On April 15, 1947, more than 26,000 spectators at Brooklyn"s Ebbets Field witnessed history as Jackie Robinson became the first Black player on a modern-era major league baseball team. (Three Black players played in the major leagues briefly in the 19th century before the color line was fully established.) Robinson endured racist resistance throughout his first season with the Brooklyn Dodgers, but the national pastime"s color barrier was broken, and other players followed him within months. In 1997, Major League Baseball retired Robinson"s number, 42, across all teams, and in 2004 it began the annual April 15 observance of Jackie Robinson Day. This photo shows Robinson signing autographs for fans at spring training in the Dominican Republic the year after his debut.
Jackie Robinson Day
Today in History
More Desktop Wallpapers:
-
Thomas Edison s bright idea
-
Banggai cardinalfish with sea anemone
-
World Space Week
-
Dancers perform ‘Revelations’
-
La Brecha de Rolando (Rolands Breach), Spain
-
Wildcat in a winter wonderland
-
Celebrating Indigenous Peoples Day
-
It s time to fall back
-
Salzburg, Austria
-
The Easter Bunny’s story
-
Ribblehead Viaduct, North Yorkshire, England
-
Instant romance
-
National Rivers Month
-
Tough turf
-
Shark Awareness Day
-
Whales in winter
-
A circular celebration
-
Glacier cave in Iceland
-
National Public Lands Day
-
Happy Easter!
-
Bellissima!
-
Cumberland Island National Seashore
-
Winter scenery near Kuhmo, Finland
-
Cannes, France, in the spotlight
-
In the Navajo Nation for Code Talkers Day
-
High tide at the walled city
-
It s not always sunny in Abu Simbel…
-
Brain coral
-
Night of the ‘Cold Moon’
-
Celebrating Helsinki’s birthday at the Kiasma Museum