Biography:Played 21 seasons for the Milwaukee and Atlanta Braves (1954-1974) and 2 final years for the Milwaukee Brewers as a right fielder and a star hitter.
In 1974 he bettered Babe Ruth's home run record amid some racist attacks and held it for 33 years. Aaron continues to hold the record for the most seasons as an All Star (21).
1953-10-06 MLB baseball player Hank Aaron (19) weds Barbara Lucas (divorced 1971)
1973-11-12 MLB baseball player Hank Aaron (39) weds Billye Aaron
Historical Events
1954-03-13 Braves' Bobby Thomson breaks his ankle, he is replaced by Hank Aaron
1954-03-14 Milwaukee Braves future home run king Hank Aaron homers in his debut exhibition game against the Boston Red Sox
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 MLB Commissioner Ford Frick overrules fan voting, due to ballot stuffing in Cincinnati, and names Stan Musial, Willie Mays, & Hank Aaron to the All-Star team
1959-07-07 26th MLB All Star Game, Forbes Field, Pittsburgh: Willy Mays triples to score Hank Aaron as NL wins 5-4
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 and Hank Aaron (1954-65) pass Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig hitting 772 HRs while playing together on the same team
1967-05-10 Hank Aaron hits his only inside the park HR off of Phillies' Jim Bunning, in Philadelphia
1968-07-14 Brave Hank Aaron hits his 500th HR off SF Giant Mike McCormick
1970-05-17 Hank Aaron becomes 9th player to get 3,000 hits
1972-02-29 Future Baseball Hall of Fame right fielder Hank Aaron becomes first player to earn $200,000 average annual salary; signs 3-year deal with Atlanta Braves after one of his best seasons – .327 average, 47 HRs and 118 RBIs
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 the Atlanta Braves, breaking Babe Ruth's MLB record of homers for one team
1972-09-03 Atlanta Braves slugger Hank Aaron earns his 6,135th total base to break Stan Musial’s MLB record in an 8-0 home defeat to the Philadelphia Phillies
1973-07-21 Braves Hank Aaron hits Philadelphia Phillies Ken Brett's fastball for his 700th HR, in Atlanta
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 in Cincinnati, facing Jack Billingham
1974-04-08 Hammerin' Hank Aaron hits 715th HR, off of L.A. Dodger Al Downing, breaking Babe Ruth's record in Atlanta
1974-10-02 Future Baseball Hall of Fame right fielder Hank Aaron hits his final home run as a member of the Atlanta Braves, in a 13-0 drubbing of the Cincinnati Reds; Aaron's 733rd career HR on his last NL at bat
1974-11-02 Atlanta Braves trade then MLB home run king Hank Aaron to Milwaukee Brewers for outfielder Dave May
1975-04-11 Hank Aaron returns to County Stadium as a Milwaukee player after his off-season trade from the Atlanta Braves; Brewers beat Cleveland Indians, 6-2
1975-06-12 Hank Aaron smacks his first home run in Milwaukee since 1965 as his new team, the Brewers beat Oakland A's, 9-7
1976-07-20 Hank Aaron hits 755th and last home run off Angels Dick Drago
1976-10-03 Future Baseball Hall of Fame right fielder Hank Aaron singles in his last MLB at-bat & drives in his 2,297th run as Milwaukee Brewers lose, 5-2 v Detroit Tigers
1982-08-01 Hank Aaron, Frank Robinson, Travis Jackson and Happy Chandler inducted into baseball's Hall of Fame
2007-08-04 San Francisco slugger Barry Bonds homers off Clay Hensley in 2nd inning of 3-2 loss to San Diego to tie Hank Aaron’s 33 year-old MLB career home run record of 755