At the Jungle Hotel, 501 Park Street N, St. Petersburg, FlThe YouTube video title says 1935, but Babe Ruth actually celebrated his 40th birthday in 1934 - an article in the St. Petersburg Times (February 13, 1934) describes the cake with the letters 40 on top and mentions that sound motion pictures were taken. Ruth lived in an orphanage in his youth and mistakenly thought his birth date was February 7, 1894. It wasn't until he applied for a passport after the 1934 baseball season that he discovered his actual birth date was February 6, 1895 - which made him a year younger than he thought he was - but he continued to recognize February 7, 1894 as his birthday for the rest of his years.
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