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1995 Israel grants jailed U.S. spy Jason Pollard, citizenship

1992 Governor Cuomo grants Jean Harris (Scarsdale Diet Dr. killer) clemency

1991 NHL grants permanent membership to Tampa Lightning and Ottawa Senators

1991 U.S.S.R. grants republics right to secede under certain conditions

1990 NHL grants conditional membership to Tampa Bay Lightning

1989 Solidarity grants legal status in Poland

1981 U.S. government grants Atlanta $1 million to search for black boy murderer

1979 Great Britain grants independence to Zimbabwe (Rhodesia)

1979 South Africa grants Venda independence (Not recognized out of South Africa)

1978 Major Indoor Soccer League grants 1st 6 franchises to Cincinnati,

1977 South Africa grants Bophuthatswana independence

1975 Netherlands grants Suriname independence (National Day)

1975 Britain grants internal self-government to Seychelles

1974 NFL grants franchise to Seattle Seahawks

1974 NFL grants franchise to Tampa Bay Bucaneers

1973 World Football League grants 1st franchise (Detroit)

1973 Australia grants self-government to Papua New Guinea

1968 NL grants San Diego Padres a franchise

1967 AFL grants a franchise to Cincinnati Bengals

1967 Britain grants internal self-government to Swaziland

1965 NFL grants Atlanta Falcons a franchise

1964 IMF grants Great Britain credit of $1 billion

1962 Yugoslavia grants 1,000 prisoners amnesty

1960 AL grants Gene Autry a franchise, LA Angels

1960 France grants Mauritania independence

1960 Britain grants independence to crown colony of Cyprus

1959 De Gaulle grants amnesty to 130 to Algerian death row convicts

1954 France grants Vietnam independence inside French Union

1953 French National Meeting grants Saarland more autonomy

1953 France grants Laos' sovereignty

1949 Queen Juliana (Netherlands) grants sovereignty to Indonesia

1949 British government grants Cyrenaica (East-Libya) independence

1948 U.S. grants Israel de facto recognition

1946 Baseball grants $5,000 minimum salary

1943 Clarice Elaine Gaylord, director of research grants, EPA

1938 Yuji Takahashi, born in Japan, composer, author, pianist, performer, grant recipient, Foundation for Contemporary Arts Grants to Artists

1933 Enabling Act: German Reichstag grants Adolph Hitler dictatorial powers

1932 King Rama VII (Prajadhipok) grants Thailand a constitution

1932 Spanish Cortes grants Catalonia autonomy

1926 NHL grants franchises to Chicago Black Hawks and Detroit Red Wings

1923 British government grants Trans-Jordan autonomy

1922 Great Britain grants Egypt independence

1918 Sect Baker grants extended exemption to World Series players

1918 Britain grants women (30 and over) vote

1917 Britain grants Royal Letters Patent to New Zealand

1907 Britain grants responsible government to former colony of Transvaal

1905 "October Manifesto" Russian Tsar Nicholas II grants civil liberties

1903 Colombia grants Panama independence

1897 Spain grants Puerto Rico autonomy

1893 U.S. President Cleveland grants amnesty to Mormon polygamy

1889 Queen Victoria grants Cecil Rhodes rights to Zambezia

1888 Ndebele-king Lobengula grants Cecil Rhodes, Mashonaland 100 pounds per month

1888 Lord Salisbury grants Cecil Rhodes charter for BSA Company

1888 Queen Victoria grants William Mackinnons Imperial British

1887 Sultan Bargash of Zanzibar grants E Afr Association at East African harbors

1887 Congress grants Seal Rocks to San Francisco

1879 U.S. Grants come to San Francisco for elaborate extended visit

1876 President Grants private-secretary Orville acquitted in Whiskey Ring

1868 Despite bitter opposition, President A Johnson grants unconditional pardon to all persons involved in Southern rebellion (Civil War)

1868 14th Amendment ratified, grants citizenship to ex-slaves

1862 Emperor Alexander II grants Jews right to publish books

1848 King of Naples grants his subjects a constitution

1844 Spain grants Dominican Rep independence

1829 English Emancipation Act grants freedom of religion to Catholics

1794 Empress Catherine II grants Jews permission to settle in Kiev

1791 John Fitch grants U.S. patent for his working steamboat

1784 Maryland grants citizenship to Lafayette and his descendents

1783 King Stanislaus Augustus Poniatowski grants rights to Jews of Kovno

1753 English parliament grants Jewish English citizenship

1749 George II grants charter to Ohio Company to settle Ohio Valley

1681 King Charles II grants William Penn royal charter for Pennsylvania

1663 King Charles II of England grants a charter to Rhode Island

1657 Oliver Cromwell grants residency to Luis Caravajal

1644 England grants patent for Providence Plantations (now Rhode Island)

1639 Massachusetts grants 500 acres of land to erect a gunpowder mill

1632 Britain grants 2nd Lord Baltimore rights to Chesapeake Bay area

1631 English colony Massachusetts Bay grants puritarian voting right

1629 Dutch West Indies Co grants religious freedom in West Indies

1609 Emperor Rudolf II grants Silezische protestants freedom of religion

1609 Emperor Rudolf II grants Bohemian protestants freedom of religion

1609 Majesteitsbrief: Emperor Rudolf II grants Bohemia freedom of religion

1598 Edict of Nantes grants political rights to French Huguenots

1593 State of Holland grants patent on windmill with crankshaft

1578 England grants Sir Humphrey Gilbert a patent to explore and colonize US

1575 English queen Elizabeth I grants Thomas Tallis and William Byrd music press monopoly

1571 Emperor Maximilian II grants Austrian adel freedom of religion

1566 Land guardian Margaretha van Parma grants Calvinists rights

1424 Don Alfonso V of Aragon grants Barcelona the right to exclude Jews

1233 Earl Otto II van Gelre grants Arnhem state justice

1230 Utrecht bishop Willebrand grants Swells state justice

1220 German king Frederick II grants bishops sovereign rights

816 Frankish emperor Louis grants archbishop Salzburg immunity


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