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Events in Sport
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1954-03-13 - Braves' Bobby Thomson breaks his ankle, he is replaced by Hank Aaron
1954-04-13 - Milwaukee Braves' Hank Aaron's 1st game
1954-04-23 - Hammerin' Hank Aaron hits 1st of his 755 homers
1957-06-28 - Frick overrules & names Stan Musial, Willie Mays, & Hank Aaron to team
1961-06-08 - Milwaukee sets record of 4 consecutive HRs (Eddie Mathews, Hank Aaron, Joe Adcock & Frank Thomas)
1965-08-18 - Hank Aaron loses a HR, because he hit it out of batter's box
1965-08-20 - Eddie Mathews & Hank Aaron (1954-65) pass Babe Ruth-Lou Gehrig hitting 772 HRs while playing together on the same team
1967-05-10 - Hank Aaron only inside the park HR (vs Jim Bunning)
1968-07-14 - Brave Hank Aaron hits his 500th HR off SF Giant Mike McCormick
1969-05-21 - After 9,015 at bats Hank Aaron is lifted for a pinch hitter, Mike Lum, who doubled in a 15-3 victory over NY Mets
1970-05-17 - Hank Aaron becomes 9th player to get 3,000 hits
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1972-02-29 - Hank Aaron becomes 1st baseball player to sign for $200,000 a year
1972-06-10 - Hank Aaron's grandslammer (14) ties him for NL lead with Gil Hodges & moves him ahead of Willie Mays as #2 HR hitter (649)
1972-08-06 - Hank Aaron hits 660th & 661st HRs for Braves (record for 1 team)
1973-07-21 - Braves Hank Aaron hits Ken Brett's fastball for his 700th HR
1973-08-18 - Hank Aaron's record 1,378 extra base hit surpasses Stan Musial record
1973-09-08 - Hank Aaron sets record of most HRs in 1 league (709)
1974-04-04 - Hank Aaron ties Babe Ruth's home-run record by hitting his 714th
1974-04-08 - Hammerin' Hank Aaron hits 715th HR, breaks Babe Ruth's record
1974-10-02 - Hank Aaron's 733rd career HR on his last NL at bat
1974-11-02 - Braves trade Hank Aaron to Milwaukee Brewers for OF Dave May
1975-04-11 - Hank Aaron returns as a Milwaukee player (Brewer)
1975-06-12 - Hank Aaron's 1st HR in Milwaukee since 1965
1976-07-20 - Hank Aaron hits 755th & last home run off Angels Dick Drago
1976-10-03 - Hank Aaron singles in his last at bat & drives in his 2,297th run
1977-09-03 - Japan's Sadaharu Oh hits 756th HR to surpass Hank Aaron's total
1982-01-13 - Hank Aaron & Frank Robinson elected to Hall of Fame
1985-05-22 - Pete Rose 2,108th run passes Hank Aaron as NL run scoring leader
2007-08-07 - Barry Bonds of the San Francisco Giants breaks baseball great Hank Aaron's record by hitting his 756th home run.
Birthdays in Sport
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1934-02-05 - Hank Aaron, baseball player (record 755 HRs, 1957 NL MVP)
