2014 Event Indian athletes are granted permission to compete at the 2014 Winter Olympics under their nation's flag; the Indian Olympic Association had been suspended when Indian officials were accused of corruption in 2012 2014 Event Edward Snowden, the former National Security Agency contractor who has been granted temporary asylum in Russia, claims that his decision to leak classified NSA documents about mining emails and telephone call logs, has resulted in several significant threats to his life 2013 Event A cross-party royal charter allowing for the regulation of the British press is granted by the UK Privy Council despite a last-minute court challenge by the newspaper industry 2013 Event Seven years after Apple Inc. submitted its request to sell their iPhone under the name "iPhone" in Brazil, regulators denied their request, favoring IBG Electronica, who filed for the trademark in 2000, and was granted permission in 2008 2013 Event Actor Gerard Depardieu is granted citizenship by Russian President, Vladimir Putin; Depardieu renounced his French citizenship due to the country's high taxes 2011 Event The U.S. is granted permission by North Korea to search for remains of American soliders killed during the Korean War 2011 Event Former U.S. Olympic champion Carl Lewis is granted a place on the ballot for the Democratic primary election for a New Jersey Senate seat 2010 Event Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is granted temporary powers to pass laws by decree, negating any required review or support from the National Assembly 1995 Event Memphis Mad Dogs granted CFL's 13th franchise 1995 Event Birmingham Barracudas granted CFL franchise 1989 Event Robin Givens and Mike Tyson granted final divorce in New Jersey 1989 Event Polish labor union granted legal status 1989 Event Robin Givens is granted a divorce from Mike Tyson in Dom Rep 1977 Event John Lennon is granted a green card for permanent residence in U.S. 1973 Event Yoko Ono is granted permanent residence in U.S. 1971 Event 1st "Quickie" Divorce granted in UK 1968 Event Cynthia Lennon is granted a divorce from John 1963 Event Zanzibar granted internal self-government by Britain 1962 Event Rwanda granted internal self-government by Belgium 1961 Event Tanganyika granted full internal self-government by Britain 1960 Event 1st patent for lasers, granted to Arthur Schawlow and Charles Townes 1959 Event Dalai Lama fled China and was granted political asylum in India 1955 Event West Germany granted full sovereignty by 3 occupying powers 1955 Event East Germany granted full sovereignty by occupying power, U.S.S.R. 1950 Event West Berlin granted a constitution 1947 Event U.N. trusteeship for Nauru granted to Australia, New Zealand and UK 1947 Event India granted independence within British Commonwealth 1942 Event 1st U.S. citizenship granted an alien on foreign soil (James Hoey) 1937 Event Cleveland (now Los Angeles) Rams granted an NFL franchise 1932 Event German physicist Albert Einstein granted a visa 1928 Birthday 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 Event 1st snowmobile patent granted to Carl Eliason (Sayner Wisc) 1924 Event Snyder Act: U.S. citizenship granted to all American Indians 1922 Event Curly Lambeau and Green Bay Football Club granted NFL franchise 1921 Event J E Clair of Acme Packing Co of Green Bay granted an NFL franchise 1920 Event 19th amendment passes - women's suffrage granted 1917 Event Jones Act: Puerto Rico territory created, U.S. citizenship granted 1914 Event 1st patent for liquid-fueled rocket design granted, Dr. Robert Goddard 1909 Event Bristol University granted Royal Charter 1908 Event Patent granted for a 4-wheel automobile brake, Clintonville, Wisc 1903 Event Italo Marchiony granted patent for ice cream cone 1902 Event Patent for window envelope granted to H F Callahan 1899 Event Ill Tel and Tel granted franchise for Chicago freight tunnel system 1895 Event 1st U.S. patent granted for auto, George B. Selden 1887 Event Dawes Act passed (indians living apart from tribe granted citizenship) 1869 Event Women suffrage (right to vote) granted in Wyoming Territory (U.S. 1st) 1863 Event Patent granted for a process of making color photographs 1863 Event Jews of Holstein Germany granted equality 1863 Event 1st U.S. fire extinguisher patent granted to Alanson Crane, Virginia 1857 Event Patent for reducing zinc ore granted to Samuel Wetherill, Penn 1855 Event U.S. citizenship laws amended all children of U.S. parents born abroad granted U.S. citizenship 1849 Event Patent for lifting vessels granted to Abraham Lincoln 1849 Event Patent granted for an envelope-making machine 1849 Event Vancouver Island granted to Hudson's Bay Co 1848 Event Jews of Prussia granted equality 1833 Event Patent granted for 1st soda fountain 1812 Event Citizenship granted to Prussian Jews 1794 Event 1st U.S. textile machinery patent granted, to James Davenport, Philadelphia 1793 Event 1st American stove patent is granted to Robert Haeterick 1793 Event Patent granted Ralph Hodgson, New York, for oiled silk and linen 1790 Event 1st U.S. patent granted, to Samuel Hopkins for a potash process 1787 Event Jews are granted permission in Budapest Hungary to pray in groups 1732 Event Royal charter for Georgia granted to James Oglethorpe 1715 Event 1st English patent granted to an American, for processing corn 1694 Event Bank of England granted 12 year charter by Act of Parliament 1693 Event Royal charter granted College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Va 1691 Event Thomas Neale granted British patent for American postal service 1684 Event Patent granted for thimble 1664 Event Roger Williams is granted a charter to colonize Rhode Island 1662 Event Royal charter granted Connecticut 1660 Event Asser Levy granted butchers license (kosher meat) in New Amsterdam 1656 Event New Amsterdam granted a Jewish burial site 1654 Event Richard Johnson, a free black, granted 550 acres in Virginia 1652 Event John Johnson, a free black, is granted 550 acres in Northampton, Va 1629 Event England granted a royal charter to Massachusetts Bay Colony 1620 Event Great Patent granted to Plymouth Colony 1553 Event Christ's Hospital in England granted a charter
