2013 Event Russia grants NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden one year of temporary political asylum; Snowden leaves Moscow's Sheremetyevo Airport 2013 Event A court grants Iceland's Blaer Bjarkardottir the right to use her own name; after previously ruling Blaer was only a man's name, the Reykjavik court rules it could also be used as a girl's name 2012 Event The British government grants Wales limited powers to borrow money for financing major projects 2011 Event The Israeli interior ministry grants its final approval for building 1,600 settler homes in the disputed East Jerusalem 2011 Event The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers grants private companies the right to create new website domain suffixes 1995 Event Israel grants jailed U.S. spy Jason Pollard, citizenship 1992 Event Governor Cuomo grants Jean Harris (Scarsdale Diet Dr. killer) clemency 1991 Event NHL grants permanent membership to Tampa Lightning and Ottawa Senators 1991 Event U.S.S.R. grants republics right to secede under certain conditions 1990 Event NHL grants conditional membership to Tampa Bay Lightning 1989 Event Solidarity grants legal status in Poland 1981 Event U.S. government grants Atlanta $1 million to search for black boy murderer 1979 Event Great Britain grants independence to Zimbabwe (Rhodesia) 1979 Event South Africa grants Venda independence (Not recognized out of South Africa) 1978 Event Major Indoor Soccer League grants 1st 6 franchises to Cincinnati, 1977 Event South Africa grants Bophuthatswana independence 1975 Event Netherlands grants Suriname independence (National Day) 1975 Event Britain grants internal self-government to Seychelles 1974 Event NFL grants franchise to Seattle Seahawks 1974 Event NFL grants franchise to Tampa Bay Bucaneers 1973 Event World Football League grants 1st franchise (Detroit) 1973 Event Australia grants self-government to Papua New Guinea 1968 Event NL grants San Diego Padres a franchise 1967 Event AFL grants a franchise to Cincinnati Bengals 1967 Event Britain grants internal self-government to Swaziland 1965 Event NFL grants Atlanta Falcons a franchise 1964 Event IMF grants Great Britain credit of $1 billion 1962 Event Yugoslavia grants 1,000 prisoners amnesty 1960 Event AL grants Gene Autry a franchise, LA Angels 1960 Event France grants Mauritania independence 1960 Event Britain grants independence to crown colony of Cyprus 1959 Event De Gaulle grants amnesty to 130 to Algerian death row convicts 1954 Event France grants Vietnam independence inside French Union 1953 Event French National Meeting grants Saarland more autonomy 1953 Event France grants Laos' sovereignty 1949 Event Queen Juliana (Netherlands) grants sovereignty to Indonesia 1949 Event British government grants Cyrenaica (East-Libya) independence 1948 Event U.S. grants Israel de facto recognition 1946 Event Baseball grants $5,000 minimum salary 1943 Birthday Clarice Elaine Gaylord, director of research grants, EPA 1938 Birthday Yuji Takahashi, born in Japan, composer, author, pianist, performer, grant recipient, Foundation for Contemporary Arts Grants to Artists 1933 Event Enabling Act: German Reichstag grants Adolph Hitler dictatorial powers 1932 Event King Rama VII (Prajadhipok) grants Thailand a constitution 1932 Event Spanish Cortes grants Catalonia autonomy 1926 Event NHL grants franchises to Chicago Black Hawks and Detroit Red Wings 1923 Event British government grants Trans-Jordan autonomy 1922 Event Great Britain grants Egypt independence 1918 Event Sect Baker grants extended exemption to World Series players 1918 Event Britain grants women (30 and over) vote 1917 Event Britain grants Royal Letters Patent to New Zealand 1907 Event Britain grants responsible government to former colony of Transvaal 1905 Event "October Manifesto" Russian Tsar Nicholas II grants civil liberties 1903 Event Colombia grants Panama independence 1897 Event Spain grants Puerto Rico autonomy 1893 Event U.S. President Cleveland grants amnesty to Mormon polygamy 1889 Event Queen Victoria grants Cecil Rhodes rights to Zambezia 1888 Event Ndebele-king Lobengula grants Cecil Rhodes, Mashonaland 100 pounds per month 1888 Event Lord Salisbury grants Cecil Rhodes charter for BSA Company 1888 Event Queen Victoria grants William Mackinnons Imperial British 1887 Event Sultan Bargash of Zanzibar grants E Afr Association at East African harbors 1887 Event Congress grants Seal Rocks to San Francisco 1879 Event U.S. Grants come to San Francisco for elaborate extended visit 1876 Event President Grants private-secretary Orville acquitted in Whiskey Ring 1868 Event Despite bitter opposition, President A Johnson grants unconditional pardon to all persons involved in Southern rebellion (Civil War) 1868 Event 14th Amendment ratified, grants citizenship to ex-slaves 1862 Event Emperor Alexander II grants Jews right to publish books 1848 Event King of Naples grants his subjects a constitution 1844 Event Spain grants Dominican Rep independence 1829 Event English Emancipation Act grants freedom of religion to Catholics 1794 Event Empress Catherine II grants Jews permission to settle in Kiev 1791 Event John Fitch grants U.S. patent for his working steamboat 1784 Event Maryland grants citizenship to Lafayette and his descendents 1783 Event King Stanislaus Augustus Poniatowski grants rights to Jews of Kovno 1753 Event English parliament grants Jewish English citizenship 1749 Event George II grants charter to Ohio Company to settle Ohio Valley 1681 Event King Charles II grants William Penn royal charter for Pennsylvania 1663 Event King Charles II of England grants a charter to Rhode Island 1657 Event Oliver Cromwell grants residency to Luis Caravajal 1644 Event England grants patent for Providence Plantations (now Rhode Island) 1639 Event Massachusetts grants 500 acres of land to erect a gunpowder mill 1632 Event Britain grants 2nd Lord Baltimore rights to Chesapeake Bay area 1631 Event English colony Massachusetts Bay grants puritarian voting right 1629 Event Dutch West Indies Co grants religious freedom in West Indies 1609 Event Emperor Rudolf II grants Silezische protestants freedom of religion 1609 Event Emperor Rudolf II grants Bohemian protestants freedom of religion 1609 Event Majesteitsbrief: Emperor Rudolf II grants Bohemia freedom of religion 1598 Event Edict of Nantes grants political rights to French Huguenots 1593 Event State of Holland grants patent on windmill with crankshaft 1578 Event England grants Sir Humphrey Gilbert a patent to explore and colonize US 1575 Event English queen Elizabeth I grants Thomas Tallis and William Byrd music press monopoly 1571 Event Emperor Maximilian II grants Austrian adel freedom of religion 1566 Event Land guardian Margaretha van Parma grants Calvinists rights 1424 Event Don Alfonso V of Aragon grants Barcelona the right to exclude Jews 1233 Event Earl Otto II van Gelre grants Arnhem state justice 1230 Event Utrecht bishop Willebrand grants Swells state justice 1220 Event German king Frederick II grants bishops sovereign rights 816 Event Frankish emperor Louis grants archbishop Salzburg immunity
