Monday, January 14, 2013

The Linguist's Calendar: January 14

Nikolai Yakovlevich Marr
January 14

1912: Nikolai Yakovlevich Marr becomes extraordinary academy member of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

1987: In Seoul, 21 year old Linguistics student Park Chong-Choi is suffocated during police interrogation for alleged pro-communist activities. Understandably, this leads to the country’s biggest demonstrations for six years, involving hundreds of new police arrests.

2001: 9th Inuktitut Language Week celebrated throughout Nunavut Jan. 14–20.

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