Hank Aaron: A Baseball Hero.

On Monday night, April 8, 1974, Henry Louis Aaron, known as Hank, rounded the bases at Atlanta's Fulton County Stadium, and "ran" into the history books when he hit his 715th career home run. Aaron had done the unthinkable--he had broken the record set by the legendary baseball giant Babe Ruth.

The famous hit came with Aaron's second time at bat. He faced pitcher Al Downing of the Los Angeles Dodgers, and connected with the ball on his first swing. A crowd of 53,775 fans, and thousands more in front of televisions across the country, roared as the 40-year-old player ran toward home. As he passed third base, a few fans tried to run onto the field to congratulate the new home-run king. His fellow players gathered at home plate. But the first person to reach Aaron was not a …