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Having previously performed at the Cincinnati Music Festival in 2008, 2011, 2012 and 2017, KEM, the beloved R&B singer from Nashville, got even the old-timers off their feet.
The Chicago Cubs played their first game at Weeghman Park (modern-day Wrigley Field), defeating the Cincinnati Reds 7–6 in 11 innings. [ 68 ] Samuel Goldwyn founded Goldwyn Pictures with Broadway partners Edgar and Archibald Selwyn but the movie production company folded within eight years.
The Cubs played their first home game at the park on April 20, 1916, defeating the Cincinnati Reds 7–6 in 11 innings. Chewing gum magnate William Wrigley Jr. of the Wrigley Company acquired the Cubs in 1921 .
October 1, 1924: WGN broadcasts its first baseball game from the park, the first Chicago professional game ever broadcast on radio, with A.W. Kaney commentating. The Cubs were hosting the White Sox, and won 10–7. The Chicago Cubs arguably led the way among MLB teams when it came to adopting the medium of radio broadcasting.
The National‘s Homecoming Festival in its Cincinnati hometown is returning to the Queen City this fall for the first time since its inaugural 2018 edition. In addition to a unique set each night ...
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At the time, the West Side of Chicago had a population of nearly 900,000, but only two small playgrounds. The commission had acquired the property a year earlier from the Catholic church for $560,000; the church had recently abandoned plans to build a seminary on the site. It was the first large park conceived by the commission since 1869.