Dorothy Ruth, American horse breeder and author (b. 1921)
Dorothy Helen Ruth Pirone (June 7, 1921 – May 18, 1989) was the biological daughter of Babe Ruth and his mistress Juanita Jennings (born Juanita Grenandtz). She was adopted by Babe and his first wife Helen Woodford Ruth of Boston Massachusetts. She wrote a memoir of her father, titled My Dad, the Babe.
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Events on 1989
- 15Apr
Tiananmen Square protests of 1989
Upon Hu Yaobang's death, the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989 begin in China. - 27Apr
Tiananmen Square protests of 1989
The April 27 demonstrations, student-led protests responding to the April 26 Editorial, during the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989. - 20May
Tiananmen Square massacre
The Chinese authorities declare martial law in the face of pro-democracy demonstrations, setting the scene for the Tiananmen Square massacre. - 5Jun
Tiananmen Square protests of 1989
The Tank Man halts the progress of a column of advancing tanks for over half an hour after the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989. - 24Jun
Tiananmen Square protests of 1989
Jiang Zemin succeeds Zhao Ziyang to become the General Secretary of the Communist Party of China after the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989.