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* '''[[1937]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter 19]]. | * '''[[1937]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter 19]]. | ||
* '''[[1938]]''' - Actor [[Wi Kuki Kaa]] is born. | * '''[[1938]]''' - Actor [[Wi Kuki Kaa]] is born. | ||
* '''[[1955]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Mr Capan 16 December 1955|a letter to Mr Cajan]]. | |||
* '''[[1956]]''' - The fifth episode of [[The Lord of the Rings (1955 radio series)|1956 radio series]] of ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'' airs on the [[BBC]] Third Programme. | * '''[[1956]]''' - The fifth episode of [[The Lord of the Rings (1955 radio series)|1956 radio series]] of ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'' airs on the [[BBC]] Third Programme. | ||
* '''[[1963]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Baronne A. Baeyens 16 December 1963|a letter to Baronne A. Baeyens]]. | * '''[[1963]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Baronne A. Baeyens 16 December 1963|a letter to Baronne A. Baeyens]]. | ||
Revision as of 07:59, 2 April 2014
Events that occurred on 16 December.
On Earth
- 1913 – In an annual Christmas rugby match at King Edward's School, alumni at Oxford and Cambridge play against the School's First XV. This year, the alumni J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Wiseman, T.K. Barnsley, Robert Gilson, G.B. Smith and Sidney Barrowclough lose 14-10.
- 1937 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes Letter 19.
- 1938 - Actor Wi Kuki Kaa is born.
- 1955 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to Mr Cajan.
- 1956 - The fifth episode of 1956 radio series of The Lord of the Rings airs on the BBC Third Programme.
- 1963 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to Baronne A. Baeyens.
- 1967 - Actress Miranda Otto is born.
- 1980 - The BBC Radio parody series Hordes of the Things finishes airing.
- 1989 - Actress Marjorie Westbury dies.
