August 11. Babe Ruth hits home run number 500, the first to do so, in 1929.

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August 11, 1929.  Babe Ruth hits home run number 500, the first to accomplish the feat.

Sheet music for a Babe Ruth song, published in 1919.

 

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August 12. King Philip's Indian War ends with death of Metacomet in 1676.

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August 11. Bobo Newsome is born in 1907.