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1995 Israel grants jailed U.S. spy Jason Pollard, citizenship
1988 Meir Kahane renounced U.S. citizenship to stay in Israeli Parliament 1982 Supreme Court rules all children, regardless of citizenship, are entitled to a public education 1978 President Carter signs bill restoring Jefferson Davis citizenship 1976 East Germany deprives singer/poet Wolf Biermann citizenship 1975 House of Representatives votes to restore citizenship to General Robert E. Lee 1967 Greek regime deprives 480 Greeks of their citizenship 1964 Supreme Court rules unconstitutional to deprive naturalized citizens of citizenship if they return to home country for more than 3 years 1959 Japanese-Americans regain their citizenship 1952 "I am an American Day" and "Constitution Day" renamed "Citizenship Day" 1942 1st U.S. citizenship granted an alien on foreign soil (James Hoey) 1935 Nazi's deprive German Jews of their citizenship 1935 Nuremberg Laws deprives German Jews of citizenship and makes swastika official symbol of Nazi Germany 1932 Immigrant Adolf Hitler gets German citizenship 1924 Snyder Act: U.S. citizenship granted to all American Indians 1917 Jones Act: Puerto Rico territory created, U.S. citizenship granted 1887 Dawes Act passed (indians living apart from tribe granted citizenship) 1868 14th Amendment ratified, grants citizenship to ex-slaves 1855 U.S. citizenship laws amended all children of U.S. parents born abroad granted U.S. citizenship 1812 Citizenship granted to Prussian Jews 1809 Citizenship is denied to Jews of Canton of Aargau Switzerland 1784 Maryland grants citizenship to Lafayette and his descendents 1753 English parliament grants Jewish English citizenship |
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