When Jack Roosevelt Robinson was born on 31 January 1919, in Cairo, Grady, Georgia, United States, his father, Jerry Robinson, was 29 and his mother, Mallie McGriff, was 29. He lived in Queens, New York City, New York, United States for about 1 years and United States in 1972. He registered for military service in 1942. In 1965, at the age of 46, his occupation is listed as first black sports analyst on tv, abc's "mlb game of the week". He died on 24 October 1972, in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States, at the age of 53, and was buried in Cypress Hills Cemetery, New York City, New York, United States.
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The Prohibition Era. Sale and manufacture of alcoholic liquors outlawed. A mushrooming of illegal drinking joints, home-produced alcohol and gangsterism.
"On December 6, 1923, President Calvin Coolidge delivered the first presidential radio broadcast. It was covered by 42 stations and became known as the ""State of the Union"" address."
The Bureau of Investigation's name was changed to the Federal Bureau of Investigation to help citizens know that the Government is helping protect from threats both domestically and abroad.
English (Lancashire and Yorkshire): patronymic from the Middle English personal name Robin , a pet form of Robert , + -son. This surname is also very common among African Americans.
French: from a pet form of the personal name Robin .
West Indian (including Haiti) and Guyanese: most likely not (only) of English or French origin as in 1 above and 2 above, but also, if not mostly, from the related name of the famous Daniel Defoe's literary character Robinson Crusoe (from a novel first published in 1719).
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