William IV and Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen were crowned King and Queen of the United Kingdom.
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Queen Elizabeth II of England officially opened the Severn Bridge in South West England.
Conrad II, also known as Conrad the Elder, was crowned king of Germany in Mainz Cathedral by Archbishop Aribo.
Kylie Minogue's signature song 'Can't Get You Out of My Head' was released.
A 34-year-old grandmother gave birth to four male quintuplets in Venezuela.
'The Old Man and the Sea' by Ernest Hemingway was published in book form after first being published in Life Magazine on September 1.
