Timeline of Jackie Robinson - Timeline Help

Timeline of Jackie Robinson part three of three from 1971 to 2005 at Timeline Help.

- 1971 - 1972 June - 1972 October 24 - 1973 - 1981 - 1982 August - 1984 June - 1987 - 1997 - 2004 April 15 - 2005 March - 2005

Son Jackie Jr. killed in a car accident. Jackie's Number 42 is retired in a Dodger Stadium ceremony. Jackie Robinson dies of a heart attack at the age of 53. Rachel Robinson founds the Jackie Robinson Foundation to support minority students with scholars. The UCLA on-campus baseball stadium is renamed Jackie Robinson Baseball stadium. U.S. Postal Service released a postage stamp with Jackie. Inducted into the Hall of Fame of UCLA. President Reagan honors Robinson posthumously with the Presidential Medal of Freedom. The National League renames the award for Rookie of the Year in Jackie Robinson Award. The Major League Baseball celebrates its 50th anniversary, and honors the baseball legend. The Major League Baseball declares April 15 as Jackie Robinson Day. U.S Congress honors our hero with the Congressional Gold Medal presented by President George W. Bush. The Jackie Robinson and PeeWee Reese Monument for tolerance is unveiled in Brooklyn.

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Mara, W (2003). Rookie Biographies.
Robinson, S (2002). Jackie's Nine Values to Live By.
Falkner, D and Davidson, R (1996). Great Time Coming, the Life of Jackie From Baseball to Birmingham.
Lamb, C (2004). Blackout. The Untold Story of The First Spring Training.
Time Magazine and Patrick, D L (2005). Strong Inside and Out Turtleback Time for Kids Biographies.
Williams, P (2005). Life Lessons from Baseball's Greatest Hero. How to Be Like.
Kahn, R, Barber, R and Malcolm X (1998). Perspectives on an American Hero.
Tygiel, J (2008). Baseball's Great Experiment. His Legacy.
Hanft, J, Larkin, R and Playmoore Publishers. (1996). Heroes of America Illustrated Lives.
Burleigh, R and Wimmer, M (2007). Against the Odds.



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