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* '''[[February 10|10]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter 36]]. | * '''[[February 10|10]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter 36]]. | ||
==March== | ==March== | ||
* '''[[March | * '''[[1 March|1]]''' - [[David Weatherley]], who would play [[Barliman Butterbur]] in ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring]]'', is born. | ||
* '''[[March 8|8]]''' - Tolkien delivers his lecture "[[On Fairy-Stories]]" at St. Andrew's University, Scotland. | * '''[[March 8|8]]''' - Tolkien delivers his lecture "[[On Fairy-Stories]]" at St. Andrew's University, Scotland. | ||
* '''[[March 27|27]]'''-'''[[March 29|29]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] completes three days' training with the top-secret Government Code and Cypher School (GCCS) at their London headquarters. | * '''[[March 27|27]]'''-'''[[March 29|29]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] completes three days' training with the top-secret Government Code and Cypher School (GCCS) at their London headquarters. | ||
Revision as of 19:05, 7 June 2011
Tolkien-related events that took place in 1939.
January
- 23 - The Brothers Hildebrandt are born.
February
- 1 - Wolfgang Krege, German translator, is born.
- 2 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes Letter 35.
- 10 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes Letter 36.
March
- 1 - David Weatherley, who would play Barliman Butterbur in The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, is born.
- 8 - Tolkien delivers his lecture "On Fairy-Stories" at St. Andrew's University, Scotland.
- 27-29 - J.R.R. Tolkien completes three days' training with the top-secret Government Code and Cypher School (GCCS) at their London headquarters.
April
- 20 - Writer and screenwriter Peter S. Beagle is born.
May
- 25 - Ian McKellen, who would play Gandalf in The Lord of the Rings: The Motion Picture Trilogy, is born.
September
- 6 - Gordon Reid, who would provide the voices of several characters in The Lord of the Rings radio series, is born.
December
- 19 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 37.
- 24 - Father Christmas writes a letter to J.R.R. Tolkien's children.
- ? - Rehabilitations and Other Essays by C.S. Lewis, which includes references to J.R.R. Tolkien, is published.
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