Modern Era · North America · Culture
1947
Jackie Robinson breaks baseball color line
April 15, 1947
The Brooklyn Dodgers put Jackie Robinson at first base on Opening Day, the first African American in the major leagues in the twentieth century. He endured death threats, vicious taunts, and base-runners who tried to spike him. He won Rookie of the Year. American sports, and, slowly, American society, had crossed a line.
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Also in 1947 (7 other events on record)
- India and Pakistan gain independence · South Asia · Politics
- Transistor invented at Bell Labs · North America · Technology
- Indian Independence and Partition · South Asia · Politics
- Truman Doctrine declares Cold War · North America · Politics
- Marshall Plan announced · North America · Politics
- Dead Sea Scrolls discovered · Middle East · Religion
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