Babe Ruth's Sixtieth Home Run
"Ruth Crashes 60th to Set New Record"
Newspaper article
By: The New York Times
Date: October 1, 1927
Source: "Ruth Crashes 60th to Set New Record." New York Times, October 1, 1927, 12. Reprinted in "History This Month." Black Tree History Group. Available online at http://www.blacktreehistory.com/editorial/bte-hismonFeb02.h... ; website home page: http://www.blacktreehistory.com (accessed May 8, 2003).
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