In Sports

• Hank Aaron hit his 715th home run on April 8th, 1974, to pass Babe Ruth
  Babe Ruth
  George Herman Ruth, Jr. , best known as "Babe" Ruth and nicknamed "the Bambino" and "the Sultan of Swat", was an American Major League baseball player from 1914–1935...
  
  's record.

In Politics

• The UN Security Council adopted Resolution 715
  United Nations Security Council Resolution 715
  United Nations Security Council Resolution 715, adopted unanimously on October 11, 1991, after recalling resolutions 687 and 707 , the Council, acting under Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter, approved plans from the International Atomic Energy Agency and Secretary-General Javier Pérez de...
  
  (1991), approving the plans for ongoing monitoring and verification submitted by the Secretary-General and the Director General of the IAEA. The Commission's plan also establishes that Iraq shall "accept unconditionally the inspectors and all other personnel designated by the Special Commission".

In other fields

• A Route 715 in Chestnuthill Township, Monroe County, Pa, home of "The Haunted Forest" in the Chestnuthill Township Park.http://www.hauntedforest.info/
• The telephone area code for Wausau, Eau Claire, Wisconsin Rapids, New Auburn, New Richmond, Niagara, Port Wing, Ogema and Danbury, WI