US President Gerald Ford officially pardoned Richard Nixon for any crimes he committed as President.
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Ghazi bin Faisal became King of Iraq.
William IV and Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen were crowned King and Queen of the United Kingdom.
The Oprah Winfrey Show aired for the first time.
Yellowstone National Park closed for the first time in US history due to ongoing fires.
A 34-year-old grandmother gave birth to four male quintuplets in Venezuela.