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New Hires/Promotions in the Leasing Business
and Related Industries

 

Peter Carter was hired as Managing Director, Encina Equipment Finance, West Hartford, Connecticut.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/petercarpenter1/

Richard Derbonne was hired as Senior Vice President, Triad Financial Services, Inc., an ECN Capital company, Jacksonville, Florida. He is located in Alpharetta, Georgia.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/richardderbonne/

Michelle A. Halverson was promoted to Senior Vice President, General Counsel, Chief Legal Officer GreatAmerica Financial Services, Cedar Rapids, Iowa. She joined GreatAmerica April, 2018, as Associate General Counsel. https://www.linkedin.com/in/michelle-a-halverson-82718814/details/experience/

Donna Hamel was promoted at Dext Capital, Lake Oswego, Oregon. She is located in Scituate, Massachusetts.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/donnahamel/

Andrew Kunkle was promoted to Underwriter, Enova International, Denver, Colorado. He joined the company November, 2018, as Quality Control Analyst. Previously, he was Loan Operations Analyst, OnDeck (October, 2016 - November, 2018). https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrew-kunkle-351a28a8/

Tyler M. McDermont was promoted to Vice President of Operations, GreatAmerica Financial Services, Cedar Rapid, Iowa. He is located in Iowa City, Iowa. https://www.linkedin.com/in/tyler-m-mcdermott-abb50a4a/

Geoff Minsky was hired as Vice President, Amerant Equipment Finance, Amerant Bank, Coral Gables, Florida. He is located in Palm Beach, Florida. https://www.linkedin.com/in/gmm0a309b8/

Jessica Parker was promoted to Senior Corporate Recruiters, Team Lead, Balboa Capital, Costa Mesa, California. She is located in Redondo Beach, California.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jessica-parker-2240a5b3/

Zach Santangini was hired as Business Development Account Manager, Navitas Credit Corporation, Ponte Vista Beach, Florida. He is located in their Greater Philadelphia office. Previously, he was Business Development Manager, NewLane Finance.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/zachsantangini/

Kristen Thompson was hired as Financial Specialist, Navitas Credit Corporation.  She is located in Marlton, New Jersey. Previously, she was Business Finance Advisor, Marlin Capital Services, originally joining the company November, 2018,as Customer Solutions Specialist. https://www.linkedin.com/in/kristen-thompson-28b58118b/

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We Are Living in Exciting Times
By Scott Wheeler, CLFP, Wheeler Business Consulting

A young originator in the commercial equipment finance and leasing industry asked, "Why are you still excited about the industry after 40 years?" My answer was immediate. "I still learn something new every day - after 40 years in the industry, I still see new opportunities to personally grow and prosper. It is an exciting time to be in the commercial equipment finance and leasing industry."

I am fortunate in that I have a birds-eye view of the industry. I work with small and larger participants that fund all types of industries and equipment. I witness success on a daily basis. I see originators who turn challenges into opportunities by offering personal service and are conduits to funds which allow small and medium size businesses to flourish. The products and services that the industry provides help the U.S. economy move forward.

Whenever I facilitate training, my primary objective is to emphasize the tremendous opportunity that is available to every originator. Originators have the opportunity to maximize their income by meeting new vendors and end-users on a daily basis.

Every call, meeting, and conversation is a potential opportunity to expand an originator's network. Success is built by having a well-aligned network of contacts who understand the products and services being offered.

Successful originators are always excited about the next opportunity. They wake up each morning knowing that there are unlimited opportunities which need to be found, won, and funded. These are exciting times to be an originator in the commercial equipment finance and leasing industry.

Scott A. Wheeler, CLFP
Wheeler Business Consulting
Comments, questions and suggestions are welcome.
Phone: 410-877-0428
email: scott@wheelerbusinessconsulting.com

Wheeler Business Consulting works with banks, independents, captives, origination companies, and investors in the equipment leasing and finance arena. We provide training, strategic planning, and acquisition services. Scott Wheeler is available to discuss your long-term strategy, to assist your staff to maximize outcomes, and to better position your organization in the market.

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The US Generated a Record 18% of its Electricity
from Wire and Solar in March

Last month, the US generated 18% of its electricity from wind and solar (59 TWh) for the first time. That beat the previous record set in March 2021 (53 TWh), according to new data from global energy think tank Ember.

In 2015, the US generated just 5.7% of its electricity from wind and solar (229.8 TWh). By 2021, it had more than doubled that, reaching 13% of its electricity from wind and solar (543.5 TWh).

Wind and solar were the fastest-growing forms of electricity worldwide for the 17th year in a row in 2021 and are projected to be the backbone of the future electricity system.

Ember’s COO, Phil MacDonald, said, The trend reflects the global acceleration toward wind and solar energy, which have doubled since 2015 to deliver a record 10% of global electricity in 2021, according to Ember’s “Global Electricity Review.”

Wind and solar were the fastest-growing forms of electricity worldwide for the 17th year in a row in 2021 and are projected to be the backbone of the future electricity system.

Wind and solar are breaking records around the world. The process that will reshape the existing energy system has begun. Wind and solar provide a solution to the ‘trilemma’ of achieving a sustainable, affordable, and secure energy supply. This decade they need to be deployed at lightning speed.

Many European countries already produced more than 25% of their electricity from wind and solar in 2021, including Germany, Spain, and the UK, which is helping to rapidly reduce their reliance on imported fossil fuels from Russia and elsewhere.

The International Energy Agency states that in order to reach net zero, wind and solar need to reach 20% of global electricity by 2025 and 70% by 2050.

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eCapital Acquires CNH Finance
Transaction supports expansion into healthcare industry

Miami Florida –  eCapital Corp., (“eCapital”, a leading finance provider for businesses across North America and the UK,  announces the acquisition of CNH Finance, a Connecticut-based, specialty finance company focused on the healthcare industry.

The acquisition advances eCapital’s long term growth strategy to expand its specialty finance business through the acquisition of companies and portfolios that fit its growth model.

Marius Silvasan, CEO of eCapital, said, “The addition of CNH Finance complements our current offering and supports our growth strategy as we continue to advance our position in the finance industry

“CNH Finance has deep expertise and a talented team that will be key as we expand into the healthcare industry.”

Building upon the high service standards and funding solutions CNH Finance clients have come to expect, eCapital is committed to providing a seamless transition for all clients, staff, and partners.

Tim Peters, CEO of CNH Finance, commented, “We have built a successful, specialized lending company over the last 12 years. Now is the right time in our evolution to become part of a larger organization with access to the capital, technology and reach we need to scale.

 “We look forward to being part of the eCapital family and expanding our opportunities to serve the healthcare industry.”

CNH Finance is eCapital’s 12th acquisition within the alternative finance sector in the last four years. The purchase supports the company’s corporate vision of becoming the leading financing provider throughout North America and the U.K.

Hovde Group, LLC served as advisor to CNH Finance.

About eCapital Corp.

eCapital is committed to accelerating access to capital for companies in the United States, Canada, and the UK. By leveraging a team of over 600 experts and proprietary, industry-leading technology, eCapital is creating the future of business funding. With a full suite of products such as freight factoring, invoice factoring, lines of credit, asset-based lending, payroll funding, and equipment financing, eCapital ensures businesses have the funds they need to do more. Through its Freight Factoring, Commercial Finance, Staffing and Asset-Based Lending divisions, eCapital delivers customized funding solutions for over 80 industries. To learn more about eCapital, visit www.eCapital.com.

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Fourshore Partners Announces Acquisition
of Celtic Capital Corporation

Fourshore Partners (Fourshore), Coral Gables, Florida, announces its acquisition of Celtic Capital Corporation, Calabasas, CA., a financial services company specializing in asset-based lending to middle-market companies nationwide.

Mark Hafner, Chief Executive Officer of Celtic Capital Corporation, declared, “We’re excited to partner with an investor that shares our approach to lending and our strategic vision for the future of Celtic,” said

Pedro Freyre, Partner at Fourshore, said “We are looking forward to partnering with the talented and highly experienced executive team at Celtic.”

With an appetite for the more complex transactions, Celtic Capital has a history of success in crafting creative, flexible financing solutions with no financial covenants. As an independent lender, Celtic Capital is willing and able to alter price and deal structure, expand lines of credit to handle its clients’ increased revenues, and when cash flow is an issue, will look toward providing an inventory facility to help offset lost cash flow. For over thirty years, Celtic Capital has been providing intelligent capital which has made Celtic Capital one of the most respected asset-based lenders in the nation.

The transaction was led by Jose Costa, Pedro Freyre, Jose Manuel Torres, and Milos Milosevic at Fourshore Partners.

About Celtic Capital

Celtic Capital specializes in providing asset-based financing from $500,000 to $5 million for manufacturers, wholesalers, distributors, and service providers throughout the United States. Companies unable to secure traditional bank financing, or out of covenant with their current banks, look to Celtic Capital to provide the working capital they need to fund growth, expand into new markets, increase buying power and take advantage of vendor discounts and rebates.

https://www.celticcapital.com/

About Fourshore Partners

Fourshore Partners is a Miami-based private equity firm that focuses on lower middle market buyouts in the U.S. and Caribbean. Fourshore targets companies generating between $2m and $15m of EBITDA with enterprise values between $10m and $75m.

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Marc L. Hamroff Named 2022 Recipient of the
Edward A. Groobert Award for Legal Excellence
from the Equipment Leasing and Finance Association

Jeanette Dannenfelser, ELFA Legal Committee Chari
 Mark L. Hamroff, Managing Partners, Morrit Hock& Hamroff
  Ralph Petta, ELFA President and CEO

Washington, D.C.—The Equipment Leasing and Finance Association (ELFA) has awarded Marc L. Hamroff, Managing Partner of Moritt Hock & Hamroff LLP, the Edward A. Groobert Award for Legal Excellence. ELFA Legal Committee Chair Jeanette Dannenfelser, Vice President and General Counsel, Summit Funding Group, Inc., presented the award to Marc on May 2 at the ELFA Legal Forum in recognition of his significant contributions to the equipment finance industry and the association’s Legal Committee.

Marc has more than three decades of experience representing equipment finance companies and the financial services industry. As Managing Partner of Moritt Hock & Hamroff LLP, he chairs the firm’s Financial Services Practice, which includes the Bankruptcy, Equipment Leasing, Secured Lending, Distressed Assets and Creditors’ Rights Groups. Marc has worked at the firm since his graduation from law school. He has spearheaded the representation of secured lenders, banks, private equity and distressed debt funds, and equipment finance companies in addressing complex issues in a wide range of transactions and workouts nationwide.

Marc has been an active member of ELFA for over 30 years and a tireless contributor to the association’s legal community. He has served two full terms as a member of the ELFA Legal Committee, which is a member and staff resource on a wide range of national and international legal issues impacting the equipment finance industry.

Marc has contributed his expertise to educate ELFA members regarding legal issues impacting the industry. He has made numerous presentations at association events, including the Legal Forum, Annual Convention and Credit & Collections Conference. He also has written articles on a wide range of legal matters for the association’s Equipment Leasing & Finance Magazine.

In 2006, Marc was awarded ELFA’s Distinguished Service Award in recognition of his outstanding service to the association and the equipment finance Industry.

Outside of ELFA, Marc frequently speaks and writes for professional and business organizations. He has been quoted in prominent publications such as Crain’s New York, The Wall Street Journal, MarketWatch and Newsday. Marc also publishes his firm’s Finance & Law Newsletter and contributes to the firm’s Secured Lending & Finance Blog.

Marc currently serves as an adjunct professor of law in Secured Transactions and has been teaching at Hofstra Law for the past 10 years. In May 2016, he delivered the commencement address to Hofstra Law School and received the degree Doctor of Laws, honoris causa. Marc and his firm established the Moritt Hock & Hamroff Fellowship in support of Hofstra Law's Access to Justice Incubator as well as the Moritt Hock & Hamroff Business Law Honors Fellowship and the Marc L. Hamroff Annual Scholarship. 

Marc was a long-standing member of the Board of Directors of the American Heart Association-Long Island Division, served as its Chairman and served a three-year term as a member of the Northeast regional board. He founded the AHA’s annual golf tournament named in the memory of his father, and ran three NYC Marathons to raise funds to fight heart disease.

About the Award
The Edward A. Groobert Award for Legal Excellence is named for ELFA’s long-time Secretary and General Counsel Edward A. Groobert, who was a leader in the legal affairs of the association from the mid-1960s until his retirement in 2010.

About ELFA
The Equipment Leasing and Finance Association (ELFA) is the trade association that represents companies in the nearly $1 trillion equipment finance sector, which includes financial services companies and manufacturers engaged in financing capital goods. ELFA members are the driving force behind the growth in the commercial equipment finance market and contribute to capital formation in the U.S. and abroad. Its 580 members include independent and captive leasing and finance companies, banks, financial services corporations, broker/packagers and investment banks, as well as manufacturers and service providers. ELFA has been equipping business for success for more than 60 years. For more information, please visit www.elfaonline.org.

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American Bulldog
Des Moines, Iowa  Adopt-a-Dog

Whiskey

ID 214471
Male
1 Year Old
White and Brown
66 lbs.
Neutered
Site: ARL Main

Loves being with people; once he's comfortable he'll rub all over you while you pet him and may even climb into your lap and give kisses!

• Likes squeaky toys, chasing balls and chewing on sticks

• Really likes treats and being told how handsome he is

• Young and energetic, so he'll love some exercise each day in the form of walks and playtime

• May take time to warm up to new people, so plan on going at a pace he feels comfortable with

• Looking for a teens-and-up home right now

• Seems interested in other dogs but can be uncertain (dog intro required)

The ARL's shelter software requires that we choose a primary breed for our dogs. Visual breed identification in dogs is unreliable, so for most dogs we are only guessing at primary breed. We get to know each dog as an individual and do our best to describe each of our dogs based on personality, not breed label.

Adoption Process & Fees
https://www.arl-iowa.org/adopt/adoption-process/

The Animal Rescue League of Iowa, Inc
5452 NE 22nd St.
Des Moines, IA 50313
arl@arl-iowa.org
(515) 262-9503
https://www.arl-iowa.org/

Contact Us:
https://www.arl-iowa.org/adopt/adoption-process/

Adoption Hours:
Monday through Friday
12 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Saturday and Sunday
10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

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Women's Spotlight
This new Q&A series is brought to you by the ELFA Women’s Council

Margaret Gutierrez
Senior Vice President, Corporate Credit Officer
KeyBank, N.A. and Key Equipment Finance

News Briefs---

The U.S. solar market is in chaos. Shipments have stopped,
    installations are stalled, and people are starting to be laid off
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/29/climate/solar-industry-imports.html

Pfizer Q1 Revenues Jump 77% to $25.7 Billion
    on COVID-19 Vaccine
https://insiderpaper.com/pfizer-q1-revenues-jump-77-to-25-7-bn-on-covid-19-vaccine

AMD sales jump 71%, shrugging off concerns
    about PC slowdown
https://www.cnbc.com/2022/05/03/amd-earnings-q1-2022.html

Just weeks after returning to the office, many
    Apple workers are unhappy and ready to quit
https://fortune.com/2022/05/02/apple-workers-unhappy-return-to-the-office-hybrid-work-pandemic/

Employers post record 11.5 million
    job openings in March
https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-us-job-openings-ap-20220503-scmulb5p3fahzge7kyal7754xy-story.html

CBS Will Finish the 2021 - 2022 Season as America's
    Most Watched Network for 14th Straight Year
https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/cbs-will-finish-the-2021-2022-season-as-americas-most-watched-network-for-14th-straight-year-301538672.html

Ford Has a Powerful Surprise That Rivals Won't Like
    F-150 Has More Power and Range Than Originally Announced
https://www.thestreet.com/technology/ford-has-a-powerful-surprise-that-rivals-wont-like

Three Dozen Tycoon’s Met Putin on Invasion Day
    Most Had Moved Money Abroad
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/interactive/2022/offshore-putin-russia-oligarchs-pandora/?itid=hp-top-table-main

 

 

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You May Have Missed---

Google: You can now ask to have your address,
phone number removed from search results
https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/05/03/google-you-can-now-ask-to-have-your-address-phone-number-removed-from-search-results/?

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Sports Briefs---

WNBA to honor Brittney Griner with league-wide floor decals
https://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/sports/wnba-to-honor-brittney-griner-with-league-wide-floor-decals/

Terrible' no more? Jaguars owner Shad Khan
sees improvement in team's NFL draft method
https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/columnist/bell/2022/05/03/jacksonville-jaguars-nfl-draft-shad-khan-travon-walker/9628760002/?gnt-cfr=1

Tannehill: "I don't think it's my job to mentor Malik Willis"
https://www.theredzone.org/Blog-Description/EntryId/22702/Tannehill---I-don-t-think-it-s-my-job-to-mentor-Malik-Willis-

Matt Ryan: 'A pretty good chance' I'm still with Falcons
if not for Deshaun Watson pursuit
https://www.theredzone.org/Blog-Description/EntryId/22699/Matt-Ryan---A-pretty-good-chance--I-m-still-with-Falcons-if-not-for-Deshaun-Watson-pursuit

The NFL's first goal in Brian Flores' discrimination lawsuit?
Get it behind closed doors.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/dolphins/2022/05/02/brian-flores-discrimination-lawsuit-nfl-arbitration/9615967002/

If the SF 49ers trade Deebo Samuel,
they're the stupidest team in football
https://www.sfgate.com/49ers/article/49ers-shouldnt-trade-deebo-samuel-17130996.php

Can the Boston Celtics Unlock These
    Secrets to Slowing Giannis?
https://bleacherreport.com/articles/10034788

Sidney Crosby, 17 Seasons On, Is Ready
to Wreck the N.H.L. Playoffs
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/03/sports/hockey/crosby-penguins-nhl-playoffs.html

Should defending champ Phil Mickelson play at
PGA Championship in light of controversy?
https://www.latimes.com/sports/story/2022-05-03/phil-mickelson-pga-championship-defending-champion-controversy-comments

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California Nuts Briefs---

Norman Y. Mineta, Who Served Two Presidents
    in Cabinet, Dies at 90, Plus Congressman & Mayor of San Jose
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/03/us/politics/norman-y-mineta-who-served-two-presidents-in-cabinet-dies-at-90.html

California built thousands of new housing units in 2021.
These cities added the most
https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article260983777.html?ac_cid=DM641610&ac_bid=-246673906

San Francisco Giants legend Buster Posey lists his
106-acre California hunting 'paradise' for $3.9 million
https://www.sfgate.com/local/article/San-Francisco-Giants-legend-Buster-Posey-lists-17145147.php

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"Gimme that wine"

Wine of the week: Pennyroyal Farm,
    2020 Anderson Valley Pinotrio
https://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/lifestyle/wine-of-the-week-pennyroyal-farm-2020-anderson-valley-pinotrio/

Paso Robles, Ca., Wine Festival May 19 -22, 2022
https://pasowine.com/winefest/

B.C. man discovers new fungi to combat vineyard disease
https://www.castanet.net/news/Penticton/367733/B-C-man-discovers-new-fungi-to-combat-vineyard-disease

Is this Chinese critic the next Robert Parker for China?
https://vino-joy.com/2022/05/02/is-this-chinese-critic-the-next-robert-parker-for-china/

Verona to be home to Italy’s largest wine museum
and visitor centre
https://www.decanter.com/wine-news/verona-to-be-home-to-italys-largest-wine-museum-and-visitor-centre-479355/

Ridge Celebrates 60th Anniversary with Auction,
Dinners and Tributes
https://www.ediblemontereybay.com/blog/ridge-celebrates-60th-anniversary-with-auction-dinners-and-tributes/

“Gimme that Wine”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJnQoi8DSE8

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

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

This Day in History

     1493 - Spanish Pope Alexander VI divided the land they called “America” between Spain and Portugal (it was basically the Caribbean Islands).
    1494 - Christopher Columbus discovered Jamaica. The Arawak Indians were its first inhabitants. This was his second journey.  On his first, he basically discovered Cuba, and on his third, Trinidad, and on his fifth trip, 1502-1504, Martinique, exploring the coasts of Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama. He brought a lot of slaves back to Spain, his main find in the islands.
    1626 - Dutch colonist Peter Minuit arrived on the wooded island of Manhattan in present-day New York. He later bought Manhattan for $24, but from a tribe in Brooklyn, almost like buying the Brooklyn Bridge.  The story has been repeated so many times school children believe the borough was bought for beads.  Ironically, the Dutch had already established the town of New Amsterdam at the southern end of the island.  The American Indians had no comprehension of land ownership. Shortly thereafter, most of them were wiped out by small pox, influenza, and a host of diseases brought from Europe, against which they had no immunity.
(lower half:  http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/may04.html )
    1715 – The first folding umbrella debuted in France.
    1746 - The Moravians in Pennsylvania established the Moravian Women's Seminary at Bethlehem. It was the first educational institution of its kind established by the "Unitas Fratrum" in (colonial) America.
    1776 - Rhode Island declared its freedom from England, two months before the Declaration of Independence was adopted.
    1780 - American Academy of Arts & Sciences founded
    1796 - Birthday of Horace Mann (d. 1859) at Franklin, MA. American educator, author, public servant, known as the "father of public education in the US". Founder of Westfield (MA) State College and editor of the influential Common School Journal. Historian Ellwood P. Cubberley asserted:  “No one did more than he to establish in the minds of the American people the conception that education should be universal, non-sectarian, free, and that its aims should be social efficiency, civic virtue, and character, rather than mere learning or the advancement of sectarian ends.” 
    1805 - Henry C. Overing bought 80 acres of Throggs Neck in The Bronx.
    1846 – Michigan outlawed the death penalty.
    1850 - A second Great San Francisco Fire broke out in the United States Exchange, a saloon and gambling house. The fire burned 300 building s and caused $4,000,000 damage.  At about 4:00 AM, a suspicious fire erupted in a building on the east side of the United States Exchange, a drinking and gambling house built where Dennison’s Exchange once stood. Before 11:00 AM, the conflagration consumed the block between Kearny, Clay, Washington, and Jackson. Again, dynamite and rope saved the city from complete destruction. With ashes still hot and smoking, the first evidence of arson was found. Within ten days San Franciscans had rebuilt half of their Phoenix City.
http://www.sffiremuseum.org/history/fires.html
It is interesting that on the same date, one year later, the 5th Great Fire almost destroyed San Francisco. The entire business district was destroyed in 10 hours, engulfing 18 Blocks and 2,000 buildings.
The 1906 Great Earthquake was not the cause of the major damage. It was the fire that was created by the quake that devastated the city.
http://www.sfmuseum.org/hist5/5-51fire.html
    1861 – At Gretna, LA, one of the first guns of the Confederate Navy was cast.
    1863 – A defeated Union Army withdraws from the Battle of Chancellorsville.
    1864 - General Grant's Army of the Potomac attacks at Rappahannock, crosses the Rapidan and begins his duel with Robert E Lee.
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/cgibin/query/r?pp/cwp:@field(NUMBER
+@band(cwpb+01175))
http://www.civilwar-va.com/virginia/va-central/1864tour.html
    1864 - Over the objections of President Lincoln, the House of Representatives passed the Wade-Davis Reconstruction bill, containing stiff punitive measures against the South that, if put into law, would have destroyed Lincoln's more moderate reconstruction aims. The bill was also adamantly opposed by Radical Republicans, led by Thaddeus Stevens, for whom it was insufficiently severe in its treatment of the Southern rebels. Lincoln eventually killed the bill by using the pocket veto. When Andrew Johnson became President, following Lincoln's assassination, he basically abandoned all Lincoln's reconstruction plans and set up to punish the South.
    1869 – The Cincinnati Red Stockings, the first all-professional baseball team, started their first regular season with a 45 - 9 victory over the Great Westerns of Cincinnati.
    1871 – History recorded the first baseball game of the National Association of Baseball Players.  Ft Wayne 2, Cleveland 0 as Deacon Jim White got the first hit, a double.
    1886 - Chichester Bell and Charles Tainter received a US patent for the Graphophone. This invention replaced Thomas Edison's phonograph, and featured wax-coated cylinders. These were considered an improvement over the phonograph's tinfoil cylinders, which had been delicate and difficult to remove.
    1886 – Labor union unrest in Chicago led to violence as a crowd of unemployed men tried to enter the McCormick Reaper Works during a strike.  Anarchists called a mass meeting in Haymarket Square to avenge the massacre. Police advanced on the demonstrators, a bomb was thrown and several policemen were killed.  Four leaders of the demonstrators were hanged.  What became a worldwide controversy would become known as the Haymarket Square Riot.
    1891 - The first hospital open to all races as a matter of policy was the Provident Hospital, Chicago, Ill.  Although primarily for African-Americans, there was no racial barrier to the admission of patients or staff appointments of physicians. Dr. Frank Billings was chief consulting physician. Dr. Christian Fenger, chief consulting surgeon; and Drs. Ralph N. Isham and Daniel Hall Williams, attending surgeons.  A nursing school, the Provident Hospital Training School Association, was connected with the hospital.
    1893 - Cowboy Bob Pickett invented bulldogging
    1894 - Bird Day was observed for the first time.  Bird Day is a holiday established by Oil City, PA school superintendent Charles Babcock.   It was the first holiday in the United States dedicated to the celebration of birds.  Babcock intended it to advance bird conservation as a moral value
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/may04.html
    1896 - Labor union unrest at Chicago led to violence when a crowd of unemployed men tried to enter the McCormick Reaper Works, where a strike was underway. Although no one was killed, anarchist groups called a mass meeting in Haymarket Square to avenge the “massacre”. When the police advanced on the demonstrators, a bomb was thrown and several policemen were killed. Four leaders of the demonstration were hanged and another committed suicide in jail. Three others were given jail terms. The case aroused considerable controversy around the world.
    1904 – The US began construction of the Panama Canal.
    1905 - Honky Tonk singer Al Dexter (d. 1984) was born in Jacksonville, Texas. He perfected his style in the oil-boom dance halls of East Texas. And he recorded one of the first songs to have the word "honky tonk" in its title, "Honky Tonk Blues." Dexter is best known as the composer of the wartime hit, "Pistol Packin' Mama."
    1907 - Mary Agness Hallaren (d. 2005) was born in Lowell, MA.  U.S. military commander with the rank of captain, she commanded the first WAC battalion of women to go overseas in World War II.  She became director of the WACS in May, 1947. On June 12, 1948 when the Armed Services Integration Act went into effect and the WACS became a component of the Regular Army, Col. Hallaren became the first woman to receive a commission in the Regular Army. She retired from the Army in 1960 and, in 1965, she became director of the Women in Community Service division of the U.S. Labor Department.
    1909 - Tel Aviv founded. In 1910, the suburb was named Tel Aviv after Nahum Sokolow's translation of “Altneuland,” Herzl's fictional depiction of the Jewish State.
http://www.wzo.org.il/home/dev/ta1.htm
http://www.wzo.org.il/home/aliyah/aliya2b.htm
http://alpha.furman.edu/~mcknight/cr9.htm
http://www.ddtravel-acc.com/tel.htm
    1910 - Congress required every passenger ship or other ships carrying 50 persons or more, leaving any port of United States, to be equipped with a radio (powerful enough to transmit to a 100-mile radius) and a qualified operator.
    1917 – Arabs sacked Tel Aviv.
    1918 – The Yankees set a Major League record with 8 sacrifice bunts on the way to defeating Babe Ruth and the Red Sox, 5-4.
    1919 – In the first legal Sunday baseball game in NYC, the Phillies beat the Giants 4-3 before a crowd of 35,000 at the Polo Grounds.  During the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, it was considered offensive to work on Sunday, which was expected to be a day of worship and rest. In 1794, the Pennsylvania Assembly restricted activities on Sunday by passing what they called "an Act for the prevention of vice and immorality, and of unlawful gaming, and to restrain disorderly sports and dissipation."  In 1902, Sunday baseball games were legalized in Chicago, St. Louis and Cincinnati.  In 1917, the New York Giants and Cincinnati Red Legs played the first Sunday game ever at the Polo Grounds in NYC. However, after the game both managers, John McGraw and Christy Mathewson, were arrested for violating the blue laws. Judge McQuade found them not guilty.  The following year, Sunday baseball was legalized in Cleveland, Washington, D.C., and Detroit.  One year after that, New York legalized baseball games on Sunday, and the New York and Brooklyn teams were allowed to have home games on Sunday.
    1923 – New York revoked Prohibition
    1925 – The League of Nations conferred on arms control and poison gas usage
    1926 – Drummer Sonny Payne (d. 1979) birthday, New York City.  Best known for “Atomic Bomb” Basie album.
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    1928 - Canadian jazz trumpet player, “screamer,” Maynard Ferguson (d. 2006) was born in Montreal. He went to the US at the age of 20, playing in the big bands of Boyd Raeburn, Jimmy Dorsey, Charlie Barnett and Stan Kenton. Ferguson won the Down Beat magazine readers' poll for trumpet in 1950, '51 and '52. He later formed his own big band, which in the 1970's turned in a jazz-rock direction. Ferguson's recording of "Gonna Fly Now," the theme from "Rocky," was a major hit single in 1977.
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    1929 - Birthday of Audrey Hepburn (d. 1993), born Audrey Kathleen van Heemstra Ruston near Brussels, Belgium.  Her first major movie role in “Roman Holiday” (1953) won her an Academy Award as Best Actress.  She made 26 movies during her career and received four additional Oscar nominations. During the latter years of her life, Hepburn served as spokesperson for the United Nations Children's Fund, traveling worldwide raising money for the organization. Even when dying of cancer, she traded ceaselessly in Third World countries, always for the children, never stinting, giving everything she had. Answering a reporter's question about why she worked so hard for UNICEF, she answered simply, "I do not want to see mothers and fathers digging graves for their children." One can only guess that she saw too much of that when as a girl she was accidentally trapped in Holland during World War II. She suffered extreme hardships during the war and several of her relatives and friends were executed by the Nazis. She acted as a courier for the underground. She even had to eat tulip bulbs when food supplies ran out or they were confiscated by the Germans just before the Allied troops freed the Netherlands.
    1929 – Lou Gehrig hit three consecutive HRs as the Yanks beat the Tigers, 11-9.
    1932 - Public Enemy Number One, Al Capone, was jailed in the Atlanta Penitentiary for tax evasion.
    1937 - Bassist Ron Carter birthday, Ferndale, MI
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    1937 – Dick Dale born Richard Anthony Monsour (d. 2019) in Boston.  Known as The King of the Surf Guitar, he pioneered the surf music style, drawing on Eastern musical scales and experimenting with reverberation. He worked closely with Fender to produce custom made amplifiers, including the first-ever 100-watt guitar amplifier.   He pushed the limits of electric amplification technology, helping to develop new equipment that was capable of producing distorted, "thick, clearly defined tones" at "previously undreamed-of volumes." The "breakneck speed of his single-note staccato picking technique" as well as his showmanship with the guitar is considered a precursor to heavy metal, influencing guitarists such as Jimi Hendrix and Eddie Van Halen. 
    1939 - In his first-ever AB in Detroit, Boston Red Sox rookie Ted Williams became the first player to hit a home run which totally clears the right field seats at Briggs Stadium.
    1940 - Duke Ellington bad records “Cotton Tail,” “Don't Get Around Much Anymore” for Victor.
    1941 – Birthday of writer George Will, Champaign, IL.  Will writes regular columns for The Washington Post and provides commentary for NBC News and MSNBC.  In 1986, The Wall Street Journal called him "perhaps the most powerful journalist in America," in a league with Walter Lippmann (1889–1974).   His numerous awards include the Pulitzer Prize for commentary in 1977.
    1942 - *POWERS, JOHN JAMES, Medal of Honor
Rank and organization: Lieutenant, U.S. Navy. Born: 13 July 1912, New York City, N.Y. Accredited to: New York. Other Navy award: Air Medal with 1 gold star. Citation: For distinguished and conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty, while pilot of an airplane of Bombing Squadron 5, Lt. Powers participated, with his squadron, in 5 engagements with Japanese forces in the Coral Sea area and adjacent waters during the period 4 to 8 May 1942. Three attacks were made on enemy objectives at or near Tulagi on 4 May. In these attacks he scored a direct hit which instantly demolished a large enemy gunboat or destroyer and is credited with 2 close misses, 1 of which severely damaged a large aircraft tender, the other damaging a 20,000-ton transport. He fearlessly strafed a gunboat, firing all his ammunition into it amid intense antiaircraft fire. This gunboat was then observed to be leaving a heavy oil slick in its wake and later was seen beached on a nearby island. On 7 May, an attack was launched against an enemy airplane carrier and other units of the enemy's invasion force. He fearlessly led his attack section of 3 Douglas Dauntless dive bombers, to attack the carrier. On this occasion he dived in the face of heavy antiaircraft fire, to an altitude well below the safety altitude, at the risk of his life and almost certain damage to his own plane, in order that he might positively obtain a hit in a vital part of the ship, which would insure her complete destruction. This bomb hit was noted by many pilots and observers to cause a tremendous explosion engulfing the ship in a mass of flame, smoke, and debris. The ship sank soon after. That evening, in his capacity as Squadron Gunnery Officer, Lt. Powers gave a lecture to the squadron on point-of-aim and diving technique. During this discourse he advocated low release point in order to insure greater accuracy; yet he stressed the danger not only from enemy fire and the resultant low pull-out, but from own bomb blast and bomb fragments. Thus his low-dive bombing attacks were deliberate and premeditated, since he well knew and realized the dangers of such tactics, but went far beyond the call of duty in order to further the cause which he knew to be right. The next morning, 8 May, as the pilots of the attack group left the ready room to man planes, his indomitable spirit and leadership were well expressed in his own words, "Remember the folks back home are counting on us. 1 am going to get a hit if 1 have to lay it on their flight deck.'' He led his section of dive bombers down to the target from an altitude of 18,000 feet, through a wall of bursting antiaircraft shells and into the face of enemy fighter planes. Again, completely disregarding the safety altitude and without fear or concern for his safety, Lt. Powers courageously pressed home his attack, almost to the very deck of an enemy carrier and did not release his bomb until he was sure of a direct hit. He was last seen attempting recovery from his dive at the extremely low altitude of 200 feet, and amid a terrific barrage of shell and bomb fragments, smoke, flame and debris from the stricken vessel.
    1942 – The Battle of Coral Sea begins in the Pacific.  This was the first sea battle fought solely in the air, between Japanese, US and Australian navies and air forces.
    1945 – German Adm. Donitz sends envoys to the headquarters of Field Marshal Montgomery, at Luneburg Heath, and they sign an agreement, at 1820 hrs., for the surrender of German forces in Holland, Denmark and northern Germany. The Germans also agree to the Allied demand that German submarines should be surrendered rather than scuttled -- in the German naval tradition. The surrender becomes effective on May 5th. Meanwhile, in continuing fighting to the south, Salzburg is captured by American forces. Other units push into Czechoslovakia toward Pilsen. German forces conduct rearguard actions, in northern Germany, in Czechoslovakia and Austria, as the bulk of the German forces attempt to disengage and reach the Anglo-American lines.
    1948 - Twenty-five-year-old Norman Mailer's first novel, “The Naked and the Dead,” is published.  The book, which closely chronicles the lives of 13 soldiers stationed in the Pacific, presents a fictional story with precise, journalistic detail.
    1951 - The U.S. Senate unanimously passed a bill to raise the maximum strength of the Marine Corps to 400,000 -- double its strength at the time. The bill also made the Commandant of the Marine Corps a consultant to the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
    1956 - Top Hits
“Heartbreak Hotel/I Was the One” - Elvis Presley
“Moonglow and Theme from 'Picnic'” - Morris Stoloff
“Standing on the Corner” - The Four Lads
“Blue Suede Shoes” - Carl Perkins    1957 - "The Alan Freed Show" debuted on ABC-TV. The legendary disc jockey's rock 'n' roll variety show was cancelled some months later after black teenage singer Frankie Lymon was shown dancing with a white girl.
    1959 - The first Grammy Awards were presented by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Record of the year and song of the year was "Nel Blu Dipinto Di Blu" - better known as "Volare" - by Domenico Modugno. Henry Mancini won the Album of the Year award for "The Music from Peter Gunn" and the Kingston Trio won the first country Grammy for "Tom Dooley."
    1960 - The birth control pill was approved by the FDA in the U.S. It was developed at the Worcester Center for Experimental Biology. The work was financed by Katherine McCormick who gave the center $150,000 a year from 1953 on to develop an oral contraceptive. McCormick was the second woman graduate of M.I.T. She married into the McCormick family and took over the International Harvester business when her husband became hopelessly insane.
    1961 - Militant students joined James Farmer of the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) to conduct “freedom rides” on public transportation from Washington, DC, across the Deep South to New Orleans. The trips were intended to test Supreme Court decisions and Interstate Commerce Commission regulations prohibiting discrimination in interstate travel.  In several places, riders were brutally beaten by local people and policemen. On May 14, members of the Ku Klux Klan attacked the Freedom Riders in Birmingham, Alabama while local police watched. In Mississippi, Freedom Riders were jailed. They never made it to New Orleans. The rides were patterned after a similar challenge to segregation, the 1947 Journey of Reconciliation, which tested the US Supreme Court's June 3, 1946 ban against segregation in interstate bus travel.
    1963 - Andy Williams's album, “Days of Wine and Roses,” hit the Number 1 spot on the LP pop chart, and stayed there for 16 weeks.
    1963 - The Beach Boys "Surfin U.S.A." LP debuts on the charts.
    1964 - Top Hits
“Can't Buy Me Love” - The Beatles
“Hello Dolly!” - Louis Armstrong
“Bits and Pieces” - The Dave Clark Five
“My Heart Skips a Beat” - Buck Owens
    1964 - “Another World,” created by lrna Phillips and sponsored by P&G, this soap was set in fictional Bay City. It was the first soap to air for a full hour and the first to beget two spin-offs (“Somerset” and “Texas”). Charles Durning, Ted Shackelford, Eric Roberts, Ray Liotta, Kyra Sedgwick, Faith Ford, Morgan Freeman, Jackëe Harry, Victoria Wyndham and Valarie Pettiford are some of its well-known alums. The show was cancelled in 1999 and the last episode aired June 25, 1999.
    1964 - The Beatles set a "Billboard" magazine Top 100 chart all-time record when, today, all five of the top songs were by the British rock group. The Beatles also had the number one album with "Meet the Beatles", the top album from February 15 through May 2, when it was replaced by "The Beatles Second Album". During the first three months of 1964, it was estimated The Beatles accounted for 60 percent of the entire singles record business. The top five Beatles singles, setting the record, were: 1) “Can't Buy Me Love,” 2) “Twist and Shout,” 3) “She Loves You,” 4) “I Want to Hold Your Hand,” 5) “Please Please Me.”
    1964 - Ray Thomas and Mike Pinder formed an R&B group, the Moody Blues, named after Duke Ellington's "Mood Indigo."
    1966 - Simon and Garfunkel's "I Am a Rock" enters the Hot 100. During its eleven week chart run, it will peak at #3.
    1966 - Del Shannon enters the Billboard Hot 100 for the 16th time with "The Big Hurt," which will stall at #94.
    1966 - The Mamas and Papas hit #1 in the US with "Monday, Monday," a song that the group would later admit that they didn't really like.
    1966 – SF Giants’ CF Willie Mays established a new National League career HR record when he hit his 512th, surpassing the total of former NY Giants great Mel Ott. Mays' blast against Claude Osteen put him fourth on the all-time list.  Mays retired with the second highest total, 660, behind only Babe Ruth at the time.
    1967 - The Turtles receive their first of two Gold singles for their recent #1 Pop hit, "Happy Together." Their second Gold single will come later for "She'd Rather Be with Me."
    1968 - FOURNET, DOUGLAS B., Medal of Honor
Rank and organization: First Lieutenant, U.S. Army, Company B, 1st Battalion, 7th Cavalry, 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile). Place and date: A Shau Valley, Republic of Vietnam, 4 May 1968. Entered service at: New Orleans, La. Born: 7 May 1943, Lake Charles, La. Citation: For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty. 1st Lt. Fournet, Infantry, distinguished himself in action while serving as rifle platoon leader of the 2d Platoon, Company B. While advancing uphill against fortified enemy positions in the A Shau Valley, the platoon encountered intense sniper fire, making movement very difficult. The right flank man suddenly discovered an enemy claymore mine covering the route of advance and shouted a warning to his comrades. Realizing that the enemy would also be alerted, 1st Lt. Fournet ordered his men to take cover and ran uphill toward the mine, drawing a sheath knife as he approached it. With complete disregard for his safety and realizing the imminent danger to members of his command, he used his body as a shield in front of the mine as he attempted to slash the control wires leading from the enemy positions to the mine. As he reached for the wire the mine was detonated, killing him instantly. Five men nearest the mine were slightly wounded, but 1st Lt. Fournet's heroic and unselfish act spared his men of serious injury or death. His gallantry and willing self-sacrifice are in keeping with the highest traditions of the military service and reflect great credit upon himself, his unit, and the U.S. Army.
    1968 - Top British model Twiggy saw a performance by an 18-year-old Welsh singer named Mary Hopkin and immediately recommended her to Paul McCartney as a possible addition to the Apple Records roster. Six months later, Hopkin's first record, "Those Were the Days," was sitting behind "Hey Jude" in the number 2 position.
    1970 - Still fresh in the minds of students who were attending college during this time are four students - Allison Krause, 19; Sandra Lee Scheuer, 20;  Jeffrey Glenn Miller, 20;  and William K. Schroeder, 19 – who were killed by the Ohio National Guard during demonstrations against the Vietnam War at Kent State University in Ohio.  After seeing the photos later that week in Life magazine, Neil Young immediately writes the song "Ohio," which Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young will record the next day.
    1972 - Top Hits
“The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face” - Roberta Flack
“I Gotcha” - Joe Tex
“Betcha By Golly, Wow” - The Stylistics
“Chantilly Lace” - Jerry Lee Lewis
    1973 - Led Zeppelin open their 1973 U.S. tour, which is billed as the "biggest and most profitable rock & roll tour in the history of the United States." A group spokesman predicts the group will gross over $3 million.
    1974 - The first skyscraper higher than 1,400 feet in height was the 110-story Sears Building of Sears, Roebuck and Company, measuring 1,454 feet high located on Jackson Boulevard between Adams and Franklin streets in Chicago.
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    1975 - Baseball's One Millionth Run. Bob Watson of the Houston Astros raced around the bases on Milt May's home run against the San Francisco Giants and crossed the plate with what was declared to be the one millionth run scored in major league baseball history. Watson's hustle paid off. Davey Concepcion of the Cincinnati Reds scored another run in a different game in a different city seconds later.
    1976 - The Illinois Legislature declares today as Rick Monday Day because of his patriotic gesture of saving the American flag from being burned in Los Angeles by two fans in center field in Dodger Stadium.  He was playing CF for the visiting Chicago Cubs at Dodger Stadium, when two protestors ran into the outfield and tried to set fire to an American flag. Monday dashed over and grabbed the flag to thunderous cheers. He handed the flag to Los Angeles pitcher Doug Rau, and the ballpark police officers arrested the two intruders.
    1976 - KISS performs their first concert in their hometown of New York City.
    1978 - Jefferson Starship receives a platinum record for what will be their last LP with Grace Slick and Marty Balin. Just a few weeks later, both are gone and the band has to be revamped.
    1980 - Top Hits
“Call Me” - Blondie
“Ride like the Wind” - Christopher Cross
“Lost in Love” - Air Supply
“Are You on the Road to Lovin' Me Again” - Debby Boone
    1980 - An acoustic performance by the East Los Angeles band Los Lobos brought a hostile response from an Olympic Auditorium audience who came to hear Punk music. Opening for Public Image Ltd, the group was bombarded with bottles and other debris. It would take seven more years for the band to crack the Hot 100 with a couple of Richie Valens songs, "La Bamba" (#1) and "Come On, Let's Go" (#21).
    1988 - Top Hits
“Where Do Broken Hearts Go” - Whitney Houston
“Wishing Well” - Terence Trent D'Arby
“Angel” - Aerosmith
“It's Such a Small World” - Rodney Crowell & Rosanne Cash
    1989 - Col. Oliver North was found guilty in the investigations into the Iran-Contra affair.
    1989 – Golfer Rory McIlroy was born in Holywood, Northern Ireland.  He was #1 in the Official World Golf Ranking for 95 weeks. He is a four-time major champion, winning the 2011 US Open, (setting a tournament record score of −16), 2012 PGA Championship (with a tournament record margin of victory (8 strokes), 2104 Open Championship, and 2014 PGA Championship. Along with Nicklaus, Woods and Spieth, he is one of four players to win three majors by the age of 25. 
    1991 - Indians' first baseman Chris James establishes the club record for RBIs by driving in nine runs with a pair of homers and two singles, helping Cleveland to crush the A's, 20-6.
    1994 - Top Hits
“The Sign” - Ace of Base
“Bump N Grind” - R. Kelly
“The Most Beautiful Girl in the World” - The Artist
“Return to Innocence” - Enigma
    1995 - Twenty-five years after the Kent State Massacre, Peter, Paul, and Mary played a commemorative concert at the university, performing Dylan's "Blowin' In The Wind."
    1998 - The Clinton administration invoked sanctions against North Korea and Pakistan for a secret 1997 missile deal. Pakistan’s military named the acquired missile, Ghauri, after a famous Muslim warrior who slew a Hindu emperor named Prithvi, the name of a Russian made Indian missile.
    1998 - A federal judge in Sacramento gave “Unabomber” Ted Kaczynski four life sentences plus 30 years after Kaczynski accepted a plea agreement sparing him from the death penalty.
    1999 - Top Hits
“Livin La Vida Loca” - Ricky Martin
“No Scrubs” - TLC
“Kiss Me” - Sixpence None the Richer
“Every Morning” - Sugar Ray
    2006 - A federal judge sentenced Zacarias Moussaoui to life in prison for his role in the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
    2007 – Greensburg, KS was almost completely destroyed by a 1.7 mi wide EF5 tornado. It was the first-ever tornado to be rated as such with the new Enhanced Fujita Scale.
    2008 – Seth MacFarlane reached an agreement worth $100 million with Fox to keep "Family Guy" and "American Dad" on television until 2012, making MacFarlane the world's highest paid television writer.
    2008 - Martha Reeves' home in Detroit was burglarized and one million dollars' worth of recording equipment stolen. In just a few hours, the perpetrator was caught while attempting to hock the merchandise for $400.
    2010 - An auction at Christie's in New York set a record for the most expensive work of art sold at auction when Pablo Picasso's 'Nude, Green Leaves and Bust' sold for $106 million.
    2011 – President Obama chose not to release photos of Osama bin Laden following his death, saying they could incite violence and be used by militants as a propaganda tool.  Attorney General Eric Holder, seeking to head off suggestions that killing bin Laden was illegal, said the U.S. commandos who raided his Pakistani hide-out on Monday had carried out a justifiable act of national self-defense. In deciding not to make public the pictures of the corpse, Obama resisted arguments that to do so could counter skeptics who have argued there is no proof that bin Laden, who was rapidly buried at sea by U.S. forces, is dead. “I think that given the graphic nature of these photos, it would create some national security risk,” Obama told the CBS program “60 Minutes.” “It is important for us to make sure that very graphic photos of somebody who was shot in the head are not floating around as an incitement to additional violence. As a propaganda tool,” the president added.

Stanley Cup Champions
1969 - Montreal Canadiens