Alan Alda is auctioning off his boots and military dog tags
from his time on "M*A*S*H." (AP)
Forty years after "M*A*S*H" ended, Alan Alda kept some
priceless memorabilia.
The combat boots and dog tags that Alda wore while
portraying the surgeon "Hawkeye" Pierce on the beloved
show has gone up for auction to support a charity he is
passionate about.
Commandant of the Marine Corps Gen. David Berger.
PENTAGON – The U.S. Marine Corps does not have a confirmed
leader for the first time in 164 years, following Marine Corps Commandant Gen. David Berger’s relinquish-of-command
ceremony held Monday and Berger’s private retirement
ceremony.
The last time the Marines were without a confirmed leader was
1859 following the sudden death of Commandant Archibald
Henderson. (FOX NEWS)
Archibald Henderson (January 21, 1783 – January 6, 1859)
Millard Fillmore (January 7, 1800 – March 8, 1874)
On July 10, 1850, Vice President Millard Fillmore is sworn in
as the 13th president of the United States. President Zachary
Taylor had died the day before, five days after falling ill with
a severe intestinal ailment on the Fourth of July.
Zachary Taylor (November 24, 1784 – July 9, 1850)
Tom Selleck without his famous mustache as ‘Jed Andrews’
on the soap opera "The Young and the Restless" (1974-75).
Thomas(Tom) William Selleck is 78 years old.
Clarence Darrow, left, and William Jennings Bryan at the
Scopes trial in 1925. (AP)
July 10, 1925: In Dayton, Tennessee, the so-called Scopes
Monkey Trial began with John Thomas Scopes, a young
high school science teacher, accused of teaching evolution
in violation of a Tennessee state law.
William Jennings Bryan, left, and Judge John Raulston.
Schoolteacher John Thomas Scopes, 24, of Dayton,
Tenn., stands before Judge Raulston just before he
was found guilty of teaching evolution and fined
$100 on July 21, 1925, at the end of the Scopes
Monkey Trial held at the Rhea County Courthouse
in Dayton.
The jury reads a guilty verdict against John Scopes.
