The past century’s brinkiest brink
Made of missiles a thunderous stink
Would the Cold War get hot?
In the end, it did not
It was thanks to the X-Men, I think?

Event: Nikita Khrushchev commits to the removal of Soviet missiles from Cuba, ending the Cuban Missile Crisis
Year: 1962
Learn more: Cuban Missile Crisis
X-Men: First Class

Epic showdown of east versus west
Put the Warring States Era to rest
Mitsunari was burned
When Mt. Matsuo turned
Ieyasu the schemer proved best

Event: The forces of the east under Tokugawa Ieyasu defeat the forces of the western coalition under Ishida Mitsunari at the Battle of Sekigahara
Year: 1600
Learn more: Battle of Sekigahara

Tip your cap to the North Side’s own Cubs
One of baseball’s most woebegone clubs
Yes, by Bartman and goat
It’s misfortune they wrote
Good thing Clark Street’s got plenty of pubs

Event: The Chicago Cubs defeat the Detroit Tigers in Game 5 of the World Series. This would be the last World Series title for the Cubs in 107 years (BUT MAYBE THIS IS THEIR YEAR!)
Year: 1908
Learn more: 1908 World Series
Drought (sport)
Curse of the Billy Goat
Steve Bartman

IMPORTANT FACT: The two starting pitchers in that Game 5 were named Orval Overall and Wild Bill Donovan

In his field, not afraid to cause rifts
Said electrons have orbital shifts
That don’t do it for you?
He defied Hitler, too!
And was prized for his numerous gifts

Event: Birth of Nobel Laureate in Physics Niels Bohr
Year: 1885
Learn more: Niels Bohr
The Bohr Model of the atom
Bohrium