Time+Line

TIMELINE OF ROBERTO CLEMENTE Roberto’s Life


 * ** August 18, 1934 – ** Roberto Clemente is born in Carolina, Puerto Rico.
 * ** October 9, 1952 – ** Clemente Signs with the Santurce Crabbers of the Puerto Rican Professional Baseball League for $5,000.
 * ** 1953 – ** Acquired by the Brooklyn Dodgers of the Major League Baseball and assigned to their top minor league team in Montreal.
 * ** April 17, 1955 – ** Makes first start in the MLB with the Pittsburgh Pirates.
 * ** 1960 – ** Clemente makes his first appearance on the National League All-Star team.
 * ** 1960 – ** The Pittsburgh Pirates win the World Series knocking off perennial power, New York Yankees.
 * ** November 14, 1964 – ** Clemente marries his sweetheart, Vera Zabula.
 * ** October 17, 1971 – ** The Pittsburgh Pirates feat the heavily favored Baltimore Orioles to win the World Series. Clemente hit .414 during the series and managed to hit safely in all 7 games.
 * ** October 1971 – ** Named Most Valuable Player of the 1971 World Series.
 * ** September 30, 1972 – ** Recorded his 3,0ooth hit, becoming the first Latin Born player to achieve this.
 * ** December 23, 1972 – ** Died in a plane crash while travelling to Nicaragua to deliver relief supplies to Earth quake victims.



World Events


 * ** August 6, 1945 ** – The United States of America drops “Little Boy” atomic bomb on Japan.
 * ** January 7, 1953 ** – President releases an announcement that the United States has an H-Bomb.
 * ** February 7, 1953 ** – “Peter Pan” film is released by Disney.
 * ** 1953 ** – 38th parallel is declared between North Korea and South Korea.
 * ** January 20, 1957 ** – Dwight D. Eisenhower is inaugurated as President of the United States for a second term.
 * ** November 22, 1963 ** – President John F. Kennedy is assassinated in Dallas, Texas while on a political trip.
 * ** July 20, 1969 ** – Apollo 11 lands on the moon and Neil Armstrong becomes the first American to walk on the moon.
 * ** August 15, 1973 ** – The United States involvement comes to an end in the Vietnam war