survivors of the Titanic making their way to safety.
Elvis Presley swears in to the U.S. Army, March 24, 1958. (Associated Press photo/Public Domain)
The original Instrument of Surrender of Japan’s surrender to the
Allied Forces in World War II is shown at an exhibition held by
the Japanese Foreign Ministry,
Jack Roosevelt Robinson
(January 31, 1919 – October 24, 1972)
On April 15, 1947, Jackie Robinson, age 28, become the first
African American player in Major League Baseball when he
stepped onto Ebbets Field in Brooklyn to compete for the
Brooklyn Dodgers.
At noon April 10, 1912, the White Star Liner Titanic sets sail on her maiden voyage from the docks of Southampton UK to New York
Harbor.