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Jackie Robinson DayIn Jackie Robinson's first UCLA Baseball game (March 10, 1940), he recorded four hits and stole four bases, including home once. In 1942, Jackie Robinson enlisted in the United States Army and served two years in Texas as second lieutenant On Tuesday, April 15, 1947, Jackie Robinson made history by breaking Major League Baseball's color barrier During his 10-year career with the Brooklyn Dodgers, Robinson compiled a .311 batting average, one NL MVP Award, and played in six World Series Jackie Robinson was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1962 Jackie Robinson was UCLA's first four-sport letterman, playing football, basketball, baseball and track & field In 1982, Jackie Robinson became the first Major League Baseball player to appear on a U.S. postage stamp Time Magazine named Jackie Robinson as one of the 100 Most Influential People of the 20th Century