Oct. 6, 1945: Billy Sianis brings his goat to the World Series at Wrigley Field, but is thrown out. Sianis proclaims: “Those Cubs, they ain’t gonna win no more.” They won’t win another pennant for 71 years. The curse finally ends Oct. 22, 2016 — the 46th anniversary of Billy Sianis’s death.

Oct. 6, 1945: Billy Sianis brings his goat to the World Series at Wrigley Field, but is thrown out. Sianis proclaims: “Those Cubs, they ain’t gonna win no more.” They won’t win another pennant for 71 years. The curse finally ends Oct. 22, 2016 — the 46th anniversary of Billy Sianis’s death.