2015 Event Iran will receive an S-300 air defense system from Russia; though the move won't violate U.N. sanctions against Iran, other nations currently in negotiation with Iran over nuclear issues have expressed concern 2015 Event Shiite militia forces in Iraq boycott the fight against ISIS in Tikrit to protest U.S. airstrikes; the U.S. was responding to a request from the Iraqi government, but militias are concerned that the U.S. will receive credit for their work to date 2015 Event Boston, Massachusetts, U.S., reaches a new snowfall record of 108.6 inches and may receive even more snow this season; the city's previous record of 107.6 inches was set in the winter of 1995-1996 2015 Event Astronauts at the International Space Station complete a tricky cable installation project to prepare for addition of docking ports; the ports will be able to receive manned commercial space capsules such as those launched by SpaceX and Boeing 2014 Event Automakers Kia and Hyundai are fined $100 million by the U.S. for claiming that emissions of greenhouse gases from its vehicles were lower than actual emissions, allowing the companies to fraudulently receive pollution credits 2014 Event A home-based colon cancer screening test by Exact Sciences Corp. has received approval by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration; patients must receive a doctor's prescription in order to purchase the test 2014 Event Toyota is seeking to sell fuel-cell vehicles in the U.S. but must receive an exemption from certain safety requirements to do so; Toyota states that its car meets safety requirements through a different mechanism than that specified in the rules 2014 Event Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko initiates a 7-day cease-fire, allowing troops to defend themselves but not to attack; during the cease-fire, separatists can turn in weapons and receive amnesty; so far, rebels have rejected the offer 2014 Event 21st Century Fox, Inc. is seeking to sell its European pay TV assets to its BSkyB unit; this will enhance BSkyB's standing as a pay TV company while divesting Fox of its non-core business; such a deal must still receive regulatory approval 2014 Event '12 Years a Slave' and 'Gravity' dominate wins at the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) Awards ceremony; Chiwetel Ejiofor ('12 Years') and Cate Blanchett ('Blue Jasmine') receive leading actor and actress awards, respectively 2013 Event Born without a trachea, a 2-year-old Korean-Canadian child is the youngest patient in history to receive a bioengineered organ made from stem cells; she received the transplanted organ at the Children's Hospital of Illinois 2013 Event Anchorage, Alaska begins the 1,000 mile, 2013 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race; winners receive a new truck and $50,400 in prize money 2012 Event Christmas food parcels are distributed in the Republic of Ireland; hundreds of people line up to receive them 2012 Event Ballerina Natalia Makarova, blues legend Buddy Guy, actor Dustin Hoffman, American television host David Letterman, and surviving members of Led Zeppelin, receive 2012 Kennedy Center Honors for their contributions to American culture 2011 Event In Taipei, protesters demand Taiwan's 200,000 foreign live-in caregivers receive the legal right to a weekly day off 2011 Event President Barack Obama's Jobs Act fails to receive the sixty votes required to advance from the U.S. Senate 2011 Event In Brazil, the Supreme Federal Court rules that same-sex couples receive the same rights of existing civil unions 2011 Event Each household within the exclusion zone of the Fukushima I Nuclear Power Plant will receive 1 million yen from the Tokyo Electric Power Company 2011 Event Pope Benedict XVI urges Pakistan to repeal its blasphemy law whereby those who insult the Prophet Muhammed receive the death penalty 2010 Event Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel states he will not apologize to Turkey for the Gaza flotilla clash, and that the injured will not receive any compensation 1994 Event Pointer Sisters receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame 1993 Death Mike Templeton, 2nd person to receive a heart pump, dies at 34 1985 Event Mary Lund is 1st woman to receive a Jarvik VII artificial heart 1985 Event Jack C Burcham is 5th to receive "Jarvik 7" permanent artificial heart 1985 Event 3rd person to receive an artificial heart (Murray Haydon) 1984 Event William Schroeder, is 2nd to receive Jarvik-7 artificial heart 1984 Event British ice dancing team, Torvill and Dean, become 1st skaters to receive 9 perfect 6.0s in world championships 1977 Event Bette Davis is 1st woman to receive Life Achievement Award 1965 Event Beatles receive MBEs at Buckingham Palace 1965 Event Beatles receive a gold record for "Yesterday" 1963 Event Beatles receive their 1st silver disc (Please Please Me) 1951 Event Life After Tomorrow, 1st film to receive an "X" rating, premieres 1945 Event Japanese diplomats board Missouri to receive instructions on Japan's surrender at the end of WW II 1933 Event Nazis receive 92% of vote in Germany 1922 Event "On the Road to Moscow" is 1st cartoon to receive a Pulitzer Prize 1921 Birthday Barney Clark, 1st to receive a permanent artificial heart 1915 Event F F Fletcher is 1st Admiral to receive Congressional Medal of Honor 1914 Event Irish home rule bill receive Royal assent 1906 Event 1st radio set advertised (Telimco for $7.50 in Scientific American) claimed to receive signals up to one mile 1896 Event 1st certified public accountants receive certificates (NY) 1876 Event Edward Bouchet, is 1st African-American to receive a PhD in U.S. college, Yale 1864 Event Congress rules Black soldiers must receive equal pay 1864 Event Rebecca Lee (U.S.) becomes 1st black woman to receive a medical degree 1857 Event 62 receive Victoria Cross 1857 Birthday Heinrich Hertz, physicist, 1st to broadcast and receive radio waves 1849 Event Elizabeth Blackwell becomes 1st woman in U.S. to receive medical degree 1831 Event John Frazee becomes 1st U.S. sculptor to receive a federal commission
