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Chicago’s Wild Past Moments | Chicago Bears News

On July 28, 1914, the world teetered on the edge of war as Austria-Hungary invaded Serbia—marking the spark of World War I—while Chicago’s weather swung wildly from 100°F in 1983 to a chilly 51°F in 1984, and drenched the city with 2.91 inches of rain in 2006. In 1888, Cubs legend Jimmy Ryan hit for the cycle twice in his career, earning praise as “a continual and lovely picture.” Meanwhile, Deed-a-Day, the Lincoln Park Zoo’s second elephant, died in 1942 after being fed trash by the public. Illinois made history in 1961 by repealing its sodomy law—becoming the first state to do so. And in…

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