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  • Michael Levy
    Michael Levy was political science editor (2000-06), executive editor (2006-11), editor of Britannica Blog (2010-11), and director of product content & curriculum (2011-12) at Encyclopaedia Britannica. He subsequently became director of content for Elevate, a brain-training app for mobile devices.

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Article History

Type Description Contributor Date
Article revised and updated. Mar 27, 2026
Media added. Mar 08, 2024
Add new Web site: Society for American Baseball Research - Chicago Cubs team ownership history, 1876-1919. Dec 27, 2022
Add new Web site: Baseball Almanac - History of Chicago Cubs. Aug 31, 2022
Added information about the 2020 and 2021 seasons. Nov 15, 2021
Removed media. Nov 02, 2021
Add new Web site: Encyclopedia of Chicago - Cubs. Oct 11, 2019
Noted the team's performance during the 2019 season. Oct 03, 2019
Noted the team's loss in the 2018 NL wild-card game. Oct 16, 2018
Noted the team's loss in the 2017 NLCS. Oct 20, 2017
Media added. Mar 21, 2017
Added a photo of the Cubs celebrating the team's 2016 World Series win. Nov 09, 2016
Updated to mention the team's 2016 World Series title. Nov 03, 2016
Updated to mention the team's 2016 NL pennant. Oct 24, 2016
Updated to mention the team's play-off appearance in 2015. Oct 23, 2015
Add new Web site: Official Site of The Chicago Cubs. Jan 12, 2015
Clarified article to indicate that the Cubs have had more than two losing seasons since 2010. Oct 11, 2012
Added Ron Santo's induction into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2012. Jul 23, 2012
In 2011 Ron Santo was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame. Dec 05, 2011
Article revised and updated. Nov 30, 2011
Added photograph. Mar 16, 2011
Added 2008 NL Central title and photograph. Sep 22, 2008
Article revised and updated. Sep 18, 2008
New article added. Sep 17, 2008
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