This week in 1908, 1945

Every weekend JOBC goes back in time to the last year the Cubs won the World Series (1908) and the NL Pennant (1945).

This week in 1908, Orville Wright is in Washington trying to convince a skeptical Congress that he and his brother actually flew an airplane, while the Cubs crush the Braves and Brooklyn at West Side Grounds in Chicago.

This week in 1945, the U.S. drops a second bomb on Japan, and Japan surrenders. Chicago celebrates VJ Day while the Cubs are in Philadelphia.