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| S.I. Hayakawa |
1897: Alfabetarja e gjuhës shqipe, the first school book in Albanian, is published in Istanbul.
1953: A proposal to simplify English spelling passes its first test. by 65 votes to 53, in the British House of Commons. Remarkably, the bill receives support from government and opposition parties. One Conservative supporter is James Pitman, grandson of Isaac Pitman of Pitman Shorthand fame.
1969: It is decided to establish a Division of Linguistics and Language Training at York University in Toronto.
1992: American linguist and politician Samuel Ichiye Hayakawa dies.
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