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==January== | ==January== | ||
* '''14''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 180]]. | |||
* '''22''' - The ''New York Times Book Review'' publishes [[W.H. Auden]]'s review of [[The Return of the King]]. | |||
* '''?''' - [[Diana Glyer]] is born. | * '''?''' - [[Diana Glyer]] is born. | ||
==February== | ==February== | ||
* '''5''' - Dan Wickenden gives a positive review of [[The Return of the King]] in the ''New York Herald Tribune'' titled "Notable Allegorical Trilogy Comes to Triumphant End. | * '''5''' - Dan Wickenden gives a positive review of [[The Return of the King]] in the ''New York Herald Tribune'' titled "Notable Allegorical Trilogy Comes to Triumphant End". | ||
==March== | |||
* '''13''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] receives a letter from a Sam Gamgee – from Tooting. | |||
* '''18''' - Tolkien writes [[letter 184]]. | |||
* '''19''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 185]]. | |||
==April== | |||
* '''3''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 188]]. | |||
* '''8''' - [[Jim Piddock]], who would voice [[Bilbo Baggins]] and [[Elrond]] in [[Vivendi]]'s game ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (video game)|The Fellowship of the Ring]]'', is born. | |||
* '''11''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 189]]. | |||
==June== | |||
* '''18''' - [[Dominic Guard]], who would voice [[Peregrin Took|Pippin]] in ''[[Ralph Bakshi's The Lord of the Rings]]'', is born. | |||
* '''19''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 198]]. | |||
==July== | |||
* '''3''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 190]]. | |||
* '''26''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 191]]. | |||
* '''27''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 192]]. | |||
==November== | |||
* '''2''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 193]]. | |||
* '''6''' - [[Cam Clarke]], who would voice [[Arveleg I|King Arveleg]] in ''[[EA's The Battle for Middle-earth Anthology]]'', is born. | |||
==December== | ==December== | ||
* '''15''' - Linguist [[Patrick H. Wynne]] is born. | * '''15''' - Linguist [[Patrick H. Wynne]] is born. | ||
Revision as of 13:21, 8 March 2009
Tolkien-related events that took place in 1956.
January
- 14 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 180.
- 22 - The New York Times Book Review publishes W.H. Auden's review of The Return of the King.
- ? - Diana Glyer is born.
February
- 5 - Dan Wickenden gives a positive review of The Return of the King in the New York Herald Tribune titled "Notable Allegorical Trilogy Comes to Triumphant End".
March
- 13 - J.R.R. Tolkien receives a letter from a Sam Gamgee – from Tooting.
- 18 - Tolkien writes letter 184.
- 19 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 185.
April
- 3 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 188.
- 8 - Jim Piddock, who would voice Bilbo Baggins and Elrond in Vivendi's game The Fellowship of the Ring, is born.
- 11 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 189.
June
- 18 - Dominic Guard, who would voice Pippin in Ralph Bakshi's The Lord of the Rings, is born.
- 19 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 198.
July
- 3 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 190.
- 26 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 191.
- 27 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 192.
November
- 2 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 193.
- 6 - Cam Clarke, who would voice King Arveleg in EA's The Battle for Middle-earth Anthology, is born.
December
- 15 - Linguist Patrick H. Wynne is born.
?
- ? - Marquette University purchases Tolkien manuscripts for 1,500 pounds sterling.
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