The Iraqi Army was formed.
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A state of emergency was declared in California after a gas leak.
King Harold of England became the successor to the crown after King Edward died.
The Pyrenean ibex went extinct after the last surviving member of the species was killed by a falling branch.
An energy crisis in the USA prompted President Nixon to initiate daylight saving time four months early.
King Henry VIII married his fourth wife, Anne of Cleves, after his previous wife died during childbirth.
