US President Gerald Ford officially pardoned Richard Nixon for any crimes he committed as President.
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A 34-year-old grandmother gave birth to four male quintuplets in Venezuela.
The Oprah Winfrey Show aired for the first time.
'The Old Man and the Sea' by Ernest Hemingway was published in book form after first being published in Life Magazine on September 1.
Ghazi bin Faisal became King of Iraq.
Conrad II, also known as Conrad the Elder, was crowned king of Germany in Mainz Cathedral by Archbishop Aribo.
