Funders Taking "New" Broker Business List
Four Do Not Require that Brokers Be Licensed

BSB Leasing, Inc.
Bankers Capital
C.H. Brown Company
Forum Financial Services
TimePayment Corp.

The following “funders” have informed Leasing News they will consider business from “new” third party originators.  Many companies require a certain length of time in business and other requirements, such as a specific volume of business.  These “funders” will consider submissions from those new in the leasing and finance business:

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New Hires/Promotions in the Leasing Business
and Related Industries

Christopher Cavaliere was hired as Finance Sales Representative, Siemens, Washington, DC. He is located in Greater Philadelphia. Previously, he was Finance Sales Account Manager, Philips Medical Capital (PMC) (April, 2019 - September, 2022); Solutions Sales Executive, Frontline Education (March, 2018 - March, 2019); Sales Support Specialist, Philips Medical Capital (PNC) (March, 2017 - March, 2018); Collection Specialist, DLL (October, 2015 - March, 2017). Full Bio:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/christopher-cavaliere-cec/details/experience/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/christopher-cavaliere-cec/

Jeffrey Dunn was hired as Director, Aviation Finance, Truist Equipment Finance, Atlanta, Georgia. He is located in the greater Chicago area. Previously, he was Head of Aviation Asset Management, PNC Aviation Finance (March, 2017 - September, 2022); Vice President, Asset Management, Corporate Aircraft, Citizens Commercial Banking (August, 2013 - March, 2017).  He joined CIT June, 2012, Business Aircraft Marketing and Sales Analyst, promoted October, 2021, Asset Management. Maintenance Operations, Control Center Senior Controller, USAF (January, 2006 - July, 2008): Jet Engine Craftsman (August, 1999 - January, 2006).
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffrey-dunn-533b4725/

Pamela Hewett was hired as Senior Finance Specialist, Navitas Credit Corporation, subsidiary of United Community Bank. She is located in St. Petersburg, Florida. Previously, she was Vice President of National Vendor Accounts Specializing in Packaging and Manufacturing, Balboa Capita (March, 2022 - September, 2022); President/CEO, Packaging Finance (May, 2014 - March, 2022); President, CEO, Professional Funding Corporation (May, 2005 - May, 2014); President, PFC (January, 2005 - March, 2022);  CEO, PDH Financial Services, Inc. (2005 - March, 2012); Vice President, Citigroup (2003 - 2005); Account Manager, American Express Leasing (2002 - 2003); Southeast Regional Account Manager, HPSC (January, 1998  - January, 2002).
https://www.linkedin.com/in/professionalfunding/

Paul Jacobson was promoted to Vice President, Underwriting and Risk Management, Canadian Western Bank, Calgary, Alberta, Canada. He joined the bank May, 2018 as Senior Assistant Vice President, Operations and Credit Management. Previously, he was Senior Assistant Vice President and District Manager, Prairie Region, Equipment Finance Group (May, 2012 - May, 2018); Assistant Vice President, and Manager, Equipment Finance Group (July, 2005 - May, 2012); Account Manager, Manager, Equipment Finance Group (September, 1997 - June, 2005).
https://www.linkedin.com/in/paul-jacobson-44610419/details/experience/

Mike Larson was hired as Senior Financing Specialist, Navitas Credit Corporation, Ponte Verde Beach, Florida. He is located in North Bend, Washington. Previously, he was Business Development Officer, Tandem Finance (March, 2021 - September, 2022); Director Vendor Finance, Dimension Financing, LLC (January, 2020 - March, 2021); Regional Vice President, Ascentium Capital (January, 2019 - January, 2020: Vice President of Sales, Partners Capital Group (2017 - 2019); Regional Sales Manager, Balboa Capital (2015 - 2017); North America Manger, Customer Finance, JBT Corporation (2015 - 2017); Vice President Sales, Puget Sound Leasing (2004 - 2010); Regional Sales Manager, American Express Business Finance (2001 - 2004); Regional Vice President, First Sierra Financial (1997 - 2001).
https://www.linkedin.com/in/mike-larson-8076b521/details/experience/

Preston Porter was hired as Regional Sales Manager, PEAC Solutions, Mount Laurel, New Jersey. He is located in Tampa, Florida. Previously, he was Area Vice President, Regional Sales Manager, CIT (October, 2016 - September, 2022); Senior Regional Manager, Wells Fargo Equipment Finance, Formerly GE Capital (August, 2011 - September, 2016); Sales Manager, AT&T Capital (1998 - 2000); Sales, Becton, Dickinson and Company (1993 - 1995).
https://www.linkedin.com/in/preston-porter-4a98b419/

Victoria Wallace was hired as Talent Acquisition Manager, NewLane Finance, Mount Laurel, New Jersey. She is located in Greater Philadelphia. Previously, she was Talent Acquisition Manger, Marlin Capital Solutions (October, 2021 - September, 2022); Recruitment Consultant, Investigator (September, 2018 - March, 2021).

Leasing and Finance Industry Help Wanted
Excellent Compensation/Marketing Support/Work

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Recommend In-person Meetings

Sales Makes it Happen by Scott Wheeler, CLFP

Originators in the commercial equipment finance and leasing industry do a significant amount of their business via telephone and electronic communications. However, there is no better communication than in person. No originator should underestimate the influence of meeting with vendors and end-users face-to-face. As an industry, we don't have enough in-person communications with our stakeholders. Face-to-face meetings solidify relationships, provide more value, and distinguish originators as value-added participants in an otherwise highly commoditized industry.

Technology is an essential tool in the commercial equipment finance and leasing industry. Technology provides efficiencies and convenience for both the originator and his stakeholders (vendors, end-users, and funding partners). However, originators who want to be more than transactional participants must personally engage the market. They need to attend trade shows, attend conferences, invite customers to lunch, and attend extra-curricular activities (golf, fund raisers, etc.). Successful originators treat their responsibilities as a "contact sport." They need to make contact with their stakeholders and solidify their relationships to be a successful originator.

An in-person meeting will:

• Re-energize an originator and make him more aggressive, more positive, and a more successful closer.
• Educate an originator on the newest trends in the market. Often, seeing is believing.
• Confirm relationships and allow a relationship to reach a higher level of success.
• Require originators to think outside of the box and become better communicators and presenters.

There is no substitute for an in-person meeting. Schedule your next well-planned road trip today.

Scott A. Wheeler, CLFP
Wheeler Business Consulting
1314 Marquis Ct.
Fallston, Maryland 21047
Phone: 410 877 0428
Fax: 410 877 8161
Email: scott@wheelerbusinessconsulting.com
Web: www.wheelerbusinessconsulting.com

Sales Makes it Happen articles:
http://www.leasingnews.org/Legacy/index.htm

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Alternate Finance Association Membership
Updated, Appears Only One Active

Originally there were seven groups. They were originally a group of "lobbyists": "...trying to influence legislation on behalf of a special interest," as they originally stated.

The one that appears to remain active is Innovation Lending Platform Association. It lists ten member companies.  It also has current postings.

https://leasingnews.org/Pages/altfin_assoc.html

Check Your Internet Speed Connection---Why
by Kit Menkin

There are many free programs that check your internet speed. It is a very good idea to do often to learn the wired and wireless speed of the computer or device you are using.

First, you learn if you are getting the speed you are paying for. It is important to understand that higher usage (Peak Times) of those in your "node" will slow down your speed. Thus if at a hotel and you are paying for premium, you may not be receiving it and the only way to find out and have internet provider improve your speed is to check the actual speed you are receiving. I always do this when traveling as I have found the provider's techs always try to be helpful.

A side benefit, if you are using the network connection at home, you may learn the better peak times during weeknights and weekdays.

Second, you learn the difference of wireless speed connections, especially realizing you can change your wireless signal provider, depending on your location. You also can get your internet provider to increase your speed by realizing what you are receiving.

Third, you can consider if it is time to improve your connection speed by going to the next tier or considering moving to a new provider.

Fourth, it may not be the carrier that is slowing down the speed, but the settings on your computer or hand held device. Often an IT person can discover and correct these settings, which can be other programs running, actual drive connections, or a hardware such as modem or route or processor or another software problem or improvement.

Consulting a professional may be very beneficial for faster connections, better graphics, as well as better overall performance. This can be done at a computer store, your location, and there are "on line" services who can do this remotely.

I recommend:
www.speedtest.net

There are many free programs to check speed. Many will give you the connection location to choose. I always choose the closest. I think that gives you the true numbers. The further the location, the slower the connection will be. Remember this, so you don't compare going to San Francisco time as the same time as going to Denver or Chicago. Also, when speaking to the internet provider tech, you know the speed and city, so it is not just an opinion, it is a fact.

The main thing is by testing your speed often you were learn more about how to improve your computer or hand held device performance.

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Asset-Based Lending Is All-Weather Sector of Economy
SFNet’s Latest Report Reflects Confidence

NEW YORK, NY ─ There was confidence in the asset-based lending market in the second quarter despite the economic pain of surging inflation and rising interest rates, according to data released by the Secured Finance Network.

SFNet surveyed bank and non-bank asset-based lenders (ABLs) on key indicators for its quarterly Asset-Based Lending Index and SFNet Confidence Index. 

SFNet CEO Richard D. Gumbrecht, said, “Asset-based lending continues to demonstrate that it is an ‘all-weather’ industry.

“Demand for financing is improving and portfolio performance remains strong even as broader business conditions weaken and recession risks rise.”

Lenders are confident in the continuing value of the industry, the report said, with the most positive expectations in demand for new financing and hiring. And while expectations for client utilization remained high, they fell from the previous quarter.

Survey highlights
 
For banks, asset-based loan commitments (total committed credit lines) were up 3.1% in Q2 compared to the previous quarter. Outstandings (total asset-based loans outstanding) increased by 12%.

“Bank lenders reported solid growth in commitments and outstandings, reflecting strong demand for asset-based lending,” the report said. “New commitments increased by 33.2% for banks that responded in both Q1 and Q2 2022, with about two-thirds of banks reporting an overall increase in the quarter.”

Commitment runoff decreased by 25.2% from the first to second quarters.

“The opposing shifts in new commitments and commitment runoff flipped net commitments from negative to positive in Q2 2022,” the report said.

Non-bank trends were similarly strong. Commitments grew by 5.2%, but the change in out standings was up 8.2% from the previous quarter. Outstandings increased significantly from the same quarter last year, up 34.3%.

In terms of credit-line utilization rates for bank lenders, there was an increase for the sixth consecutive quarter. The Q2 utilization rate for banks was 43.7%, up from 40.8% last quarter. Non-banks saw a slight dip to 57% after hitting a multiyear high of 57.6% in the prior quarter.

“Current utilization rates for both banks and non-banks either meet or exceed pre-pandemic levels, providing another indicator that the asset-based lending industry is healthy,” the report said.

Portfolio performance was solid in the second quarter. Banks reported higher levels of criticized and classified loans and non-accruing loans while non-banks saw an increase in non-accruing loans in the most recent quarter.

“Though portfolio performance remains strong by historical standards, the uptick in criticized and classified and non-accruing loans may indicate that performance has peaked,” the report said.

The asset-based lending market has proven its resiliency over the years, but that ability to withstand challenges is needed now more than ever amid financial stress caused by inflation, higher interest rates, geopolitical conflict and continued supply-chain disruptions.

“In line with rising recession risks, expectations for general U.S. business conditions remained low for banks and fell dramatically for non-banks to a multi-year low,” the report said. “(But) despite pessimism about general business conditions, lenders remain optimistic in other areas because asset-based lending is an ‘all-weather” product and typically is robust to economic downturns.”

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Terrier Mix
Brooklyn, New York  Adopt-a-Pet

Dobby

Male
2 Years Old
12 lbs.

I'm looking for an adopter who must have experience training a young dog and can provide a stimulating daily routine

Dobby was found alone and stumbling around the beach area. He was clearly a stray and was visibly in pain. We were called to the scene and as we arrived he was in much worse shape than we could have imagined. Dobby was feeble, malnourished and lethargic, unable to properly stand or walk. This poor boy had been on his own for a while and we could not think of a reason why he could have been abandoned. We knew we had to act fast if we wanted him to live, so he was immediately rushed to the emergency vet. After some weeks of being under observation and treatment, Dobby was finally able to join us at the shelter. It did not take long for him to get comfortable and show us his happy personality. He is sweet, loves humans and other dogs. Any trauma that he had in the past does not stop him from being excited everyday to play and go on his walks. He will need a home that can provide him with a lot of play time and training and structure to thrive.

If you would like to adopt Dobby, please fill out an adoption application today!

Application:
https://amaanimalrescue.org/pet/dobby/

AMA Animal Rescue
Contact: https://amaanimalrescue.org/contact/
https://amaanimalrescue.org/

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deBanked Broker Fair - Four Weeks
October 24, 2022, Marriott Marquis, New York City

Pre-show: October 23, 2022 (Evening)
Event: October 24, 2022 (All day)
Times Square NYC
New York Marriott Marquis

New and Experienced East Coast Attendees
Brokers, funders, lenders, vendors, and financial service providers from across the spectrum of small business and commercial finance connect each year at Broker Fair. It’s the only conference of its kind!

Registration:
https://brokerfair.org/register/
Broker
US$399
Funder/ Lender
US$1,400
General Admission
US$1,400

More Information:
https://brokerfair.org/register

News Briefs---

The Fed is now expected to keep raising rates
    then hold them there, CNBC survey shows
https://www.cnbc.com/2022/09/20/the-fed-is-now-expected-to-keep-raising-rates-then-hold-them-there-cnbc-survey-shows.html

Hertz places massive order of
    175,000 electric vehicles with GM
https://electrek.co/2022/09/20/hertz-massive-order-175000-electric-vehicles-gm/

Volkswagen targets 75 billion euro valuation
    in landmark Porsche IPO
https://www.cnn.com/2022/09/18/business/volkswagen-porsche-ipo/index.html

Ford Warns Parts Shortages, Higher Supplier
    Costs Are Expected to Affect Earnings
https://www.wsj.com/articles/ford-warns-parts-shortages-will-lead-to-higher-than-planned-number-of-unfinished-vehicles-11663620521

Mark Zuckerberg’s US$71 billion wealth
    wipeout - See Ratings on Top Ten
https://sg.finance.yahoo.com/news/zuckerberg-71-billion-wealth-wipeout-puts-focus-on-meta-woes-071718272.html

US Housing Market in ‘Deep Recession’ as
    Homebuilder Confidence Tanks: Economist Report
https://nypost.com/2022/09/19/us-housing-market-in-deep-recession-as-homebuilder-confidence-tanks-economist/

Lots of Food Gets Tossed. These Apps
    Let You Buy It, Cheap.
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/20/climate/food-waste-app.html

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Let’s Get Personal! (In Sales)
  By: Anaya Vance
https://debanked.com/2022/09/lets-get-personal-in-sales/

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Sports Briefs---

Statement from the 49ers on QB Trey Lance
https://www.49ers.com/news/statement-from-the-49ers-on-quarterback-trey-lance

Kyle Shanahan: There’s no ‘store where you can
just go get quarterbacks’ at any time
https://www.ninersnation.com/2022/9/20/23362258/kyle-shanahan-theres-no-store-where-you-can-just-go-get-quarterbacks-at-any-time-49ers-news

Here's how Trey Lance's injury affects
Jimmy Garoppolo 49ers contract
https://www.sfgate.com/49ers/article/lance-injury-affects-garoppolo-contract-17451814.php

What the Las Vegas Raiders’ booming franchise
value means for the A’s
https://www.sfchronicle.com/sports/athletics/article/las-vegas-raiders-oakland-athletics-17452867.php

Week 3 NFL power rankings: Bills, Chiefs remain
1-2, but Dolphins among two new teams in top five
https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/columnist/nate-davis/2022/09/20/nfl-power-rankings-week-3-2022-bills-chiefs-dolphins-eagles/10423215002/

Jerry Jones: Prescott could return as early as Week 4
https://www.theredzone.org/Blog-Description/EntryId/25184/Jerry-Jones--Prescott-could-return-as-early-as-Week-4

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California Nuts Briefs---

Rare September rains bring respite
    to drought-stricken inland California
https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2022/09/20/california-heavy-rain-drought-fires

California bans seabed mining even though minerals
could aid electric cars and clean energy
https://www.sfchronicle.com/climate/article/California-bans-seabed-mining-even-though-17454869.php

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"Gimme that wine"

Sonoma County vintner Bill Foley honored with
    lifetime achievement award from Wine Enthusiast
https://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/lifestyle/vintner-bill-foley-owner-of-many-sonoma-county-vineyards-wins-lifetime-ac/

Tickets Now on Sale for Collective Napa Valley
Vintage Celebration Weekend November 4-5, 2022
https://napavintners.com/press/press_release_detail.asp?ID_News=3624426

2022 - a great, sun-blessed vintage for Bordeaux
https://www.vitisphere.com/news-97565-2022-a-great-sun-blessed-vintage-for-bordeaux.html

Rosé and garlic is a perfect pairing
https://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/lifestyle/rose-and-garlic-is-a-perfect-pairing/

“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/

US/International Wine Events
http://www.localwineevents.com/

This Day in History

    1676 - Bacon's Rebellion, Jamestown, Virginia. Perhaps the first revolt against the British, who formed an alliance with the Indians, was led by Nathaniel Bacon, a colonist.  He was successful, but shortly after winning the town, he caught a disease and died (common in the day, unfortunately).  The rebellion then collapsed and his followers were hunted down, some executed and their properties confiscated. Virginia Governor Sir William Berkeley was replaced the next year and peace was restored, so says history. (Full story at the end for those interested***).
    1692 – Giles Corey is pressed to death after refusing to plead in the Salem witch trials.
    1737 - Charles Carroll (d. 1832), American patriot and legislator, was born in Annapolis, Maryland colony. He was the only Roman Catholic signer of the Declaration and his signature read Charles Carroll of Carrollton. He lived in Maryland where, as a Roman Catholic, he was forbidden from voting and holding public office. However, the wealthy Carrolls moved in the highest social circle and entertained George Washington and the Marquis de Lafayette at their estate.
    1777 - Battle of Saratoga, New York. After a series of defeats, American General Horatio Gates has a major victory.
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/sep19.html
    1778 – The Continental Congress passed the first federal budget.
    1796 – George Washington’s Farewell Address was printed across America as an open letter to the public.  The work was Washington's valedictory after 20 years of service to the new nation. It is a classic statement of republicanism, warning Americans of the political dangers they can and must avoid if they are to remain true to their values.  The first draft was originally prepared in 1792 with the assistance of James Madison, as Washington prepared to retire following a single term in office. However, he set aside the letter and ran for a second term after the rancor between Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton and Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson convinced him that the growing divisions between the newly formed Federalist and Republican parties, along with the current state of foreign affairs, would rip the country apart in the absence of his leadership.  Four years later, as his second term came to a close, Washington revisited the letter and, with the help of Alexander Hamilton, prepared a revision of the original draft to announce his intention to decline a third term in office.

    1849 - First commercial laundry on the West Coast established in Oakland, California. The actual world's first commercial laundry was founded by a Mrs. Steel in New York in the early 1800s, and followed by others: The Troy (New York) Laundry -first of many Troy laundries nationwide; The Cambridge (Massachusetts) Laundry in 1840; the Boston and Roxbury Laundry in 1847; and the Contra Costa Laundry (Oakland, California) in 1849, eventually one of the largest in the west.
http://www.oaklandheritage.org/oakland_laundry.htm
1863 – The second day of the Battle of Chickamauga, TN, near Chattanooga.  They are considered the two bloodiest days of the Civil War.
1864 - Third Battle of Winchester, Virginia: Union General Phillip Sheridan defeated Confederate General Jubal Early's forces, ending Early's raids on the North. Early's troops were again soundly beaten on September 22 at Fisher's Hill. After defeating Early, Sheridan turned his attention to destroy the food resources of the Shenandoah Valley. The strategy of the North was to cut off supplies from Europe, purchased by the Confederates, and to burn and destroy all food and manufacturing facilities thus cutting off all ammunition, clothing, food and other supplies that supported the Confederate troops. The movie "Gone with the Wind" centers on Sheridan's march through the south. A trivia fact: General George S. Patton's grandfather, who was his namesake, was killed fighting for the Confederacy in this battle. 
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=9077
1865 - Atlanta University Founded. On July 1, 1988, two private historically black institutions, Atlanta University and Clark College, consolidated to form Clark Atlanta University (CAU). CAU is a comprehensive, private, urban, coeducational institution of higher education with a predominantly African American heritage.
1873 - Black Friday: Jay Cooke & Co fails, causing a securities panic.
http://www.buyandhold.com/bh/en/education/history/2000/jay_cooke3.html
(It is said that JP Morgan pulled the country out from bankruptcy by guaranteeing loans from European banks, but I am getting ahead of this terrible day in history as perhaps the worst depression the country has ever seen followed this collapse of the stock market).
http://www.publicbookshelf.com/public_html/The_Great_Republic_By_the_
Master_Historians_Vol_III/panicof1_hd.html
1876 - Melville Reuben Bissell of Grand Rapids, MI, obtained a patent for a “carpet sweeper.” Although the idea had been introduced earlier, none of the early sweepers worked well. Bissell devised the” broom-action” principle, by which the application of variable pressure on the handle made the sweeper responsive to different grades of floor covering. Bissell organized the Bissell Carpet Sweeper Company in Grand Rapids, MI.
1876 - Birthday of Vera Charlotte Scott Cushman (d. 1946), Ottawa, IL.  U.S. YWCA leader who served on the board of directors 31 years. She was an amazing fund raiser under whose co-direction about $170 million was raised to finance 140 "hostess houses" to house and feed women who were involved in World War I war work. Lodgings for women without a male escort were hard to find as well as dangerous before the modern women's movement.
1881 - Eighty days after a failed office seeker shot him in Washington, D.C., President James A. Garfield dies of complications from his wounds.  On July 2, 1881, only four months into his administration, President Garfield was shot as he walked through a railroad waiting room in Washington. His assailant, Charles J. Guiteau, was a disgruntled and possibly insane man who had unsuccessfully sought an appointment to the U.S. consul in Paris.  While Garfield was attempting to get well, Vice President Chester A. Arthur generally served as acting president, but there was confusion over whether he had the authority to do so, as the Constitution was ambiguous on the matter of presidential succession. On September 19, President Garfield died of blood poisoning. The following day, Arthur was inaugurated as the 21st President of the United States.
1905 – Leon Jaworski (d. 1982) was born Waco, TX.  Attorney and law professor who served as the second special prosecutor during Watergate.  Jaworski's greatest fame came from his tenure as Watergate Special Prosecutor, when he assumed leadership of a protracted contest with President Nixon to secure evidence for the trial of former senior administration officials on charges relating to the Watergate cover-up.  Because of testimony from Nixon's deputy assistant Alexander Butterfield, Cox learned that Nixon had discussed the Watergate cover-up with the accused on numerous occasions and that these conversations had been recorded by the White House taping system. This discovery caused Cox to subpoena tapes of sixty-four presidential conversations as evidence for the upcoming criminal trial, but Nixon refused to release them, citing executive privilege.  Nixon offered Cox a compromise: instead of supplying the tapes, he would supply Cox with transcripts of the recordings, subject to Nixon's discretion, and allow one senator to listen to the recordings and verify the transcripts' accuracy. Cox rejected the compromise, whereupon Nixon fired Cox in the Saturday Night Massacre of October 19–20, 1973.  Under extreme criticism for the firing, Nixon appointed Jaworski to replace Cox. Jaworski subsequently subpoenaed sixty-four taped conversations. Nixon appealed on two grounds: first, that the office of Special Prosecutor did not have the right to sue the office of President; and second, that the requested materials were privileged presidential conversations. Aware that an important constitutional issue was at stake, and unwilling to wait any longer, Jaworski asked the Supreme Court to take the case directly, bypassing the Court of Appeals.  On July 24, 1974, the Supreme Court ruled that the Special Prosecutor did have the right to sue the President; and that the "generalized assertion of [executive] privilege must yield to the demonstrated, specific need for evidence in a pending criminal trial". Nixon was forced to give the unedited tapes to Jaworski, including the so-called Smoking Gun Tape which included a compromising discussion of June 23, 1972. The President's remaining support waned, and he resigned on August 9, 1974.
1916 - Birthday of jazz singer Helen Ward (d. 1998), New York City.
http://musicfinder.yahoo.com/shop?d=hc&id=1802440129&cf=11&intl=us
1921 – Birthday of singer, musician Billy Ward (d. 2002) at Savannah, Ga.  He is best known as Billy Ward and the Dominoes or perhaps just, “the Dominoes,” an early rock ‘n’ roll group.  Early Dominoes included Jackie Wilson and Clyde McPhatter.  Their big hit, “Sixty Minute Man” hit #1 on the R&B charts in May, 1951 and stayed there for 14 weeks.  It has arguably been considered among the first true rock ‘n’ roll hits.
http://www.soulwalking.co.uk/Billy%20Ward%20&%20Dominoes.html
full bio: http://afgen.com/billy_ward.html
1926 - Birthday of Brooklyn Dodger Hall of Famer centerfielder Edwin Donald “Duke” Snider (d. 2011), Los Angeles, CA.  Over his 18-year career, mostly with the Dodgers, he was an All-Star 8 times and went to eight World Series, winning two.  He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1980. 
1928 - Mickey Mouse's screen debut as Steamboat Willie at Colony Theater, NYC.  In 1928, Disney created the character Mickey Mouse in the silent film “Plane Crazy.”That same year, Mickey also appeared in “Steamboat Willie,”a short that initiated the concept of making a separate cartoon for each animated movement. Instantly famous, the film was also Disney's first attempt to use sound using his own voice for Mickey. He also experimented with the use of music (“The Skeleton Dance”), the portrayal of speed (“The Tortoise and the Hare”), three-dimensional effects (“The Old Mill”), and the use of color. Disney produced the first feature-length cartoon, “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs” (1938), which took three years to complete. Additional features included Pinocchio (1939), Fantasia (1940), Dumbo (1941), and Bambi (1942). In Song of the South (1946), he merged live actors and animated figures. During World War II, Disney's studio produced cartoons for the armed services as training tools and morale builders.
1928 - Birthday of Adam West (d. 2017), actor, perhaps best known for the TV series “Batman” and “The Last Precinct,” born William West Anderson, Walla Walla, Washington.
1931 - Birthday of singer Brook Benton, born Benjamin Franklin Peay (d. 1988), in Camden, South Carolina. Benton's baritone style showed the influences of Nat King Cole and Billy Eckstine. "It's Just a Matter of Time" and "So Many Ways," a double-sided million-seller in 1959, were the first of nearly a score of top-20 hits for him. Benton also recorded two popular 1960 duets with Dinah Washington, "Baby (You Got What It Takes)" and "A Rockin' Good Way." Benton's last big hit was "Rainy Night in Georgia," which reached number four on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1974.
1931 – Lefty Grove became the first pitcher to win 30 games since Jim Bagby did it in 1920.  Grove’s Athletics beat the White Sox, 2-1.
1933 - Birthday of David McCalllum, actor (“NCIS,” “The Man from U.N.C.L.E., “The Great Escape,” born Glasgow, Scotland.
1934 - Bruno Hauptmann arrested for kidnapping the Lindbergh baby. Historians believe Lindbergh was covering for his sister, who was in and out of mental institutions and had a history of trying to harm her brother's child. It is said that many people were aware of this, and it one of the reasons his family moved to Europe, so authorities could not question his sister or family. It was proven through hard detective work that Hauptmann was the man who wrote the ransom and collected the money, but he maintained he was innocent of the kidnapping itself, which was based solely that he wrote a ransom note and collected the money.
1940 - Birthday of Canadian folk singer Sylvia Tyson, born Sylvia Fricker in Chatham, Ontario. She started performing with future husband Ian Tyson in 1961. They married three years later. Ian and Sylvia were at the forefront of the '60s folk revival, and performed throughout North America at clubs, colleges and festivals. Ian and Sylvia's hits included "Four Strong Winds," "You Were On My Mind" and "Lovin' Sound." The couple made their last appearances together in 1975. Sylvia continued to perform and record on her own, and was the host for the CBC Radio folk music show "Touch the Earth."
1940 – Bill Medley (with Bobby Hatfield, they were The Righteous Brothers), was born in Santa Ana, CA.  He is noted for his bass-baritone voice, exemplified in songs such as "You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’." Medley produced a number of the duo's songs, including "Unchained Melody" and "Soul and Inspiration."
1941 - Birthday of African-American author James Haskins (d. 2005), Demopolis, AL.  A prolific and award-winning author with more than one hundred books for both adults and children, many of his books highlight the achievements of African-Americans and cover the history and culture of Africa and the African-American experience. His work also included many biographical subjects, ranging from Hank Aaron to Scatman Crothers to Malcom X.  http://www.english.ufl.edu/faculty/jhaskins/
1941 – Birthday of "Mama" Cass Elliott, born Ellen Naomi Cohen (d. 1974), at Baltimore, MD.  American folk-pop singer with The Mamas & The Papas. 
http://www.hotshotdigital.com/WellAlwaysRemember.3/MamaCassBio.html
1945 - Top Hits
“Till the End of Time” - Perry Como
“On the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe” - Johnny Mercer
“If I Loved You” - Perry Como
“You Two Timed Me One Time Too Often” - Tex Ritter
1947 - The eye of a hurricane passed directly over New Orleans, and the barometric pressure dipped to 28.61 inches. The hurricane killed fifty-one persons, and caused $110 million damage. It produced wind gusts to 155 mph while making landfall over Fort Lauderdale FL two days earlier.
1949 - Ralph Kiner of the Pittsburgh Pirates hit his 50th home run of the season to become the first player in National League history to reach the 50 mark twice. After hitting 51 homers in 1947, Kiner finished the year with 54.
1950 - COLLIER, JOHN W., Medal of Honor
Rank and organization: Corporal, U.S. Army, Company C, 27th Infantry Regiment. Place and date: Near Chindong-ni, Korea, 19 September 1950. Entered service at: Worthington, Ky. Born: 3 April 1929, Worthington, Ky. G.O. No.: 86, 2 August 1951. Citation: Cpl. Collier, Company C, distinguished himself by conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity above and beyond the call of duty in action. While engaged in an assault on a strategic ridge strongly defended by a fanatical enemy, the leading elements of his company encountered intense automatic weapons and grenade fire. Cpl. Collier and 3 comrades volunteered and moved forward to neutralize an enemy machine gun position which was hampering the company’s advance, but they were twice repulsed. On the third attempt, Cpl. Collier, despite heavy enemy fire and grenade barrages, moved to an exposed position ahead of his comrades, assaulted and destroyed the machine gun nest, killing at least 4 enemy soldiers. As he returned down the rocky, fire-swept hill and joined his squad, an enemy grenade landed in their midst. Shouting a warning to his comrades, he, selflessly and unhesitatingly, threw himself upon the grenade and smothered its explosion with his body. This intrepid action saved his comrades from death or injury. Cpl. Collier’s supreme, personal bravery, consummate gallantry, and noble self-sacrifice reflect untold glory upon himself and uphold the honored traditions of the military service.
1950 - JECELIN, WILLIAM R., Medal of Honor
Rank and organization: Sergeant, U.S. Army, Company C, 35th Infantry Regiment, 25th Infantry Division. Place and date: Near Saga, Korea, 19 September 1950. Entered service at: Baltimore, Md. Birth: Baltimore, Md. G.O. No.: 24, 25 April 1951. Citation: Sgt. Jecelin, Company C, distinguished himself by conspicuous gallantry and Intrepidity above and beyond the call of duty in action against the enemy. His company was ordered to secure a prominent, saw-toothed ridge from a well-entrenched and heavily armed enemy. Unable to capture the objective in the first attempt, a frontal and flanking assault was launched. He led his platoon through heavy enemy fire and bursting shells, across rice fields and rocky terrain, in direct frontal attack on the ridge in order to draw fire away from the flanks. The unit advanced to the base of the cliff, where intense, accurate hostile fire stopped the attack. Realizing that an assault was the only solution, Sgt. Jecelin rose from his position firing his rifle and throwing grenades as he called on his men to follow him. Despite the intense enemy fire this attack carried to the crest of the ridge where the men were forced to take cover. Again he rallied his men and stormed the enemy strongpoint. With fixed bayonets they charged into the face of antitank fire and engaged the enemy in hand-to-hand combat. After clubbing and slashing this force into submission the platoon was forced to take cover from direct frontal fire of a self-propelled gun. Refusing to be stopped he leaped to his feet and through sheer personal courage and fierce determination led his men in a new attack. At this instant a well-camouflaged enemy soldier threw a grenade at the remaining members of the platoon. He immediately lunged and covered the grenade with his body, absorbing the full force of the explosion to save those around him. This incredible courage and willingness to sacrifice himself for his comrades so imbued them with fury that they completely eliminated the enemy force. Sgt. Jecelin’s heroic leadership and outstanding gallantry reflect the highest credit upon himself and uphold the esteemed traditions of the military service.
1953 - Top Hits
You, You, You - The Ames Brothers
Vaya Con Dios - Les Paul & Mary Ford
Crying in the Chapel - June Valli
A Dear John Letter - Jean Shepard & Ferlin Husky
1953 - Singer Gisele MacKenzie took over as host on NBC-TV's “Your Hit Parade.” Her biggest hit during that stint, 1953 to 1957, was “Hard to Get” in June of 1955. Ironically, the song was first sung by Gisele in an episode of the NBC-TV show, “Justice.” It became a hit and she performed it again on “Your Hit Parade.” Born Gisele Marie-Louise Marguerite LaFleche, she studied piano and violin at the Royal Conservatory in Toronto. For appearing on her own CBC radio show, ''Meet Gisele,'' she became known as Canada's first lady of song. Died September 5, 2003 of colon cancer.
http://www.biographybase.com/biography/MacKenzie_Gisele.html
http://www.vh1.com/artists/az/mackenzie_gisele/235253/album.jhtml
1954 - “People are Funny” premiered on television. This half-hour show combined audience participation and stunts. One feature was a Univac computer that played matchmaker for eligible men and women. Art Linkletter hosted the show until 1958; reruns were shown for the next few seasons. The show was revived for a short time in 1984; Flip Wilson was the host.
1955 - Pat Boone gains everlasting notoriety when his cleaned-up version of Fats Domino's "Ain't That a Shame" goes to the top of the charts, kicking off a string of bland copies of rock and roll hits that will deprive black artists of exposure in the still-segregated world of radio. It was his first US #1 hit with a cover version of Fats Domino's "Ain't It A Shame", re-named "Ain't That A Shame." Boone would continue recording cleaned-up versions of R&B hits and would enjoy a string of five US chart toppers over the next two years.
1955 - Errol Garner records “Concert by the Sea,” Carmel, CA.
1955 - Stan Kenton Band satirizes blues idiom with “Blues in Burlesque,” a two-sided record with drummer Shelly Mann doing one of his rare vocals. The record is quite a jazz collector's item.
1955 - Eva Marie Saint, Frank Sinatra and Paul Newman starred in the Producer's Showcase presentation of “Our Town” on NBC-TV.
1955 - Hurricane Ione made landfall near Morehead City, NC with winds over 100 mph. 16.63 inches of rain fell at Maysville, NC. 40 blocks of New Bern, NC were underwater at one point. 7 people lost their lives and total damage was $88 million. This was the third hurricane to cross eastern North Carolina in 5 weeks.
1956 – The Dodgers’ pitcher Don Newcombe hit 2 HRs for the third time in his career.  For the year, he won both the NL MVP and NL Cy Young Award after a 27-7 season with a 3.09 ERA.
1957 - The United States conducted its first underground nuclear test, in the Nevada desert.
1960 - "The Twist" by Chubby Checker topped the charts and stayed there for a week.
1960 - Now at the peak of their popularity, Hank Ballard and the Midnighters become the first artists to have three songs in the Billboard Hot 100 at the same time: "Finger Poppin’ Time," "Let’s Go, Let’s Go, Let’s Go," and "The Twist," recently given more exposure by Chubby Checker's hit version.
1961 - Top Hits
“Take Good Care of My Baby” - Bobby Vee
“My True Story” - The Jive Five
“(Marie's the Name) His Latest Flame” - Elvis Presley
“Walk on By” - Leroy Van Dyke
1962 - “The Virginian” premiered on television. My father Lawrence Menkin wrote several episodes. It was TV's first 90-minute western and starred James Drury as The Virginian, a foreman trying to come to terms with the westward expansion of technology and civilization. It was set on the Shiloh Ranch, in Wyoming. Key players included Doug McClure (with Drury, the only cast members to stay for the entire run), Lee J. Cobb, Roberta Shore, Pippa Scott, Gary Clarke, David Hartman and Tim Matheson.  In the last season, the title was changed to “The Men from Shiloh,” and Stewart Granger and Lee Majors joined the cast.
1964 – “A Summer Song" by the British duo of Chad and Jeremy enters the Billboard chart, on its way to #7. Although they would place a total of seven hits in the Top 40, this will be their only Top 10 hit.
1964 - “Flipper” premiered. An adventure series starring Flipper, the intelligent, communicative and helpful dolphin. The human cast members included Brian Kelly as Chief Ranger Porter Ricks, Luke Halpin as his son Sandy, Tommy Norden as his son Bud and Ulla Stromstedt as biochemist Ulla Norstrand. Although the last telecast of this series was Sept 1, 1968, the series was recreated under the same title in the ‘90's.
1966 – At the height of their popularity, Herb Alpert and The Tijuana Brass perform for Princess Grace (Kelly) at her Monaco palace.
1966 – Co-owner Dan Topping sold his 10% ownership of the Yankees to CBS.  Topping, along with Del Webb and Larry MacPhail, purchased the Yankees for $2.8 million from the estate of the late Jacob Ruppert on January 25, 1945. MacPhail sold his share of the team to Topping and Webb in 1947, and the two sold controlling interest in the team to CBS in 1964, after which Topping remained as team president until 1966, when he sold his remaining stake.
1967 - The beleaguered Beatles search desperately for a place in which to wrap filming on their trouble-plagued Magical Mystery Tour film. Having forgotten to book their primary choice, Surrey's Shepperton Film Studios, in advance, the band settles on an abandoned US Air Force station in Kent, filming most of the uncompleted movie on and around the grounds over the next week.
1967 - Hurricane Beulah deluged Brownsville, TX, with 12.19 inches of rain in 24 hours, to establish a record for that location. Hurricane Beulah made landfall on the 20th near the mouth of the Rio Grande River, where a wind gust to 135 mph was reported by a ship in the port.
1968 – Denny McLain’s 31st win was overshadowed by Mickey Mantle’s 535th homer. McLain allegedly calls C Jim Price out and tells him to inform Mantle he's throwing the slugger nothing but fastballs. The home run gives Mantle undisputed hold of 3rd place on the all-time list. Mantle tips his cap to Denny as he rounds third base. Joe Pepitone, the next batter, signals where he would like the ball, and McLain dusts him. The Tigers win the game, 6-2, the 12th straight complete game for the Tigers staff.
1969 - President Nixon announces the cancellation of the draft calls for November and December. He reduced the draft call by 50,000 (32,000 in November and 18,000 in December). This move accompanied his twin program of turning the war over to the South Vietnamese concurrent with U.S. troop withdrawals and was calculated to quell antiwar protests by students returning to college campuses after the summer.
1969 - Top Hits
“Honky Tonk Women” - The Rolling Stones
“Sugar, Sugar” - The Archies
“I'll Never Fall in Love Again” - Tom Jones
“A Boy Named Sue” - Johnny Cash
1969 - Creedence Clearwater Revival scored their only UK #1 single with "Bad Moon Rising.”
1970 - "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" by Diana Ross topped the charts and stayed there for 3 weeks.
1970 - She could turn the world on with her smile. "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" was seen for the first time on CBS-TV. It was the first of a new wave of contemporary sitcoms, combining good writing, an effective supporting cast and contemporary attitudes. It was also television’s first sitcom about a single woman.  The show centered on the two most important places in Mary Richard's (Mary Tyler Moore) life—the WJM-TV newsroom and her apartment at Minneapolis. At home, she shared the ups and downs of life with her friend Rhoda Morgenstern (Valerie Harper) and the manager of her apartment building, Phyllis Lynstrom (Cloris Leachman). At work, as the associate producer (later producer) for the “Six O'clock News,” Mary struggled to function in a man's world. Figuring in her professional life were her irascible boss Lou Grant (Ed Asner), levelheaded and softhearted news writer Murray Slaughter (Gavin MacLeod) and self-obsessed, narcissist anchorman Ted Baxter (Ted Knight). In the last episode, the unthinkable happened:  everyone in the WJM newsroom except the inept Ted was fired.  The show ran for 168 episodes with the finale show on March 19, 1977.
1974 - Eric Clapton received a gold record for "I Shot the Sheriff". The song reached #1 on the pop charts on September 14th
1974 - Birthday of Jimmy Fallon, talk show host, comedian, actor, born Brooklyn, New York.
1977 - Top Hits
“I Just Want to Be Your Everything” - Andy Gibb
“Float On” - The Floaters
“Don't Stop” - Fleetwood Mac
“Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue” - Crystal Gayle
1978 - Linda Ronstadt's latest release, "Living in the U.S.A." is issued with advance orders of two million units, making it a double platinum LP before it even hit the stores.
1979 - Singer Elton John, accompanied only by percussionist Ray Cooper, began his first US tour in four years. John had just completed a similar tour of the Soviet Union - the first Western pop star to visit that country.     
1981 - Singers Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel reunited for a free concert in New York's Central Park. More than 400,000 people gathered to hear Simon and Garfunkel's first full concert in 11 years, although Garfunkel had joined Simon for occasional guest numbers since the duo's breakup in 1970. A double LP, "The Concert in Central Park," and a video of the event were issued. Simon and Garfunkel then launched a six-week European tour. Both Simon and Garfunkel received much-needed exposure at a time when their solo careers seemed to have stalled.
1982 - Streetcars stop running on Market St in San Francisco after 122 years of service to make way for Bay Area Rapid Transit, which now runs as a subway beneath Market Street.
1982 - Emoticons were born when Carnegie Mellon University professor Scott E. Fahlman proposed using a colon followed by a hyphen and a parenthesis – :–) – to depict a horizontal smiley face.
1983 - New York City had a record 92 degrees while snows fell out west.
1983 - 14 inches of snow fell just south of Great falls, MT. Temperatures fall to 6 degrees below zero at West Yellowstone, MT following the snow.
1985 - Top Hits
“St. Elmo's Fire (Man in Motion)” - John Parr
“We Don't Need Another Hero” (Thunderdome) - Tina Turner
“Money for Nothing” - Dire Straits
“Modern Day Romance” - Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
1985 - In Mexico City, Mexico, the first of two killer earthquakes hit the city. This one, 8.1 on the Richter scale, followed the next day by a 7.5er, crumbled buildings (damages were estimated at more than one billion dollars) and killed almost 10,000 people.
1986 – The Franchise, Tom Seaver, pitched the final game of his Hall of Fame career, for the Red Sox against the Blue Jays, a four-inning effort resulting in a loss.  One of the greatest pitchers of the 20th century, he won 311 games and three Cy Young Awards.  He was elected to the Hall of Fame in 1992 with the then highest votes percentage in history, 98.8%, until that was surpassed by Ken Griffey, Jr. with 99.32% in 2016.
1987 - Michael Jackson's "I Just Can't Stop Loving You" rose to #1 in the U.S. on the "Billboard Hot 100." The single, from Jackson's "Bad" LP, stayed at the top of the hit heap for one week.
1987 - Dick Clark's "American Bandstand" left the ABC TV network after more than 30 years and went into first-run syndication. ABC had cut the show to half an hour and Clark wanted to return to the program's original hour-long format. "Bandstand" began as a local show in Philadelphia in 1952 before going national five years later.
1988 - U.S. diver Greg Louganis struck and injured his head on the board in a preliminary round of springboard diving at the Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. Days later, however, Louganis won the gold medal in springboard diving.
1989 - Showers and thunderstorms produced heavy rain in the Middle and Northern Atlantic Coast Region. Cape Hatteras, NC was deluged with nearly 3.50 inches of rain in three hours. Syracuse, NY reported 1.77 inches of rain, a record for the date, and Chatham, NJ reported an all-time record of 3.45 inches in one day. Hurricane Hugo headed for the Bahamas, and Tropical Storm Iris, following close on its heels, strengthened to near hurricane force.
1991 - Michael Jackson performed an unaccredited voice-over on "The Simpsons" animated series on the Fox network. He provided the voice for a white mental patient who thinks he's Michael Jackson.
1991 – While not found in America, perhaps the oldest archeological event, the Iceman, named Ötzi by scientists, was found by a German tourist, Helmut Simon, on the Similaun Glacier in the Tirolean Ötztal Alps on the Italian-Austrian border. The body is that of a man aged 25 to 35 who had been about 5 feet 2 inches (1.6 meters) tall and had weighed about 50 kg (110 pounds).  It is the oldest mummified human body ever found intact -- some 5000 years old. And his few remaining scalp hairs provided the earliest archaeological evidence of haircutting. And, if that's not enough, Ötzi was found to have a number of ‘points' tattooed on his body, 80% of which are considered valid modern acupuncture points and dates acupuncture back to at least 3300 B.C.
1991 - In Pasadena, an all-star benefit concert honoring Ray Charles features performances of Ray songs by Stevie Wonder, Willie Nelson, Michael McDonald and more. Entitled “Ray Charles: 50 Years in Music, Uh-Huh!,” the concert (and accompanying TV show) benefits the Starlight and Starbright Pavilion Foundations for terminally ill children.
1994 - “ER” premiered. This medical drama takes place in the emergency room of the fictional County General Hospital in Chicago. Doctors and nurses take care of life and death patients while conducting their personal traumas as well. Cast includes Anthony Edwards, George Clooney, Sherry Stringfield, Noah Wylie, Laura lnnes, Gloria Reubens, Eriq La Salle and Alex Kingston.
1995 - The Washington Post publishes the "Unabomber's Manifesto." It leads the brother to realize the bomber is his brother and he notifies authorities.
1999 - On a warm September afternoon at Wrigley Field, Chicago, Sammy Sosa hit the 60 home-run mark for the second year in row, setting himself above all others in baseball's history books. “A lot of people said at the beginning of the year it would be impossible to hit 60 two years in a row,” Sosa said. “Here I am.”
2001 - The Pentagon ordered combat aircraft to the Persian Gulf in response to the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.
2002 - President George W. Bush asked Congress for authority to use military force if necessary to disarm and overthrow Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein if he did not abandon weapons of mass destruction.
2004 - With their latest hit, "You'll Come Around," Status Quo become the artists with the most all-time chart hits in the UK, an amazing 61 charted singles from 1968's "Pictures of Matchstick Men" (their only US hit).
2011 – The Yankees’ Mariano Rivera recorded his 602d save to pass Trevor Hoffman for the all-time Major League mark.  Rivera finished his career in 2013 with 652 plus another 42 in postseason.
2012 - Randy Bachman, of Bachman-Turner Overdrive, was named to Canada's Walk of Fame for the second time. He was also inducted in 2001 as a member of The Guess Who.
2012 – The Department of Justice inspector general reported that Operation Fast and Furious created significant danger to public safety but states that Attorney General Eric Holder had no prior knowledge of the operations.  Project Gunrunner began in Laredo, Texas, in 2005 and was expanded in 2006. Operation Fast and Furious was operational from 2009 to 2011.  Fast and Furious was a “gun-walking” operation conducted by the Phoenix, Arizona branch of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (or the ATF) from 2009 and 2011. The idea was to encourage licensed Arizona gun merchants to sell firearms to known criminals in the hope that law enforcement would be able to then trace the weapons from Arizona as they crossed the border into Mexico, slowly making their way into the hands of bloodthirsty Mexican drug cartels. Fast and Furious was part of a broader series of investigations called Project Gunrunner, all of which had the collective long-term goal of halting the flow of weapons to criminals in Mexico. Arizona gun sellers sold about 2,000 weapons to “straw” buyers, often young kids lured by a reported $100 per transaction.  The ATF lost track of an estimated 1,700 of those guns. One buyer alone is reported to have purchased 600 of the weapons. In another incident, one buyer went on a spree, snapping up 34 firearms in about three weeks.  On December 14, 2010, Customs and Border Protection Agent Brian Terry and other officers were on patrol in the Arizona desert when gunfire erupted. In the firefight that ensued, Terry was killed. Afterward, two AK-47 assault rifles were recovered from the site of the encounter, both of which had been sold as part of Operation Fast and Furious. While ATF officials at first cited an FBI ballistics report that showed that a gun sold through Fast and Furious was not the murder weapon, later reports showed that it was inconclusive.  Following Terry’s death, President Obama ordered the Justice Department’s inspector general to conduct an investigation of Fast and Furious.
2013 - The Recording Academy named Carole King as the MusiCares person of the year. The presentation would be made during the 2014 Grammy Awards week.

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***Bacon's Rebellion: In the Virginia colony every adult male could vote. When Charles II was restored to the English throne, he sought to exploit the colony to the fullest. Virginia Governor Sir William Berkeley, supporting the king, adopted new laws to facilitate these efforts including measures allowing only property holders to vote, raising taxes to build up the town of Jamestown and raising the cost of shipping while lowering the price for tobacco. The resulting discontent exploded when the frontier of the colony was attacked by Indians and the governor refused to defend the settlers. Nathaniel Bacon, a colonist on the governor's council, was made leader by the frontier farmers, and his troops successfully defeated the Indians. Denounced by Berkeley as rebels, Bacon and his men occupied Jamestown, forcing the governor to call an election, the first in 15 years. The Berkeley laws were repealed and election and tax reforms were instituted. While Bacon and his troops were gone on a raiding party against the Indians, Berkeley again denounced them. They returned and attacked Berkeley's forces, defeating them and burning Jamestown on Sept 19, 1676. Berkeley again fled and Bacon became ruler of Virginia. When he died suddenly a short time later, the rebellion collapsed. Berkeley returned to power and Bacon's followers were hunted down, some executed and their property confiscated. Berkeley was replaced the next year and peace was restored,