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Events on Monday 16 August 1948 1
1895 – 1948Babe Ruth (1895-1948)Died 16 August 1948, aged 53George Herman "Babe" Ruth, the baseball slugger who redefined the sport with the New York Yankees, died of cancer on August 16, 1948. His 714 career home runs and outsized personality made him one of the most famous American athletes of the twentieth century. Tens of thousands filed past his coffin as it lay in state at Yankee Stadium.