2012 - The Cubs agree to trade starter Ryan Dempster to the Braves. However, Dempster rejects the trade and stays with Chicago.
MLB History
1915 - Jack Ness, playing in the Pacific Coast League, has his 49-game hitting streak snapped. Ness hit .440 in the longest streak thus far in organized baseball.
1922 - Umpires Brick Owens and Tom Connolly miss a train which forces St. Louis trainers Bits Bierhalter and Dan Howley to fill in.
1944 - Bill Nicholson homers four times in a doubleheader for the Cubs against the Giants. Chicago wins the first game 7-4 but fall 12-10 in the nightcap.