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| Fidelia Fielding |
May 24
The
Day of Slavic Writing is a national holiday in Bulgaria, to commemorate
the invention of St Cyril and St Method in the 9th century.
1873:
In a talk before the Société de Linguistique de Paris, A
Dufriche-Desgenettes makes the first documented use of the word phonème.
1917: A Russian orthography reform is officially accepted by a Special Meeting of the Academy of Sciences in St. Petersburg.
1936:
At the Shantok Burial Ground in Uncasville, Connecticut, a monument is
erected to Fidelia Fielding (1827–1908), the last speaker of
Pequot-Mohegan.
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