Does the blame fall on Bucky Dent’s shot?
Or on Buckner, who came up with naught?
For those eighty-six years
When the Fens filled with tears
Most folks point to the Sultan of Swat

Event: Red Sox owner Harry Frazee sells Babe Ruth to the Yankees
Year: 1919
Learn more: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babe_Ruth
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curse_of_the_Bambino

Ebenezer was once young and gay
But then money made him lose his way
And his Bah and Humbug
They became like a drug
‘Til the youth announced, “It’s Christmas Day!”

Event: A Christmas Carol is published
Year: 1843
Learn more: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Christmas_Carol

Chiang Kai-shek didn’t want to play nice
But his buddy Zhang gave him advice:
“You may want to fight Mao
But the time is not now
Otherwise we’ll be on real thin ice”

Event: The Xi’an Incident: Zhang Xueliang arrests Chiang Kai-shek in order to persuade him to work together with the communists to fight the Japanese
Year: 1936
Learn more: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xi%27an_Incident

‘Twas an era of many high jinks
Though it lasted for not a few blinks
They discovered, in time
Making drinking a crime
Didn’t really do much to stop drinks

Event: Utah ratifies the 21st Amendment, bringing an end to prohibition in the United States
Year: 1933
Learn more: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twenty-first_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prohibition_in_the_United_States