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  1. 09-19-2012, 09:42 PM #1
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    Things that have happened since the cubs won the World Series

    • Fall of the Ottoman Empire
    • The Titanic sank
    • 2 World Wars
    • First trans-Atlantic flight
    • Hindenburg disaster
    • Digital watches
    • Microwaves
    • Color television
    • Harry Caray was born...and died
    • Theory of general relativity
    • Commercial aviation
    • British Empire dissolved
    • Quantum mechanics
    • Nuclear power
    • Mickey Mouse
    • Haley's Comet passed...twice
    • Man went to the moon
    • The NBA, NHL, & NFL were formed
    • Chicago teams from each of those sports leagues have won championships
    • 4 states were added to the Union
    • 3 US Presidents died while in office, 1 was impeached & 1 resigned
    • Soviet Union forms...and falls
    • Every current MLB ballpark has since been built
    • The Red Sox began, and ended, their curse
    • The Boy Scouts were founded
    • Pluto became the ninth planet...and then had the planet label revoked
    • The moving assembly line is introduced
    • League of Nations was founded...and eventually replaced by the United Nations
    • Talkies
    • First World Cup is played
    • Women's suffrage
    • Segregation ended



    Just to help put it in perspective. Feel free to add more

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    Re: Things that have happened since the cubs won the World Series

    I was born
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  3. 09-19-2012, 10:23 PM #3
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    Re: Things that have happened since the cubs won the World Series

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    I was born
    certainly moves to the top of the short list
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    Re: Things that have happened since the cubs won the World Series

    disco demolition night

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    Re: Things that have happened since the cubs won the World Series

    Black president
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    Re: Things that have happened since the cubs won the World Series

    A good start...
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    Re: Things that have happened since the cubs won the World Series

    Einstein publishes his theory of general relativity.
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    Re: Things that have happened since the cubs won the World Series

    prohibition begins...and ends
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    Re: Things that have happened since the cubs won the World Series

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    Einstein publishes his theory of general relativity.
    someone didn't read the list

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    Re: Things that have happened since the cubs won the World Series

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    someone didn't read the list
    Oops.
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    Re: Things that have happened since the cubs won the World Series

    soccer still hasn't caught on.


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    Re: Things that have happened since the cubs won the World Series

    Quote Originally Posted by haveacigar View Post
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    Re: Things that have happened since the cubs won the World Series

    "Birth of a Nation" came out.
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    Re: Things that have happened since the cubs won the World Series

    kobie learned to read.......err, sorry. that actually hasn't happened yet.
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