- COLOR BARRIER IN BASEBALL WAS MADE( AFRICAN-AMERICANS ARE NOT ALLOWED TO PLAY PROFFESIONAL BASEBALL

JACKIE ROBINSON WAS BORN

ROBINSON FAMILY MOVES TO PASADENA, CALIFORNIA

JACKIE ROBINSON JOINS THE KANSAS CITY MONARCHS (NEGRO LEAGUE IN BASEBALL).

JACKIE ROBINSON MEETS BRANCH RICKEY, MARRIES RACHEL ISUM, JOINS THE MONTREAL ROYALS, AND HAS A SON.

retires from baseball, but starts a few businesses like the Chock Full O' Nuts restaurant chain

JACKIE ROBINSON DIES OF A HEART ATTACK IN STANFORD, CONNETICUT AT AGE 53