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1995 Memphis Mad Dogs granted CFL's 13th franchise
1995 Birmingham Barracudas granted CFL franchise 1989 Robin Givens and Mike Tyson granted final divorce in New Jersey 1989 Polish labor union granted legal status 1989 Robin Givens is granted a divorce from Mike Tyson in Dom Rep 1977 John Lennon is granted a green card for permanent residence in U.S. 1973 Yoko Ono is granted permanent residence in U.S. 1971 1st "Quickie" Divorce granted in UK 1968 Cynthia Lennon is granted a divorce from John 1963 Zanzibar granted internal self-government by Britain 1962 Rwanda granted internal self-government by Belgium 1961 Tanganyika granted full internal self-government by Britain 1960 1st patent for lasers, granted to Arthur Schawlow and Charles Townes 1959 Dalai Lama fled China and was granted political asylum in India 1955 West Germany granted full sovereignty by 3 occupying powers 1955 East Germany granted full sovereignty by occupying power, U.S.S.R. 1950 West Berlin granted a constitution 1947 U.N. trusteeship for Nauru granted to Australia, New Zealand and UK 1947 India granted independence within British Commonwealth 1942 1st U.S. citizenship granted an alien on foreign soil (James Hoey) 1937 Cleveland (now Los Angeles) Rams granted an NFL franchise 1932 German physicist Albert Einstein granted a visa 1928 David Somerset, born in England, David Robert Somerset, 11th Duke of Beaufort, British peer, criticized for accepting public funds on riverbed land granted to his dukedom 400 years ago 1927 1st snowmobile patent granted to Carl Eliason (Sayner Wisc) 1924 Snyder Act: U.S. citizenship granted to all American Indians 1922 Curly Lambeau and Green Bay Football Club granted NFL franchise 1921 J E Clair of Acme Packing Co of Green Bay granted an NFL franchise 1920 19th amendment passes - women's suffrage granted 1917 Jones Act: Puerto Rico territory created, U.S. citizenship granted 1914 1st patent for liquid-fueled rocket design granted, Dr. Robert Goddard 1909 Bristol University granted Royal Charter 1908 Patent granted for a 4-wheel automobile brake, Clintonville, Wisc 1903 Italo Marchiony granted patent for ice cream cone 1902 Patent for window envelope granted to H F Callahan 1899 Ill Tel and Tel granted franchise for Chicago freight tunnel system 1895 1st U.S. patent granted for auto, George B. Selden 1887 Dawes Act passed (indians living apart from tribe granted citizenship) 1869 Women suffrage (right to vote) granted in Wyoming Territory (U.S. 1st) 1863 Patent granted for a process of making color photographs 1863 Jews of Holstein Germany granted equality 1863 1st U.S. fire extinguisher patent granted to Alanson Crane, Virginia 1857 Patent for reducing zinc ore granted to Samuel Wetherill, Penn 1855 U.S. citizenship laws amended all children of U.S. parents born abroad granted U.S. citizenship 1849 Patent for lifting vessels granted to Abraham Lincoln 1849 Patent granted for an envelope-making machine 1849 Vancouver Island granted to Hudson's Bay Co 1848 Jews of Prussia granted equality 1833 Patent granted for 1st soda fountain 1812 Citizenship granted to Prussian Jews 1794 1st U.S. textile machinery patent granted, to James Davenport, Philadelphia 1793 1st American stove patent is granted to Robert Haeterick 1793 Patent granted Ralph Hodgson, New York, for oiled silk and linen 1790 1st U.S. patent granted, to Samuel Hopkins for a potash process 1787 Jews are granted permission in Budapest Hungary to pray in groups 1732 Royal charter for Georgia granted to James Oglethorpe 1715 1st English patent granted to an American, for processing corn 1694 Bank of England granted 12 year charter by Act of Parliament 1693 Royal charter granted College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Va 1691 Thomas Neale granted British patent for American postal service 1684 Patent granted for thimble 1664 Roger Williams is granted a charter to colonize Rhode Island 1662 Royal charter granted Connecticut 1660 Asser Levy granted butchers license (kosher meat) in New Amsterdam 1656 New Amsterdam granted a Jewish burial site 1654 Richard Johnson, a free black, granted 550 acres in Virginia 1652 John Johnson, a free black, is granted 550 acres in Northampton, Va 1629 England granted a royal charter to Massachusetts Bay Colony 1620 Great Patent granted to Plymouth Colony 1553 Christ's Hospital in England granted a charter |
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