Alan Turing gets royal pardon for his 1952 conviction for “gross indecency.”
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-25495315
http://www.theguardian.com/science/2013/dec/24/enigma-codebreaker-alan-turing-royal-pardon
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/alan-turing-gets-his-royal-pardon-for-gross-indecency–61-years-after-he-poisoned-himself-9023116.html