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2007 Ruth Graham, dies in North Carolina, of illness, at 87
2005 Ruth Warrick, American Musician 2002 Ruth Handler, inventor, invented Barbie, dies at 85 2002 Ruth Fertel, restaurateur, started Ruth's Chris Steakhouse, dies at 75 1999 Ruth Roman, actress, dies at 75 1997 Ruth Picardie, journalist, dies at 33 1996 Ruth Berghaus, choreographer/director, dies at 68 1995 Dame Ruth Nita Barrow, governor-general of Barbados, dies at 79 1995 Patsy Ruth Miller, actress (Wide Open, Sap, Twin Beds), dies at 91 1994 Leo Fuchs, Polish/US Yiddish actor (Story of Ruth), dies at 83 1994 Ruth Evelyn Mansfield, doctor, dies at 92 1994 Karoli Ruth Needles, painter, dies at 54 1994 Ruth Niehaus, dies 1994 Ken Griffey, Jr. breaks Ruth's record for most home runs by end of June (31) 1994 Ruth Bader Ginsburg, sworn in as Supreme Court Justice 1994 Ruth Gillette, actress (Wild Gold), dies of cancer at 88 1993 Ruth Krauss, author (Carrot Seed), dies at 91 1993 Ruth Lady Fermoy, maternal grandmother of Princess Diane, dies at 84 1992 Ruth Corbett Thom, dies after long illness at 78 1992 Ruth Nelson, actress (Awakenings, 3 Women), dies at 87 1992 Ruth Hammond, dies in her sleep at 96 1989 Bette [Ruth E] Davis, actress (All About Eve, White Mama), dies at 81 1987 Ruth Attaway, actress (Porgy and Bess, Conrack, Being There), dies 1986 Ruth Polsky, record promoter, dies after being run over by a cab at 30 1985 Ruth Gordon, actress (Big Bus), dies of a stroke in her sleep at 88 1984 Ruth Cummings, actress (Daybreak, Dream of Love), dies at 90 1984 Norman Krasna, author (Dear Ruth), dies of a heart attack at 74 1984 Ruth Taylor, actress (Gentlemen Prefer Blondes), dies at 76 1982 Ruth Donnelly, comedienne, dies at 86 in New York City 1982 Ruth Voorst, South African (A World Apart), killed by letter bomb 1979 31st Emmy Awards: Taxi, Lou Grant, Ron Leibman and Ruth Gordon 1978 Ruth Etting, U.S. dancer/singer (Ziegfeld Follies), dies at 80 1977 Reggie Jackson hits 3 consecutive homers tying Ruth's series record 1977 Ruth Moniz, NSW Australia, gymnast 1996 Olympics 1976 Ruth McDevitt, actress (Jo-All in the Family), dies at 80 1976 Ruth P Thomson, writer, dies 1975 Ruth Lee, actress (Middleton Family at 1939 World's Fair), dies at 79 1975 Ruth Schaumann, German author/painter/sculptor, dies at 75 1974 Hammerin' Hank Aaron hits 715th home run, breaks Babe Ruth's record 1974 Hank Aaron ties Babe Ruth's home-run record by hitting his 714th 1971 Ruth Jessen wins LPGA Sears Women's World Golf Classic 1969 Ruth White, actress (Fugitive), dies of cancer at 55 1968 Ruth St. Denis, U.S. choreography, dies at about 90 1968 Ruth St. Denis, ballerina (Dances of the 5 Senses), dies at 91 1967 Ruth Fuller Sasaki, head of 1st Zen Institute of America, dies at 75 1966 Ruth Gates, Denton TX, actress (Aunt Jenny-Mama), dies at 79 1964 Ruth Jessen wins LPGA Phoenix Thunderbirds Ladies' Golf Open 1964 Ruth Jessen wins LPGA Hillside House Ladies' Golf Open 1964 On Elston Howard Night, Mickey Mantle ties Babe Ruth's career strikeout record (1,330) 1964 Ruth Jessen wins LPGA Omaha Jaycee Golf Open Invitational 1964 Ruth Jessen wins LPGA Yankee Women's Golf Open 1964 Ruth Jessen wins LPGA Babe Didrikson Zaharias Golf Open 1964 Ruth Picardie, journalist 1964 Ruth Davidon, born in Baltimore, Maryland, rower, Olympics-6th-96 1963 Ruth Jessen wins LPGA Cosmopolitan Women's Golf Open 1963 Ruth Jessen wins LPGA Naples Professional Golf Tournament 1962 Ruth Jessen wins LPGA Sacramento Golf Open 1962 Ruth Jessen wins LPGA Dallas Civitan Golf Open 1961 Dr. Ruth marries Fred Westheimer 1961 Ruth Chatterton, actress (Female, Dodsworth), dies after illness at 67 1961 Yank Whitey Ford breaks Ruth record of 29 2/3 consecutive inning 1961 Whitey Ford breaks Babe Ruth's World Series record of 29 2/3 consecutive scoreless innings, running his streak to 32 1961 Roger Maris hits home run number 60 off Jack Fisher, tying Babe Ruth's record 1961 Commissioner Ford Frick rules Babe Ruth's record of 60 home runs in 154-game sched in 1927, must be broken in 1st 154 of 162 games 1961 Ruth Jessen wins LPGA Peach Blossom Golf Open 1961 Roy Del Ruth, director (About Face, Folies Bergere), dies at 67 1959 Ruth Jessen wins LPGA Tampa Golf Open 1958 Ruth Guerri, born in St. Louis, Missouri, playmate, July, 1983 1958 1st flight with black stewardess, Ruth Carol Taylor, Ithaca New York 1957 Ruth Wysocki, Alhambra California, 800m/1500m runner 1957 Ruth Draper, U.S. elocutionist, dies at 67 or 72 1956 Lyle Lovett, born in Klein, Texas, country singer, God Will, Joshua Judges Ruth 1955 Ruth Ellis, last English woman (murderess), executed by hanging 1955 Ruth Ellis shoots jilting lover David Blakely 1954 Michigan rep Ruth Thompson (R) introduces legislation to ban mailing "obscene, lewd, lascivious or filthy" phonograph (rock and roll) records 1953 Little-Bigger League changes its name to Babe Ruth League 1949 Phils Eddie Waitkus, shot by Ruth Steinhagen, 19, at Eddgewater Hotel 1949 Yankees dedicate a plaque for Babe Ruth 1948 Ruth Benedict, anthropoligst, dies 1948 Babe Ruth, Baseball legend (New York Yankees), dies in New York at 53 1948 "Babe Ruth Story," premieres, Babe Ruth's last public appearance 1948 Babe Ruth's final farewell at Yankee Stadium, he dies Aug 16th 1947 Babe Ruth Day celebrated at Yankee Stadium and through out United States 1946 Ruth Fuchs, born in East Germany, javelin thrower, Gold Medals 1972, 1976 Olympics 1946 Ruth Pointer, singer, Pointer Sisters-I'm So Exicted 1945 Mel Ott is 1st in NL to hit 500th home run (joins Babe Ruth and Jimmy Foxx) 1944 Norman Krasna's "Dear Ruth," premieres in New York City 1944 Ruth Kempson, linguist, SOAS 1943 Ruth Madoc, actress, Hi Di Hi 1942 Walter Johnson pitches to Babe Ruth in pregame attraction that draws 69,000 for New York - Washington game, raises $80,000 for Army-Navy relief 1941 Ruth Stonehouse, film director, silent era film actress, directed films 'The Winning Pair', 'Tacky Sue's Romance', dies in Hollywood, California, at age 48 1940 Karoli Ruth Needles, painter 1939 Ruth Ashton, general secretary, Royal College of Midwives 1938 Ruth Fuller Sasaki, Zen teacher, Rinzai line, enters Zen priesthood 1938 Babe Ruth applies for job of St. Louis Browns' manager 1938 Babe Ruth is signed as a Dodgers coach for the rest of the season 1937 Ruth Laredo, nee Meckler, born in Detroit, Michigan, concert pianist 1937 It's revealed Quaker Oats pays Babe Ruth $25,000 per year for ads 1936 Ruth Buzzi, Westerly, Rhode Island, comedienne, Laugh-In, Margie-That Girl 1936 Babe Ruth turns down Reds to make a comeback as a player 1936 1st players elected to Baseball Hall of Fame - Ty Cobb, Babe Ruth, Honus Wagner, Christy Mathewson and Walter Johnson 1935 Babe Ruth's final game at Fenway Park, 41,766 on hand 1935 Babe Ruth, 40, announces his retirement as a player 1935 Babe Ruth grounds out in his final at bat 1935 Babe Ruth's final game, goes hitless for Braves against Phillies 1935 Babe Ruth hits his last 3 home runs, Boston Braves vs. Pirates 1935 Babe Ruth's 1st NL game, for Boston Braves, included a home run 1935 New York Yankees release Babe Ruth, he signs with Boston Braves 1935 Ruth Clarke, Moderator, General Assembly of the United Reform Church 1935 Ruth Ann Minner, American Politician 1934 Babe Ruth tours Tokyo Japan 1934 All-Star team led by Babe Ruth and Connie Mack sails to Hawaii and Japan 1934 Babe Ruth's final game as a Yankee, goes 0 for 3 1934 2500 fans see Babe Ruth's farewell Yankee appearance at Yankee Stadium 1934 Babe Ruth announces this is his final season as full time player 1934 Babe Ruth draws his 2,000th base on balls at Cleveland 1934 New York Times erroneously declares Ruth 700 home run record to stand for all time 1934 Ruth hits 700th career home run 1934 Babe Ruth hits home run number 700, against Detroit 1934 Carl Hubbell strikes out Ruth, Gehrig and Foxx in All star game 1934 Babe Ruth signs a 1934 contract for $35,000 ($17,000 cut) 1933 Yankees refuses to release Babe Ruth so he can manage the Cincinnati Reds 1933 Ruth's homer leads AL to a 4-2 win in 1st All Star Game 1933 Ruth Bader Ginsberg, justice, U.S. Supreme Court 1933 Ruth Bader Ginsburg, American Judge 1933 Juanita [Ruth] Coulson, sci-fi author, Web of Wizardry, Space Trap 1932 World Series moves to Chicago, In 5th inning, Babe Ruth waits until he has 2 strikes, points and hits next pitch into center field bleachers 1932 New York Yankees win World Series The winning pitcher is Babe Ruth beating Red Sox 9-3 1931 Trunk murderess Winnie Ruth Judd chops 1st 1931 Babe Ruth hits his 600th home run, off George Blaeholder of Browns 1931 Lou Gehrig hits a home run but is called out for passing a runner, mistake costs him AL home run crown; he and Babe Ruth tie for season 1931 Ruth Etchells, principal, St. John's College-Durham 1931 Teenage girl strikes out Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig in an exhibition game in Chattanooga, Tennessee 1930 Ruth Nichols becomes 1st woman pilot to cross continent 1930 1st woman pilot on a transcontinental air flight Miss Ruth Nichols (Mineola, New York to California), in a Lockheed-Vega, took 7 days 1930 Lou Gehrig hits 3 home runs in a game, Ruth hits 3 in doubleheader 1930 Ruth hits 3 home runs as Yankees blow 6-0 lead in 7th and lose 15-7 1930 Ruth homers in both games of a doubleheader, giving him 9 in one week 1930 Ruth hits 3 consecutive home run (8th-10th of 60 in 1930) 1930 New York Yankee Babe Ruth hits 3 consecutive homers 1930 Babe Ruth signs 2-year contract for $160,000 with New York Yankee General Manager Ed Barrow, wrongly predicts "No one will ever be paid more than Ruth" 1930 Ruth Rendell, British Writer 1929 Babe Ruth becomes 1st to hit 500 homers off Willis Hudlin of Cleveland 1929 Ruth ties record by hitting grand slams in consecutive games 1929 Ruth Carter-Stapleton, Plains, Georgia, 1st sister/evangelist 1928 New York Yankees sweep Cards in 25th World Series, Ruth hits 3 home run in game 1928 Ruth Westerheimer, sex therapist, Dr. Ruth 1928 Babe Ruth hits home run number 42 and is 4 weeks ahead of his 1927 pace 1928 Ruth Westheimer, born in Germany, sex therapist, WYNY-FM 1928 Evelyn Ruth Anderson, composer 1928 Ruth Snyder, 1st woman to die in electric chair 1927 Lou Gehrig named AL MVP (Babe Ruth (former winner) not eligible) 1927 Babe Ruth hits record setting 60th home run, off Tom Zachary 1927 Babe Ruth ties record by hitting grand slams in consecutive games 1927 New York Yankee Babe Ruth hits record 60th home run of season off Tom Zachry 1927 Yankees clinch pennant, Ruth hits 2 home runs (52 en route to 60) 1927 Babe Ruth hits 50th of 60 homers 1927 Babe Ruth hits 40th of 60 homers 1927 1st home run hit out of Comiskey Park Chicago by New York Yankee Babe Ruth 1927 Babe Ruth hits 30th of 60 home runs 1927 Ruth Berghaus, choreographer/director 1927 Babe Ruth hits 19th and 20th of 60 home runs 1927 Babe Ruth hits 1st of 60 home runs of season (off A's Howard Ehmke) 1927 Babe Ruth becomes highest paid baseball player ($70,000 per year) 1926 Babe Ruth hits 3 home runs in a World Series game, Yankees beat Cards 10-5 1926 Ruth Zechlin, composer 1926 Ruth Brown, born in Portsmouth, Virginia, actress, Leona-Hello Larry, Checking In 1925 Ruth Mompati, South Africa secretary of Nelson Mandela/W Sisulu 1925 Ruth S. White, composer 1925 After a night on the town, Babe Ruth shows up late for batting practice Miller Huggins suspends Ruth and slaps a $5,000 fine on him 1925 Only time Babe Ruth pinch-hit for, Bobby Veach flies out 1925 Babe Ruth is finally out of bed, 5 weeks after ulcer surgery 1925 New York Yankee Babe Ruth has ulcer surgery 1925 Babe Ruth rushed to hospital 1925 Yankees whip Dodgers in exhibition 16-9 but Babe Ruth collapses in North Carolina due to an ulcer 1925 Ruth Slenczynska, Sacramento, California, pianist 1923 Ruth Roman, born in Boston, Massachusetts, actress, Sylvia-Knots Landing, Dallas 1923 Helen Delich Bentley, born in Ruth, Nevada, Representative-R-Maryland 1985 - 1995 1923 Babe Ruth makes a postseason exhibition appearance in a Giants uniform 1923 Babe Ruth hits 2 home runs in a World Series game 1922 Largest Polo Grounds crowd see Meusel, Ruth and Gehrig consecutive home runs 1922 Babe Ruth is thrown out of a game for 5th time in 1922 1922 St. Louis Brown Hub Pruett strikes out Babe Ruth 3 straight times 1922 Babe Ruth suspended 1 day and fined $200 for throwing dirt on an ump 1922 Babe Ruth and Bob Meusel, suspended on October 16, 1921, by Judge Kennesaw Mountain Landis, return to the New York lineup and go hitless 1922 Babe Ruth signs 3 years at $52,000 a year New York Yankee contract 1921 Babe Ruth, Bob Meusel, and Bill Piercy defy Landis ban on World Series 1921 Babe Ruth's 1st World Series homer; only Sunday game ever pitched by Carl Mays 1921 New York Yankee Babe Ruth hits then record 59th home run 1921 Yankee Ruth hits home runs 57 and 58 to beat Indians 8-7 1921 Babe Ruth starts streak of an extra-base hit in 9 straight games 1921 Babe Ruth sets record of 137 career home runs 1921 Yankees' pitcher Babe Ruth hits 2 home runs beating Tigers 11-8 1921 Babe Ruth becomes all time home run champ with number 120, Gavvy Cravath 1921 Babe Ruth arrested for speeding, fined $100, and held in jail until 4 PM 1921 Ruth Gipps, British conductor/composer 1920 Babe Ruth sets then home run season record at 54 1920 Red Sox turn triple-play, but Ruth's 35th home run leads Yankees to 8-2 win 1920 Ruth sets season home run record with 30 en route to 54 1920 Ruth ties his record of 29 home runs in a season 1920 Ruth Graham, born in China, wife of evangelist Billy Graham, author, poet, writer, philanthropist 1920 Babe Ruth's 1st Yankee home run and 50th of career, out of Polo Grounds 1920 Boston Red Sox sell Babe Ruth to New York Yankees 1920 New York Yankees announce purchase of Babe Ruth 1920 New York Yankees purchase Babe Ruth from Red Sox for $125,000 1919 Yankees and Red Sox reach agreement on transfer of Babe Ruth 1919 Babe Ruth's 29th home run is 1st of year in Washington (1st in every park in league in one season) 1919 Babe Ruth sets season homer mark at 28 off of Yankee Bob Shawkey 1919 Babe Ruth ties Ned Williamson's major league mark of 27 home runs 1919 Babe Ruth hits his 26th home run off Jack Quinn in New York, breaking Buck Freeman's 1899 home run mark of 25 1919 Red Sox Babe Ruth hits 2 home runs in a game for his 1st of 72 times 1918 Peg Phillips, actress, Ruth Ann-Northern Exposure 1918 Babe Ruth's blast over the fence in Fenway scores Amos Strunk, the Red Sox win 1-0 over Cleveland, prevailing rules reduce Babe's Hhome runR to a triple 1918 Yankees set record with 8 sacrifices, beat Red Sox's Babe Ruth 5-4 1917 Ruth Hussey, born in Providence, Rhode Island, actress, Another Thin Man, Philadelphia Story 1917 Ernie Shore replaces Red Sox pitcher Babe Ruth with a runner on, he throws him out and retires all 26 he faces for a perfect game 1917 Red Sox Babe Ruth beats Washington Senator Walter Johnson, 1-0 1917 Babe Ruth beats New York Yankees, pitching 3-hit 10-3 win for Red Sox 1916 Dame Ruth Nita Barrow, governor-general of Barbados 1916 Babe Ruth begins 29 2/3 scoreless World Series innings 1916 Babe Ruth pitches and wins longest WS game (14 innings) 2-1 1916 Ruth Warwick, born in St. Joseph, Missouri, actress, Citizen Kane, All My Children 1915 Ruth Warrick, American Musician 1915 Red Sox Babe Ruth pitching debut and 1st home run, loses to Yankees 4-3 in 15 1914 Babe Ruth makes his baseball debut, pitches for Red Sox 1914 Babe Ruth debuts as a pitcher for Boston Red Sox, he beats Cleveland 4-3 1914 Boston Red Sox purchase Babe Ruth from Baltimore Orioles 1914 Baltimore Orioles' (IL) owner Jack Dunn offers Babe Ruth, Ernie Shore and Ben Egan for $10,000 to Connie Mack, who refuses, pleading poverty 1914 Ruth White, born in Perth Amboy, New Jersey, actress, Up the Down Staircase 1914 Babe Ruth's 1st professional game (as a pitcher) is a 6-hit 6-0 win 1906 William Bendix, born in New York City, actor, Lifeboat, Babe Ruth Story, Life of Riley 1905 Ruth Bernhard, German Photographer 1905 Ruth Page, U.S. choreographer/ballet leader, Diaghilev, Pygmalion 1904 Patsy Ruth Miller, actress, Quebec, Wide Open, Sap, Twin Beds 1902 Ruth Evelyn Mansfield, doctor 1902 Cleveland's Bill Bradley is 1st ALer to hit a home run run in 4 consecutive games, not duplicated until Babe Ruth does it June 25, 1918 1899 Ruth Schaumann, German painter/writer, Rose, Black King 1897 Ruth Pitter, British poet 1896 Ruth Etting, U.S. dancer/singer/actress, Roman scandals 1896 Ruth Gordon, Massachusetts, actress, Rosemary's Baby, Harold and Maude 1895 Ruth McDevitt, Coldwater, Michigan, actress, Jo-All in the Family 1895 Babe Ruth, American Athlete, baseball legend 1893 Ruth Chatterton, U.S. actress, Madame X, Sarah and Son 1893 Roy Del Ruth, director, About Face, Babe Ruth Story, Star Show 1892 Ruth Fuller Sasaki, U.S., Zen teacher, 1st Zen Institute of America 1892 Ruth Stonehouse, born in Denver, Colorado, film director, silent era film actress, directed films 'The Winning Pair', 'Tacky Sue's Romance' 1887 Ruth Benedict, anthropoligist 1887 Ruth Benedict, U.S., anthropologist, Patterns of Culture 1885 Ruth Bryan Rohde, U.S., Rep, minister to Denmark 1884 Ruth Draper, American Actress 1877 Ruth St. Denis, Newark, New Jersey, ballerina, Dances of the 5 Senses |
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