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* '''[[August 27|27]]''' - [[William Conrad]], voice actor who portrayed [[Denethor II|Denethor]] in ''[[Rankin/Bass' The Return of the King]]'', is born. | * '''[[August 27|27]]''' - [[William Conrad]], voice actor who portrayed [[Denethor II|Denethor]] in ''[[Rankin/Bass' The Return of the King]]'', is born. | ||
==October== | ==October== | ||
* '''[[October 8|8]]''' - [[Nils Werenskiold]], the first Norwegian translator of ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'', is born. | |||
* '''[[October 10|10]]''' - [[Victor Platt]], who would voice [[Samwise Gamgee|Sam]] in ''[[The Lord of the Rings (1955 radio series)]]'', is born. | * '''[[October 10|10]]''' - [[Victor Platt]], who would voice [[Samwise Gamgee|Sam]] in ''[[The Lord of the Rings (1955 radio series)]]'', is born. | ||
* '''[[October 22|22]]''' - [[Michael Tolkien]], Tolkien's second son, is born. | * '''[[October 22|22]]''' - [[Michael Tolkien]], Tolkien's second son, is born. | ||
* '''[[October 30|30]]''' - [[Norman Bird]], who would voice [[Bilbo Baggins]] in ''[[Ralph Bakshi's The Lord of the Rings]]'', is born. | * '''[[October 30|30]]''' - [[Norman Bird]], who would voice [[Bilbo Baggins]] in ''[[Ralph Bakshi's The Lord of the Rings]]'', is born. | ||
==December== | ==December== | ||
* '''[[December 22|22]]''' - [[Father Christmas]] writes a [[Letters from Father Christmas|letter]] to [[J.R.R. Tolkien]]'s children. | * '''[[December 22|22]]''' - [[Father Christmas]] writes a [[Letters from Father Christmas|letter]] to [[J.R.R. Tolkien]]'s children. |
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Tolkien-related events that took place in 1920.
June
- 11 - German translator Walter Scherf is born.
- 22 - Voice acting legend Paul Frees, who would voice several characters in the Rankin/Bass movies, is born.
July
- 21 - Tolkien is appointed to Readership in English Language at the University of Leeds.
August
- 16 - Max Schuchart, who would be the first to translate The Lord of the Rings, is born.
September
- 27 - William Conrad, voice actor who portrayed Denethor in Rankin/Bass' The Return of the King, is born.
October
- 8 - Nils Werenskiold, the first Norwegian translator of The Lord of the Rings, is born.
- 10 - Victor Platt, who would voice Sam in The Lord of the Rings (1955 radio series), is born.
- 22 - Michael Tolkien, Tolkien's second son, is born.
- 30 - Norman Bird, who would voice Bilbo Baggins in Ralph Bakshi's The Lord of the Rings, is born.
December
- 22 - Father Christmas writes a letter to J.R.R. Tolkien's children.
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- ? - The Book of Fairy Poetry is published.
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