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...Henry ("Hank") Aaron holds the major league career home-run record (755) and works for the Atlanta Braves organization...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: JACKIE ROBINSON: The Trailblazer | 6/14/1999 | See Source »

Matching writer to hero in this fifth installment of the TIME 100 was an intriguing game of free association. Some match-ups made immediate sense: "The American G.I.?" brought the response "Colin Powell." "Jackie Robinson?" "Hank Aaron, of course." Others triggered supporting epithets. "Andrei Sakharov?", for example, brought on "Fang Lizhi." Pause. "The Sakharov of China"--the press moniker attached to the dissident astrophysicist who sought refuge in the U.S. embassy after the violent crackdown on the 1989 Tiananmen Square demonstrations. Yes, of course...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: When The Writer Is The Hero | 6/14/1999 | See Source »

...College's list of previous Class Day speakers reads like a Who's Who of famous people. It includes renowned humanitarian Mother Theresa, broadcaster Walter Cronkite and home run king Hank Aaron...

Author: By Jenny E. Heller, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Speaker Selection Process Sometimes Puts Harvard at Disadvantage | 6/9/1999 | See Source »

...Henry "Hank" Aaron of the Atlanta Braves breaks Babe Ruth's home run record with his 715th career homer...

Author: By Jonelle M. Lonergan, | Title: 1970-1974 IN REVIEW | 6/8/1999 | See Source »

...this revue ain't nothin' but seven singers performing a history of the blues, from traditional African chants to Motown, with side glances at Hank Williams and Peggy Lee. The rotund Ron Taylor (one of five co-authors) is the show's soulful heart, while Eloise Laws and Gretha Boston have the most impressive vocal turns. So poor was Broadway's musical season that this minimally produced concert got four Tony nominations. Talk about the blues...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theater: It Ain't Nothin' But The Blues | 5/17/1999 | See Source »

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