Wednesday, January 2, 2013

The Linguist's Calendar: January 2

Charles Lindbergh
January 2 

1935: The trial begins in New Jersey of Bruno Hauptmann, accused of kidnapping and murdering the 19-month-old son of Charles Lindbergh, the US aviator. Found guilty, he was executed in April of the following year. The case against Hauptmann included (much questioned) linguistic evidence.


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