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`Today in History
1974: Aaron sets new home run record
On this day in 1974, Hank Aaron of the Atlanta Braves hit his 715th career home run, breaking Babe Ruth’s legendary record of 714 homeruns. A crowd of 53,775 people, the largest in the history of Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium, was with Aaron that night to cheer when he hit a fourth inning pitch off the Los Angeles Dodgers’ Al Downing. However, as Aaron was an African-American who had received death threats and racist hate mail during his pursuit of one of baseball’s most distinguished records, the achievement was bittersweet.
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1911- Triangle Shirtwaist Fire in New York City
In one of the darkest moments of America’s industrial history, the Triangle Shirtwaist Company factory in New York City burned down, and killed 145 workers, on this day in 1911. The tragedy led to the development of a series of laws and regulations that better protected the safety of factory workers.