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20 EVENTS THAT HAVE OCCURRED SINCE THE CHICAGO CUBS WON THEIR LAST WORLD SERIES
- Both radio and TV were invented
- Fourteen teams were added to Major League Baseball
- George Burns celebrated his 10th, 20th, 30th, 40th, 50th, 60th, 70th, 80th, 90th and 100th birthdays
- Haley's comet passed Earth, twice
- Harry Caray was born, and died
- The NBA, NHL and NFL were formed, and Chicago teams won championships in each league
- The US fought in World War I, World War II, Korean War, Vietnam War, Persian Gulf War, Iraq War, Afghanistan War
- Man landed on the moon
- Sixteen US presidents were elected
- Eleven amendments added to the Constitution
- Prohibition was created and repealed
- The Titanic was built, set sail, sank, and was re discovered
- Wrigley Field was built and becomes the oldest park in the National League
- Flag poles were erected on Wrigley Field roof to hold all of the team's future World Series pennants, which have since rusted and been taken down
- A combination of 40 Summer and Winter Olympics have been held
- Thirteen baseball players have won the Triple Crown
- Swing music, bell-bottoms, and disco came in style, went out of style and came back in style
- The Chicago White Sox, Cleveland Indians, Boston Red Sox and Florida Marlins have all won the World Series; what next, the Nationals?!?
- The Cubs played almost 15,000 regular-season games, losing the majority of them
- Alaska, Arizona, Hawaii, Oklahoma and New Mexico were admitted to the Union