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2007 Marion Jones gives up 5 Olympic medals after admitting to using performance-enhancing drugs
1997 Ted Turner gives $1 billion to the United Nations 1994 O. J. Simpson, charged with murder, gives hair samples for testing 1994 O.J. Simpson doesn't turn himself in on murder charges, Los Angeles police chase his Ford Bronco for 1 hours, eventually gives up 1993 John F. Kennedy, Jr., gives notice of quitting as ADA in Manhattan 1993 Texas Ranger Jose Canseco pitches 8th inning in 15-1 loss to Red Sox, he gives up 3 runs on 2 hits and 3 walks, he damages his arm 1992 1st female to play in a NHL exhibition game (Manon Rheaume, goalie) for Tampa Bay Lightning - gives up 2 goals on 9 attempts in 1 period 1991 Donald Trump gives Marla Maples a 7.45 karat diamond ring 1991 Alfaro Vive guerrilla group of Ecuador gives arms to Catholic church 1991 Matt Barr's field goal with no time left gives New York Giant 15-13 Victory over defending champs San Francisco 49ers, for NFC title 1991 U.S. Congress gives George Bush authority to wage war against Iraq 1990 Supreme Soviet gives approval to switch to free market 1989 29 year old French woman gives birth to sextuplets in Paris 1988 Microsoft cofounder Paul Allen gives $10 million to University Washington library 1988 With 2 outs in bottom of 9th, an injured Kirk Gibson hits dramatic 2 run home run to gives Dodgers a 5-4 win in 1st game of World Series 1988 Duchess of York gives birth to 6 lb 12 oz baby girl 1988 Beatrice E M, Duchess of York gives birth to 6 lb 12 oz baby girl 1988 Chicago gives Cubs right to install lights and play up to 18 night games 1987 Bunt single gives Paul Molitor longest hit streak of 1980s at 32 games 1986 Bert Blyleven gives up a record 44 home runs in a season 1986 President Reagan gives speech defending his judicial appointments 1986 Exciting draw in final gives NSW the Sheffield Shield over Qld 1985 Bret Saberhagen gives Kansas City Royals their 1st World Series win 1985 Frustaci Septuplets, California, Patricia Frustaci gives birth to 7 1984 Met Dwight Gooden's 11 strikeouts gives him NL rookie record 236 1984 "Weird Al" Yankovic gives free live performance at Del Mar Fair 1984 Weird Al Yankovic gives a live performance at Starlight Amphitheater 1984 Netherlands' Lubbers government gives 48 sites for cruise missiles 1983 Argentina military regime gives amnesty to military and political assassins 1983 Woman gives birth to baby 84 days after brain death in Roanoke, Virginia 1983 Weird Al Yankovic gives live performance at Wax Museum in Washington D.C. 1983 Senate revises immigration laws, gives millions of illegal aliens legal status under an amnesty program 1981 Pirate Jim Bibby gives up a leadoff single to Brave Terry Harper, then retires next 27 batters 1979 Phillies Tug McGraw gives up record 4th grand slam of year 1978 Yankee Catfish Hunter's 6-2 win gives him a perfect 6-0 in Aug 1978 1976 Britain gives Gilbert Island (Kiribati) self rule 1976 Chris Chambliss' 9th inning lead off homer gives New York Yankees pennant #30 1974 Rhino Store gives people 5 cents to take home Danny Bonaduce's Album 1970 Clay Kirby has a no-hitter going for 8 inn, but is lifted for a pinch hitter, Reliever Jack Baldschun gives up 3 hits and Padres lose, 3-0 1964 Pope Paul VI gives tiara to poor 1964 Reds Chico Ruiz steals home, beats Phillies 1-0. Phillies start a 10 game losing streak that gives Cards the pennant 1964 Dutch government gives Indonesia export guarantees 1963 Ines Cuervo de Priete, 34, gives birth to quintuplets, all boys 1963 Jerry Lynch's record 15th pinch-hit home run gives Pirates a 7-6 win 1963 Giant Willie Mays' home run in 16th inning gives them a 1-0 win over Braves 1962 U.N. gives Netherlands control of New-Guinea 1962 New Orleans Citizens Co gives free 1-way ride to blacks to move North 1962 Devastating 8 for 6 spell by Gibbs gives WI cricket victory over India 1961 After 84 1/3 innings Bill Fischer gives up a base on balls 1960 Fidel Castro gives a very long speech at the United Nations, 4 hours, 29 minutes 1957 U.S. gives Poland credit of $95 million 1957 Congress gives Post Office $41M; restoring Saturday mail delivery 1956 Phillies Robin Roberts gives up a major league record 46th home run 1956 After 72 years, Britain gives up Suez Canal to Egyptian control 1956 KYW-AM in Philadelphia Penn gives calls to WTAM (now WWWE) Cleveland 1954 Robin Roberts gives up a home run then retires next 27 men in a row 1953 New balk rule gives the batter option; of accepting the outcome of the pitch or the balk 1953 Birmingham Alabama, bars Jackie Robinson's Negro-White All-Stars from playing there Robinson gives in and drops white players from his group 1953 U.S. government gives France $385 million for combat in Indo-China 1953 Phillies Curt Simmons gives up a single, then retires next 27 in a row 1952 New York Yankees Johnny Mize's pinch-hit grand slam gives Yankees a 5-1 win at Washington He has now home runs in all 15 major league parks 1951 King Leopold II of Belgium gives up throne to son Boudouin I 1950 U.N. gives Eritrea to Ethiopia 1950 President Truman gives military aid to Vietnamese regime Bao-Dai 1949 J Edgar Hoover gives Shirley Temple a tear gas fountain pen 1947 Dutch Queen Wilhelmina gives golden award to general Eisenhower 1947 With only 1 out to go, Yank Floyd Beven gives up a double breaking his World Series no-hit bid, it scored 2 runs and he lost game 1947 Mildred Babe Didrikson Zaharias gives up amateur status for $300,000 1946 U.S. General MacNarney gives 800,000 "minor Nazi's" amnesty 1945 King Michael of Romania gives in to Communist government 1944 U.S. Congress gives General Eisenhower his 5th star 1940 U.S. gives Britain 50 destroyers in exchange for Newfoundland base lease 1940 Belgium surrenders to Germany, King Leopold III gives himself up 1940 Finland-Russian cease fire signed, Finland gives up Karelische 1940 Finland surrenders to Russia during WW II, gives Karelische Isthmus 1940 Commissioner Kenesaw Landis gives free agency to 91 Detroit Tigers 1939 Soviet-German treaty agree on 4th partition of Poland (WW II) and gives Lithuania to U.S.S.R., last Polish troops surrender 1936 A's pitcher Horace Lisenbee gives up 26 hits in a game 1936 Franklin D. Roosevelt gives FBI authority to pursuit fascists and communists 1936 Polish parliament gives President Ignacy Moscicki dictatorial power 1934 Eiji Sawamura, 17, gives up 1 hit, Lou Gehrig's home run, Japan beats U.S. 1-0 1933 German Republic gives power to Hitler 1932 Henry Ford gives his 1st radio speech 1931 British Statute of Westminster gives complete legislative independence to Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Ireland, Newfndlnd 1923 League of Nations gives Belgium mandate of Ruanda-Urundi (was German) 1922 Captain Cyril Turner (RAF) gives 1st skywriting exhibition (New York City) Turner spelled out "Hello USA. Call Vanderbilt 7200." 47,000 called 1922 Italian parliament gives Mussolini dictatorial powers "for 1 year" 1920 Enrico Caruso gives his last public performance (New York City) 1920 Peace treaty gives Estonia independence 1920 David Wright, born in Johannesburg, South Africa, given name David John Murray Wright, editor of 'X', autobiography 'Deafness. A Personal Account' gives insight into deafness 1918 CH Chubb gives Stonehenge to English state 1917 People's Commissars gives authority to Lenin, Trotsky and Stalin 1917 British government gives final approval to Balfour Declaration 1917 Cincinnati Fred Tooney and Chicagos's Hippo Vaughn pitch duel no-hitter, Vaughn gives up 2 hits and a run in 10th, so Cincinnati wins 1-0 1914 Chicago Jim Scott no-hits Cleveland, gives up 2 hits in 10th and loses 1-0 1913 After 68 straight innings Christy Mathewson gives up a walk 1913 John D. Rockefeller gives $100 million to Rockefeller Foundation 1910 Clement van Maasdijk gives flying demonstration 1908 N.Y. gives a ticker tape parade to returning U.S. Olympians from London 1903 Hay-Bunau-Varilla Treaty gives U.S. exclusive canal rights in Panama 1902 Prussian Upper house gives 350 million marks to Poland 1901 Cleveland's Bock Baker gives up a record 23 singles as White Sox beat Blues (Cleveland Blues!) 13-1 1895 Electric central at Niagara Falls gives 1st steam 1894 Dirk Vansina, Flemish playwright, Verschaeve Gives Evidence 1890 King Leopold II gives Congo to Belgium 1885 Congress of Berlin, gives Congo to Belgium and Nigeria to England 1885 Bismarck gives Carl Peters' firm management of East-Africa 1881 Boston Symphony Orchestra gives its 1st concert 1879 Edison gives 1st public demonstration of his incandescent lamp 1871 2nd Enforcement Act gives federal control of congressional elections 1870 Gustav Mahler (10) gives his 1st public piano concert 1867 Legislation gives suffrage to DC blacks, despite President Johnson's veto 1864 Great Britain gives Isotope Islands back to Greece 1850 "Swedish Nightingale" Jenny Lind gives 1st U.S. concert 1849 1st chamber music group in U.S. gives their 1st concert (Boston) 1848 Mexico gives Texas to U.S., ending the war 1837 Canada gives blacks the right to vote 1835 New Orleans gives U.S. government Jackson Square to be used as a mint 1832 Black Hawk, leader of Sauk-indians, gives himself up 1800 Dr. Benjamin Waterhouse gives 1st cowpox vaccination to his son to prevent smallpox 1790 New York gives up claims to Vermont for $30,000 1780 Benedict Arnold gives British Major Andre plans to West Point 1774 Britain gives Quebec, Labrador and territory north of Ohio 1760 French army gives Montreal to General Jeffrey Amherst 1754 George Washington gives Ft. Necessity to France 1745 Treaty of Dresden gives much of Silesia to the Prussians 1721 Dr. Zabdiel Boylston gives 1st smallpox inoculations in America 1717 Prussian king Frederik Willem I gives compulsory education to 5-12 yrs 1708 Monarch Amengkurat II [Sunan Mas] of Mataram gives himself up to VOC 1701 Act of Settlement gives English crown to Sophia, Princess of Hanover 1682 Duke James of York gives Delaware to William Penn 1668 English king Charles II gives Bombay to East India Company 1661 Portugal gives Tanger and Bombay to English King Charles II 1656 Treaty of Labiau: Sweden gives Prussia, Brandenburg 1629 King Charles I gives Bahamas to Sir Robert Heath 1621 King James of England gives Canada to Sir Alexander Sterling 1578 Queen Elizabeth I gives Johan Casimir 20,000 pounds to aid Dutch rebellion 1558 Czar Ivan IV gives parts of North-Russia to fur traders 1550 Emperor Charles V gives inquisiters additional authority 1495 Pope gives his son Cesare Borgia as hostage to Charles VIII of France 1460 Treaty of Alcacovas-Portugal gives Castile Canary Is for W Africa 1420 Treaty of Troyes-French King Charles VI gives France to English 1346 Emperor Louis IV of Bavaria gives his wife Margaretha, Holland/Zealand 1251 The Virgin Mary gives Simon Stork a haircut (legend) 1178 Anti-Pope Callistus III gives pope title to Alexander III 1077 German king Henry IV gives away bisdom Utrecht county Staveren 1064 German King Henry IV gives away Utrecht county of West Friesland 1046 King Henry III gives money to Utrecht Deventer diocese 1040 King Henry III gives Utrecht the Groninger currency 976 Emperor Otto II gives earl Leopold I, East Bavaria 953 Otto I the Great gives Utrecht fishing rights 949 Otto I the Great gives away bishopdom of Utrecht 944 Otto I the Great gives away bisdom Utrecht "foreestrecht" 704 Aengibald gives away bishop Willibrord estate in Waalre |
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