Wednesday, December 5, 2012

The Linguist’s Calendar: December 5

Louis-Lucien Bonaparte


December 5

1858: Louis-Lucien Bonaparte, amateur linguist and prince of France, becomes an honorary member of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
 
1948: A church service interpreted into a sign language is televised for the first time (from St Matthew’s Lutheran Church for the Deaf on Long Island).
 
1996: A new law passed by the Iranian parliament bans the use of non-Persian words and names in the country.

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