*Today is former Cubs pitcher Rich Nye's birthday. Rich appeared at our Cubsessions launch party (photo with me) in 2018, along with a few other teammates (Ferguson Jenkins and Gene Hiser)
*Today is former president Barack Obama's birthday. You'll find stories about the former president in Randy Merkin's book Behind the Glass and Rich King's book Ike and Me.
*On this day in 2021, Paul M. Banks got the first copy of his book Transatlantic Passage.