2012 Event Sisters Eva Hoffe and Ruth Wiesler, who inherited valuable documents belonging to Franz Kafka and his colleague Max Brod are ordered to turn the documents over to the National Library in Tel Aviv 2007 Death Ruth Graham, dies in North Carolina, of illness, at 87 2005 Death Ruth Warrick, American Musician 2002 Death Ruth Handler, inventor, invented Barbie, dies at 85 2002 Death Ruth Fertel, restaurateur, started Ruth's Chris Steakhouse, dies at 75 1999 Death Ruth Roman, actress, dies at 75 1997 Death Ruth Picardie, journalist, editor, The Guardian, The Independent newspapers, author of Before I Say Goodbye, memoir of living with breast cancer, dies in Lambeth, London, of breast cancer, at age 33 1996 Death Ruth Berghaus, choreographer/director, dies at 68 1995 Death Dame Ruth Nita Barrow, governor-general of Barbados, dies at 79 1995 Death Patsy Ruth Miller, actress (Wide Open, Sap, Twin Beds), dies at 91 1994 Death Leo Fuchs, Polish/US Yiddish actor (Story of Ruth), dies at 83 1994 Death Ruth Evelyn Mansfield, doctor, dies at 92 1994 Death Karoli Ruth Needles, painter, dies at 54 1994 Death Ruth Niehaus, dies 1994 Event Ken Griffey, Jr. breaks Ruth's record for most home runs by end of June (31) 1994 Event Ruth Bader Ginsburg, sworn in as Supreme Court Justice 1994 Death Ruth Gillette, actress (Wild Gold), dies of cancer at 88 1993 Death Ruth Krauss, author (Carrot Seed), dies at 91 1993 Death Ruth Lady Fermoy, maternal grandmother of Princess Diane, dies at 84 1992 Death Ruth Corbett Thom, dies after long illness at 78 1992 Death Ruth Nelson, actress (Awakenings, 3 Women), dies at 87 1992 Death Ruth Hammond, dies in her sleep at 96 1989 Death Bette [Ruth E] Davis, actress (All About Eve, White Mama), dies at 81 1987 Death Ruth Attaway, actress (Porgy and Bess, Conrack, Being There), dies 1986 Death Ruth Polsky, record promoter, dies after being run over by a cab at 30 1985 Death Ruth Gordon, actress (Big Bus), dies of a stroke in her sleep at 88 1984 Death Ruth Cummings, actress (Daybreak, Dream of Love), dies at 90 1984 Death Norman Krasna, author (Dear Ruth), dies of a heart attack at 74 1984 Death Ruth Taylor, actress (Gentlemen Prefer Blondes), dies at 76 1982 Death Ruth Donnelly, comedienne, dies at 86 in New York City 1982 Death Ruth Voorst, South African (A World Apart), killed by letter bomb 1979 Event 31st Emmy Awards: Taxi, Lou Grant, Ron Leibman and Ruth Gordon 1978 Death Ruth Etting, U.S. dancer/singer (Ziegfeld Follies), dies at 80 1977 Event Reggie Jackson hits 3 consecutive homers tying Ruth's series record 1977 Birthday Ruth Moniz, NSW Australia, gymnast 1996 Olympics 1976 Death Ruth McDevitt, actress (Jo-All in the Family), dies at 80 1976 Death Ruth P Thomson, writer, dies 1975 Death Ruth Lee, actress (Middleton Family at 1939 World's Fair), dies at 79 1975 Death Ruth Schaumann, German author/painter/sculptor, dies at 75 1974 Event Hammerin' Hank Aaron hits 715th home run, breaks Babe Ruth's record 1974 Event Hank Aaron ties Babe Ruth's home-run record by hitting his 714th 1971 Event Ruth Jessen wins LPGA Sears Women's World Golf Classic 1969 Death Ruth White, actress (Fugitive), dies of cancer at 55 1968 Death Ruth St. Denis, U.S. choreography, dies at about 90 1968 Death Ruth St. Denis, ballerina (Dances of the 5 Senses), dies at 91 1967 Death Ruth Fuller Sasaki, head of 1st Zen Institute of America, dies at 75 1966 Death Ruth Gates, Denton TX, actress (Aunt Jenny-Mama), dies at 79 1964 Event Ruth Jessen wins LPGA Phoenix Thunderbirds Ladies' Golf Open 1964 Event Ruth Jessen wins LPGA Hillside House Ladies' Golf Open 1964 Event On Elston Howard Night, Mickey Mantle ties Babe Ruth's career strikeout record (1,330) 1964 Event Ruth Jessen wins LPGA Omaha Jaycee Golf Open Invitational 1964 Event Ruth Jessen wins LPGA Yankee Women's Golf Open 1964 Event Ruth Jessen wins LPGA Babe Didrikson Zaharias Golf Open 1964 Birthday Ruth Picardie, born in Reading, England, journalist, editor, The Guardian, The Independent newspapers, author of Before I Say Goodbye, memoir of living with breast cancer 1964 Birthday Ruth Davidon, born in Baltimore, Maryland, rower, Olympics-6th-96 1963 Event Ruth Jessen wins LPGA Cosmopolitan Women's Golf Open 1963 Event Ruth Jessen wins LPGA Naples Professional Golf Tournament 1962 Event Ruth Jessen wins LPGA Sacramento Golf Open 1962 Event Ruth Jessen wins LPGA Dallas Civitan Golf Open 1961 Event Dr. Ruth marries Fred Westheimer 1961 Death Ruth Chatterton, actress (Female, Dodsworth), dies after illness at 67 1961 Event Yank Whitey Ford breaks Ruth record of 29 2/3 consecutive inning 1961 Event Whitey Ford breaks Babe Ruth's World Series record of 29 2/3 consecutive scoreless innings, running his streak to 32 1961 Event Roger Maris hits home run number 60 off Jack Fisher, tying Babe Ruth's record 1961 Event 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 Event Ruth Jessen wins LPGA Peach Blossom Golf Open 1961 Death Roy Del Ruth, director (About Face, Folies Bergere), dies at 67 1959 Event Ruth Jessen wins LPGA Tampa Golf Open 1958 Birthday Ruth Guerri, born in St. Louis, Missouri, playmate, July, 1983 1958 Event 1st flight with black stewardess, Ruth Carol Taylor, Ithaca New York 1957 Birthday Ruth Wysocki, Alhambra California, 800m/1500m runner 1957 Death Ruth Draper, U.S. elocutionist, dies at 67 or 72 1956 Birthday Lyle Lovett, born in Klein, Texas, country singer, God Will, Joshua Judges Ruth 1955 Death Ruth Ellis, last English woman (murderess), executed by hanging 1955 Event Ruth Ellis shoots jilting lover David Blakely 1954 Event Michigan rep Ruth Thompson (R) introduces legislation to ban mailing "obscene, lewd, lascivious or filthy" phonograph (rock and roll) records 1953 Event Little-Bigger League changes its name to Babe Ruth League 1949 Event Phils Eddie Waitkus, shot by Ruth Steinhagen, 19, at Eddgewater Hotel 1949 Event Yankees dedicate a plaque for Babe Ruth 1948 Death Ruth Benedict, anthropoligst, dies 1948 Death Babe Ruth, Baseball legend (New York Yankees), dies in New York at 53 1948 Event "Babe Ruth Story," premieres, Babe Ruth's last public appearance 1948 Event Babe Ruth's final farewell at Yankee Stadium, he dies Aug 16th 1947 Event Babe Ruth Day celebrated at Yankee Stadium and through out United States 1946 Birthday Ruth Fuchs, born in East Germany, javelin thrower, Gold Medals 1972, 1976 Olympics 1946 Birthday Ruth Pointer, singer, Pointer Sisters-I'm So Exicted 1945 Event Mel Ott is 1st in NL to hit 500th home run (joins Babe Ruth and Jimmy Foxx) 1944 Event Norman Krasna's "Dear Ruth," premieres in New York City 1944 Birthday Ruth Kempson, linguist, SOAS 1943 Birthday Ruth Madoc, actress, Hi Di Hi 1942 Event 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 Death 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 Birthday Karoli Ruth Needles, painter 1939 Birthday Ruth Ashton, general secretary, Royal College of Midwives 1938 Event Ruth Fuller Sasaki, Zen teacher, Rinzai line, enters Zen priesthood 1938 Event Babe Ruth applies for job of St. Louis Browns' manager 1938 Event Babe Ruth is signed as a Dodgers coach for the rest of the season 1937 Birthday Ruth Laredo, nee Meckler, born in Detroit, Michigan, concert pianist 1937 Event It's revealed Quaker Oats pays Babe Ruth $25,000 per year for ads 1936 Birthday Ruth Buzzi, Westerly, Rhode Island, comedienne, Laugh-In, Margie-That Girl 1936 Event Babe Ruth turns down Reds to make a comeback as a player 1936 Event 1st players elected to Baseball Hall of Fame - Ty Cobb, Babe Ruth, Honus Wagner, Christy Mathewson and Walter Johnson 1935 Event Babe Ruth's final game at Fenway Park, 41,766 on hand 1935 Event Babe Ruth, 40, announces his retirement as a player 1935 Event Babe Ruth grounds out in his final at bat 1935 Event Babe Ruth's final game, goes hitless for Braves against Phillies 1935 Event Babe Ruth hits his last 3 home runs, Boston Braves vs. Pirates 1935 Event Babe Ruth's 1st NL game, for Boston Braves, included a home run 1935 Event New York Yankees release Babe Ruth, he signs with Boston Braves 1935 Birthday Ruth Clarke, Moderator, General Assembly of the United Reform Church 1935 Birthday Ruth Ann Minner, American Politician 1934 Event Babe Ruth tours Tokyo Japan 1934 Event All-Star team led by Babe Ruth and Connie Mack sails to Hawaii and Japan 1934 Event Babe Ruth's final game as a Yankee, goes 0 for 3 1934 Event 2500 fans see Babe Ruth's farewell Yankee appearance at Yankee Stadium 1934 Event Babe Ruth announces this is his final season as full time player 1934 Event Babe Ruth draws his 2,000th base on balls at Cleveland 1934 Event New York Times erroneously declares Ruth 700 home run record to stand for all time 1934 Event Ruth hits 700th career home run 1934 Event Babe Ruth hits home run number 700, against Detroit 1934 Event Carl Hubbell strikes out Ruth, Gehrig and Foxx in All star game 1934 Event Babe Ruth signs a 1934 contract for $35,000 ($17,000 cut) 1933 Event Yankees refuses to release Babe Ruth so he can manage the Cincinnati Reds 1933 Event Ruth's homer leads AL to a 4-2 win in 1st All Star Game 1933 Birthday Ruth Bader Ginsberg, justice, U.S. Supreme Court 1933 Birthday Ruth Bader Ginsburg, American Judge 1933 Birthday Juanita [Ruth] Coulson, sci-fi author, Web of Wizardry, Space Trap 1932 Event 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 Event New York Yankees win World Series The winning pitcher is Babe Ruth beating Red Sox 9-3 1931 Event Trunk murderess Winnie Ruth Judd chops 1st 1931 Event Babe Ruth hits his 600th home run, off George Blaeholder of Browns 1931 Event 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 Birthday Ruth Etchells, principal, St. John's College-Durham 1931 Event Teenage girl strikes out Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig in an exhibition game in Chattanooga, Tennessee 1930 Event Ruth Nichols becomes 1st woman pilot to cross continent 1930 Event 1st woman pilot on a transcontinental air flight Miss Ruth Nichols (Mineola, New York to California), in a Lockheed-Vega, took 7 days 1930 Event Lou Gehrig hits 3 home runs in a game, Ruth hits 3 in doubleheader 1930 Event Ruth hits 3 home runs as Yankees blow 6-0 lead in 7th and lose 15-7 1930 Event Ruth homers in both games of a doubleheader, giving him 9 in one week 1930 Event Ruth hits 3 consecutive home run (8th-10th of 60 in 1930) 1930 Event New York Yankee Babe Ruth hits 3 consecutive homers 1930 Event 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 Birthday Ruth Rendell, British Writer 1929 Event Babe Ruth becomes 1st to hit 500 homers off Willis Hudlin of Cleveland 1929 Event Ruth ties record by hitting grand slams in consecutive games 1929 Birthday Ruth Carter-Stapleton, Plains, Georgia, 1st sister/evangelist 1928 Event New York Yankees sweep Cards in 25th World Series, Ruth hits 3 home run in game 1928 Birthday Ruth Westerheimer, sex therapist, Dr. Ruth 1928 Event Babe Ruth hits home run number 42 and is 4 weeks ahead of his 1927 pace 1928 Birthday Ruth Westheimer, born in Germany, sex therapist, WYNY-FM 1928 Birthday Evelyn Ruth Anderson, composer 1928 Death Ruth Snyder, 1st woman to die in electric chair 1927 Event Lou Gehrig named AL MVP (Babe Ruth (former winner) not eligible) 1927 Event Babe Ruth hits record setting 60th home run, off Tom Zachary 1927 Event Babe Ruth ties record by hitting grand slams in consecutive games 1927 Event New York Yankee Babe Ruth hits record 60th home run of season off Tom Zachry 1927 Event Yankees clinch pennant, Ruth hits 2 home runs (52 en route to 60) 1927 Event Babe Ruth hits 50th of 60 homers 1927 Event Babe Ruth hits 40th of 60 homers 1927 Event 1st home run hit out of Comiskey Park Chicago by New York Yankee Babe Ruth 1927 Event Babe Ruth hits 30th of 60 home runs 1927 Birthday Ruth Berghaus, choreographer/director 1927 Event Babe Ruth hits 19th and 20th of 60 home runs 1927 Event Babe Ruth hits 1st of 60 home runs of season (off A's Howard Ehmke) 1927 Event Babe Ruth becomes highest paid baseball player ($70,000 per year) 1926 Event Babe Ruth hits 3 home runs in a World Series game, Yankees beat Cards 10-5 1926 Birthday Ruth Zechlin, composer 1926 Birthday Ruth Brown, born in Portsmouth, Virginia, actress, Leona-Hello Larry, Checking In 1925 Birthday Ruth Mompati, South Africa secretary of Nelson Mandela/W Sisulu 1925 Birthday Ruth S. White, composer 1925 Event 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 Event Only time Babe Ruth pinch-hit for, Bobby Veach flies out 1925 Event Babe Ruth is finally out of bed, 5 weeks after ulcer surgery 1925 Event New York Yankee Babe Ruth has ulcer surgery 1925 Event Babe Ruth rushed to hospital 1925 Event Yankees whip Dodgers in exhibition 16-9 but Babe Ruth collapses in North Carolina due to an ulcer 1925 Birthday Ruth Slenczynska, Sacramento, California, pianist 1923 Birthday Ruth Roman, born in Boston, Massachusetts, actress, Sylvia-Knots Landing, Dallas 1923 Birthday Helen Delich Bentley, born in Ruth, Nevada, Representative-R-Maryland 1985 - 1995 1923 Event Babe Ruth makes a postseason exhibition appearance in a Giants uniform 1923 Event Babe Ruth hits 2 home runs in a World Series game 1922 Event Largest Polo Grounds crowd see Meusel, Ruth and Gehrig consecutive home runs 1922 Event Babe Ruth is thrown out of a game for 5th time in 1922 1922 Event St. Louis Brown Hub Pruett strikes out Babe Ruth 3 straight times 1922 Event Babe Ruth suspended 1 day and fined $200 for throwing dirt on an ump 1922 Event 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 Event Babe Ruth signs 3 years at $52,000 a year New York Yankee contract 1921 Event Babe Ruth, Bob Meusel, and Bill Piercy defy Landis ban on World Series 1921 Event Babe Ruth's 1st World Series homer; only Sunday game ever pitched by Carl Mays 1921 Event New York Yankee Babe Ruth hits then record 59th home run 1921 Event Yankee Ruth hits home runs 57 and 58 to beat Indians 8-7 1921 Event Babe Ruth starts streak of an extra-base hit in 9 straight games 1921 Event Babe Ruth sets record of 137 career home runs 1921 Event Yankees' pitcher Babe Ruth hits 2 home runs beating Tigers 11-8 1921 Event Babe Ruth becomes all time home run champ with number 120, Gavvy Cravath 1921 Event Babe Ruth arrested for speeding, fined $100, and held in jail until 4 PM 1921 Birthday Ruth Gipps, British conductor/composer 1920 Event Babe Ruth sets then home run season record at 54 1920 Event Red Sox turn triple-play, but Ruth's 35th home run leads Yankees to 8-2 win 1920 Event Ruth sets season home run record with 30 en route to 54 1920 Event Ruth ties his record of 29 home runs in a season 1920 Birthday Ruth Graham, born in China, wife of evangelist Billy Graham, author, poet, writer, philanthropist 1920 Event Babe Ruth's 1st Yankee home run and 50th of career, out of Polo Grounds 1920 Event Boston Red Sox sell Babe Ruth to New York Yankees 1920 Event New York Yankees announce purchase of Babe Ruth 1920 Event New York Yankees purchase Babe Ruth from Red Sox for $125,000 1919 Event Yankees and Red Sox reach agreement on transfer of Babe Ruth 1919 Event Babe Ruth's 29th home run is 1st of year in Washington (1st in every park in league in one season) 1919 Event Babe Ruth sets season homer mark at 28 off of Yankee Bob Shawkey 1919 Event Babe Ruth ties Ned Williamson's major league mark of 27 home runs 1919 Event Babe Ruth hits his 26th home run off Jack Quinn in New York, breaking Buck Freeman's 1899 home run mark of 25 1919 Event Red Sox Babe Ruth hits 2 home runs in a game for his 1st of 72 times 1918 Birthday Peg Phillips, actress, Ruth Ann-Northern Exposure 1918 Event 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 Event Yankees set record with 8 sacrifices, beat Red Sox's Babe Ruth 5-4 1917 Birthday Ruth Hussey, born in Providence, Rhode Island, actress, Another Thin Man, Philadelphia Story 1917 Event 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 Event Red Sox Babe Ruth beats Washington Senator Walter Johnson, 1-0 1917 Event Babe Ruth beats New York Yankees, pitching 3-hit 10-3 win for Red Sox 1916 Birthday Dame Ruth Nita Barrow, governor-general of Barbados 1916 Event Babe Ruth begins 29 2/3 scoreless World Series innings 1916 Event Babe Ruth pitches and wins longest WS game (14 innings) 2-1 1916 Birthday Ruth Warwick, born in St. Joseph, Missouri, actress, Citizen Kane, All My Children 1915 Birthday Ruth Warrick, American Musician 1915 Event Red Sox Babe Ruth pitching debut and 1st home run, loses to Yankees 4-3 in 15 1914 Event Babe Ruth makes his baseball debut, pitches for Red Sox 1914 Event Babe Ruth debuts as a pitcher for Boston Red Sox, he beats Cleveland 4-3 1914 Event Boston Red Sox purchase Babe Ruth from Baltimore Orioles 1914 Event 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 Birthday Ruth White, born in Perth Amboy, New Jersey, actress, Up the Down Staircase 1914 Event Babe Ruth's 1st professional game (as a pitcher) is a 6-hit 6-0 win 1906 Birthday William Bendix, born in New York City, actor, Lifeboat, Babe Ruth Story, Life of Riley 1905 Birthday Ruth Bernhard, German Photographer 1905 Birthday Ruth Page, U.S. choreographer/ballet leader, Diaghilev, Pygmalion 1904 Birthday Patsy Ruth Miller, actress, Quebec, Wide Open, Sap, Twin Beds 1902 Birthday Ruth Evelyn Mansfield, doctor 1902 Event 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 Birthday Ruth Schaumann, German painter/writer, Rose, Black King 1897 Birthday Ruth Pitter, British poet 1896 Birthday Ruth Etting, U.S. dancer/singer/actress, Roman scandals 1896 Birthday Ruth Gordon, Massachusetts, actress, Rosemary's Baby, Harold and Maude 1895 Birthday Ruth McDevitt, Coldwater, Michigan, actress, Jo-All in the Family 1895 Birthday Babe Ruth, American Athlete, baseball legend 1893 Birthday Ruth Chatterton, U.S. actress, Madame X, Sarah and Son 1893 Birthday Roy Del Ruth, director, About Face, Babe Ruth Story, Star Show 1892 Birthday Ruth Fuller Sasaki, U.S., Zen teacher, 1st Zen Institute of America 1892 Birthday Ruth Stonehouse, born in Denver, Colorado, film director, silent era film actress, directed films 'The Winning Pair', 'Tacky Sue's Romance' 1887 Birthday Ruth Benedict, anthropoligist 1887 Birthday Ruth Benedict, U.S., anthropologist, Patterns of Culture 1885 Birthday Ruth Bryan Rohde, U.S., Rep, minister to Denmark 1884 Birthday Ruth Draper, American Actress 1877 Birthday Ruth St. Denis, Newark, New Jersey, ballerina, Dances of the 5 Senses
