TODAY IN HISTORY

TODAY IS FRIDAY, APRIL 8, the 99th day of 2016. There are 267 days left in the year.

TODAY’S HIGHLIGHT IN HISTORY: On this date in 1974, Hank Aaron of the Atlanta Braves hit his 715th career home run in a game against the Los Angeles Dodgers, breaking Babe Ruth’s record.

In 1904, Longacre Square in Manhattan was renamed Times Square after The New York Times.

In 1913, the 17th Amendment to the Constitution, providing for popular election of United States senators (as opposed to appointment by state legislatures) was ratified. President Woodrow Wilson became the first chief executive since John Adams to address Congress in person as he asked lawmakers to enact tariff reform.

In 1946, the League of Nations assembled in Geneva for its final session. In 1973, artist Pablo Picasso died in Mougins, France, at age 91.

In 1990, Ryan White, the teenage AIDS patient whose battle for acceptance had gained national attention, died in Indianapolis at age 18. The cult TV series “Twin Peaks” premiered on ABC.

In 1994, Kurt Cobain, singer and guitarist for the grunge band Nirvana, was found dead in Seattle of an apparently self-inflicted gunshot wound; he was 27.

TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS: Comedian Shecky Greene is 90. Actor-turned-diplomat John Gavin is 85. Author and Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Seymour Hersh is 79. Former U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan is 78. Basketball Hall-of-Famer John Havlicek is 76. Songwriter-producer Leon Huff is 74. Actor Hywel Bennett is 72. Actor Stuart Pankin is 70. Rock musician Steve Howe and former House Republican Leader Tom DeLay are 69. Movie director John Madden is 67. Rock musician Mel Schacher (Grand Funk Railroad) is 65. Actor John Schneider is 56. “Survivor” winner Richard Hatch is 55. Rock musician Izzy Stradlin is 54. Actress Robin Wright is 50. Actress Patricia Arquette is 48. Rock singer Craig Honeycutt (Everything) is 46. Rock musician Darren Jessee is 45. Actress Emma Caulfield is 43. Actress Katee Sackhoff is 36.