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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 - Mark McGwire — 28 / 34

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1997: The Oakland A's trade Mark McGwire to St. Louis Cardinals. He would end up leading the majors with 58 home runs that season. The following season he would go on to break Roger Maris' 61-homer single-season record by hitting 70.

OTD July 31 - Mount Fuji

OTD July 31 - Christopher Columbus

OTD July 31 - Daniel Defoe

OTD July 31 - US patent

OTD July 31 - Franz Liszt

OTD July 31 - MGM Lion

OTD July 31 - Olympics

OTD July 31 - Reinhard Heydrich

OTD July 31 - JFK Airport

OTD July 31 - Health Education And Welfare

OTD July 31 - Wesley Snipes

OTD July 31 - Ranger 7

OTD July 31 - Jim Reeves

OTD July 31 - JK Rowling

OTD July 31 - Dean Cain

OTD July 31 - Mark Cuban

OTD July 31 - Lunar Rover

OTD July 31 - Blue Oyster Cult

OTD July 31 - James Taylor

OTD July 31 - John Phillips

OTD July 31 - baseball strike

OTD July 31 - The Living Daylights

OTD July 31 - Victoria Azarenka

OTD July 31 - Nolan Ryan

OTD July 31 - START I

OTD July 31 - Georgian flag

OTD July 31 - Selena

OTD July 31 - Mark McGwire

OTD July 31 - Lunar Prospector

OTD July 31 - Fidel Castro

OTD July 31 - Northern Ireland

OTD July 31 - iTunes

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