Today in History: July 5, Doby is AL’s first Black player | Aaj Sport
Today in History: July 5, Doby is AL’s first Black player Current History 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.) At this time: 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. Source The U.S. Treasury Department's Secret Service Division was established in Washington, D.C., in 1865 with the goal of combating counterfeit mon...