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Aerospace 40th Anniversary
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### Press Release #################################
Feinberg joins Equilease as Senior Vice President -Business
and Corporate Development
Equilease Financial Services, Inc is pleased to announce
that Burt Feinberg joined the firm as Senior Vice President - Business
and Corporate Development reporting to Gary Silverhardt, Equilease's
President.
Equilease is a specialty finance company focused on acquiring
performing, distress, underperforming and orphaned loan and lease portfolios
from other financial institutions. The
company is fully staffed with in house capability to perform due diligence,
billing, collecting, workout management, accounting, data conversions,
tax compliance and ongoing portfolio management. Since implementing
its current business strategy in the spring of 2002, the company has
acquired eight portfolios aggregating in excess of $200 million, ranging
in size from $3 million to $105 million.
Mr. Feinberg will be involved in the acquisition of new portfolios
and seeking out acquisition and joint venture opportunities that will
benefit from Equilease's core competencies. In addition, Mr. Feinberg will help in the underwriting process,
portfolio management and capital market activities. Prior to Equilease Mr. Feinberg was with FINOVA Capital for six years
where he held various management and sales management positions. Most
recently he managed FINOVA's Commercial Equipment Finance and Franchise
Lending businesses which had combined assets in excess of $1.5 billion.
He worked closely with Berkadia LLC and played an instrumental role
in the management of and ultimate sale of a substantial portion of these
assets through a series of portfolio and loan/lease sales.
Prior to FINOVA, Mr. Feinberg held various new business development
positions providing mid to large ticket structured lending and leasing
for Chemical Bank, Bank New England Leasing, Xerox Credit and lastly
CIT. Burt holds an MBA from the New York University
Stern Graduate School of Business.
According to Mr. Feinberg "Equilease is an incredibly
nimble company with an ability to quickly assess, price, close, transition
and effectively manage various types of portfolios."
"We believe Burt is a great addition to our team adding
depth to our organization. He
is very experienced with a unique background that includes sales, credit,
asset sales, portfolio management and capital market activities. In fact, he has already contributed towards
the consummation of new business with our recent acquisition of a bank
portfolio in excess of $17 million," stated Mr. Silverhardt.
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Bombardier Aerospace Celebrates 40th Anniversary of Learjet
First Flight
A Milestone Event in the History of Business Aviation
October 2003 (Newstream) -- The manufacturer of Learjet(i)
aircraft, Bombardier Aerospace, today celebrated the 40th anniversary
of the first flight of a Learjet business jet, an event that launched
the legendary Learjet product line and sparked a revolution in the business
jet aviation.
Bombardier marked the aviation milestone during a 4 p.m.
ceremony at the National Business Aviation Association 56th Annual Meeting
& Convention in Orlando, Florida, exactly 40 years after Learjet
23, s/n 001, took off from Wichita's Mid-Continent Airport at 4 p.m.,
October 7, 1963. Pilot Bob Hagen and co-pilot Hank Beaird, who guided
the aircraft for its maiden flight, both participated in the commemorative
event, as did Shanda Lear, daughter of Learjet founder Bill Lear.
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Taking part in a short ceremony were (left to right): Hank
Beaird, co-pilot, Learjet 23 first flight; Bob Hagan, pilot, Learjet
23 first flight; Shanda Lear, daughter of business jet pioneer Bill
Lear; Peter Edwards, president, Bombardier Business Aircraft; and Pierre
Beaudoin, president and COO, Bombardier Aerospace.
More than 2,300 Bombardier Learjet aircraft have been delivered
worldwide since the landmark first flight with more joining the fleet
monthly as Bombardier continues to develop the Learjet family of business
jets. Its newest high- performance models, the Bombardier Learjet 40
and Bombardier Learjet 45 XR, are scheduled to enter service within
months.
( Neiman Marcus “ The Christmas Book”
Learjet 40 $7,737,000
Learjet 45 $10,255,000
Learjet 45XR 10,837,000
Learjet 60 12,743,000 )
"The first flight of a Learjet was a watershed event
for business travelers," declared Peter Edwards, president, Bombardier
Business Aircraft, speaking at the event attended by media and guests.
"Until Bill Lear designed and built a jet airplane specifically
for business use, corporate travelers either had to fly modified military
aircraft, fly with commercial airlines, or use small slow, noisy, piston-
and turbine-propelled planes. The Learjet 23 changed all of that, in
spectacular fashion. It's not an overstatement to say that the first
flight launched more than a product line - it effectively launched the
business jet segment of the aviation industry."
Learjet 23 first flight co-pilot Mr. Beaird noted that he
was immediately impressed by the first Learjet's design and performance
capabilities. "It was obviously built to a high standard that would
support its high performance," he recalled. "On that first
flight, the airplane flew beautifully. When we landed I told a reporter
that the airplane was amazing, and it was. I expected it to be a rocket,
and it was better than that."
Following the momentous first flight, the Bombardier Learjet
family of business jets, which currently includes such popular models
as the Learjet 45 and Learjet 60, has since continued to break new ground
in the business jet segment through constant innovation and performance
enhancements. Bombardier Learjet aircraft have set numerous world records,
both for speed and altitude performance, and set the standard in their
respective segments for cabin comfort.
A proud history
Learjet Inc., founded by noted inventor and entrepreneur
William Powell Lear, began operations in Wichita, Kansas in 1962. Mr.
Lear, who already held patents for numerous innovative products, including
AC-DC converters, car and aircraft radios, an autopilot, the Lear-O-Scope
aircraft direction finder, and an eight-track stereo tape system, invested
$US12 million to develop a personal business jet based on the design
of the Swiss P-16 fighter.
Manufacturing began in a plant adjacent to Wichita's Mid-
Continent Airport at the end of 1962 and a decision to skip the prototype
stage and go directly into production tooling allowed the first flight
of the Learjet 23 to take place less than a year later. The aircraft
was certified on July 31, 1964, and the first production model, s/n
003, was delivered to the Chemical Industrial Corporation of Cincinnati,
Ohio, less than three months later. More than 100 Learjet aircraft were
introduced into service in the company's first three years alone.
Bombardier Inc. acquired Learjet on June 29, 1990 and immediately
began to infuse new energy and resources into product development. Bombardier
has launched five new Learjet aircraft since that time - the Learjet
31A, the Learjet 60, the Learjet 45, the Learjet 45 XR and the Learjet
40. The Bombardier Learjet 45 went on to become one of the top- selling
business aircraft model in its class and the first business jet to receive
type certification from the European Joint Aviation Authorities (JAA).
The new Bombardier Learjet 40 and 45 XR business jets were introduced
at the 2002 Farnborough Air Show and represent the latest step in the
Learjet family's evolution.
Bombardier Aerospace, a unit of Bombardier Inc., is a world
leader in the design and manufacture of innovative aviation products
and provides services for the regional, business and amphibious aircraft
markets. It also offers Bombardier Flexjet(i) and Bombardier Skyjet(i)
business aircraft programs, technical services, and aircraft maintenance
and pilot training for business, regional airline and military customers.
Bombardier Inc., a diversified manufacturing and services
company, is a world-leading manufacturer of business jets, regional
aircraft, rail transportation equipment and motorized recreational products.
It also provides financial services and asset management in business
areas aligned with its core expertise. Headquartered in Montreal, Canada,
the Corporation has a workforce of some 75,000 people and manufacturing
facilities in 25 countries throughout the Americas, Europe and Asia-Pacific.
Its revenues for the fiscal year ended Jan. 31, 2003 stood at $23.7
billion Cdn. Bombardier shares are traded on the Toronto, Brussels and
Frankfurt stock exchanges (BBD, BOM and BBDd.F).
(i) Trademarks of Bombardier Inc. or its subsidiaries.
For more information on Bombardier Aerospace at NBAA 2003,
please visit www.aeroshow.com
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Bombardier Aerospace
Leo Knaapen
(514) 918-9352 (Cell)
Prosecutors Offer Papers in Tyco Trial
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A1481-2003Oct9.html
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Attleboro Man Convicted of $570,000 Computer Theft Scheme,
Reports U.S. Attorney
BOSTON, -- An Attleboro man was convicted today in federal
court on wire fraud and mail fraud charges for leasing approximately
$570,000 worth of computer equipment, defaulting on the leases, and
selling the leased computers to unsuspecting individual buyers.
United States Attorney Michael J. Sullivan and Kenneth R.
Jones, Postal Inspector In Charge of the U.S. Postal Inspection Service
in New England, announced today that ABEL A. DADA, age 49, of 145 North
Main Street, Attleboro, Massachusetts, was convicted by a trial jury
sitting before U.S. District Judge Patti B. Saris of seven counts of
mail fraud and three counts of wire fraud.
Evidence presented during the seven-day trial proved that
DADA used a variety of business names to enable himself to lease approximately
$570,000 worth of computer equipment.
Some of the names used were of companies that DADA had formed,
such as E-Commerce Solutions and E-Computer Shoppers, and some of the
names were of existing companies, whose identities DADA fraudulently
assumed. DADA also used a variety of aliases, including
identities he stole, during the course of the scheme. After leasing the computers and receiving them
from manufacturers including Hewlett-Packard, Gateway, Dell, and IBM,
DADA defaulted on the leases, and then sold the equipment to individual
buyers, primarily at computer shows in New Hampshire, New York, and
Southern Massachusetts.
Judge Saris scheduled sentencing for January 8, 2004 at 3:00
p.m. If convicted, DADA faces
a maximum sentence of 5 years in prison on each count and a $250,000
fine.
The case was investigated by the U.S. Postal Inspection Service
and the Massachusetts State Police. It is being prosecuted by Assistant
U.S. Attorneys Adam J. Bookbinder and Jonathan F. Mitchell in Sullivan's
Economic Crimes Unit.
SOURCE U.S. Attorney
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"Norvergence Names New Director of Bank Relations"
NORVERGENCE is pleased to announce that Robert J. Fine has
been named as Director of Bank Relations. In his new role Mr. Fine will
be responsible for managing all aspects of the company's non-recourse,
third-party relationships as well as developing new funding relationships.
Mr. Fine has over twenty-five years of experience in the
equipment leasing industry and previously held the position of President
of Gramercy Leasing Services, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Atlantic
Bank of New York. Prior to Gramercy, Fine spent thirteen years managing
BLT Leasing Corp, the leasing subsidiary of Bank Leumi Trust Company
of N.Y. serving as its President from April 1990. Fine began his leasing
career with the Bank of Tokyo Trust Company in 1976.
Mr. Fine has always been an active member of the equipment
leasing trade associations and began a two-year term as President of
the Eastern Association of Equipment Lessors (EAEL) in April of this
year and has served as an officer and Board Member since 1995.
Headquartered in Newark, N.J. NORVERGENCE is leading the
way to voice/ data convergence solutions that allow small to medium-sized
businesses to drastically reduce their telecommunications costs.
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AmeriQuest Transportation Leasing Launched To Deliver
Exceptional Life Cycle Savings To Truck Fleets
CHERRY HILL, N.J.-- AmeriQuest,
Lease Dimensions and Spyglass Capital Jointly Develop New Retail Platform for Net Lease Services
Three experienced
transportation service companies have combined their talents and resources
to offer a series of innovative solutions to the transportation industry.
The newly created company, AmeriQuest Transportation Leasing, is based
here and is delivering programs that meet the demands of CFOs, purchasing
executives and fleet managers by lowering lease payments and operating
costs.
At the heart of the
new company are a national retail network of used truck dealers and
a sophisticated procurement technology platform, which allow AmeriQuest
Transportation Leasing to more aggressively price new lease contracts.
Typically, banks, financial institutions and other lenders calculate
the equipment's residual value based on projected wholesale worth at
the end of the lease term. AmeriQuest Transportation Leasing is introducing
the "LeaseQuest" method of pricing to provide a select group
of trucking companies with a competitive advantage. As a result, AmeriQuest
Transportation Leasing can substantially lower monthly payments and
other costs, yielding a life cycle savings of up to $2,000 or more per
unit.
"Our mission
is to create highly customized financing solutions and to establish
long-term relationships with a selective group of leading transportation
companies," said Doug Clark, President & CEO, AmeriQuest(R)
Transportation and Logistics Resources Corp., one of three partners
in the new company.
In addition to AmeriQuest
Transportation, the participating partners in AmeriQuest Transportation
Leasing are LeaseDimensions, Inc. and Spyglass Capital, Inc. These companies
are joining their resources with one of the largest independent retail
truck sales networks in the industry to deliver a combination of financial
acumen and operational experience unique within the industry.
"The primary
concern of most transportation executives is the total holding costs.
AmeriQuest Transportation Leasing brings a comprehensive program to
reduce the customers total holding costs by incorporating several value
added services to the leasing program," said Frank Churchill, President
of the newly formed company.
About AmeriQuest(R)
Transportation and Logistics Resources Corp.
AmeriQuest(R) Transportation
and Logistics Resources Corp. is a privately held, national leader in
the transportation industry, delivering substantial cost reduction to
fleets, utilizing best practices and technology. Operating from more
than 525 locations and representing the direct purchasing power of more
than 350,000 trucks and several hundred fleets, AmeriQuest, through
a patented business process arranges a broad range of transportation-related
services, including full service leasing, dedicated contract carriage,
logistics consulting, fleet management services, and procurement. AmeriQuest
is also the exclusive provider of procurement and transportation related
services for its strategic partners, such as FoodFleetXchange (in partnership
with Food Marketing Institute, Food Marketing Institute's Wholesale
Division and American Wholesale Marketers Association) and CarrierFleetXchange,
and through the knowledge and content portal FleetXchange.com, a wholly
owned subsidiary. AmeriQuest Premier Partners include CITGO Petroleum
Corp., Yale Lift Trucks, Bandag, Inc., Sterling Truck Corp., Continental
Tire N.A., Freightliner Trucks, Morgan Corp., Cummins, GMC, Imperial
and Fleetguard. Additional information is available at www.ameriquestcorp.com.
About LeaseDimensions,
Inc.
LeaseDimensions,
Inc. is the nation's leading third party servicing company for transportation
and equipment finance contracts. LeaseDimensions provides a comprehensive
range of third party servicing, IT outsourcing and technology consulting
for many of the leading banks and financial institutions in the nation.
About Spyglass Capital,
Inc.
Spyglass Capital
represents one of the most experienced and accomplished financial management
teams in the industry. The Company's working management consists of
former senior executives from GE Capital Fleet Services, GE Capital
Canada, Volvo Commercial Finance and The Associates.
CONTACT:AmeriQuest(R) Transportation and Logistics Resources
Corp. Joseph Ciolino, 856-773-0600, ext. 16 jciolino@ameriquestcorp.com
or Spyglass Capital, Inc. Frank Churchill, 781-592-3565 or RAM Communications
Ronald Margulis, 908-232-3230 ron@rampr.com
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David Mayer’s Latest “Business Leasing News”
In the October issue:
1. Leasing Gets a Bonus From New Depreciation Regulations
2. As Technology Investment Grows, Lessors and Lenders Focus
on Software Rights
3. Synthetic Leases Revisited: Are They Dead or Alive?
4. FAA Issues Controversial Rules on Fractional Ownership
of Aircraft
5. Despite Terrorism Threats, Insurance Market Offers Risk
Mitigation Options
6. Leasing 101: What Is a Standby Letter of Credit?
7. BLN Briefs: FIN 46 Staff Interpretations Proposed; LILO
Settlement Guidelines Near
8. Training Offered; Recent Publications; Upcoming Speech
http://www.pattonboggs.com/newsletters/bln/Release/bln_2003_10.htm
“About
Patton Boggs LLP and My Practice
“As
you may be aware, I am a part of the Patton
Boggs LLP Business Transaction Group in the Dallas office. Patton
Boggs LLP is a law firm of about 400 lawyers located throughout the
United States with extensive capabilities in over fifty areas of legal
practice that include leasing, secured transactions, securitizations,
syndications, project and mezzanine financing, bankruptcy, public policy,
litigation, intellectual property and technology law and much more.
“The
leasing practice regularly involves the legal (and business) aspects
of buying, selling, financing and leasing real and personal property
of all kinds, including aircraft, energy, facility, production, technology
and other transportation assets. We also structure, negotiate and close
specialized transactions such as vendor and venture leasing programs,
municipal, state and federal leasing arrangements, as well as corporate
and portfolio acquisitions, to name of few. Given the state of the economy,
we extensively assist our clients with troubled deals and bankruptcies,
including repossessions, lift stay actions, deficiency litigation and
forbearance agreements.
“Please feel free to call me at (214) 758-1545 or e-mail me at dmayer@pattonboggs.com for information
about any of these areas or the many others available at Patton Boggs
LLP, or to discuss anything I have written in Business Leasing News.
I welcome opportunities to build relationships.”
This Day in American History
1000- Norse Explorer Leif “Ericson
lands in North America, discovering what is to become the United States.
http://www.asw.waw.pl/elementary/classes/2001-2002/wojcik/explorers/lief_eriksson.htm
1007-The
first white child born in North America was Snorro, the son of Thorfinn
and Gudrid Karlsefni, members of Leif Ericson’s expedition to Vinland. Later Snorro became an important member of the
Norse community in Iceland.
1635
-Colonial American Separatist Roger Williams was banished from Massachusetts
for preaching that civil government had no right to interfere in religious
affairs. (Williams was seeking to establish freedom of worship through
the separation of church and state.)
1701-The
colonial legislature of Connecticut chartered the Collegiate School.
Originally based at the house of the first rector in Killingworth, the
school moved to New
Haven in 1716, and shortly thereafter took the name Yale College
to honor its early benefactor, merchant Elihu Yale.
( lower half of: http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/oct09.html
).
1776-
Mission Delores was completed, Yerba Buena.
A party of 247 Spanish colonists consecrated their newly-founded mission,
known as San Francisco. ' The
city grew around the mission and in 1847
changed its name to San Francisco. Formerly known a s Mission San Francisco de
Asis, the mission survived the great earthquake and fire of 1906. It is the oldest building in San Francisco.
It also has parts of the first church built in San Francisco, Tule Arbor.
1781-
At Yorktown, Virginia, American and French forces began shelling Gen.
Cornwalli’s encircled army.
1830-
Harriet Hosmer birthday- U.S. sculptor. HH is best known for the sculpture
of the Puck at Smithsonian and the Zenobia at the Metropolitan Museum
of Art. She lived most of her life in London or Rome
and she is considered the first woman to actually earn an excellent
living from her sculptures. Her showings in London were critically acclaimed
- until her death. She was recognized
as the premier woman sculptor of the times. Then in the usual way for
women, her work was denigrated as not deserving a place in the first
rank of sculptors. She was the toast of London, living for years under
the care of noted actress Charlotte Cushman both in Rome and London.
Cushman who had a lengthy history of affairs with women and played 30
masculine roles in her career including Hamlet took Hosmer to Europe
so that HH could study. Her statue
Beatrice Cenci was her first work in marble.
http://www.npg.si.edu/exh/brady/gallery/25gal.html
http://askart.com/artist/H/harriet_goodhue_hosmer.asp
1857-Joseph
C. Gayetty of New York City manufactured toilet paper of unbleached
pearl-colored pure manila hemp paper. His
name was watermarked on each sheet. It sold at 500 sheets for
50 cents and was known as “Gayetty’s Medicated Paper—a perfectly pure
article for the toilet and for the prevention of piles.”
It did not catch on with the public. The first toilet paper to
be marketed successfully was introduced by Edward and Clarence Scott
of Philadelphia, PA, who sold it in small rolls in 1899.
Their son Arthur Scott invented what we call today, “Paper Towels.”
1864-Generals
George Custer and Wesley Merritt attacked
the two wings of the Confederate cavalry in the Shenandoah Valley, Virginia.
Merritt's 3,500 Yankees overwhelmed General Lunsford Lomax's 1,500 troopers,
but Custer had more difficulty. His 2,500 men faced 3,000 under the
command of Rosser, who was, coincidentally, a close friend of Custer's
at West Point before the war. Custer observed that the Rebels were protected
by the high bank of Tom's Creek, so he sent three of his regiments around
Rosser's flank. Both groups of Confederates broke in retreat. The Yankees
pursued the defeated Confederates for over 20 miles, a flight called
the "Woodstock Races." The chase ended only when the Confederates
reached the safety of Early's infantry.The Yankees captured 350 men,
11 artillery pieces, and all of the cavalry's wagons and ambulances.
Nine Union troopers were killed, and 48 were wounded. It was the most
complete victory of Union cavalry in the eastern theater during the
entire war.
http://www2.cr.nps.gov/abpp/battles/va121.htm
http://www.civilwar.org/historyclassroom/hc_tomsbrookhist.htm
http://www.hottelkeller.org/BattleOfTomsBrook.htm
1871-The
Great Fire of Chicago is brought under control.
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/oct09.html.
1877-
the first animal humane society ( national) was the American Humane
Association, which was organized in Cleveland, OH.
The first president was Edwin Lee Brown of Chicago, IL.
1890-
Aimee Semple McPherson birthday - Canadian-born, controversial U.S.
Pentecostal evangelist. For the
last 20 years of her life, she held sway in a $1.5 million Los Angeles
temple, and broadcast the International Church of the Foursquare Gospel.
She was wealthy, famous and infamous, adored and hated.
She built her appeal around faith healing and unfailing optimism.
She used dramatic settings and costumes, a full orchestra, and highly
dramatic sermons to mesmerize her audience. Her congregation numbered
in the tens of thousands; she had a national broadcast, started a bible
college, and churned out magazines eagerly purchased by her followers.
Her church had 22,000 members at her death in 1944 and it quadrupled
over the next decades. All this in spite of a scandalous private life that included three
marriages, mysterious "disappearances" that were rumored to
include a men (one proved) - and a raft of legal actions. She was called
the "P.T. Barnum of religion.” Actually, she simply used modern
music syncopations, lighting, and electricity to augment the bible-thumping
style she had learned as a child with the Salvation Army in Canada.
http://www.christianhistory.org/mcpherson.html
http://www.aimeesemplemcpherson.org/
1903-11" rainfall in 24 hour fall in New
York City.
1915-Singer
Lee Wiley born Port Gibson, OK. http://www.ddg.com/LIS/InfoDesignF96/Ismael/jazz/1930/wiley.html
1916-
The recently formed Professional Golfer’s Association of America held
it first championship ( PGA) at Siwanoy Country Club in Bronxville,
NY. The trophy and the lion’s share of the $2,850
purse, both offered by department store magnate Rodman Wanamaker, were
won by British golfer Jim Barnes. the
next two championships were canceled by World War I, Barnes won again
in 1919.
1919
-The White Sox lose the World Series to the underdog Reds, but before
next season begins eight Chicago players, including Shoeless Joe Jackson,
will be accused of accepting bribes to purposely throw the games.
1920-Birthday
of flute and sax player Yusef Lateef, Chattanooga, TN.
1936-First
Count Basie record Quintet record date with great tenor player Lester
Young, Chicago, IL.
1936-Harnessing
the power of the mighty Colorado River, Hoover Dam begins sending electricity
over transmission lines spanning 266 miles of mountains and deserts
to run the lights, radios, and stoves of Los Angeles. Initially named
Boulder Dam, work on the dam was begun under President Herbert Hoover's
administration but completed as a public works project during the Roosevelt
administration (which renamed it for Hoover). When it was finished in
1935, the towering concrete and steel plug was the tallest dam in the
world and a powerful symbol of the new federal dedication to large-scale
reclamation projects designed to water the arid West. In fact, the electricity
generated deep in the bowels of Hoover Dam was only a secondary benefit.
The central reason for the dam was the collection, preservation, and
rational distribution of that most precious of all western commodities,
water. Under the guidance of the Federal Reclamation Bureau, Hoover
Dam became one part of a much larger multipurpose water development
project that tamed the wild Colorado River for the use of the growing
number of western farmers, ranchers, and city dwellers.
http://www.usbr.gov/lc/hooverdam/
http://www.sunsetcities.com/hoover-dam.html
1938
-Sweeping the Cubs in four games, the Yankees become the first team
in major league history to win three consecutive World Series. Red Ruffing
goes the distance beating Chicago, 8-3, at Yankee Stadium.
1940-
John Lennon Birthday
1948-The
first baseball player who was African-American to hit a home run in
a World Series was Larry Doby of the Cleveland Indians, who hit a 425-foot
drive in the third inning into right field at Cleveland, OH.
Cleveland defeated the Boston Braves, 4-2.
1952-Singer
Annie Ross records “ Twisted.”
http://www.ddg.com/LIS/InfoDesignF96/Ismael/jazz/1960/Ross.html
http://www.mrlucky.com/songbirds/html/sep99/9909_aross.html
1953-”
Topper” premieres on television. In this sitcom a man moves into a new
home with his wife, only to discover that it’s haunted by ghosts only
he can see. Leo G. Carroll starred as Cosmo Topper and
Anne Jeffreys and Robert Sterling starred as Marion and George Kerby,
who had been killed in a skiing accident and returned to their former
home as ghosts. The show was based on Thorne Smith’s novel and used
trick photography for some of the ghost scenes.
1956-
Smith-Cornoa,Syracuse,NY, introduced the first electric portable typewriter.
It did not
go on sale until February 4, 1957. It weighed about 19 pounds and retailed at $190.
1957—Top
Hits
Wake Up Little Susie - The Everly Brothers
Chances Are/The Twelfth of Never - Johnny Mathis
Jailhouse Rock - Elvis Presley
My Shoes Keep Walking Back to You - Ray Price
1965- Beatles' "Yesterday," single goes #1 &
stays #1 for 4 weeks.
1965—Top
Hits
Yesterday - The Beatles
Treat Her Right - Roy Head
The "In" Crowd - Ramsey Lewis Trio
Behind the Tear - Sonny James
1966- Happening
just only three times previously in World Series history, the Orioles
for the second consecutive day win a Fall Classic game, 1-0 game decided
a home run. Frank Robinson takes a Don Drysdale pitch deep over the
left field fence in the fourth inning accounting for the game's only
run, and giving Baltimore a four-game sweep over the Dodgers.
1967
- ” Coming out of the NBC Tonight Show Orchestra to become musical director
of "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson", Doc Severinsen
replaced Skitch Henderson who retired. Doc became famous for an eccentric
wardrobe, quick wit, great trumpet solos and fabulous charts. Tommy
Newsome became Doc’s backup arranger for many of the tunes the band
played. Later, Doc and the band would move to solo albums, group CDs
and incredibly successful concert tours. Doc went on to play with various
symphony orchestras and even became the owner of a custom trumpet company
in the San Francisco Bay Area.
1973
- Priscilla Presley, was divorced from Elvis -- in Santa Monica, CA.
Ms. Presley got $1.5 million in cash, $4,200 per month in alimony, half
interest in a $750,000 home plus about 5% interest in two of Elvis’
publishing companies.
1973
- Paul Simon received a gold record for his hit, "Loves Me like a Rock".
1989- First NFL game coached by a black man (Art
Shell), his LA Raiders beat NY Jets 14-7 on Monday Night Football,
1996-
The most highly regarded example of Pop Art, Andy Warhol’s “Campbell
Soup Cans,” was acquired by the Museum of Modern Art in New York City,
along with early paintings by Ellsworth Kelly.
The works were valued
at about $15,000,000, one of the highest prices ever listed for contemporary
art.
World Series Champions
This Date
1928 New York Yankees
1934 St. Louis Cardinals
1938 New York Yankees
1944 St. Louis Cardinals
1949 New York Yankees
1958 New York Yankees
1961 New York Yankees
1966 Baltimore Orioles
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