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2013 Event - A court grants Iceland's Blaer Bjarkardottir the right to use her own name; after previously ruling Blaer was only a man's name, the Reykjavik court rules it could also be used as a girl's name

2012 Event - The British government grants Wales limited powers to borrow money for financing major projects

2011 Event - The Israeli interior ministry grants its final approval for building 1,600 settler homes in the disputed East Jerusalem

2011 Event - The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers grants private companies the right to create new website domain suffixes

1995 Event - Israel grants jailed U.S. spy Jason Pollard, citizenship

1992 Event - Governor Cuomo grants Jean Harris (Scarsdale Diet Dr. killer) clemency

1991 Event - NHL grants permanent membership to Tampa Lightning and Ottawa Senators

1991 Event - U.S.S.R. grants republics right to secede under certain conditions

1990 Event - NHL grants conditional membership to Tampa Bay Lightning

1989 Event - Solidarity grants legal status in Poland

1981 Event - U.S. government grants Atlanta $1 million to search for black boy murderer

1979 Event - Great Britain grants independence to Zimbabwe (Rhodesia)

1979 Event - South Africa grants Venda independence (Not recognized out of South Africa)

1978 Event - Major Indoor Soccer League grants 1st 6 franchises to Cincinnati,

1977 Event - South Africa grants Bophuthatswana independence

1975 Event - Netherlands grants Suriname independence (National Day)

1975 Event - Britain grants internal self-government to Seychelles

1974 Event - NFL grants franchise to Seattle Seahawks

1974 Event - NFL grants franchise to Tampa Bay Bucaneers

1973 Event - World Football League grants 1st franchise (Detroit)

1973 Event - Australia grants self-government to Papua New Guinea

1968 Event - NL grants San Diego Padres a franchise

1967 Event - AFL grants a franchise to Cincinnati Bengals

1967 Event - Britain grants internal self-government to Swaziland

1965 Event - NFL grants Atlanta Falcons a franchise

1964 Event - IMF grants Great Britain credit of $1 billion

1962 Event - Yugoslavia grants 1,000 prisoners amnesty

1960 Event - AL grants Gene Autry a franchise, LA Angels

1960 Event - France grants Mauritania independence

1960 Event - Britain grants independence to crown colony of Cyprus

1959 Event - De Gaulle grants amnesty to 130 to Algerian death row convicts

1954 Event - France grants Vietnam independence inside French Union

1953 Event - French National Meeting grants Saarland more autonomy

1953 Event - France grants Laos' sovereignty

1949 Event - Queen Juliana (Netherlands) grants sovereignty to Indonesia

1949 Event - British government grants Cyrenaica (East-Libya) independence

1948 Event - U.S. grants Israel de facto recognition

1946 Event - Baseball grants $5,000 minimum salary

1943 Birthday - Clarice Elaine Gaylord, director of research grants, EPA

1938 Birthday - Yuji Takahashi, born in Japan, composer, author, pianist, performer, grant recipient, Foundation for Contemporary Arts Grants to Artists

1933 Event - Enabling Act: German Reichstag grants Adolph Hitler dictatorial powers

1932 Event - King Rama VII (Prajadhipok) grants Thailand a constitution

1932 Event - Spanish Cortes grants Catalonia autonomy

1926 Event - NHL grants franchises to Chicago Black Hawks and Detroit Red Wings

1923 Event - British government grants Trans-Jordan autonomy

1922 Event - Great Britain grants Egypt independence

1918 Event - Sect Baker grants extended exemption to World Series players

1918 Event - Britain grants women (30 and over) vote

1917 Event - Britain grants Royal Letters Patent to New Zealand

1907 Event - Britain grants responsible government to former colony of Transvaal

1905 Event - "October Manifesto" Russian Tsar Nicholas II grants civil liberties

1903 Event - Colombia grants Panama independence

1897 Event - Spain grants Puerto Rico autonomy

1893 Event - U.S. President Cleveland grants amnesty to Mormon polygamy

1889 Event - Queen Victoria grants Cecil Rhodes rights to Zambezia

1888 Event - Ndebele-king Lobengula grants Cecil Rhodes, Mashonaland 100 pounds per month

1888 Event - Lord Salisbury grants Cecil Rhodes charter for BSA Company

1888 Event - Queen Victoria grants William Mackinnons Imperial British

1887 Event - Sultan Bargash of Zanzibar grants E Afr Association at East African harbors

1887 Event - Congress grants Seal Rocks to San Francisco

1879 Event - U.S. Grants come to San Francisco for elaborate extended visit

1876 Event - President Grants private-secretary Orville acquitted in Whiskey Ring

1868 Event - Despite bitter opposition, President A Johnson grants unconditional pardon to all persons involved in Southern rebellion (Civil War)

1868 Event - 14th Amendment ratified, grants citizenship to ex-slaves

1862 Event - Emperor Alexander II grants Jews right to publish books

1848 Event - King of Naples grants his subjects a constitution

1844 Event - Spain grants Dominican Rep independence

1829 Event - English Emancipation Act grants freedom of religion to Catholics

1794 Event - Empress Catherine II grants Jews permission to settle in Kiev

1791 Event - John Fitch grants U.S. patent for his working steamboat

1784 Event - Maryland grants citizenship to Lafayette and his descendents

1783 Event - King Stanislaus Augustus Poniatowski grants rights to Jews of Kovno

1753 Event - English parliament grants Jewish English citizenship

1749 Event - George II grants charter to Ohio Company to settle Ohio Valley

1681 Event - King Charles II grants William Penn royal charter for Pennsylvania

1663 Event - King Charles II of England grants a charter to Rhode Island

1657 Event - Oliver Cromwell grants residency to Luis Caravajal

1644 Event - England grants patent for Providence Plantations (now Rhode Island)

1639 Event - Massachusetts grants 500 acres of land to erect a gunpowder mill

1632 Event - Britain grants 2nd Lord Baltimore rights to Chesapeake Bay area

1631 Event - English colony Massachusetts Bay grants puritarian voting right

1629 Event - Dutch West Indies Co grants religious freedom in West Indies

1609 Event - Emperor Rudolf II grants Silezische protestants freedom of religion

1609 Event - Emperor Rudolf II grants Bohemian protestants freedom of religion

1609 Event - Majesteitsbrief: Emperor Rudolf II grants Bohemia freedom of religion

1598 Event - Edict of Nantes grants political rights to French Huguenots

1593 Event - State of Holland grants patent on windmill with crankshaft

1578 Event - England grants Sir Humphrey Gilbert a patent to explore and colonize US

1575 Event - English queen Elizabeth I grants Thomas Tallis and William Byrd music press monopoly

1571 Event - Emperor Maximilian II grants Austrian adel freedom of religion

1566 Event - Land guardian Margaretha van Parma grants Calvinists rights

1424 Event - Don Alfonso V of Aragon grants Barcelona the right to exclude Jews

1233 Event - Earl Otto II van Gelre grants Arnhem state justice

1230 Event - Utrecht bishop Willebrand grants Swells state justice

1220 Event - German king Frederick II grants bishops sovereign rights

816 Event - Frankish emperor Louis grants archbishop Salzburg immunity

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