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1994 Pointer Sisters receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
1993 Mike Templeton, 2nd person to receive a heart pump, dies at 34 1985 Mary Lund is 1st woman to receive a Jarvik VII artificial heart 1985 Jack C Burcham is 5th to receive "Jarvik 7" permanent artificial heart 1985 3rd person to receive an artificial heart (Murray Haydon) 1984 William Schroeder, is 2nd to receive Jarvik-7 artificial heart 1984 British ice dancing team, Torvill and Dean, become 1st skaters to receive 9 perfect 6.0s in world championships 1977 Bette Davis is 1st woman to receive Life Achievement Award 1965 Beatles receive MBEs at Buckingham Palace 1965 Beatles receive a gold record for "Yesterday" 1963 Beatles receive their 1st silver disc (Please Please Me) 1951 Life After Tomorrow, 1st film to receive an "X" rating, premieres 1945 Japanese diplomats board Missouri to receive instructions on Japan's surrender at the end of WW II 1933 Nazis receive 92% of vote in Germany 1922 "On the Road to Moscow" is 1st cartoon to receive a Pulitzer Prize 1921 Barney Clark, 1st to receive a permanent artificial heart 1915 F F Fletcher is 1st Admiral to receive Congressional Medal of Honor 1914 Irish home rule bill receive Royal assent 1906 1st radio set advertised (Telimco for $7.50 in Scientific American) claimed to receive signals up to one mile 1896 1st certified public accountants receive certificates (NY) 1864 Congress rules Black soldiers must receive equal pay 1864 Rebecca Lee (U.S.) becomes 1st black woman to receive a medical degree 1857 62 receive Victoria Cross 1857 Heinrich Hertz, physicist, 1st to broadcast and receive radio waves 1849 Elizabeth Blackwell becomes 1st woman in U.S. to receive medical degree 1831 John Frazee becomes 1st U.S. sculptor to receive a federal commission |
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