July 6 in A.A. History

In 1985, during A.A.’s 8h International Convention and 50th anniversary celebration in Montreal, Quebec, Ruth Crecelius (née Hock), the non-alcoholic typist of the first edition of the Big Book and A.A.’s first national secretary, was presented with the 5,000,000th copy that book, Alcoholics Anonymous [right: Ruth holding that copy of the Big Book].