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July 05, 2008 
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The song "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" was written in 1908 by Jack Norworth and Albert Von Tilzer, two men who, when they wrote the song, had never been to a baseball game. It took composer Von Tilzer nearly 20 more years to get to a game, and lyricist Norworth turned up at his first professional baseball game only in 1940, when he was honored by the Brooklyn Dodgers at Ebbets Field. Yet, the two knew that a baseball game wasn't complete without the traditional snacks: hot dogs, peanuts and Cracker Jack. In 2004, when the NY Yankees tried to replace Cracker Jack with a similar snack, public outcry was so great that the popular caramel popcorn-and-peanuts treat was immediately reinstated. Today is Cracker Jack Day.
Quote: "Buy me some peanuts and Cracker Jack; I don't care if I never get back." — Jack Norworth, "Take Me Out to the Ball Game"
Quote: "Buy me some peanuts and Cracker Jack; I don't care if I never get back."
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Today in History
Dolly the Sheep
- Venezuela, Algeria, Cape Verde: declared independence (1811, 1962, 1975)
- Salvation Army: was founded by William Booth in London (1865)
- bikini: two-piece swimsuit was introduced by French designer Louis Reard in Paris (1946)
- Dolly the sheep: the first mammal successfully cloned from an adult cell was born in Scotland (1996)
Today's Birthdays
Amélie Mauresmo
- P.T. Barnum (1810-1891): showman who believed there was "a sucker born every minute"
- Georges Pompidou (1911-1974): president and premier of France; premier Édouard Herriot (1872-1957) shares this birth date
- Huey Lewis (58): lead singer for Huey Lewis and the News
- Bill Watterson (50): creator of Calvin and Hobbes
- Edie Falco (45): Carmela Soprano on The Sopranos; actors Katherine Helmond (80) and Kathryn Erbe (42) were also born on this date
- Amélie Mauresmo (29): tennis champ with the strong one-handed backhand
Word of the Day
Potatoes
hot potato
A problem so controversial and sensitive that it is risky to deal with. For example, Gun control is a political hot potato. This term, dating from the mid-1800s, alludes to the only slightly older expression "drop like a hot potato," meaning "to abandon something or someone quickly" (lest one be burned). The idiom alludes to the fact that cooked potatoes retain considerable heat because they contain a lot of water.(© Houghton Mifflin Company)
A problem so controversial and sensitive that it is risky to deal with. For example, Gun control is a political hot potato. This term, dating from the mid-1800s, alludes to the only slightly older expression "drop like a hot potato," meaning "to abandon something or someone quickly" (lest one be burned). The idiom alludes to the fact that cooked potatoes retain considerable heat because they contain a lot of water.
This week we'll look at some phrases that take their names from produce.
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