American baseball player and coach (born 1895)

Babe Ruth

George Herman "Babe" Ruth was an American professional baseball player whose career in Major League Baseball (MLB) spanned 22 seasons, from 1914 through 1935. Nicknamed "the Bambino" and "the Sultan of Swat", he began his MLB career as a star left-handed pitcher for the Boston Red Sox, but achieved his greatest fame as a slugging outfielder for the New York Yankees. Ruth is regarded as one of the greatest sports heroes in American culture and is considered by many to be the greatest baseball player of all time. In 1936, Ruth was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame as one of its "first five" members.

Born

1895

February 6

Died

1948

Era

1890s

Country

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About

Babe, in brief

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Life timeline

Key dates

1895 Born
1948 Died

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What else happened on this day, through history

337 Election of pope Julius I.
590 Hormizd IV, king of the Sasanian Empire, is overthrown and blinded by his brothers-in-law Vistahm and Vinduyih.
1579 The Diocese of Manila is erected by papal bull, with Domingo de Salazar appointed its first bishop.
1685 James II of England and VII of Scotland is proclaimed King upon the death of his brother Charles II.

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The world in 1948

When Babe departed

april 1 Cold War: Communist forces respond to the introduction of the Deutsche Mark by attempting to force the western powers to withdraw from Berlin.
april 1 Faroe Islands gain autonomy from Denmark.
april 13 In an ambush, 78 Jewish doctors, nurses and medical students from Hadassah Hospital, and a British soldier, are massacred by Arabs in Sheikh Jarrah. This event came to be known as the Hadassah medical convoy massacre.
april 16 The Organization of European Economic Co-operation is formed.

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Same-day contemporaries

Also born on February 6

Antoine Wright 1984– American basketball player Cam Cameron 1961– American football player and coach Geo Bogza 1908– Romanian poet and journalist (died 1993) Lothar-Günther Buchheim 1918– German author and painter (died 2007) Mary Leakey 1913–1996 English archaeologist and anthropologist (born 1913) Robert Maillart 1872–1940 Swiss civil engineer (born 1872)

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Same-year contemporaries

Also born in 1895

Anastas Mikoyan 1895–1978 Soviet politician, Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union (died 1978) Arthur Schmidt 1895– German officer (died 1987) Augusto César Sandino 1895–1934 Nicaraguan rebel leader (born 1895) Clarence Ashley 1895– American singer, guitarist, and banjo player (died 1967) Evripidis Bakirtzis 1895– Greek soldier and politician (died 1947) Hammy Love 1895– Australian cricketer (died 1969) J. Edgar Hoover 1895–1972 American law enforcement official; 1st Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (died 1972) Jiddu Krishnamurti 1895–1986 Indian-American philosopher and author (born 1895) Juan Perón 1895–1974 Argentinian general and politician, President of Argentina (born 1895)

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