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Atlanta to honor Hank Aaron
Atlanta to honor Hank Aaron
Atlanta to honor Hank Aaron
For those of us who watched him do it on television, it doesn't seem possible that it was 40 years ago tonight that Atlanta's Hank Aaron broke Babe Ruth's career home run record. The number 714 was magical as it reflected the number of home runs Ruth had hit in his amazing career. For decades it was widely believed nobody would ever break the mark.