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An American writer of western novels, including Riders of the Purple Sage.
An American stage and screen actress.
An American novelist, film-maker, actor and political activist.
An American civil rights leader, who served as the executive director of the National Association to the Advancement of Coloured People.
An American, who became a civil rights icon when he broke the colour barrier in the major league baseball in 1947
Congress approves the 13th Amendment to the United States Constitution, abolishing slavery.
The United States Army launches Explorer 1 into Earth'sOrbit from Cape Canaveral. The first U.S. satellite, it is used to study cosmic rays.
Indian athlete Milkha Singh sets a record for 200 m in 20.7 seconds Lahore in Pakistan.
McDonald's opens its first fast-food restaurant in Moscow, serving more than 30,000 customers in one day.
The spacecraft Opportunity rolls onto the surface of Mars to explore an area called Eagle Crater. Scientists will discover that the planet once had vast amounts of liquid water.
An American, who became a civil rights icon when he broke the colour barrier in the major league baseball in 1947.Fifty years later, recognition of his great impact on the sport and on American society, baseball officially, retired Robinson's number (42) throughout the league. He was born on 31st January, 1919 in Georgia. After his father left the family, Robinson's mother moved with her five children to Pasadena, California. Robinson, a high school sports star, attended Junior College of Pasadena (now Pasadena City College) and then won a scholarship to the California University. There he demonstrated exceptional athletic ability and win varsity letters in four sports - basketball, football, track and baseball,. He left college in 1941 and joined the U.S Army. From Officer Candidate School he was graduated. Here he was troubled by the black soldiers of his unit. He protested against the discriminatory practices of U.S. Army's.
Robinson died on 24 October 1972 in North Stamford, Stamford, Connecticut, United States.
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