US President Gerald Ford officially pardoned Richard Nixon for any crimes he committed as President.
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The Oprah Winfrey Show aired for the first time.
A 34-year-old grandmother gave birth to four male quintuplets in Venezuela.
Space probe Osiris-Rex by NASA was launched to collect rock samples from the Bennu asteroid.
Queen Elizabeth II of England officially opened the Severn Bridge in South West England.
Margaret Gorman from Washington, D.C., became the very first Miss America.