April 15, 1947, was a big day in the world of sports and racial equality. It was the day Jackie Robinson made his Major League Baseball debut, becoming the first person to break the color barrier in that sport. What else was being reported around the world on such an important day?
Associated Press. “Atom Scientist Files 1st Suit For Ray Hurts.” April 15, 1947.
Associated Press. “Satira Insists Mee Beat Her.” The McAlester News-Capital (McAlester, Oklahoma), April 15, 1947. www.newspapers.com.
“Atomic Accidents.” Nuclear Museum. Accessed June 2, 2023. https://ahf.nuclearmuseum.org/ahf/history/atomic-accidents/.
“Charge Dismissed Against City Man For Fight In Airplane.” The Daily Oklahoman (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma), May 9, 1947. www.newspapers.com.
Grundhauser, Eric. “The Experimental Nuclear Reactor Secretly Built under the University of Chicago.” Atlas Obscura, December 12, 2016. https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/the-experimental-nuclear-reactor-secretly-built-under-the-university-of-chicago.
Herbert, Lou. “What Ever Happened to Satira?” THE TOLEDO GAZETTE. Accessed June 2, 2023. https://toledogazette.wordpress.com/tag/mee/.
Herbert, Lou. “Whatever Happened to Toledo Satira? Answers Revealed!” THE TOLEDO GAZETTE, March 27, 2016. https://toledogazette.wordpress.com/2016/03/27/whatever-happened-to-toledo-satira-answers-revealed/#comments.
Honicker, Clifford T. “America’s Radiation Victims: The Hidden Files.” The New York Times, November 19, 1989. https://www.nytimes.com/1989/11/19/magazine/america-s-radiation-victims-the-hidden-files.html.
“J. Robinson, Ballplayer.” The Evening Sun (Hanover, Pennsylvania), April 15, 1947. www.newspapers.com.
“Jackie Robinson Plays for the Honolulu Bears.” World History Project. Accessed June 1, 2023. https://worldhistoryproject.org/1941/9/1/jackie-robinson-plays-for-the-honolulu-bears/.
“Jackie Robinson.” Biography.com. Accessed June 1, 2023. https://www.biography.com/athletes/jackie-robinson.
Krajicek, David J. “Burlesque Babe Dances Her Way into the Heart of a Sailor and out of Trouble When Bullet End Their Kinky Romp in Cuba.” New York Daily News, April 9, 2018. https://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/bullets-kinky-romp-sailor-dancer-article-1.2082422.
“Samuel Allan Kline.” Nuclear Museum. Accessed June 2, 2023. https://ahf.nuclearmuseum.org/ahf/profile/samuel-allan-kline/.
United Press. “Airliner Fight Brings Sixth Month Jolt.” Daily News (Los Angeles, California), April 16, 1947. www.newspapers.com.
United Press. “Cloud Trouble Maker On Trial.” The Husonian-Democrat (Hugo, Oklahoma), May 8, 1947. www.newspapers.com.
United Press. “Two Arrested Following Knife Battle In Airliner.” The Hanford Sentinel (Hanford, California), April 15, 1947. www.newspapers.com.
Al Jolson. “I’ll Say She Does.” www.pixabay.com/music.
Lucille Hegamin and The Dixie Daisies. “Cold Winter Blues.” www.pixabay.com/music.
Sophie Tucker. “Reuben Rag.” www.pixabay.com/music.