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2013 Event - In the U.K., the top 50 payday loan companies were sited for "widespread irresponsible lending"; the Office of Fair Trading gives them 12 weeks to change their practices 2012 Event - The National Zoo in Washington, D.C., announces a successful artificial insemination as Mei Xiang gives birth to her second giant panda cub 2012 Event - Ending a 50-year ban on veiled female news presenters, Egypt's state television gives its female presenters a choice of wearing, or not wearing, a veil 2011 Event - Parliament gives the new Greek Prime Minister, Lucas Papademos a vote of confidence, opening the doors for national unity to help restore financial stability in Greece 2010 Event - The United Kingdom gives prisoners serving less than four years the right to vote 2010 Event - Gordon Brown, United Kingdom's Prime Minister, gives evidence to the Iraq Inquiry 2007 Event - Marion Jones gives up 5 Olympic medals after admitting to using performance-enhancing drugs 1997 Event - Ted Turner gives $1 billion to the United Nations 1994 Event - O. J. Simpson, charged with murder, gives hair samples for testing 1994 Event - O.J. Simpson doesn't turn himself in on murder charges, Los Angeles police chase his Ford Bronco for 1 hours, eventually gives up 1993 Event - John F. Kennedy, Jr., gives notice of quitting as ADA in Manhattan 1993 Event - Texas Ranger Jose Canseco pitches 8th inning in 15-1 loss to Red Sox, he gives up 3 runs on 2 hits and 3 walks, he damages his arm 1992 Event - 1st female to play in a NHL exhibition game (Manon Rheaume, goalie) for Tampa Bay Lightning - gives up 2 goals on 9 attempts in 1 period 1991 Event - Donald Trump gives Marla Maples a 7.45 karat diamond ring 1991 Event - Alfaro Vive guerrilla group of Ecuador gives arms to Catholic church 1991 Event - Matt Barr's field goal with no time left gives New York Giant 15-13 Victory over defending champs San Francisco 49ers, for NFC title 1991 Event - U.S. Congress gives George Bush authority to wage war against Iraq 1990 Event - Supreme Soviet gives approval to switch to free market 1989 Event - 29 year old French woman gives birth to sextuplets in Paris 1988 Event - Microsoft cofounder Paul Allen gives $10 million to University Washington library 1988 Event - With 2 outs in bottom of 9th, an injured Kirk Gibson hits dramatic 2 run home run to gives Dodgers a 5-4 win in 1st game of World Series 1988 Event - Duchess of York gives birth to 6 lb 12 oz baby girl 1988 Birthday - Beatrice E M, Duchess of York gives birth to 6 lb 12 oz baby girl 1988 Event - Chicago gives Cubs right to install lights and play up to 18 night games 1987 Event - Bunt single gives Paul Molitor longest hit streak of 1980s at 32 games 1986 Event - Bert Blyleven gives up a record 44 home runs in a season 1986 Event - President Reagan gives speech defending his judicial appointments 1986 Event - Exciting draw in final gives NSW the Sheffield Shield over Qld 1985 Event - Bret Saberhagen gives Kansas City Royals their 1st World Series win 1985 Birthday - Frustaci Septuplets, California, Patricia Frustaci gives birth to 7 1984 Event - Met Dwight Gooden's 11 strikeouts gives him NL rookie record 236 1984 Event - "Weird Al" Yankovic gives free live performance at Del Mar Fair 1984 Event - Weird Al Yankovic gives a live performance at Starlight Amphitheater 1984 Event - Netherlands' Lubbers government gives 48 sites for cruise missiles 1983 Event - Argentina military regime gives amnesty to military and political assassins 1983 Event - Woman gives birth to baby 84 days after brain death in Roanoke, Virginia 1983 Event - Weird Al Yankovic gives live performance at Wax Museum in Washington D.C. 1983 Event - Senate revises immigration laws, gives millions of illegal aliens legal status under an amnesty program 1981 Event - Pirate Jim Bibby gives up a leadoff single to Brave Terry Harper, then retires next 27 batters 1979 Event - Phillies Tug McGraw gives up record 4th grand slam of year 1978 Event - Yankee Catfish Hunter's 6-2 win gives him a perfect 6-0 in Aug 1978 1976 Event - Britain gives Gilbert Island (Kiribati) self rule 1976 Event - Chris Chambliss' 9th inning lead off homer gives New York Yankees pennant #30 1974 Event - Rhino Store gives people 5 cents to take home Danny Bonaduce's Album 1970 Event - Clay Kirby has a no-hitter going for 8 inn, but is lifted for a pinch hitter, Reliever Jack Baldschun gives up 3 hits and Padres lose, 3-0 1964 Event - Pope Paul VI gives tiara to poor 1964 Event - Reds Chico Ruiz steals home, beats Phillies 1-0. Phillies start a 10 game losing streak that gives Cards the pennant 1964 Event - Dutch government gives Indonesia export guarantees 1963 Event - Ines Cuervo de Priete, 34, gives birth to quintuplets, all boys 1963 Event - Jerry Lynch's record 15th pinch-hit home run gives Pirates a 7-6 win 1963 Event - Giant Willie Mays' home run in 16th inning gives them a 1-0 win over Braves 1962 Event - U.N. gives Netherlands control of New-Guinea 1962 Event - New Orleans Citizens Co gives free 1-way ride to blacks to move North 1962 Event - Devastating 8 for 6 spell by Gibbs gives WI cricket victory over India 1961 Event - After 84 1/3 innings Bill Fischer gives up a base on balls 1960 Event - Fidel Castro gives a very long speech at the United Nations, 4 hours, 29 minutes 1957 Event - U.S. gives Poland credit of $95 million 1957 Event - Congress gives Post Office $41M; restoring Saturday mail delivery 1956 Event - Phillies Robin Roberts gives up a major league record 46th home run 1956 Event - After 72 years, Britain gives up Suez Canal to Egyptian control 1956 Event - KYW-AM in Philadelphia Penn gives calls to WTAM (now WWWE) Cleveland 1954 Event - Robin Roberts gives up a home run then retires next 27 men in a row 1953 Event - New balk rule gives the batter option; of accepting the outcome of the pitch or the balk 1953 Event - Birmingham Alabama, bars Jackie Robinson's Negro-White All-Stars from playing there Robinson gives in and drops white players from his group 1953 Event - U.S. government gives France $385 million for combat in Indo-China 1953 Event - Phillies Curt Simmons gives up a single, then retires next 27 in a row 1952 Event - New York Yankees Johnny Mize's pinch-hit grand slam gives Yankees a 5-1 win at Washington He has now home runs in all 15 major league parks 1951 Event - King Leopold II of Belgium gives up throne to son Boudouin I 1950 Event - U.N. gives Eritrea to Ethiopia 1950 Event - President Truman gives military aid to Vietnamese regime Bao-Dai 1949 Event - J Edgar Hoover gives Shirley Temple a tear gas fountain pen 1947 Event - Dutch Queen Wilhelmina gives golden award to general Eisenhower 1947 Event - With only 1 out to go, Yank Floyd Beven gives up a double breaking his World Series no-hit bid, it scored 2 runs and he lost game 1947 Event - Mildred Babe Didrikson Zaharias gives up amateur status for $300,000 1946 Event - U.S. General MacNarney gives 800,000 "minor Nazi's" amnesty 1945 Event - King Michael of Romania gives in to Communist government 1944 Event - U.S. Congress gives General Eisenhower his 5th star 1940 Event - U.S. gives Britain 50 destroyers in exchange for Newfoundland base lease 1940 Event - Belgium surrenders to Germany, King Leopold III gives himself up 1940 Event - Finland-Russian cease fire signed, Finland gives up Karelische 1940 Event - Finland surrenders to Russia during WW II, gives Karelische Isthmus 1940 Event - Commissioner Kenesaw Landis gives free agency to 91 Detroit Tigers 1939 Event - Soviet-German treaty agree on 4th partition of Poland (WW II) and gives Lithuania to U.S.S.R., last Polish troops surrender 1936 Event - A's pitcher Horace Lisenbee gives up 26 hits in a game 1936 Event - Franklin D. Roosevelt gives FBI authority to pursuit fascists and communists 1936 Event - Polish parliament gives President Ignacy Moscicki dictatorial power 1934 Event - Eiji Sawamura, 17, gives up 1 hit, Lou Gehrig's home run, Japan beats U.S. 1-0 1933 Event - German Republic gives power to Hitler 1932 Event - Henry Ford gives his 1st radio speech 1931 Event - British Statute of Westminster gives complete legislative independence to Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Ireland, Newfndlnd 1923 Event - League of Nations gives Belgium mandate of Ruanda-Urundi (was German) 1922 Event - Captain Cyril Turner (RAF) gives 1st skywriting exhibition (New York City) Turner spelled out "Hello USA. Call Vanderbilt 7200." 47,000 called 1922 Event - Italian parliament gives Mussolini dictatorial powers "for 1 year" 1920 Event - Enrico Caruso gives his last public performance (New York City) 1920 Event - Peace treaty gives Estonia independence 1920 Birthday - David Wright, born in Johannesburg, South Africa, given name David John Murray Wright, editor of 'X', autobiography 'Deafness. A Personal Account' gives insight into deafness 1918 Event - CH Chubb gives Stonehenge to English state 1917 Event - People's Commissars gives authority to Lenin, Trotsky and Stalin 1917 Event - British government gives final approval to Balfour Declaration 1917 Event - Cincinnati Fred Tooney and Chicagos's Hippo Vaughn pitch duel no-hitter, Vaughn gives up 2 hits and a run in 10th, so Cincinnati wins 1-0 1914 Event - Chicago Jim Scott no-hits Cleveland, gives up 2 hits in 10th and loses 1-0 1913 Event - After 68 straight innings Christy Mathewson gives up a walk 1913 Event - John D. Rockefeller gives $100 million to Rockefeller Foundation 1910 Event - Clement van Maasdijk gives flying demonstration 1908 Event - N.Y. gives a ticker tape parade to returning U.S. Olympians from London 1903 Event - Hay-Bunau-Varilla Treaty gives U.S. exclusive canal rights in Panama 1902 Event - Prussian Upper house gives 350 million marks to Poland 1901 Event - Cleveland's Bock Baker gives up a record 23 singles as White Sox beat Blues (Cleveland Blues!) 13-1 1895 Event - Electric central at Niagara Falls gives 1st steam 1894 Birthday - Dirk Vansina, Flemish playwright, Verschaeve Gives Evidence 1890 Event - King Leopold II gives Congo to Belgium 1885 Event - Congress of Berlin, gives Congo to Belgium and Nigeria to England 1885 Event - Bismarck gives Carl Peters' firm management of East-Africa 1881 Event - Boston Symphony Orchestra gives its 1st concert 1879 Event - Edison gives 1st public demonstration of his incandescent lamp 1871 Event - 2nd Enforcement Act gives federal control of congressional elections 1870 Event - Gustav Mahler (10) gives his 1st public piano concert 1867 Event - Legislation gives suffrage to DC blacks, despite President Johnson's veto 1864 Event - Great Britain gives Isotope Islands back to Greece 1850 Event - "Swedish Nightingale" Jenny Lind gives 1st U.S. concert 1849 Event - 1st chamber music group in U.S. gives their 1st concert (Boston) 1848 Event - Mexico gives Texas to U.S., ending the war 1837 Event - Canada gives blacks the right to vote 1835 Event - New Orleans gives U.S. government Jackson Square to be used as a mint 1832 Event - Black Hawk, leader of Sauk-indians, gives himself up 1800 Event - Dr. Benjamin Waterhouse gives 1st cowpox vaccination to his son to prevent smallpox 1790 Event - New York gives up claims to Vermont for $30,000 1780 Event - Benedict Arnold gives British Major Andre plans to West Point 1774 Event - Britain gives Quebec, Labrador and territory north of Ohio 1760 Event - French army gives Montreal to General Jeffrey Amherst 1754 Event - George Washington gives Ft. Necessity to France 1745 Event - Treaty of Dresden gives much of Silesia to the Prussians 1721 Event - Dr. Zabdiel Boylston gives 1st smallpox inoculations in America 1717 Event - Prussian king Frederik Willem I gives compulsory education to 5-12 yrs 1708 Event - Monarch Amengkurat II [Sunan Mas] of Mataram gives himself up to VOC 1701 Event - Act of Settlement gives English crown to Sophia, Princess of Hanover 1682 Event - Duke James of York gives Delaware to William Penn 1668 Event - English king Charles II gives Bombay to East India Company 1661 Event - Portugal gives Tanger and Bombay to English King Charles II 1656 Event - Treaty of Labiau: Sweden gives Prussia, Brandenburg 1629 Event - King Charles I gives Bahamas to Sir Robert Heath 1621 Event - King James of England gives Canada to Sir Alexander Sterling 1578 Event - Queen Elizabeth I gives Johan Casimir 20,000 pounds to aid Dutch rebellion 1558 Event - Czar Ivan IV gives parts of North-Russia to fur traders 1550 Event - Emperor Charles V gives inquisiters additional authority 1495 Event - Pope gives his son Cesare Borgia as hostage to Charles VIII of France 1460 Event - Treaty of Alcacovas-Portugal gives Castile Canary Is for W Africa 1420 Event - Treaty of Troyes-French King Charles VI gives France to English 1346 Event - Emperor Louis IV of Bavaria gives his wife Margaretha, Holland/Zealand 1251 Event - The Virgin Mary gives Simon Stork a haircut (legend) 1178 Event - Anti-Pope Callistus III gives pope title to Alexander III 1077 Event - German king Henry IV gives away bisdom Utrecht county Staveren 1064 Event - German King Henry IV gives away Utrecht county of West Friesland 1046 Event - King Henry III gives money to Utrecht Deventer diocese 1040 Event - King Henry III gives Utrecht the Groninger currency 976 Event - Emperor Otto II gives earl Leopold I, East Bavaria 953 Event - Otto I the Great gives Utrecht fishing rights 949 Event - Otto I the Great gives away bishopdom of Utrecht 944 Event - Otto I the Great gives away bisdom Utrecht "foreestrecht" 704 Event - Aengibald gives away bishop Willibrord estate in Waalre |
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