Tuesday, November 13, 2012

The Linguist’s Calendar: November 13

Iain Hay Gordon
November 13

1952: Patricia Curran’s dead body is found in The Glen, in Northern Ireland. A confession, which a linguistic analysis later found to be false, imprisons Iain Hay Gordon for 48 years, until he is declared innocent in 2000.

1991: The new Ukrainian citizen law makes knowledge of Ukrainian a prerequisite of citizenship.

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