Archive for April 8th, 2025

WALK ON BEACH YIELDS ANCIENT WEAPON

Dagger near Baltic Sea

(FOX NEWS) – A pair of pedestrians recently stumbled across an
ancient deadly weapon in a peaceful and most unlikely location:
a beach in Poland.  

The artifact, a 2,500-year-old dagger, was found on March 30.

Poland’s Museum of the History of the Kamieńska Land
announced the discovery in a Facebook post later that day.

Split image of woman holding dagger, dagger alone

Two metal detectorists holding dagger
Jacek Ukowski and Katarzyna Herdzik discovered the
ancient dagger last month while taking a walk on the
beach.

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HOME RUN RECORD BROKEN ON THIS DAY

Hank Aaron stats: 12 of his most significant home runs

On April 8, 1974, Hank Aaron of the Atlanta Braves hit his 715th
career home run
, breaking Babe Ruth’s legendary record of 714
homers. 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 4th 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.

On this day in history, April 8, 1974: Henry "Hammerin' Hank" Aaron broke Babe Ruth's home run ...

Hank Aaron - Atlanta Braves

1974 NY Times newspaper HANK AARON breaks BABE RUTH career HOME RUN RECORD | eBay

1974 Hank Aaron Breaks Babe Ruth's Record reproduction

An Atlanta school named after a Confederate general will be renamed to honor Hank Aaron | CNN

Henry Louis Aaron (February 5, 1934 – January 22, 2021), nicknamed "Hammer" or "Hammerin’ Hank."

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