My mom threw open the back door and yelled out to her yard-full of children, “He’s coming up again!”

We all ran inside to our kitchen to watch history unfold on our black and white TV (the color TV was further in the house and we weren’t allowed to go in there covered in sweat.) Hank Aaron hit his 715th home run tonight in 1974, passing Babe Ruth on the all-time home run list. Someone has since passed Aaron, but nobody cares. Aaron ended the 1973 season just one short of Ruth’s record. Can you possibly imagine how his every move would have been covered in the off season in today’s world?

Tonight’s national championship game is being played on the 220th anniversary of the first recorded college basketball game ever held, at Geneva College in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania. The NCAA has since deemed several of the players ineligible and doesn’t recognize the contest.

Kurt Cobain was found dead today in 1994, three days after he’d shot himself with a shotgun in the greenhouse above his garage. Killing yourself to live indeed.

Here’s a top 20 Songs off of albums that were released on April 8:

1. Sweet Emotion, Aerosmith, “Toys in the Attic”– 1975
2. Save it For a Rainy Day, The Jayhawks, “Rainy Day Music”– 2003
3. Graduate, Third Eye Blind, “Third Eye Blind”– 1997
4. Semi-Charmed Life, Third Eye Blind– 1997
5. Janie Jones, The Clash, “The Clash”– 1977
6. Tailspin, The Jayhawks– 2003
7. You See Me Crying, Aerosmith– 1975
8. Jumper, Third Eye Blind– 1997
9. I’m So Bored With the USA, The Clash– 1977
10. Africa, Toto, “Toto IV”– 1982
11. All the Right Reasons, The Jayhawks– 2003
12. Walk This Way-– Aerosmith– 1975
13. How’s It Gonna To Be— Third Eye Blind– 1997
14. White Riot— The Clash– 1977
15. Toys in the Attic— Aerosmith– 1975
16. Narcolepsy— Third Eye Blind– 1997
17. Today’s the Day— America, “Hideaway”– 1974
18. Uncle Salty— Aerosmith– 1975
19. God of Wine— Third Eye Blind– 1997
20. Amber Cascades— America– 1974

— Bill Hubbell