1997 Owen Barfield, philosopher of language, dies at 99
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
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)
1943 Barry Evans, actor, Dr. Upton-Dr. in the House, Mind Your Language
1934 John D. Loudermilk, rock drummer/vocalist, Language of Love, Norman
1932 Belgian Chamber rules Dutch language for education of Flanders
1932 Rose Franken's "Another Language," premieres in New York City
1932 Janet Bately, Prof of English Language, King's College London
1931 Genootschap Onze Taal (Our Language) organizes (Neth)
1928 Desmond Morris, English zoologist, Human Ape, Body Language
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 New rules of language assumed, equal rights Flemings/Walen Belgium
1913 Hebrew language officially used to teach in Palestinian schools
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
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
1639 Academie Franeaise begins Dictionary of French Language
1620 English language newspaper "Namloos" begins publishing in Amsterdam
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