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Jackie Roosevelt Robinson is born in Cairo, Georgia. The fifth and last child of Mallie and Jerry Robinson.
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Jackie enrolls at UCLA and goes on to become the schools first 4-letter man.
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Jackie has a tryout with the Chicago White Sox but is later inducted into the U.S. Army.
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Jackie joins the Negro Baseball League and plays for the Kansas City Monarchs.
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Jackie goes to his tryout for the Boston Red Sox and not one player or manager showed up.
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Dodgers organization agree to sign Jackie. So they put him on the Montreal Royals.
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Jackie marries Rachel Isum at the Independent CHurch in Los Angeles.
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Jackie plays a team from Jersey City. Montreal win 14-1
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Dodgers sign Jackie form Montreal.
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Jackie is awarded the first ever Rookie of the Year.
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Jackie is name the National League Most Valuable Player.
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Jackie and the Dodgers beat the Yankees in the World Championship four to three games.
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Jackie acts as a spokesman and fundraiser for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.
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Jackie is elected to baseball's Hall of Fame
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Jackie is enshrined in the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown.
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Jackie's number 42 is retired ina ceremony at Dodger Stadium
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Jackie dies of a Heart Attack at his home in Stamford, Connecticut.