Historical Events for 31st July 2026

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1658 - Aurangzeb appoints himself the sixth Mughal emperor; the Mughal Empire reaches its greatest extent under him
1969 - KWIH TV channel 44 in Winona, Minnesota (IND) begins broadcasting
1983 - Dutch July average temperature is 20.1°C (68.18°F), making it the warmest July since 1854
1991 - US Senate votes to allow women to fly combat aircraft
1997 - First baseman Mark McGwire becomes MLB's top home run hitter to be traded in the middle of a season when he moves from Oakland to the St. Louis Cardinals with 34 home runs and 81 RBIs
2016 - PGA Championship Men's Golf, Baltusrol GC: American Jimmy Walker wins his first major by one shot from defending champion Jason Day of Australia
2019 - Russian President Vladimir Putin orders the Russian army to help put out huge wildfires in Siberia covering 3 million hectares (7.4 million acres) after 700,000 people sign a petition
2019 - US Federal Reserve cuts interest rates by 0.25%, the first cut since 2008

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