The DB5 wears its on-screen scars from a chase scene shot in Matera, Italy.
(FOX NEWS) – Bond is coming to the rescue again. At least his car is. An Aston Martin DB5 used during the making of the latest 007installment, "No Time to Die," has been auctioned for over $3 million to raise money for charity.
The car is a replica that was built by Aston Martin to be identical to the iconic 1964 car that Bond first drove in "Goldfinger."
Sean Connery first drove the Aston Martin DB5 in the film "Goldfinger."
President Franklin D. Roosevelt (L), founder of the March of Dimes to fight polio, is shown at the White House with Basil O’Connor, who worked with the president in forming the charity.
Franklin Delano Roosevelt, an adult victim of polio, founded the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis, which he later renamed the March of Dimes Foundation, on January 3, 1938. A predominantly childhood disease in the early 20th century, polio wreaked havoc among American children every summer. The virus, which affects the central nervous system, flourished in contaminated food and water and was easily transmitted. Those who survived the disease usually suffered from debilitating paralysis into their adult lives. In 1921, at the relatively advanced age of 39, Roosevelt contracted polio and lost the use of his legs. With the help of the media, his Secret Service and careful event planning, Roosevelt managed to keep his disease out of the public eye, yet his personal experience inspired in him an empathy with the handicapped and prompted him to the found the March of Dimes.
Roosevelt talking with two young fellow polio patients at Warm Springs.
(FoxNews) – The first all-new 2021 Ford Bronco (VIN 001) was sold
at a charity auction in March for $1,075,000, but an old one just
blew that price away.
It wasn’t just any old Bronco, but a custom racing truck driven by
Parnelli Jones (below) to victory in the Baja 1000 in 1971 and 1972
and at several other off-road races.
The famed Bronco is known as “Big Oly” thanks to its Olympia beer sponsorship and one of the most iconic American racing vehicles of all time. Jones has owned it all these years and often loaned it out for displays and events.
Parnelli Jones during his racing
days.
Rufus Parnell “Parnelli” Jones will turn 88 this August.
American singer-actor Rick Springfield performs before a large crowd at the Live Aid famine relief concert at JFK Stadium in Philadelphia on this day in 1985.
Live Aid concert crowds at Wembley Stadium in London.
Jean-Paul Marat, a famous French revolutionary and member of the Club des Cordeliers, was assassinated by the Girondin sympathizer Charlotte Corday on this day in 1793.
Jean-Paul Marat (May 24, 1743 – July 13, 1793)
In New York, Civil War draft riots erupted on this day in 1863.
It was on this in 1977 when a power blackout hit the Big Apple.
Actor Harrison Ford is 76 years old today.
Iconic actor Harrison Ford’s memorable characters include Han Solo from the original StarWars trilogy from 1977, Indiana Jones trilogy beginning in 1981, and Rick Deckard from the 1982 sci-fi classic Blade Runner. He earned Golden Globe Award nominations for his roles in Witness(1985), The Mosquito Coast (1986), The Fugitive (1993) and Sabrina (1995). He was ranked #1 on Empire’s 1997 list of the Top 100 Movie Stars of All Time.
PORTLAND, Ore. – A NASCAR racing star is in Portland to kick off a charity motorcycle ride across the nation.
Racing champ Kyle Petty is leading 200 other riders on an 8-state, 2,400-mile trip across the continent.
He’s doing the ride to raise money for Victory Junction – a camp in his home state of North Carolina for terminally ill children.
Kyle is the son of Richard Petty, a NASCAR champion nicknamed “The King.”
This is 23rd time they’ve done the ride, but it is the first time they’ve started in Portland. Petty says he and his co-riders are loving their stay in Oregon.
The ride is set to begin this Saturday morning at Manheim Portland Auto Auction in Hayden Island. They plan to end eight days later in Milwaukie, Wisconsin. (KATU-TV NEWS)
