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| Rasmus Rask |
November 14
1832: A week before his 45th birthday, Rasmus Rask dies of tuberculosis.
1993: Field linguist Charles Watson is kidnapped by the Islamic Abu Sayyaf guerrilla on the Philippine island of Pangutaran.
1998: Congo-Kinshasa presents a suggested new constitution, in which not only French, but also English, is recognized as an official language.
2002: Despite its unwillingness to include Swedish Sign among the country’s officially recognized minority languages, Sweden’s parliament today launches a new version of its web site, in which parts are translated into Sign.
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