stand.  The remainder of the game was played on August 18 and the Royals held on for the win, 5-4.
    1984 - In Southern California, the 23rd Summer Olympic Games opened at the Los Angeles Coliseum. The head of the United States Olympic Committee, Peter V. Ueberroth, welcomed 7,800 athletes from 140 nations in 3-1/2 hour long opening ceremonies.
    1984 - Pete Rose passes Ty Cobb as the all-time singles leader as he collects his 3,053rd off Steve Carlton in a 6-1 Expos victory over the Phillies.
    1985 - Top Hits
“Everytime You Go Away” - Paul Young
“Shout” - Tears For Fears
“You Give Good Love” - Whitney Houston
“Love Don’t Care (Whose Heart It Breaks)” - Earl Thomas Conley
    1988 - Thunderstorms drenched Wilmington, NC, with 3.33 inches of rain, bringing their monthly total 14.46 inches. Seven cities in Michigan and Minnesota reported record high temperatures for the date. Marquette, MI, hit 99 degrees, and the record high of 94 degrees at Flint MI was their tenth of the month
    1991 - Dennis Martinez of the Montreal Expos pitched a perfect game, defeating the Los Angeles Dodgers,2-0, in Dodgers Stadium.
    1994 - Coincidences abounded in Major League baseball. Kenny Rogers tossed Major League’s 14th perfect game in history on what was three years to the day since the previous time this same event happened. This time it was in an American League game where Texas beat California, 4-0. Ten years before, on September 30, 1984, the same two teams played when the 11th perfect game was pitched. Mike Witt was the pitcher and the winning team was reversed.  Rogers’ feat was the first time a lefty had thrown a perfecto in the American League.
    1996 - The remains of a prehistoric man were discovered near Kennewick, WA.
    1996 - A pipe bomb hidden in a backpack exploded during evening festivities at the Centennial Olympic Park in Atlanta, Georgia, killing 2 people and injuring more than 100. The explosion occurred around 1:00 a.m., which doubtlessly prevented more Olympic visitors from being killed or injured. It was the first of four bombings committed by Eric Rudolph. Security guard Richard Jewell discovered the bomb before detonation and cleared most of the spectators out of the park. Rudolph, a carpenter and handyman, had detonated three pipe bombs inside a military ALICE pack. Motivated by what he considered to be the government's sanctioning of "abortion on demand," Rudolph wanted to force the cancellation of the Olympics.  After the bombings, Jewell was falsely implicated as a suspect by the FBI and the news media focused aggressively on him as the presumed culprit. However, in October 1996, Jewell was cleared of all charges. Following three more bombings in 1997, Rudolph was identified by the FBI as the suspect. In 2003, Rudolph was arrested, tried, and convicted two years later. Rudolph was sentenced to life imprisonment without parole.
    1998 - Sammy Sosa hits his first career grand slam establishing the mark for most career homers before hitting a grand slam (246).
    1998 - Monument Records released the Dixie Chicks' country single "Wide Open Spaces."
    1999 - Pete Townshend plays at the Supper Club in New York to showcase his upcoming album, “Pete Townshend Live: A Benefit for Maryville Academy.” Pearl Jam's Eddie Vedder joins Townshend on stage to perform a number of songs including "Magic Bus," "Heart to Hang Onto" and the Pearl Jam classic, "Better Man."
    2000 - Toronto skipper Jim Fregosi wins his 1,000th game as a big league manager as the Blue Jays beat the Mariners, 7-2.
    2000 – A US federal appeals court granted a last minute stay of an injunction that ordered Napster to shut down. The order to stop operations came on July 26, 2000.
    2001 - The Eagles played the first concert at the American Airlines Center in Dallas.
    2002 - During his induction speech at the Hall of Fame ceremonies in Cooperstown, with the song “Somewhere Over the Rainbow” playing in the background and a copy of 'The Wizard of Oz' in his hands, Ozzie Smith compares his baseball career to Dorothy's away trip from Kansas. Citing the recipe for his success during his 19-year career with Cardinals and Padres, the 47-year-old tells the crowd he had the mind to dream, which the Scarecrow cherished, a heart to believe, which the Tin Man wanted, and courage, which the Lion lacked, in order to persevere.  During his career, Smith was known as “The Wizard” because of some of the most amazing fielding plays he executed at shortstop.
    2010 - Arnold Schwarzenegger, Governor of California, ordered most state employees to take three days of unpaid leave per month in response to a fiscal state of emergency.
    2011 - U.S. swimmer Ryan Lochte set a new world record for the 200-meter individual medley, winning gold at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships in Shanghai, People's Republic of China.
    2012 - The U-550, a sunken German U-Boat, is discovered off the cost of Massachusetts.
    2014 - U.S. officials state that Russia has violated the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty by test-firing a type of cruise missile; Russian officials argue against the charge. The U.S. and the European Union impose additional sanctions on Russia, focusing on restrictions related to the nation's military, energy, and financial sectors.
    2019 – The first Fortnite World Cup was won by US teenager Kyle Giersdorf with largest ever e-sports prize of $3 million at Arthur Ashe Stadium, New York.