On Opening Day in 1974, Hank Aaron hit his 714th home run, tying Babe Ruth for most all-time. | Atlanta Braves Highlights

⚾️On August 16, 1948, at 8:01 p.m., the legendary Babe Ruth died of throat cancer at the age of 53. His open casket was placed on display in the rotunda of Yankee Stadium, where it remained for 2 days; 77,000 people filed past to pay him tribute. His funeral Mass took place at St. Patrick's Cathedral; a crowd estimated at 75,000 waited outside. Ruth rests on a hillside in Section 25 at the Gate of Heaven Cemetery in Hawthorne, New York. Thousands of New Yorkers, including many children, stood vi

Meet Jackie Mitchell, the baseball pioneer who struck out Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig. The 17-year-old Mitchell faced the New York Yankees greats in a 1931 exhibition and proved women belong in the sport. 🔗: https://biography.visitlink.me/oBCbR5 | Biography