‘’ MICK’’ MEMORABILIA SOLD BIG AT AUCTION

Mickey Mantle 1962 Topps Yankees Card #200 PSA 8 *CENTERED*

(Fox News) – Mickey Mantle, the late great New York Yankees
legend who won seven World Series titles and three MVP
awards with the organization, is having a great year when
it comes to his memorabilia.

On Saturday, the bidding for Mantle’s signed and handwritten
"lewd" Yankees questionnaire ended. One of the most historical
pieces in the Mantle collection sold for $242,788.80, according
to Lelands auction house.

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Mickey Charles Mantle
(October 20, 1931 – August 13, 1995)

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TV SERIES DEBUTED ON THIS DAY IN 1980


Magnum, P.I. is a crime drama television series starring Tom
Selleck
as Thomas Magnum, a private investigator (P.I.) living
on
Oahu, Hawaii. The series ran from December 11, 1980 to
May 8, 1988 during its first-run broadcast on the American
television network
CBS. Magnum, P.I. consistently ranked in
the top 20 U.S. television programs in the
Nielsen ratings
during the first five years of its original run in the U.S.,
finishing as high as number three.

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SAMUEL BRINTON IS THE JOKE OF THE DAY!

Brinton's official government portrait.
Brinton’s official government portrait. (Department of Energy)

FIRST ON FOX: The nonbinary Biden administration official
facing up to five years in prison for allegedly stealing luggage
in Minnesota now faces up to 10 years in prison for
stealing
another bag in
Nevada
, according to a police report obtained
by Fox News Digital.

Samuel Brinton — who has served as the Energy Department’s
(DOE)
deputy assistant secretary for spent fuel and waste
disposition since June — allegedly stole a suitcase with a total
estimate worth of $3,670 on July 6 at Harry Reid International
Airport in Las Vegas, according to a declaration filed by a Las
Vegas Metropolitan Police Department (LVMPD) detective on
Wednesday. The bag contained jewelry valued at $1,700,
clothing worth $850 and makeup valued at $500.


         
       

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THE WHITE HOUSE CHRISTMAS TREE IN 1981

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With ornaments loaned by Museum of American Folk Art
for First Lady Nancy Reagan: President and Mrs. Ronald
Reagan in front of the 1981 White House Christmas tree.

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DISEASE DECLARED ERADICATED IN 1979

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On December 9, 1979, a commission of scientists declared that
smallpox had been eradicated. The disease, which carries around
a 30 percent chance of death for those who contract it, is the only infectious disease afflicting humans that has officially been
eradicated.

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The World Health Organization in 1979.

 

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