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2002 Arne Mellnas, composer, studied, taught orchestration at Royal College of Music in Stockholm, musical language filled with diverse moods
1997 Owen Barfield, philosopher of language, dies at 99 1997 Paulo Freire, Brazilian educator, influential theorist of critical pedagogy, educator, author, studied philosophy, phe, nomenology, psychology of language, embraced a non-orthodox form of liberation theology, wrote 'Pedagogy of the Oppressed', dies from heart failure 1996 W R Lee, language teacher, dies at 84 1993 Puerto Rico adds English as its 2nd official language 1987 Hal K Dawson, actor (Another Language, Wells Fargo), dies 1979 Arno Schmidt, German writer, author, translator, individualist, solipsist, admired for colloquial language style and theory of etyms he developed in magnum opus, titled Zettels Traum, dies at 65 1974 Mascha Kaleko, writer, German language poet, dies at 48 1969 Janis Joplin, accused of vulgar and indicent language in Tampa, Fla 1964 Vatican abolished Latin as official language of Roman Catholic liturgy 1963 Jozef Goossenaerts, Flem philologist (Language Boundary), dies at 81 1963 Language laws in Belgium goes into effect causing a riot 1963 Belgian Senate accept Law on language regulations 1961 75,000 Flemings demand equal rights and Flemish language in Belgium 1960 Gunnar Olof Bjorling, Fin-Swedish language poet (Kiri-ra!), dies at 73 1952 Bangladesh Martyrs Day (martyrs of Bengali Language Movement) 1944 Paul Lansky, born in New York, composer, electronic music, computer music language pioneer, studied with George Perle and Milton Babbitt, professor of music at Princeton University 1943 Barry Evans, actor, Dr. Upton-Dr. in the House, Mind Your Language 1934 Adolf Muschg, born in Zollikon, canton of Zurich, writer, German language and literature professor, wrote provocative works, including If Auschwitz is in Switzerland 1934 John D. Loudermilk, rock drummer/vocalist, Language of Love, Norman 1933 Arne Mellnas, born in Stockholm, Sweden, composer, studied, taught orchestration at Royal College of Music in Stockholm, musical language filled with diverse moods 1932 Jaan Raats, born in Tartu, Estonia, composer, composed Estonian language films, wrote 'Aeg elada aeg armastada' 1932 Belgian Chamber rules Dutch language for education of Flanders 1932 Rose Franken's "Another Language," premieres in New York City 1932 Janet Bately, Professor of English Language, King's College London 1931 Richard Rorty, born in New York City, philosopher, focused on philosophy of language, of mind, politics, literary theory 1931 Genootschap Onze Taal (Our Language) organizes (Netherlands) 1928 Desmond Morris, English zoologist, Human Ape, Body Language 1927 Cecil Bodker, born in Fredericia, Denmark, writer, won Mildred L. Batchelder Award for her book titled, The Leopard, considered the most outstanding book originally published in a foreign language in a foreign country, then published in the United States 1926 Nicolaus Adriani, translator (Middle-Celebes Language), dies at 60 1926 Hans Andreus, Johan W van der Zant, Dutch poet, Animal Language 1925 Karl M Lybeck, Fin/Swedish language poet (Samlade Arbeten), dies at 71 1924 John Backus, inventor, FORTRAN computer language 1924 1st foreign language course broadcast on U.S. radio (WJZ, New York City) 1922 Demonstration for a French Language University in Ghent 1922 Edward Gailliard, Flemish language/archaeologist, dies at 81 1921 Paulo Freire, born in Recife, Brazil, Brazilian educator, influential theorist of critical pedagogy, educator, author, studied philosophy, phenomenology, psychology of language, embraced a non-orthodox form of liberation theology, wrote 'Pedagogy of the Oppressed' 1921 New rules of language assumed, equal rights Flemings/Walen Belgium 1914 Arno Schmidt, born in Hamburg, Germany, German writer, author, translator, individualist, solipsist, admired for colloquial language style and theory of etyms he developed in magnum opus, titled Zettels Traum 1913 Hebrew language officially used to teach in Palestinian schools 1912 Mascha Kaleko, born in Chrzanow, Austria, now Poland, writer, German language poet, first book 'Lyrisches Stenogrammheft' was burned in Nazi book burnings, wrote advertising copy while living in New York 1911 W R Lee, language teacher 1906 John Humphreys Whitfield, scholar of Italian language and literature 1898 Owen Barfield, philosopher of language 1896 Roman Jakobson, linguist/Slavic scholar, Fundamentals of Language 1893 Carlo Emilio Gadda, born in Milan, Italy, writer, poet, innovator of pre-war Italian language with dialects, jargon, wordplay 1890 Adolf Bach, German language/sociologist, Deutsche Namenkunde 1887 Gunnar Olof Bjorling, Finnish/Swedish language poet, Vilande Dag 1882 Jozef Goossenaerts, Flemish philologist, Language boundary 1881 Revival of Hebrew language as Eliezer Ben-Yehuda and friends agree to use Hebrew exclusively in their conversations 1872 Johan van Dale, schoolmaster (New Dutch Language Wordbook), dies at 44 1864 Karl M Lybeck, Finnish/Swedish language poet, Samlade Arbeten 1832 Rasmus Rask, Danish language scholar, dies at 44 1828 Johan H van Dale, schoolmaster, New Dutch Language Dictionary 1822 King Willem I obligates inhabitants of Brussels to use Dutch language 1788 Cornelis J van Assen, Dutch jurist, Language of the Constitution 1787 Rasmus Rask, Denmark, language scholar 1747 Luc de Clapiers, born in Aix-en-Provence, France, writer, essayist, moralist, considered a modern Stoic, believed mankind is noble, employed epigrammic language to express observations of human conduct and motives, dies in Paris 1715 Luc de Clapiers, born in Aix-en-Provence, France, writer, essayist, moralist, considered a modern Stoic, believed mankind is noble, employed epigrammic language to express observations of human conduct and motives 1639 Academie Franeaise begins Dictionary of French Language 1620 English language newspaper "Namloos" begins publishing in Amsterdam |
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