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3 days ago · Jackie Robinson was the first Black baseball player to play in the American major leagues during the 20th century. He famously broke the color line of Major League Baseball (MLB) when he appeared on the field for the Brooklyn Dodgers on April 15, 1947. A baseball icon, his jersey number, 42, was retired across MLB in 1997.
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May 6, 2024 · Al Capone (born January 17, 1899, Brooklyn, New York, U.S.—died January 25, 1947, Palm Island, Miami Beach, Florida) was an American Prohibition-era gangster, who dominated organized crime in Chicago from 1925 to 1931 and became perhaps the most famous gangster in the United States.
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- What was Al Capone’s childhood like?After leaving school at age 14, Al Capone worked as a candy store clerk, a bowling alley pinboy, an ammunition plant labourer, and a book bindery c...
- What was Al Capone’s occupation?Al Capone was a gangster who served aspiring New York mobsters Frankie Yale and Johnny Torrio. Capone was sent to Chicago and helped Torrio rid the...
- What is Al Capone best known for?Chicago’s most infamous Prohibition-era crime boss, Al Capone is best known for his violence and ruthlessness in his elimination of his rivals. The...
- How did Al Capone die?Al Capone died of cardiac arrest in 1947, but his decline began earlier. After his transfer to Alcatraz prison, his mental and physical condition d...
2 days ago · John Shinners (born 1947), football player (Hartford) Al Simmons (1902–1956), baseball player, member of the National Baseball Hall of Fame (Milwaukee) Jack Skille (born 1987), hockey player (Madison)
2 days ago · Henry Ford (July 30, 1863 – April 7, 1947) was an American industrialist and business magnate. As the founder of the Ford Motor Company he is credited as a pioneer in making automobiles affordable for middle-class Americans through the system that came to be known as Fordism.
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4 days ago · The Earth has travelled 347 billion miles through space since 1947. People were using rotary phones. There were no satellites in the sky. Due to the expansion of the Atlantic Ocean, the distance between the United States and Europe has grown 193 centimeters since 1947. A person who was born that year has had roughly 154–231 colds in their ...
Apr 29, 2024 · 1947 Tommy James, American singer-songwriter (cri-im-son & clo-o-ver o-o-ver & o-o-ver), born in Dayton, Ohio 1948 Bruce Cutler, American attorney (defended John Gotti) 1948 Reb Brown, American actor (Cage, Yor, Capt America, Fast Break), born in Los Angeles, California
4 days ago · Born October 1947. 1948. Sheila Ferguson. She is 76 years 7 months 10 days old. Born. 8 October 1947. Lead singer with The Three Degrees. Laura Nyro would be 76 years 7 months old if still alive. She was 49 when she died 27 years ago.
