Ghazi bin Faisal became King of Iraq.
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Margaret Gorman from Washington, D.C., became the very first Miss America.
US President Gerald Ford officially pardoned Richard Nixon for any crimes he committed as President.
Conrad II, also known as Conrad the Elder, was crowned king of Germany in Mainz Cathedral by Archbishop Aribo.
'The Old Man and the Sea' by Ernest Hemingway was published in book form after first being published in Life Magazine on September 1.
William IV and Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen were crowned King and Queen of the United Kingdom.
