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Headlines---
Classified
Ads---Sr. Credit Officer/Sr. Management
From
Our Archives---May 25,2001 Total Funding Grows----
Cartoon---Calvin
and Hobbs on Equipment Leasing
Fitch:
Equipment Leasing Again ABS Upgrade Brigade
Report
Shows New Business Volume Up—with Graphs
GE
Commercial Fin. $2 Billion in Assets from Boeing Capital
CIT
Small Business Lending Receives Award During SBA Expo '04
Swanton
New managing director of Sovereign Bank Equipment Leasing
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Classified
Ads---Senior Credit Officer/Senior Management
Senior Credit Officer: experienced in middle- market leasing; structured, vendor and 3rd party to the fortune 1000. Proactive team builder, originations capable with strong work ethic.
Email: kyletrust@hotmail.com
Senior Management:
Baltimore, MD
25 year veteran of commercial and equipment leasing seeking a senior management position with leasing or asset based financing company in the southeast (Florida preferred)
Email: kellogg_md@yahoo.com
Senior Management:
Denver, CO. Fortune 500 GM/SVP wants to team up with aggressive lender
looking for Western expansion mid-market equip. finance/leasing. 20+
years experience within Rocky Mountain/ Southwest and Ca markets.
Email: legal@csotn.com
Senior management:
Hope, NJ.
25 years in optimizing
call center operations, collections, billing, and back end revenue generation.
Experienced in $7 + billion dollar portfolios. Verifiable achievements.
E-mail: cmate@nac.net
Senior Management:
Irvine, CA.
Credit executive, portfolio manager and syndication facilitator. Extensive business building experience in small and mid-ticket operations. Highly innovative. Fortune 100 audit and technology skills. Bottom-line manager.
Email: lenhubbard@bigfoot.com
Senior Management:
Long Island, NY
Degree Banking/Finance.
13 years leasing exp. Now prez young leasing company where promises
were not met. Interested in joining established firm with future. Email:
bob33483@yahoo.com
Senior Management:
New York, NY, NJ, Ct Tri-State
Top Exec. middle
and big ticket, top skills treasury,funding, ops,transaction detail,
syndication, ready to max profit, help build quality operation. right
now!
E-Mail: leasefinance@optonline.net
Senior Management: Portfolio Management Consultant; 25+years experience in Collections, Customer Satisfaction, Asset Management, Recoveries, Continuous Process Improvement, Back end Revenue Generation, Cost per Collection Analysis. $5+Billion Portfolio expertise.
Email: efgefg@rogers.com
Senior Management: San Francisco, CA., 25 years experience w/global leasing company, sales,marketing,business dev., P&L responsibility, asset mgmt, brokering and re- marketing. Interested in joining an est. firm with a future.
Email:rcsteyer@yahoo.com
Senior Management:
Somerville, NJ.
28 year veteran in
Construction Equipment/ Transportation.
Full P&L responsibility,
profit driven, team builder, sales manager, strong portfolio management
skills. Will consider relocation.
email: leasingman_95@hotmail.com
see full listing of all classified ads at:
http://64.125.68.90/LeasingNews/JobPostings.htm#sec10
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 Accounting: PricewaterhouseCoopers seeks executives with experience in equipment leasing to help clients improve their leasing businesses by assessing "as is" conditions and designing and implementing solutions to operational issues. PwC also seeks CPA's with a broad based knowledge of FAS13 and familiarity with accounting for leases with simple and complex transaction structures. Email: anthony.g.anderson@us.pwc.com About the Company: PricewaterhouseCoopers, New York, NY. |
From
Our Archives---May 25,2001 Total
Funding Grows----
“Corona America Financial a small leasing company in Southern California,
reportedly purchased by TotalFunding.com. Alan Collier is the president.
Corona America Financial president, Jack Winsten did work at SDI Capital, before opening this company about
a year ago. It was at this time that SDI Capital announced that it was
no longer accepting broker business. Alan Collier was a lease broker
before he founded Total Funding in 1999.
“Winsten is bringing
his group of nine to Total Funding's reported group of 13.
“It is unconfirmed
at this time, but Leasing News is told Bob Quigley will become the new
president of the merged company and the name Total Funding is to be
the ‘survivor.’
“Stanley Daniels and Scott Daniels have not returned multiple telephone
calls to confirm
or deny the sale
of their company. It is reported by an "ex-employee" that
Alan Collier
has been actively
looking at SDI Capital's ‘assets.’"
(Note: All are back
in the equipment leasing business, except Alan Collier
whereabouts are unknown.
If you know where he is located, please have
him contact Leasing
News. editor )
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Cartoon---Calvin
and Hobbs on Equipment Leasing
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Leasing Sales Rep: Strong sales and bus. dev. skills
needed. Dev/manage portfolio, initiate bus. in upper Midwest .
3-4 yr leasing exp. www.associatedbank.com About
the Company: Associated
Banc-Corp is a diversified multibank holding co., w/ $15.5
billion in total assets. Headquartered in Green Bay, WI . Associated
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Fitch:
Equipment Leasing Again Leads U.S. Term ABS Upgrade Brigade
NEW YORK----The trend
of increasing upgrades in the U.S. term asset-backed securities sector
continued as expected in April. According to Fitch Ratings in its latest
term ABS Credit Action Report (CAR). Fitch reported eight ABS upgrades
for the month of April, all of which came from the equipment leasing
sector.
'With seventeen of the 22 total ABS upgrades in the last two months,
collateral performance and credit enhancement levels in equipment leasing
have rebounded as business spending patterns and economic conditions
have improved,' said Kevin D'Albert, Director, Fitch Ratings. 'The positive
developments in equipment leasing are emblematic of both consumers and
businesses benefiting from stronger, more robust economic conditions
overall.'
Meanwhile, aircraft ABS, despite showing slightly improved fundamentals,
remains under pressure and weak by historical standards as it accounted
for twelve of the thirteen total ABS downgrades for April. With impaired
lease rates and cash flows the primary impetus for the rating downgrades,
Fitch expects that these conditions will continue for the foreseeable
future.
Despite aircraft ABS' poor showing, the number of downgrades in
April decelerated to thirteen from 59 in March. 'Fitch sees the overall
pace of negative rating actions continuing to moderate into the second
half of 2004,' said D'Albert.
The term ABS CARs also list current presale reports and gives details
about other ABS credit research, encompassing consumer ABS subsectors
such as the auto loans and leases, credit card, student loans, recreational
vehicle loans and time share receivables, along with commercial-related
assets including aircraft, equipment, franchise loan, dealer floor plan,
rental car, health care, small business loan and tobacco settlements.
'Term ABS Credit Action Report: April 2004' is available on the
Fitch Ratings web site at 'www.fitchratings.com'.
CONTACT:Fitch Ratings
Kevin D'Albert, 212-908-0823 Chris Mrazek, 212-908-0667 (New York) Media
Relations: Sandro Scenga, 212-908-0278 (New York)
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MARKETING INDIRECT ORIGINATION:
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Equipment
Leasing Industry Quarterly Report Shows New Business Volume Up in 1st
Quarter 2004
(Note: These are from 18 ELA members as noted at the end of the
press release who
participated in the
survey. editor)
Arlington, Virginia
– – The Equipment Leasing Association’s (ELA) 1Q 2004 Performance Indicators
Report (PIR) shows new business volume grew by 0.2 percent when compared
to the 1Q 2003. Total net portfolio increased by 3.2 percent.
Other 1Q 2004 PIR
Findings:
*Total number of
employees declined 6.08 percent as companies continue to increase productivity
per employee.
*Credit approval
ratios are up significantly compared to the same quarter last year.
*Average losses increased
by 10 basis points when compared to the previous year.
*Lease payments on-time
(under 30 days) decreased slightly when compared to 1Q 2003 by 10 basis
points.
“All the key metrics
are showing positive signs,” said Ralph Petta, Vice President of Industry
Services for ELA. “The results show that flat new business volume, higher
net portfolios, stable charge-offs, and higher credit approval ratios
summarize the first quarter 2004 Performance Indicator Report.”
The PIR study is
conducted quarterly by ELA, which provides a variety of data, including
customized market analyses, to ELA members and organizations involved
in the $218 billion equipment leasing industry. The survey is conducted
among approximately 20 major leasing companies on a quarterly basis,
affording trend analysis across all major performance areas. Because
the same companies were tracked and used in the analysis, the PIR provides
fairly reliable trend analysis. Each illustration reflects the data
provided by those companies responding to that particular question.
Typically, not every company polled responds to every question.
About ELA
Organized in 1961,
the Equipment Leasing Association (ELA) is the premier non-profit association
representing companies involved in the dynamic equipment leasing and
finance industry to the business community, government and media. As
the voice of the leasing industry, ELA promotes the estimated $218 billion
industry as a major source of funds for capital investment in the United
States and abroad. Headquartered in Arlington, Va., ELA has more than
800 member companies and a staff of 25 professionals. For more information
on ELA, please visit www.ELAOnline.com.
Participants in the
1st quarter 2004 Performance Indicators Report
ADP Credit Corporation
Amsouth Leasing Corporation
Caterpillar Financial
Services Corporation
Computer Sales International,
Inc.
De Lage Landen Financial
Services
Farm Credit Leasing
Services Corporation
First Americam Equipment
Finance
Fleet Capital Leasing
GreatAmerica Leasing
Hitachi Credit America
Corporation
John Deere Credit
Corporation
JP Morgan Leasing
Inc.
Key Equipment Finance
LaSalle National
Leasing Corporation
Siemens Financial
U.S. Bancorp Leasing
& Financial
Verizon Credit, Inc
Wells Fargo Equipment
Finance
CONTACT:
Amy J. Holmes, CAE
ELA
Phone Number: 703-516-8267
E-mail: aholmes@elamail.com
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GE
Commercial Finance to Acquire $2 Billion in Assets from Boeing Capital
STAMFORD, Conn. &
SEATTLE----GE Commercial Finance, the business-to-business financial
services unit of General Electric (NYSE:GE), today agreed to purchase
approximately $2 billion in assets from Boeing Capital Corporation.
The agreement is subject to normal regulatory review and expected
to close in the second quarter of 2004.
The acquisition by GE Commercial Finance includes secured loans
as well as financing and operating leases on various kinds of equipment,
such as trucks, manufacturing equipment, corporate aircraft and marine
vessels. The assets, most of which are in the United States, will be
folded into units of GE Commercial Finance that handle equipment, transportation
and energy financing and leasing.
"This agreement brings us over 170 customers, and we look
forward to doing a terrific job for them," said Mike Neal, president
and CEO, GE Commercial Finance. "The acquisition of a seasoned,
balanced equipment portfolio is very much in line with our growth plans
for 2004."
Boeing Capital President Walt Skowronski said: "We are extremely
pleased with the outcome of the transaction with GE Commercial Finance.
This further advances our strategic priority to support the sale of
Boeing products and services by arranging, structuring or providing
financing. While the commercial finance business has been a solid contributor
to our success, we believe it will be better positioned for growth within
the GE Commercial Finance portfolio."
GE Commercial Finance is one of General Electric's largest "growth
engines." With lending products, growth capital, revolving lines
of credit, equipment leasing of every kind, cash flow programs, asset
financing, expertise in the middle market segment and more, GE Commercial
Finance plays a key role for client businesses in 35 countries. This
includes healthcare, manufacturing, communications, construction, energy,
aviation, motor vehicle fleets, infrastructure and equipment, as well
as many other industries. GE Commercial Finance has assets of over US$220
billion and is headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut, USA. General
Electric (NYSE:GE) is a diversified technology, media and financial
services company dedicated to creating products that make life better.
Headquartered in Seattle, Washington, Boeing Capital Corporation
is a wholly owned subsidiary of The Boeing Company. Boeing is the world's
leading aerospace company, with 2003 revenues of $52 billion and more
than 155,000 employees worldwide.
CONTACT:GE Commercial
Finance John Oliver, 203-357-4346 Mobile: 203-984-7757 or Boeing Capital
Corp. Russ Young, 425-393-1534
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CIT Small Business Lending Receives Small Business Export Lender of the Year Award
During
SBA Expo '04
LIVINGSTON, N.J., / -- CIT Small Business
Lending Corporation,
the nation's No. 1 SBA lender for the past four years and
a subsidiary of CIT
Group Inc. (NYSE: CIT), was honored as "Small Business
Export Lender of
the Year" during the Small Business Administration Expo '04:
Celebrating National
Small Business Week, May 19-21, 2004 in Orlando, Florida.
The Export Lender Award is given annually to SBA lenders who have
provided
a significant number
of loans over the course of the five preceding years
using the SBA's Export
Working Capital and Export Express programs.
In
addition to number
of loans, loan performance is considered as part of the
selection process.
Chris Kwiatkowski, regional sales vice president for CIT Small
Business
Lending, accepted
the award on CIT's behalf.
"CIT recognizes that small business exporters contribute
to the nation's
economic success,
and is dedicated to providing the financing that these
businesses need to
grow and succeed," said John Canning, president of CIT
Small Business Lending.
"The Export Lender Award recognizes our commitment to
small exporting firms
and their role in the global marketplace."
About CIT Small Business Lending Corporation
CIT Small Business Lending Corporation offers Small Business
Administration (SBA)
loans to finance business acquisitions, owner-occupied
real estate purchases
and franchise start-ups through a network of field
representatives.
The nation's No.1 SBA lender, CIT Small Business Lending has
been designated a
"Preferred Lender" by the SBA and can provide quick credit
decisions and loan
closings. The company's website and online SBA loan
application are located
at http://www.smallbizlending.com.
About CIT
CIT Group Inc. (NYSE: CIT), a leading commercial and consumer
finance
company, provides
clients with financing and leasing products and advisory
services. Founded in 1908, CIT has nearly $50 billion
in assets under
management and possesses
the financial resources, industry expertise and
product knowledge
to serve the needs of clients across approximately 30
industries. CIT, a Fortune 500 company, holds leading positions
in vendor
financing, U.S. factoring,
equipment and transportation financing, Small
Business Administration
loans, and asset-based and credit-secured lending.
CIT, with its principal
offices in Livingston, New Jersey and New York City,
has approximately
6,000 employees in locations throughout North America,
Europe, Latin and
South America, and the Pacific Rim.
For more information,
visit http://www.cit.com.
SOURCE CIT Small Business Lending Corporation
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Sovereign
Bank Expands Services for Commercial Clients
Boston, Mass. – Sovereign Bank today announced that J. Christopher
Swanton has been appointed managing director of Equipment Leasing. Based
in Boston, Swanton is responsible for the development of a new business
line serving middle market and large corporate clients throughout Sovereign’s
footprint. The business line will provide products and services that
can be utilized by companies to finance a wide variety of transportation
assets, manufacturing equipment, production lines and facilities.
“The addition of
a mid- and large-equipment leasing capability will enhance our product
offerings to commercial clients and further strengthen our position
in the marketplace,” said Joseph P. Campanelli, vice chairman of Sovereign
Bank. “Chris’ experience from more than 25 years in the equipment leasing
and structured finance industry will enable us to provide clients with
a sophisticated leasing product that can meet their individual capital
equipment needs, tax position and operational requirements.” He added,
“this will complement the existing small ticket leasing programs which
are offered by our Network Leasing division.”
Swanton previously
served as managing director of leasing and structured finance at 42
North Structured Finance and Key Global Finance. Prior to that he spent
fifteen years in the equipment leasing business for Bank of New England
and BTM Capital.
Swanton holds a Bachelor
of Science in Finance from Babson College. He resides in Winchester,
Mass., with his wife and three children.
Sovereign Bancorp,
Inc., ("Sovereign") (NYSE: SOV), headquartered in Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania, is the parent company of Sovereign Bank, a $47 billion
financial institution with 535 community banking offices, nearly 1,000
ATMs and about 8,300 team members in Connecticut, Massachusetts, New
Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, and Rhode Island. In
addition to full-service retail banking, Sovereign offers a broad array
of financial services and products including business and corporate
banking, cash management, capital markets, trust and wealth management,
and insurance. Pro forma for our pending acquisitions, Sovereign is
one of the top 20 largest banking institutions in the United States.
For more information on Sovereign Bank, visit www.sovereignbank.com
or call 1-877-SOV-BANK.
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News
Briefs---
Saudi oil minister
says $30-$34 per barrel is 'fair' price for oil
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/business/20040524-1241-opec-oil.html
N.Y. Attorney General
Sues Ex-NYSE Head
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A53403-2004May25.html
Economists expect
slight rise in rates
http://www.usatoday.com/money/economy/2004-05-23-econsurvey_x.htm
Boeing's big dream/7E7
http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/business/stories.nsf/Business/
5F7FB7762743E18386256E9F0013EE42?
OpenDocument&Headline=Boeing's+big+dream
Best news in the
war on spam: phishing
Hanging Up on Do-Not-Call
Violators
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A53401-2004May25.html
Most-Stolen Vehicles
of 2003
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A53392-2004May25.html
Cisco Unveils Long-Awaited
`core' Route
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A53380-2004May25.html
After 'Idol,' Straining
for a High Note
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A53066-2004May24.html
Who will win American
Idol Next Tuesday?
http://www.accessatlanta.com/entertainment/content/entertainmen
t/tv/0504/25idolgals.html
?urac=n&urvf=10854681052020.8941687395819526&urcm=y
Sports
Brief---
You heard it hear
first last week, Oakland Raiders
to sign Quitter Quarterback Kerry Collins. It was a three year contract.
Inside sources say 38 year old
Rich Gannon, the league's MVP in 2002, was limited to seven games last
season due to injury is out. Gannon
has said early in the season he would not accept a pay cut.
``I've been one that's
more than happy to restructure and to do whatever I can to help the
team in terms of the cap,'' Gannon said two days after last season ended.
``But if they ask me to take a penny less, I'd say no. I think I earn
everything I make.''
Gannon, whose NFL
career began in 1987, is due to make $7 million next season.
Although Gannon's
shoulder seems to have healed, according to several
newspaper reports,
it is predicted the Raiders will cut him June 1, when it would soften
their salary-cap hit for next season. If he leaves voluntarily before
that date,
he will take a pay
cut. It’s too late for a number one job, and watch Gannon as
to wait as Steve
Young did to the S.F. 49ers. Manager
Partner Al Davis let coach Jon Gruden go over money ( he was paying
him less than a million.) Talk
about a dysfunctional team!!!!
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“Gimme
that Wine”
U.S. Supreme Court
to Address Wine-Shipping Controversy http://www.winespectator.com/Wine/Daily/News/0,1145,2483,00.html
Market forces, finances
press smaller operations into mergers
http://www.sacbee.com/content/business/story/9409758p-10334086c.html
Texas' Newest Winery Makes You the Winemaker
http://www.vino.com/press/press_release.asp?PRID=345
The Napa Valley Vintners
square off with the Central Valley's Bronco Wines over what defines
a 'Napa' wine
http://www.napanews.com/templates/index.cfm?template=
story_full&id=B3B02324-6CA2-4318-890E-C5E06DC7650D
Wine & vindaloo
(Indian Food)
http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=85373
Wines of Long Island
http://wine.about.com/library/weekly/aa061800.htm
Beringer has been
marketing wine with labels now in Spanish, plus
promoting it's new lo carb wine, Pinot Blanc and Pinot Grigio. They
are also
marketing a product for senior citizens from a new hybrid grape that
acts as a diuretic and will reduce the number of trips an older man
has to make to the bathroom
during the night. They will be marketing the new wine as....Pinot More."
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IL. He was influenced by the be-bop music style of Charlie Parker and
Dizzy Gillespie and ended up leaving the Julliard School of Music to
join Parker’s quintet in 1945 at the age of 19. He experimented with
different styles throughout his career, exploring new voicings in jazz
with arranger Gil Evans. I met
him several times, one of them in the Men’s room at a night club( Mocombo
on Sunset Strip? 1960? ) in Hollywood. He was followed shortly thereafter
by two white men in business suits, who asked me if I had seen him come
in. I told them I had not. After they left, I opened the door, seeing
them gone, informed Mr. Davis, who’s bathroom door opened and he was
rolling down his sleeve. He
thanked me and left as quickly as he had entered.
I saw a performance of his again, and I swear he gave me a “high
five” in the crowd. His “Kinda Blue” Album is one of his classics, but
I think the albums with Gil Evans as arranger and conductor are perhaps
his best, although early recordings with Charlie Parker perhaps remain
one of my favorites.
You can hear in his albums his growth in style.
1926-Tombonist Milt Bernhart born Valparaiso, Ind.
1929- Beverly Sills birthday, premier coloratura soprano
with the New York City Opera for 25 years. She became its director 1979-89,
and in 1994 was named director of Lincoln Center.
Sills sang in more than 50 different operas and was a highly
respected musician. Although always seen as a very upbeat woman
- her nickname is Bubbles - her life was filled with tragedy. Meredith
(Muffy), her first born child was almost deaf and never heart her sing
and her second child was born retarded.
1935-George Herman Ruth could barely run and could
no longer hit like he used to , but occasionally the Babe could still
put on a show with his bat. On
May 25th, Ruth, playing for the Boston Braves, hit three
home runs before a crowd of only 10,000 at Pittsburgh’s Forbes Field.
His last home run of the day—his 714th in regular
season play—proved to be Babe’s last major league home run as well as
his last big-league hit.
1937- Future
Hall of Famer Mickey Cochrane's career ends after being beaned with
an 3-1 inside fastball thrown by Yankee hurler Bump Hadley. Near death
at first, the Tiger catcher/ manager will spend six weeks in the hospital
and will return to the team only as its skipper.
1953---Top Hits
Song from Moulin Rouge - The Percy Faith Orchestra
I Believe - Frankie Laine
April in Portugal - The Les Baxter Orchestra
Mexican Joe - Jim Reeves
1955 - Two tornadoes struck the town of Blackwell,
OK, within a few minutes time during the late evening. The tornadoes
killed 18 persons and injured more than 500 others. Early the next morning
a tornado virtually obliterated the small community of Udall KS killing
80 persons and injuring 270 persons. More than half the persons in the
community were killed or injured by the tornado.
1961---Top Hits
Mother-In-Law - Ernie K-Doe
Daddy’s Home - Shep & The Limelites
Travelin’ Man - Ricky Nelson
Hello Walls - Faron Young
1965-Muhammad Ali knocked out Sonny Liston just one
minute into the first round of a controversial rematch for the heavyweight
championship in Lewiston, ME. Liston went down from a short right-hand
punch that some swore never hit him.
1968-The Rolling Stones return to straight rock &
roll releasing "Jumpin' Jack Flash," a single later included
on several greatest hits collections, but not on a regular release album.
1968- The 1968 Monterey Pop Festival is canceled because
of pressure from the local government and citizenry. In the wake of
the cancellation, $52,000 is discovered missing from the previous festival's
profits and the festival's bookkeeper, Mrs. Sandra Beebe, can't be located.
1969---Top Hits
Get Back - The Beatles
Love (Can Make You Happy) - Mercy
Oh Happy Day - The Edwin Hawkins’ Singers
My Life (Throw It Away if I Want To) - Bill Anderson
1973—The first space station launched by the United
Sates was Skylab 2, which lifted off from Cape Canaveral, FL.
Three astronauts Charles Conrad, J., Joseph Peter Kerwin, and
Paul J. Weitz, spent nearly a month in the station conducting long-duration
flight tests and other scientific experiments. The mission ended successfully
on June 22, when the astronauts returned to earth, leaving Skylab in
orbit. It later disintegrated in the earth’s upper atmosphere.
1977-“Star Wars” released.
“May the Force be with you,” entered the modern lexicon as a
new kind of science fiction film opened at 32 theaters. George Lucas’
space epic, starring Mark Hamill as Luke Skywalker, Harrison Ford as
Han Solo and Carrie Fisher as Princess Leia, featured stunning special
effects and was a smash hit worldwide.
It went on to win six Academy Awards out of ten nominations—plus
an additional special Academy award for sound effects. The film was
part of a larger sage, and in later years was re-titled Star Wars—Episode
IV: A New Hope as sequels were released.
1977---Top Hits
Sir Duke - Stevie Wonder
Couldn’t Get It Right - Climax Blues Band
I’m Your Boogie Man - KC & The Sunshine Band
Luckenbach, Texas (Back to the Basics of Love) - Waylon
Jennings
1979-An
American Airlines DC-10 lost an engine upon takeoff and crashed seconds
later, killing all 272 aboard and three people on the ground. This is
the worst US air disaster in history.
1982-Pitcher
Ferguson Jenkins of the Chicago Cubs recorded the 3,000th
strikeout in his major league career in a 2-1 loss to the San Diego
Padres. Jenkins, the seventh pitcher to reach 3,000 strikeouts, wound
up his career with 3,192 Ks. night on the all-time list.
1985---Top
Hits
Everything
She Wants - Wham!
Everybody
Wants to Rule the World - Tears for Fears
Axel
F - Harold Faltermeyer
Radio
Heart - Charly McClain
1987-Herve
Fillon drove Commander Bond to victory in the third race at Yonkers
Raceway in New York to become the first harness racing driver to record
10,000 wins.
1998-
Cardinal Mark McGwire becomes the first player in major league history
to hit 25 home runs before June 1. Ken Griffey Jr. is the only other
player to hit 24 home runs before the start of the sixth month.
2002
-With four homers on Thursday (5/23), one on Friday (5/24) and two more
on Saturday (5/25), Shawn Green becomes the first major leaguer to hit
seven homers in three games. The Dodger outfielder's nine home runs
in a week also breaks a National League record, established by Ralph
Kiner with eight and tied by Ted Kluszewski and Nate Colbert.
2002-
Getting his 3,509th K, Diamondback southpaw Randy Johnson passes Walter
Johnson to become seventh on the all-time career strikeout list. After
fanning Shawn Green in the first to catch the 'Big Train', Dodger outfielder
Brian Jordan swings and misses a 2-2 pitch in the second inning to become
the 'Big Unit's' historic victim.
NBA Finals Champions This Date
1975---Golden State Warriors
Stanley Cup Champions This Date
1978 Montreal Canadiens
1989 Calgary Flames
1991 Pittsburgh Penguins
How
It All Started
Anonymous
It
all started
when
Pedro threw a no-hitter on Opening Day.
Nomar
backed him up
with
a triple play deep in the hole
and
Manny Ramirez smashed
the
first of 90 home runs.
Suddenly
things got brighter.
Flowers
sprang whole from the earth
and
the cod swarmed to George's Bank.
The
war ended. U.S. Marines
danced
in the streets with handsome Fedayeen.
(Jerry
Falwell married them off
while
the Pope and the imams cheered.)
Israel
and Palestine agreed
to
share everything: beds, cities,
streets,
temples
and mosques,
falafel
and coffee and tea.
Air
pollution stopped
along
with global warming and gum disease.
The
Sox won it all of course,
beating
the Yankees in three
and
the Yankees in four
and
the Yankees in five
(they
lost one just to keep the Series alive).
Mia
Hamm hit a grand slam
to
put it away in the ninth.
Boston
exploded with joy.
Babe
Ruth signed the game-winning ball
and
nobody sold it on E-bay.
That's
how it all started.
At
least, that's what I recall
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