July 31st
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- 1932
Enzo Ferrari retires from racing. He later launches a car series in his name in 1950 View Post →
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- 781
Mt. Fuji experiences its oldest recorded eruption
- 1790
The first U.S. patent is issued to Samuel Hopkins for a potash process
- 1971
Apollo 15 astronauts become the first to ride a lunar rover on the Moon
- 1973
Delta Flight 723 crashes in fog at Boston Logan
- 1980
China's population reaches 1 billion
- 1987
A deadly F-4 tornado strikes Edmonton, Alberta, causing massive damage
- 1989
The Game Boy handheld video game device is launched in the U.S
- 1992
Thai Airways International Flight 311 crashes near Kathmandu, Nepal
- 2012
India suffers a second power grid failure in two days, leaving 670 million people without power
- 2012
Bruce Springsteen and the E-Street Band perform their longest show ever in Helsinki, Finland
- 2012
Michael Phelps becomes the most decorated Olympian in history at the London Olympics
