This Day in History: Hank Aaron Breaks Babe Ruth’s Home Run Record
Atlanta Braves’ Hank Aaron hits his 715th career home run in Atlanta Stadium, April 8, 1974, to break the all-time record set by the late Babe Ruth. The ball is a blur as it leaves the bat.
Joe Holloway, Jr. / AP Photo
Tuesday is April 8. If we were to turn Atlanta’s clock back 40 years to that date in 1974, we’d witness one of the great moments in baseball history.
Hank Aaron of the Atlanta Braves hits his 715th career home run, eclipsing a record that had been held by Babe Ruth since 1935. Recently, Georgia State University Associate Professor of History Dr. Clifford Kuhn revisited the event with WABE’s Steve Goss.
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