Video: 'ATL@CIN: Hank Aaron hits homer 714, tying Babe Ruth'
(Thursday, April 4, 1974, 2:40 p.m. EDT) — Hank Aaron of the Atlanta Braves tied Babe Ruth’s home-run record today by hitting his 714th round-tripper in Cincinnati.
Daily Archives: April 4, 2014
Lincoln writes ‘events have controlled me’ 150 years ago today (Apr 4 1864)
(Monday, April 4, 1864; during the American Civil War) — In a letter to Kentucky newspaper editor Albert G. Hodges, U.S. President Abraham Lincoln today wrote, “I claim not to have controlled events, but confess plainly that events have controlled me.”
