(NewYorkPost) – A Florida doctor who died from COVID-19
complications in January left his family a lot of baseball
cards worth $20 million.
Dr. Thomas Newman’s treasure trove — featuring cards of
Honus Wagner, Ty Cobb, Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig — is
going to be auctioned off.
More than 1,000 baseball, football and hockey cards dating
back to 1880 will be for sale to the highest bidder.
Charles Lindbergh takes off in the Spirit of St. Louis.
At 7:52 a.m., aviator Charles A. Lindbergh took off from Roosevelt
Field on Long Island, New York, on the world’s first solo, nonstop
flight across the Atlantic Ocean and the first ever nonstop flight
between New York to Paris.
Jacob Davis (left) and Levi Strauss (right)
San Francisco businessman Levi Strauss and Reno, Nevada,
tailor Jacob Davis were given a patent to create work pants reinforced
with metal rivets, marking the birth of one of the world’s most
famous garments: blue jeans.
Don Knotts on the live soap opera ‘Search for Tomorrow’
Don Knotts’ first role on television was on the CBS soap opera
Search for Tomorrow from 1953-54. His character was named
Wilbur Peterson, a neurotic guy who didn’t talk much. He would
only speak to one person, his sister. it was Don’s first and only
serious professional role.
Jesse Donald Knotts (July 21, 1924 – February 24, 2006)
