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| Ivar Aasen |
January 5
1945: At the opening session of the 19th Annual YIVO Conference in New York, Max Weinreich presents the paper which, when published, contains the first known use in print of the classic aphorism A shprakh iz a diyalekt mit an armey un a flot—i.e., a language is a dialect with an army and a navy.
1996: A monument to Ivar Aasen, the creator of Nynorsk, is unveiled near the central railway station in Oslo.
2001: Four people are charged with public order offenses after a rally in Cardiff by the Cymdeithas yr Iaith Gymraeg, the Welsh Language Society.
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