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The last time the Cubs won the World Series . . .

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Theodore Roosevelt was President.

there were 46 states in the U.S.

there were 7 National Parks in the U.S. - Crater Lake, Mesa Verde, Mt. Rainier, Sequoia, Wind Cave, Yellowstone, and Yosemite.

Abdulhamid II was Sultan of the Ottoman Empire.

Babe Ruth was 13 years old, and Lou Gehrig was 5 years old.

Ty Cobb had 549 career hits.

Vienna was the primary capital of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

Porfirio Diaz was President of Mexico.

the Cubs played home games at West Side Park.

the Chicago Lutheran Theological Seminary stood at the corner of Waveland and Sheffield in Chicago.

Branch Rickey was a student at the University of Michigan.

the most recent amendment to the U.S. Constitution was the Fifteenth, passed during Reconstruction.

Albert Einstein was a patent examiner in Switzerland.

the Model T had just been introduced by the Ford Motor Company the preceding month.

former National League President Morgan Bulkeley was a U.S. Senator from Connecticut.

the RMS Titanic was under construction.

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid were still alive.

Carole Lombard was a newborn.

there were no living former U.S. Presidents, due to the recent death of Grover Cleveland.

Marie and Pierre Curie were working on isolating radium in its metallic state.

the world's tallest completed building was the new 47-story Singer Building, in New York City.

the land speed record for a wheeled vehicle was 127.66 mph.

Anne of Green Gables was a bestselling new novel.

J.M. Barrie had written the play Peter Pan, but was still working on turning it into the novel Peter and Wendy.

T206 cards had not yet been produced.

Rudyard Kipling was the only English-language writer to have received the Nobel Prize in Literature.

college football fields were 110 yards in length.

Major Winston and Clementine Churchill were newlyweds.

the Roman Catholic Church, under Pope Pius X, was evaluating whether to beatify Joan of Arc.

Geronimo was a prisoner of the United States at Fort Sill, Oklahoma.

the last surviving U.S. soldier from the War of 1812 had been dead for 3 years.

Cap Anson was running a semi-pro football team in Chicago, called Anson's Colts.

Take Me Out to the Ball Game was one of the hit new songs.


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  • larryallen73larryallen73 Posts: 6,061 ✭✭✭
    Nice!
  • stownstown Posts: 11,321 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Carole Lombard was a newborn. >>



    I had to google her.

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  • coinkatcoinkat Posts: 23,111 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Edward VII was the King of England...

    Experience the World through Numismatics...it's more than you can imagine.

  • ExodusExodus Posts: 348 ✭✭✭
    Moses was ruler of Egypt
  • DboneesqDboneesq Posts: 18,219 ✭✭
    They threw a baby shower for Mary when she found out she was pregnant with Jesus.
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  • wrestlingcardkingwrestlingcardking Posts: 4,555 ✭✭✭✭
    No one on earth today has ever seen it, so I am unsure if it really happened! image
    BUYING Frank Gotch T229 Kopec
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  • AC000000AC000000 Posts: 257 ✭✭✭
    Hey Cubbies, you must have really been something... before electricity.

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  • PSASAPPSASAP Posts: 2,284 ✭✭✭
    Larry King was only 29 years old. image
  • daOnlyBGdaOnlyBG Posts: 1,060 ✭✭


    << <i>Moses was ruler of Egypt >>


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