On this day: July 31

POSTED: 08:36 PM PDT Jul 30, 2012    UPDATED: 11:00 PM PDT Jul 30, 2012 

Mt. Fuji erupts, the Apollo 15 astronauts go for a ride and major-league baseball players end their strike, all on this day.

OTD July 31 - Ranger 7
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NASA

1964: Ranger 7 sends back the first close-up photographs of the moon, with images 1,000 times clearer than anything ever seen from earth-bound telescopes.

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