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