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.

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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

_____________________________ 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

___________________________ 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