JACKIE ROBINSON BREAKS MLB COLOR BARRIER
Brooklyn, New York (JFK+50) 67 years ago today, April 15, 1947, Jackie Robinson took the diamond at Ebbets Field and became the first African-American to play major league baseball.
Robinson, the first athlete to letter in four varsity sports at UCLA, was recruited by Brooklyn Dodger general manager Branch Rickey.
Jackie Robinson won the National League Rookie of the Year and in 1949 won MVP as the league's batting champion.
Jackie, who wore the legendary number 42, led the Dodgers to six National League pennants and one World Series.
In 1962, he became the first African-American player to be inducted in the Baseball Hall of Fame.
Jackie, who wore the legendary number 42, led the Dodgers to six National League pennants and one World Series.
In 1962, he became the first African-American player to be inducted in the Baseball Hall of Fame.
FIDEL CASTRO VISITED NEW YORK CITY 55 YEARS AGO TODAY
New York City (JFK+50) On April 15, 1959, 55 years ago today, four months after his overthrow of Fulgencio Batista, Cuban dictator, Fidel Castro arrived here in New York City, the invited guest of the American Society of Newspaper Editors.
Before departing for Cuba, Castro met with Vice-President Nixon who commented later that the Cuban premier was...
"either incredibly naive about communism or under communist discipline..."
"either incredibly naive about communism or under communist discipline..."
Castro and Vice-President Nixon
