Ruth Jones Wakefield died in Plymouth, Massachusetts, at the age of 73. Her legacy lives on through the enduring popularity of the chocolate chip cookie and her contributions to American culinary culture.

Ruth Wakefield invented the chocolate chip cookie at the Toll House Inn in Whitman, Massachusetts. While experimenting with a butterscotch nut cookie recipe, she substituted baking chocolate with chopped semi-sweet chocolate bars from Nestlé, creating a novel dessert.

Publication of Ruth Wakefield's cookbook titled 'Ruth Wakefield's Tried and True Recipes'. This cookbook contained various recipes, including early versions of what would later become the famous Toll House Chocolate Chip Cookie, although the definitive chocolate chip cookie recipe would be released later in the 1938 edition.

Ruth Jones Graves, later known as Ruth Wakefield, was born in East Walpole, Massachusetts. She is known for inventing the chocolate chip cookie. This date marks the beginning of the life of a culinary innovator who would significantly impact American baking.