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Events on Friday 5 October 2001 1
2001Barry Bonds sets the single-season home run record73 home runs in one Major League seasonSan Francisco Giants outfielder Barry Bonds hit his 71st, 72nd and 73rd home runs in early October 2001, breaking Mark McGwire's three-year-old record. The mark still stands. It was later shadowed by evidence of performance-enhancing drug use in the sport.