Today in History - April 15

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Today in History - April 15

On April 15, 1947, Jackie Robinson put on his first Brooklyn Dodgers uniform (number 42) and broke the Major League Baseball "color line." Continue reading.

The Continental Congress ratified preliminary articles of peace ending the Revolutionary War with Great Britain on April 15, 1783. Continue reading.

On April 15, 1874, thirty artists, including Edgar Degas, Claude Monet, Berthe Morisot, and Auguste Renoir, held an exhibition of their works in Paris.  Continue reading.

April 15 is Tax Day in the United States. Continue reading.

 

 

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