2003 Barry White, man with velvet voice, ", Can't Get Enough of Your Love, Babe, ", dies at 58
1997 Mark McGwire joins Babe as only players to hit 50 home runs in 2 consec yrs
1991 Ralph Marrero, actor (Babe, Johnny Suede), dies in car accident at 33
1976 Judy Rankin wins LPGA Babe Didrikson-Zaharias Golf Invitational
1974 Hammerin' Hank Aaron hits 715th HR, breaks Babe Ruth's record
1974 Hank Aaron ties Babe Ruth's home-run record by hitting his 714th
1967 Marilynn Smith wins LPGA Babe Didrikson-Zaharias Golf Open
1966 Shirley Englehorn wins LPGA Babe Didrikson-Zaharias Golf Open
1965 Eddie Mathews and Hank Aaron (1954-65) pass Babe Ruth-Lou Gehrig hitting 772 home runs while playing together on the same team
1965 Sonny and Cher's "I Got You Babe" hits #1
1965 Marlene Hagge wins LPGA Babe Didrikson-Zaharias Golf Open
1964 On Elston Howard Night, Mickey Mantle ties Babe Ruth's career strikeout record (1,330)
1964 Ruth Jessen wins LPGA Babe Didrikson-Zaharias Golf Open
1963 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Babe Didrikson-Zaharias Golf Open
1962 Betsy Rawls and Kathy wins LPGA Babe Didrikson-Zaharias Golf Open
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 HR #60 off Jack Fisher, tying Babe Ruth's record
1961 Commissioner Ford Frick rules Babe Ruth's record of 60 HR in 154-game sched in 1927, must be broken in 1st 154 of 162 games
1961 Ford Frick rules that if anyone breaks Babe Ruth 60 HR record, it must be done in 1st 154 games
1961 Mary Lena Faulk wins LPGA Babe Didrikson-Zaharias Golf Open
1960 Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Babe Didrikson-Zaharias Golf Open
1959 Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Babe Didrikson-Zaharias Golf Open
1958 Louise Suggs wins LPGA Babe Didrikson-Zaharias Golf Open
1957 Marlene Hagge wins LPGA Babe Didrikson-Zaharias Golf Open
1956 [Mildred] Babe Didrikson-Zaharias, javelin (Oly-gold-32), dies at 45
1956 Mildred E "Babe" Didrikson Zaharias, 1932 Olympics gold, dies at 42
1956 Marlene Bauer wins LPGA Babe Didrikson-Zaharias Golf Open
1955 Babe Didrikson-Zaharias wins LPGA Peach Blossom Golf Tournament
1955 Betty Jameson wins LPGA Babe Didrikson-Zaharias Golf Open
1955 Babe Didrikson-Zaharias wins LPGA Tampa Golf Open
1954 9th U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship won by Babe Didrikson-Zaharias
1954 Babe Didrikson-Zaharias wins LPGA National Capital Golf Open
1954 Louise Suggs wins LPGA Babe Didrikson-Zaharias Golf Open
1954 Babe Didrikson-Zaharias wins LPGA Sarasota Golf Open
1954 Babe Didrikson-Zaharias wins LPGA Serbin Golf Open
1953 Little-Bigger League changes its name to Babe Ruth League
1953 Babe Didrikson-Zaharias wins LPGA Babe Didrikson-Zaharias Golf Open
1953 Babe Didrikson-Zaharias wins LPGA Sarasota Golf Open
1952 Babe Didrikson-Zaharias wins LPGA Women's Texas Golf Open
1952 John Goodman, born in St. Louis, Missouri, actor, Dan Conner-Roseanne, Babe
1952 Babe Didrikson-Zaharias wins LPGA Fresno Golf Open
1952 Babe Didrikson-Zaharias wins LPGA Titleholders Golf Championship
1951 Babe Didrikson-Zaharias wins LPGA Texas Women's Golf Open
1951 Babe Didrikson-Zaharias wins LPGA World Golf Championship
1951 Babe Didrikson-Zaharias wins LPGA Richmond Women's Golf Open
1951 Babe Didrikson-Zaharias wins Orlando Florida 2 Ball Golf Tournament
1951 Babe Didrikson-Zaharias wins LPGA Tampa Women's Golf Open
1951 Babe Didrikson-Zaharias wins LPGA Ponte Vedra Beach Women's Golf Open
1950 Babe Didrikson-Zaharias wins LPGA World Golf Championship
1950 Babe Didrikson-Zaharias wins LPGA All-American Golf Open
1950 Babe Didrikson-Zaharias wins LPGA Western Women's Golf Open
1950 Babe Didrikson-Zaharias wins LPGA 144-hole Golf Weathervane
1950 5th U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship won by Babe Didrikson-Zaharias
1949 Yankees dedicate a plaque for Babe Ruth
1948 Babe Ruth, Baseball legend (New York Yankees), dies in New York at 53
1948 3rd U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship won by Babe Didrikson-Zaharias
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 Mildred Babe Didrikson Zaharias gives up amateur status for $300,000
1947 Babe Didrikson is 1st American to win British Women's Amateur Golf Champ
1947 Babe Ruth Day celebrated at Yankee Stadium and through out US
1946 Cher Bono, Cal, rocker/actress, I Got You Babe, Jack Lalane, Mask
1945 Mel Ott is 1st in NL to hit 500th HR (joins Babe Ruth and Jimmy Foxx)
1943 Phillies trade Babe Dahlgren to Pitts for Babe Phelps and cash
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
1942 James Cromwell, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, Stretch-All in the Family, Babe
1939 NHL Babe Seibert Memorial Game: All-Stars beat Montreal 5-3
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 It's revealed Quaker Oats pays Babe Ruth $25,000 per year for ads
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 HR
1935 New York Yankees release Babe Ruth, he signs with Boston Braves
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 Babe Ruth hits HR #700, against Detroit
1934 Babe Didrikson pitches an inning in an A's-Dodgers exhibition game Walks 1, hits the next guy, 3rd guy hits into triple-play
1934 Female Babe Didrickson pitches hitless inning for Philadelphia A's in exhibition game against Brooklyn Dodgers
1934 Babe Ruth signs a 1934 contract for $35,000 ($17,000 cut)
1933 Yank refuses to release Babe Ruth so he can manage the Cin Reds
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 Babe Ruth hits his 600th HR, off George Blaeholder of Browns
1931 Lou Gehrig hits a HR but is called out for passing a runner, mistake costs him AL home run crown; he and Babe Ruth tie for season
1931 Teenage girl strikes out Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig in an exhibition game in Chattanooga, Tennessee
1930 New York Yankee Babe Ruth hits 3 consecutive homers
1930 Babe Ruth signs 2-year contract for $160,000 with New York Yankee GM Ed Barrow, wrongly predicts "No one will ever be paid more than Ruth"
1929 Babe Ruth becomes 1st to hit 500 homers (off Willis Hudlin of Cleve)
1928 Babe Ruth hits HR # 42 and is 4 weeks ahead of his 1927 pace
1927 Lou Gehrig named AL MVP (Babe Ruth (former winner) not eligible)
1927 Babe Ruth hits record setting 60th HR (off Tom Zachary)
1927 Babe Ruth ties record by hitting grand slams in consecutive games
1927 New York Yankee Babe Ruth hits record 60th HR of season off Tom Zachry
1927 Babe Ruth hits 50th of 60 homers
1927 Babe Ruth hits 40th of 60 homers
1927 1st HR hit out of Comiskey Park Chicago (New York Yankee Babe Ruth)
1927 Babe Ruth hits 30th of 60 HRs
1927 Babe Ruth hits 19th and 20th of 60 HRs
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, Yanks beat Cards 10-5
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
1924 Babe Dye of NHL's Toronto St. Patricks scores 5 goals beat Bruins 10-2
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 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 WS homer; only Sunday game ever pitched by Carl Mays
1921 New York Yankee Babe Ruth hits then record 59th HR
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 Yanks' pitcher Babe Ruth hits 2 home runs beating Tigers 11-8
1921 Babe Ruth becomes all time HR champ with #120, Gavvy Cravath
1921 Babe Ruth arrested for speeding, fined $100, and held in jail until 4 PM
1920 Babe Ruth sets then home run season record at 54
1920 Babe Ruth's 1st Yankee HR 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 Yanks and Red Sox reach agreement on transfer of Babe Ruth
1919 Babe Ruth's 29th HR 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 HRs
1919 Babe Ruth hits his 26th HR off Jack Quinn in NY, breaking Buck Freeman's 1899 HR mark of 25
1919 Red Sox Babe Ruth hits 2 home runs in a game for his 1st of 72 times
1918 Babe Ruth's blast over the fence in Fenway scores Amos Strunk, the Red Sox win 1-0 over Cleve, prevailing rules reduce Babe's HR to a triple
1918 Yankees set record with 8 sacrifices, beat Red Sox's Babe Ruth 5-4
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 Yanks, pitching 3-hit 10-3 win for Red Sox
1916 Babe Ruth begins 29 2/3 scoreless World Series innings
1916 Babe Ruth pitches and wins longest WS game (14 innings) 2-1
1915 Red Sox Babe Ruth pitching debut and 1st HR, loses to Yanks 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 Babe Ruth's 1st professional game (as a pitcher) is a 6-hit 6-0 win
1913 Babe [Mildred Ella] Didrikson, born in Port Arthur, Texas, hurdler, Oly-gold-32
1911 Josh Gibson, pro baseball player, "Negro Babe Ruth", hit 800+ HRs
1906 William Bendix, New York City, actor, Lifeboat, Babe Ruth Story, Life of Riley
1903 Floyd "Babe" Herman, Brooklyn Dodgers' slugger, .324 lifetime average
1902 Cleve's Bill Bradley is 1st ALer to hit a HR run in 4 consecutive games, not duplicated until Babe Ruth does it June 25, 1918
1895 Babe Ruth, American Athlete
1893 Roy Del Ruth, DE, director, About Face, Babe Ruth Story, Star Show
1885 11th Kentucky Derby: Babe Henderson aboard Joe Cotton wins in 2:37
1882 8th Kentucky Derby: Babe Hurd aboard Apollo wins in 2:40
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