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On this day in 1947, Jackie Robinson, age 28, became the first African-American player in Major League Baseball when he stepped onto Ebbets Field in Brooklyn to compete for the Brooklyn Dodgers.

WORD OF THE DAY

Landau [lan-daw, -dou] (noun) a four-wheeled, two-seated carriage with a top made in two parts that may be let down or folded back; a sedanlike automobile with a short convertible back.

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