Whether you blame it on the goat or just bad baseball, the Cubs infamous losing streak has plagued Chicago sports fans for a whopping 108 years. This year however, we could win it all and restore glory to our great city! In the meantime, just in case you forgot how long 108 years is, here's a list of some of the things that have happened since they last won in 1908.
1. A man landed on the moon (maybe!!)
2. The first black president was elected
3. Beyoncé. Just Beyoncé
4. The Titanic was built, set sail, sank, was discovered and turned into a classic movie
5. TV was invented. How did they spend their time??
6. The internet was created, and more importantly NETFLIX
7.Martin Luther King Jr. gave his "I Have a Dream" speech
8. Hawaii became a state
9. Both World Wars took place
10. Major League Baseball added 14 more teams
11. Haley's Comet passed earth... twice!
12. Britney Spears shaved her head
13. 9/11
14. Prohibition was created... and then repealed
15. Wrigley Field was built. Can you imagine the Cubs without Wrigley? Or more importantly without Wrigleyville??
16. 40 summer and winter Olympic games
17. 16 presidents have been elected
18. The 80's came, went and came back again
19. Same with the 90's (who doesn't love a good choker?!)
20. Amelia Earhart flew solo across the Atlantic Ocean
21. The Yankees won 27 World Series
22. Gay Marriage was legalized
23. Alaska became a state
24. John F. Kennedy was assassinated
25. Kony 2012 epically failed
26. Michael Jackson graced the earth with his sweet voice and was taken far too soon
27. The NBA, NFL and NHL were formed
28. Harry Caray was born and died
29. McDonald's was created
30. Jim Crow Laws were abolished
31. Watergate
32. Arizona became a state
33. Osama bin Laden was captured and killed
34. Movies were made in color
35. And with sound!
36. The Korean War
37. 11 amendments have been added to the Constitution
38. Plastic was invented
39. CD-ROMs, CDs and VHS tapes have come and gone
40. The iPhone was invented
41. Women got the right to vote
42. The traffic light was invented
43. Babe Ruth hit his first of many home runs
44. Miley Cyrus and Liam Hemsworth got engaged, broke it off and got engaged again
45. Woodstock
46. Pluto was discovered, named a planet and demoted to a dwarf planet
47. The National Anthem was written (what did people stand for at baseball games before that???)
48. The Vietnam War
49. Elizabeth Taylor married 8 different men
50. King Tut's tomb was discovered
51. Princess Diana tragically died
52. The Star Wars franchise began
53. As did the Harry Potter franchise (and more importantly Harry Potter weekend on ABC Family!)
54. The Berlin Wall was constructed and taken down
55. The 1980 U.S. Olympic Hockey Team beat the Soviet Union (which was later turned into the best sports movie our generation has seen)
56. Toy Story (and Toy Story 2, and Toy Story 3, and Toy Story 4....)
57. Johnny Carson started and ended his legendary reign as a late night talk show host
58. The Hubble Telescope was launched
59. All 11 Disney Princesses were created
60. Queen Elizabeth II took the throne at the ripe old age of 25!
61. Beatle Mania swept the world
62. Ford introduced the Model T
63. Machu Picchu was discovered
64. Oreo cookies were first made (what was milk's favorite cookie before that?!)
65. The Panama Canal was constructed
66. J.D. Rockefeller became America's first billionaire
67. The Persian Gulf War
68. Oklahoma became a state
69. The last Emperor of China
70. Daylight Saving Time introduced
71. Bubblegum was invented
72. The Great Depression
73. Sliced Bread (and my dad's favorite expression "the best thing since sliced bread")
74. The Empire State Building was constructed
75. The Loch Ness Monster was first spotted
76. Air Conditioning was invented
77. The Cheese Burger was invented
78. Monopoly the board game was released
79. The Golden Gate Bridge was constructed
80. The Hoover Dam was built
81. The first Superman comic was written
82. FDR served three terms as president
83. M&M's were created
84. T-shirts were invented
85. New Mexico became a state
86. Microwaves were invented
87. The Big Bang Theory was introduced (and had a TV show named after it)
88. The Iraq War (so many wars!!)
89. The first organ transplant took place
90. Playboy was created
91. The James Bond franchise began
92. The Super Bowl was created
93. Czar Nicholas's daughter Anastasia was impersonated after her assassination (and Disney turned it into the best movie ever)
94. Elvis rocked the world with his gyrating hips
95. Sesame Street was created
96. Bruce Jenner was born, won an Olympic gold medal and became Caitlyn
97. Cigarettes were declared unhealthy and cancer causing
98. The Jonas Brothers came together... and broke up
99. Y2K didn't happen
100. The Soviet Union Collapsed
101. Pac Man was created
102. Nelson Mandela was imprisoned and then freed
103. OJ Simpson was found not guilty of double murder
104. Spongebob started... and ended
105. Scientists cloned sheep
106. The human genome was mapped
107. Facebook was created
108. Marilyn Monroe's dress flew up
