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| Morris Swadesh |
July 20
1794: The revolutionary government declares that official announcements in newly constituted French Republic must be made in French, and in no other language. The punishment for not abiding the law is six months of imprisonment.
1913: Edward Sapir writes in a letter to Paul Radin that he now “seriously believe[s] that Wishosk [=Wiyot] and Yurok are related to Algonkin”.
1946: In New York, Andrew Booth meets Warren Weaver for the first time. Although they do not discuss the subject on this particular day, their contacts is later to lead to the first relatively functional machine translation systems.
1967: In Mexico City, Morris Swadesh passes away.
1994: The parliament of Tajikistan rejects a proposal to grant co-official status to Russian.
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