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Yahoo
5 days ago
- General
- Yahoo
Today in Chicago History: Cubs hire Buck O'Neil who becomes first Black coach in major league history
Here's a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on May 29, according to the Tribune's archives. Is an important event missing from this date? Email us. Weather records (from the National Weather Service, Chicago) Advertisement High temperature: 95 degrees (1942) Low temperature: 37 degrees (1984) Precipitation: 3.45 inches (1981) Snowfall: None 1962: The Chicago Cubs hired John 'Buck' O'Neil as the first Black on-field coach in major league history. 'I have never told anyone this before, but I was the one who talked to [then-Cubs owner] P.K. Wrigley and asked him to hire Buck,' Cubs Hall of Famer Ernie Banks told the Tribune in 2006. 'That had always been between just me and Buck. I'm saying this with love today; it was me. I said to Mr. Wrigley: 'There is a man I know who has a lot of talent with baseball, it's Buck O'Neil.'' A solid-hitting first baseman, O'Neil barnstormed with pitching legend Satchel Paige during his youth and twice won a Negro leagues batting title. He later became a pennant-winning manager of the Kansas City Monarchs. Advertisement O'Neil — who fell short of induction into the National Baseball Hall of Fame by one vote in 2006 — was finally enshrined there in 2022. He died in 2006 at age 94. 1976: Six Flags Great America (which was originally known as Marriott's Great America) debuted in Gurnee. The $50 million-playland opened in miserable Memorial Day weekend weather, but 12,000 visitors still showed up. Roller coasters including the corkscrew barrel roll Turn of the Century were a big hit. 2013: Catcher Dioner Navarro had the first three home-run game of his career, connecting from both sides of the plate at Wrigley Field to lead the Cubs to a 9-3 win over the Chicago White Sox. Navarro had 6 RBIs, drove in a career-high 5 runs and scored 4 times. Navarro hit six home runs for the White Sox during the 2016 season, before he was traded to the Toronto Blue Jays. Want more vintage Chicago? Subscribe to the free Vintage Chicago Tribune newsletter, join our Chicagoland history Facebook group, stay current with Today in Chicago History and follow us on Instagram for more from Chicago's past. Have an idea for Vintage Chicago Tribune? Share it with Kori Rumore and Marianne Mather at krumore@ and mmather@
Forbes
23-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Forbes
Today's NYT Mini Crossword Clues And Answers For Friday, May 23
Mini Crossword In case you missed Thursday's NYT Mini, you can find the answers here: The NYT Mini is a quick and dirty version of the newspaper's larger and long-running crossword. Most days, there are between three and five clues in each direction on a five by five grid, but the puzzles are sometimes larger, especially on Saturdays. Unlike its larger sibling, the NYT Mini crossword is free to play on the New York Times website or NYT Games app. However, you'll need an NYT Games subscription to access previous puzzles in the archives. The NYT Mini is a fun daily distraction that usually takes no time at all. I try to beat the standard weekday grid in less than a minute. But sometimes I can't quite figure out one or two clues and need to reveal the answer. To help you avoid doing that, here are the NYT Mini Crossword answers (spoilers lie ahead, of course): FEATURED | Frase ByForbes™ Unscramble The Anagram To Reveal The Phrase Pinpoint By Linkedin Guess The Category Queens By Linkedin Crown Each Region Crossclimb By Linkedin Unlock A Trivia Ladder ACROSS 1) Chooses to receive marketing emails, with "in" - OPTS 5) Buck ___, first Black coach in Major League Baseball (1962) - ONEIL 6) Like your epidermis? - SKINNY 7) Like the element Fe? - IRONY 8) Quite a lot of - MANY DOWN 1) Bulb in the kitchen - ONION 2) Like an ink-filled writing tool? - PENNY 3) Microscopic - TINY 4) Acting deviously - SLY 5) Green gumbo ingredient - OKRA 6) ___ card (smartphone chip) - SIM Mini Fun little puzzle today with a common theme that gets us three new words out of different, related hints, SKINNY, PENNY and IRONY. Nice trick there, Mini. The rest of these are relatively simple I'd say, albeit I will admit I did not know Buck O'Neil until this puzzle, which is a cool fact to learn. This was a rather quick puzzle but I'm curious how you all did. Follow me on Twitter, YouTube, and Instagram. Pick up my sci-fi novels the Herokiller series and The Earthborn Trilogy.
