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Hank Aaron breaks Babe Ruth’s all-time home run record

April 8,1974
By: Abdelrahman Marghany, Editor • May 4, 2025
Passing away at the age of 86, Hank Aaron is most remembered for his homeruns. However, he got his major league position when Bobby Thompson broke his ankle.
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Passing away at the age of 86, Hank Aaron is most remembered for his homeruns. However, he got his major league position when Bobby Thompson broke his ankle.

For 39 years, the Babe stood alone as baseball’s all-time home run king. Then, on April 8, 1974, Ruth passed the torch to a new record holder, Hank Aaron, who capped his remarkable career by toppling one of the most legendary records in the sports canon.

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Abdelrahman Marghany
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Abdelrahman Marghany, also addressed as Abdel by his peers, is a 17 year old male student at Colonia High School. Marghany is beyond excited going into his senior year of high school. He looks forward to his wrestling season and spending time with his closest friends before college. Not only does Marghany love the sports in his school but he also enjoys the most of his academic classes he took and is currently taking. He looks forward to improving his writing, presenting, and communication skills in his journalism class to further pursue his education in college. In the future, Marghany plans to become a state trooper which has been his dream career for several years. In his free time, Marghany works as a swim instructor and lifeguard at a swim school. He says he enjoys his job and that it taught him a lot about educating and communicating with others.