Get your hip waders out.

Folks, look out! Soon the streets of Manhattan will be awash with seamen - It's Fleet Week. And look out for those Rear Admirals and their gobs trailing behind.



And here's a correction for the Post:

We are all dying, so it's not really news.

Here is your Today in History -

It was on this date in 1471 that King Henry VI of England was murdered in the Tower of London, concluding Part III of his reign. Edward IV assumed the throne as the world eagerly awaited Richard III and the dramatic conclusion of the War of the Roses.



May 21, 1917 -
One of the World's greatest actor's, Raymond Burr is born. In celebration, may I suggest purchasing a small container of the fabulous nipple rouge bearing this man's name.



On May 21,1927, Charles Lindbergh, American aviator, author, inventor, explorer, racist, Neo-Nazi, Isolationist and serial philanderer became the first man to fly alone across the Atlantic Ocean.



Exactly five years later Amelia Earhart became the first woman to do it. This was an impressive step for feminism, and she did it without the astronaut diapers.



May 21, 1952 -
Mr. T is born in the ghetto and his mama cried.



May 21, 1972 -
A deranged Australian geologist takes a hammer to Michelangelo's Pieta, shouting "I am Jesus Christ -- risen from the dead!" Laszlo Toth is never charged with any crime, instead receiving a free trip to an Italian insane asylum. Toth's name is later adopted by comedian and former SNL regular Don Novello (Father Guido Sarducci) for a long series of pranks by mail. Everybody's a critic.



And so it goes