Babe Ruth (1895–1948) was an American baseball outfielder and pitcher
who played 22 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1914 to 1935.
Born in Baltimore, Ruth was sent at age seven to St. Mary's, a
reformatory where he learned baseball skills. In 1914, Ruth was signed
to play minor-league baseball for the Baltimore Orioles. He began his
MLB career as a stellar left-handed pitcher for the Boston Red Sox, but
achieved his greatest fame as a slugging outfielder for the New York
Yankees. Ruth established many MLB batting (and some pitching) records,
including 714 career home runs. In his fifteen years with the Yankees,
Ruth helped them win seven American League pennants and four World
Series championships. His big swing led to escalating home run totals
that boosted baseball's popularity and made home runs a major factor in
the sport. Ruth's unprecedented power and carousing lifestyle made him a
larger-than-life figure in the "Roaring Twenties". One of the first five
inductees into the National Baseball Hall of Fame, 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.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babe_Ruth>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1405:
Marking the start of Ming China's treasure voyages, Admiral
Zheng He's expeditionary fleet set sail towards foreign regions on the
South China Sea and Indian Ocean.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treasure_voyages>
1848:
London Waterloo station, Britain's busiest railway station by
passenger usage, was opened by the London and South Western Railway.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Waterloo_station>
1864:
American Civil War: Confederate forces under Jubal Early began
an unsuccessful attempt to capture Washington, D.C..
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Fort_Stevens>
1914:
USS Nevada, the United States Navy's first "super-
dreadnought", was launched.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Nevada_(BB-36)>
1957:
Prince Karīm al-Hussaynī succeeded Sultan Mahommed Shah as
the Aga Khan, becoming the 49th Imam of the Shia Ismaili Muslims.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aga_Khan_IV>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
gaggle:
1. A group of geese when they are on the ground or on the water.
2. Any group or gathering of related things; bunch.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/gaggle>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
 Humor can be dissected, as a frog can, but the thing dies
in the process and the innards are discouraging to any but the pure
scientific mind.
--E. B. White
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/E._B._White>