Hank Aaron and Eddie Matthews hit 863 homeruns as teammates

On this day in 1965,  Eddie Mathews hit # 28 to lead the Braves to a win 4-3 at Pittsburgh. 

Matthew's home run gave the Matthews-Aaron duo (1954-66) a total of 772 home runs as teammates.   They passed Ruth and Gehrig that day.   

Aaron & Matthews ended up with 863 home runs in their 13 years together with the Braves.   Matthews retired in 1968 and Aaron played until 1976.

Matthews came up with the Boston Braves but enjoyed his biggest years in Milwaukee.    He led the National League with 47 home runs in 1953, the team's first year in Milwaukee.     Aaron came up in 1954 and hit 755 career home runs.   

Aaron & Matthews played in the World Series in 1957 & 1958.   It was Matthews who caught the last out to beat the Yankees in 1957.

Great teammates!

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1940: Leon Trotsky killed in Mexico

Leon Trotsky was born in 1879 of Russian-Jewish parents.

Like others of his generation, he embraced Marxism as a teenager and became a political activist.  Later, he opposed Stalin and was banished from the USSR forever.

After four years in Turkey, Trotsky lived in France, Norway and was granted asylum in Mexico in 1936.   During this time in exile, he was found guilty of treason in absentia during Stalin’s purges.

On August 20, 1940, Trotsky was killed in Mexico City by Ramón Mercader, a Spanish communist.   The USSR denied responsibility, and Mercader was sentenced to 20 years in prison by Mexico.

Did Stalin have Trotsky killed?  We can't prove it but it's very likely in my opinion.  

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