2015 Event Officials from India and Bangladesh sign the Land Boundary Agreement, permanently dividing disputed border territory between the two nations; residents of this territory have lacked government-sponsored services and clear citizenship status 2013 Event Canada awards Pakistani educational activist Malala Yousafzai honorary citizenship 2013 Event U.S. Senator Ted Cruz ignites speculation about a 2016 Presidential run when he announces plans to renounce his Canadian citizenship 2013 Event Actor Gerard Depardieu is granted citizenship by Russian President, Vladimir Putin; Depardieu renounced his French citizenship due to the country's high taxes 2012 Event A law banning Palestinians who marry Israeli's from gaining citizenship is upheld by Israel's Supreme Court 1995 Event Israel grants jailed U.S. spy Jason Pollard, citizenship 1988 Event Meir Kahane renounced U.S. citizenship to stay in Israeli Parliament 1982 Event Supreme Court rules all children, regardless of citizenship, are entitled to a public education 1978 Event President Carter signs bill restoring Jefferson Davis citizenship 1976 Event East Germany deprives singer/poet Wolf Biermann citizenship 1975 Event House of Representatives votes to restore citizenship to General Robert E. Lee 1967 Event Greek regime deprives 480 Greeks of their citizenship 1964 Event Supreme Court rules unconstitutional to deprive naturalized citizens of citizenship if they return to home country for more than 3 years 1959 Event Japanese-Americans regain their citizenship 1952 Event "I am an American Day" and "Constitution Day" renamed "Citizenship Day" 1942 Event 1st U.S. citizenship granted an alien on foreign soil (James Hoey) 1935 Event Nazi's deprive German Jews of their citizenship 1935 Event Nuremberg Laws deprives German Jews of citizenship and makes swastika official symbol of Nazi Germany 1932 Event Immigrant Adolf Hitler gets German citizenship 1924 Event Snyder Act: U.S. citizenship granted to all American Indians 1917 Event Jones Act: Puerto Rico territory created, U.S. citizenship granted 1887 Event Dawes Act passed (indians living apart from tribe granted citizenship) 1868 Event 14th Amendment ratified, grants citizenship to ex-slaves 1855 Event U.S. citizenship laws amended all children of U.S. parents born abroad granted U.S. citizenship 1812 Event Citizenship granted to Prussian Jews 1809 Event Citizenship is denied to Jews of Canton of Aargau Switzerland 1784 Event Maryland grants citizenship to Lafayette and his descendents 1753 Event English parliament grants Jewish English citizenship
