July 5th, 1947
Larry Doby signs a contract with the Cleveland Indians baseball team, becoming the first black player in the American League. (Jackie Robinson had broken the color barrier with the Brooklyn Dodgers in the National League 11 weeks earlier.) event on July 05, 1947. Read about how to open files in Open File Database.
Events around July 05, 1947
| July 7th, 1947 | Birth | Felix Standaert, Belgian diplomat |
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