This week in...

1929

The Cubs are in the midst of a pennant winning season.

*While the Cubs unwind on the train from Boston to Chicago after a grueling 19-game roadtrip (they won 11), the first Academy Awards are held. "Wings" wins for best picture, Janet Gayner wins for best actress and the best actor award goes to Emil Jennings.

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1969

The Cubs are in the midst of one of their most memorable seasons.

*On the same day the Cubs are rained out at Wrigley Field against the San Francisco Giants (featuring Willie Mays, Juan Marichal & Willie McCovey), the first color photos of Earth are transmitted from space by Apollo 10, and the Turtles play at the White House. Singer Mark Volman falls off the stage 5 times.


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1984

The Cubs are hoping to make the playoffs for the first time since World War 2.

*Jody Davis hits a 3-run pinch hit homer in the ninth inning to beat the Astros at the Astrodome on the same day that South African prisoner Nelson Mandela is permitted to see his wife for the first time in 22 years.


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1989

The Boys of Zimmer are taking Chicago by storm.

*While Mitch Williams is blowing a save at Wrigley Field during a 4-3 loss to the Giants at Wrigley Field, President George H.W. Bush is ordering troops into Panama.