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Events on Tuesday 24 October 1972 1
1919 – 1972Jackie Robinson (1919-1972)Died 24 October 1972, aged 53Robinson broke Major League Baseball's color barrier in 1947 when he debuted for the Brooklyn Dodgers, becoming the first Black player in the modern major leagues. He went on to a Hall of Fame career and later became a prominent civil rights advocate. He died of complications from diabetes and heart disease.