Eat all my peanuts, and crack my jacks...

So, it seems that the first live trans-Atlantic broadcast on the original Telstar was to have been President Kennedy, but he wasn't ready in time. In consequence, they showed Europe part of a baseball game between the Cubs and Phillies. The Cubs lost. That just seems so appropriate.

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And the Quote of the Day Award goes to dakhun, for "Occam's Razor says he's a dumbass".