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Today in History: July 5, Doby is AL’s first Black player
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The 186th day of the year 2022 is today, Tuesday, July 5. The year has 179 days remaining.
Today's Historical Highlight:
Three months after Jackie Robinson broke the colour barrier in the National League, Larry Doby made his major league debut on July 5, 1947, with the Cleveland Indians, becoming the first Black player in the American League. (In the seventh inning of a game at Comiskey Park against the Chicago White Sox, Doby, pinch-hitting for Bryan Stephens, struck out in his first at-bat; Chicago won 6-5.)
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The three-volume Principia Mathematica, which outlines Isaac Newton's mathematical foundations for natural philosophy, was originally published in 1687.
Venezuela was the first nation in South America to renounce Spanish rule in 1811.
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The U.S. Treasury Department's Secret Service Division was established in Washington, D.C., in 1865 with the goal of combating counterfeit money.The National Labor Relations Act was ratified by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1935.
Diplomatic ties between Britain and France's Vichy administration were severed in 1940, during World War II.
During World War II, the Battle of Kursk started in 1943; throughout the ensuing weeks, the Soviets were successful in repeatedly repelling the Germans, who eventually withdrew in defeat.
Ten years ago: The border between the United States and Pakistan was closed until Washington apologised for an airstrike that killed 24 Pakistani soldiers. This marked the end of a painful chapter in U.S.-Pakistan relations. Trucks carrying NATO supplies entered Afghanistan for the first time in more than seven months. Jorge Rafael Videla, a former dictator of Argentina, was found guilty and given a 50-year prison term for organising a systematic scheme to kidnap and murder leftist dissidents' babies while they were being held as captives. (Videla passed away in jail in May 2013).
Five years ago, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals decided that two statutes enacted by Congress did not abolish unaccompanied immigrant children's right to a bail hearing when they were being held by federal officials.
A year ago, Andy Jassy, who oversaw Amazon's cloud computing division, succeeded Jeff Bezos, the founder of Amazon, as CEO. Filmmaker Richard Donner passed away in Los Angeles at the age of 91; with "Superman" in 1978, he contributed to the development of the contemporary superhero blockbuster, and with the "Lethal Weapon" series, he perfected the buddy comedy.
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