The Cubs previously won the World Series in 1908. Here is a look at the world the last time they celebrated being at the top of the baseball world:
The president is Theodore Roosevelt
Frederick Cook claims he is the first person to reach the North Pole (later discredited)
Lyndon B. Johnson is born (he became President in 1963)
James M. Spangler gets a patent for his newly invented upright vacuum cleaner.
The first Ford Model T is produced
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid are reportedly killed in Bolivia
Actor Jimmy Stewart is born
Former President Grover Cleveland dies