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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 (Natl 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 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 US 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 Penn 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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