Number one on the Internet search list is Michael Richards who also tops the charts for most e-mailed story. The story, by now, embedded in the human computer chip in your brain is his liberal use of the n-word, used to counter the hecklers he faced at an L.A. comedy club. Just yesterday, Seinfeld's "Kramer" appeared on the Jesse Jackson radio show to, what else ? Apologize. Richards is also #1 on the charts for apologizing...
Richards replaces O.J. Simpson at #1 on 2 of those 3 charts (top Internet story and most e-mailed story) but since he never apologized for the despicable "If I did it" book or Fox special, since cancelled, he didn't even chart on that list. Speaking of apologies, did Jesse Jackson ever apologize for calling New York City, "Hymie-town"? Just asking...
3 years ago today (November 27, 2003) George Bush played commander-in-chief and brought the Thanksgiving turkey to our troops on a clandestine trip to Iraq. No apologies necessary...
Timeline memories...
- [1779] The first legally recognized university in America, the College of Pennsylvania, becomes the University of Pennsylvania...
- [1889] Curtis P. Brady is issued the 1st permit to drive an automobile through Central Park...
- [1910] New York City's Penn Station opens to the public (talks continue on moving the current Penn Station across the street to the 8th Avenue post office, the original site)...
- [1978] San Francisco mayor, George Moscone and City Supervisor Harvey Milk, a gay rights activist, are shot to death inside City Hall by former supervisor, Dan White (not the longtime ex-Dallas QB)...
- [1998] Answering 81 questions put to him in advance, President Bill Clinton states that his testimony in the Monica Lewinsky affair was "not false and misleading" (that would of course depend on the definition of, "false" and "misleading")...
Released on this date: 1965] "You Didn't Have To Be So Nice" - Lovin' Spoonful...1967] Capitol Records releases The Beatles "Magical Mystery Tour" LP...1970] George Harrison's "All Things Must Pass" LP...
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"Happy Birthday...happy birthday":
Jaleel ("Urkel") White (30), Michael Vartan (38), Robin Givens (42) and Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg (49)...
"Happy Trails":
Former veteran (Baltimore, San Diego, Atlanta, Cleveland and Yankee) pitcher Pat Dobson, who finished with 122 wins, died suddenly over the weekend at 64. Dobson, who was a special assistant to the Giants GM Brian Sabean was one of 4 Oriole pitchers to win 20 games in 1971. One day earlier he was diagnosed with leukemia. Cause of death is pending..
Former featherweight champ Willie Pep, whose simple philosophy was "hit the other guy as often as you can but don't let him hurt you" died over the weekend at 84 in a convalescent home near Hartford (CT). Pep (Guglielmo Papoleo) had been confined to an Alzheimer unit for several years...
R.I.P. Pat Dobson and Willie Pep...
Timeline Countdown: 18 days until Chanukah, 28 days until Christmas, 34 days until 2007, 41 days until the NFL playoffs and 69 days until Super Bowl XLI in Miami.
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