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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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