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Biography of Reginald Martinez JacksonName: Reginald Martinez JacksonBirth Date: May 18, 1946 Death Date: N/A Place of Birth: Wyncote, Pennsylvania, United States Nationality: American Gender: Male Occupations: baseball player Reginald Martinez Jackson Baseball great Reggie Jackson (born 1946) was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1993. Placed sixth on the all-time list for home runs, he also held the Major League record for strikeouts.Former professional baseball player and Hall of Fame inductee Reggie Jackson's hard hitting, fleet footed style helped him lead two teams to five World Championships in only seven years. Called "the most theatrical baseball player of the last quarter century," by writer Mike Lupica in Esquire, Jackson made headlines with his egomaniacal remarks, hot temper, and flamboyant manner.Reginald Martinez Jackson was born on May 18, 1946 in Wyncote, Pennsylvania. One of six children of African American and Spanish descent, he moved at an early age with two of his siblings to live with his divorced father in Cheltenham, Pennsylvania. His father, a once semi-pro baseball player in the Negro leagues who made a living running a small tailoring and dry …showed first 150 words…
…showed last 150 words…Missouri.Japanese women gained the right to vote.The times:1950-1953: Korean War1957-1975: Vietnam War1983: American invasion of Grenada1991: Persian Gulf War1992-1996: Civil War in BosniaJackson's contemporaries:Rod Carew (1945-) American baseball playerCher (1946-) American actressShirley Ann Jackson (1946-) American scientistCandy Lightner (1946-) MADD founderSteven Biko (1946-1977) South African political activistAndrew Greeley (1946-) writerSally Field (1946-) American actressJimmy Buffett (1946-) American country singerNolan Ryan (1947-) American baseball playerSelected world events:1951: Twenty-second Amendment limits U.S. presidents to two terms.1956: Soviets occupy Hungary.1961: Congress of Racial Equality organizes the freedom riders to protest segregation.1966: MasterCard is introduced.1971: Egypt's Aswan High Dam completed.1976: Brussels opens its first subway.1981: Children's book Jumanji by Chris Van Allsburg published.1986: FDA approves genetically engineered vaccine for hepatitis B.1991: Top fiction books: Immortality, by Milan Kundera; Brotherly Love, by Pete Dexter. Further Reading periodicalsEsquire, June 1993, pp. 69-71.Jet, January 25, 1993, p. 46; May 1993, p. 47; August 16, 1993, p. 51; September 6, 1993, p. 51.New York, April 19, 1993, pp. 158-160.New Yorker, August 2, 1993, pp. 40-41.Sports Illustrated, August 2, 1993, pp. 58-64. |