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==January== | ==January== | ||
* '''4''' - Author and linguist [[Arden R. Smith]] is born. | * '''4''' - Author and linguist [[Arden R. Smith]] is born. | ||
* '''6''' - [[A.R. Rahman]], composer of ''[[The Lord of the Rings Musical]]'', is born. | |||
* '''7''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter 283]]. | * '''7''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter 283]]. | ||
* '''11''' - [[Robert Farquharson]], who played [[Saruman]] and [[Denethor II|Denethor]] in ''[[The Lord of the Rings (1955 radio series)]]'', dies. | * '''11''' - [[Robert Farquharson]], who played [[Saruman]] and [[Denethor II|Denethor]] in ''[[The Lord of the Rings (1955 radio series)]]'', dies. | ||
==February== | ==February== | ||
* '''23''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter 284]]. | * '''23''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter 284]]. |
Revision as of 14:10, 21 May 2009
Tolkien-related events that took place in 1966.
January
- 4 - Author and linguist Arden R. Smith is born.
- 6 - A.R. Rahman, composer of The Lord of the Rings Musical, is born.
- 7 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes Letter 283.
- 11 - Robert Farquharson, who played Saruman and Denethor in The Lord of the Rings (1955 radio series), dies.
February
- 23 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes Letter 284.
April
- 8 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 285.
- 27 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 286.
May
- 10 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letters 287 and 288.
June
- 30 - Marton Csokas, who would play Celeborn in Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings, is born.
July
- 29 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 289.
August
- 10 - André Sogliuzzo, who would provide many voices for Tolkien-themed video games, is born.
September
- ? - The Tolkien Reader is published in the United States.
October
- 26 - Finding himself short of a speech subject, J.R.R. Tolkien reads Smith of Wootton Major to a room of about 800 people.
- 28 - Tolkien writes letter 290.
November
- 22 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 291.
December
- 12 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 292.
- 29 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 293.
?
- ? - J.R.R. Tolkien gifts the poem Bilbo's Last Song to his secretary, Joy Hill.
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