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==January== | ==January== | ||
* '''30''' - Voice actress [[Jennifer Hale]], who would play [[Galadriel]] and [[Lobelia Sackville-Baggins|Lobelia]] in ''[[ | * '''2''' - In honour of his 80th birthday the following day, ''The Sunday Times'' runs an interview of William Cater with [[J.R.R. Tolkien]], "The Lord of the Legends". | ||
* '''3''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] celebrates his 80th birthday. | |||
* '''24''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter 332]]. | |||
* '''30''' - Voice actress [[Jennifer Hale]], who would play [[Galadriel]] and [[Lobelia Sackville-Baggins|Lobelia]] in ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (video game)]]'', is born. | |||
==February== | |||
* '''9''' - [[Crispin Freeman]], who voiced [[Faramir (son of Denethor II)|Faramir]] in ''[[EA's The Battle for Middle-earth Anthology]]'', is born. | |||
==March== | |||
* '''16''' - Tolkien writes [[letter 333]]. | |||
* '''27''' - [[Rayner Unwin]] organizes a party in celebration of [[J.R.R. Tolkien]]’s CBE the [[March 28|following day]]. | |||
* '''28''' - At Buckingham Palace, [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] receives his [[wikipedia:Order_of_the_British_Empire|CBE]] from Her Royal Highness, Queen Elisabeth II. | |||
* '''30''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 334]]. | |||
==May== | |||
* '''18''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 335]]. | |||
* '''23''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 336]]. | |||
* '''25''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 337]]. | |||
==June== | ==June== | ||
* '''6''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 338]]. | |||
* '''7''' - [[Karl Urban]], who would play [[Éomer]] in ''[[Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings]]'', is born. | * '''7''' - [[Karl Urban]], who would play [[Éomer]] in ''[[Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings]]'', is born. | ||
* '''30- | * '''30''' - [[Mythcon III]] begins. | ||
* '''30''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 339]]. | |||
==July== | |||
* '''4''' - [[Mythcon III]] ends. | |||
* '''4''' - [[Letter 339]] is published in the ''Daily Telegraph''. | |||
* '''11''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 340]]. | |||
==September== | |||
* '''17''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 341]]. | |||
==November== | |||
* '''9''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 342]]. | |||
* '''21''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 343]]. | |||
* '''23''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 344]]. | |||
* '''30''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 345]]. | |||
==December== | |||
* '''13''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 346]]. | |||
* '''17''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 347]]. | |||
==?== | ==?== | ||
* '''?''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] returns to Oxford and rooms at Merton College. | * '''?''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] returns to [[University of Oxford|Oxford]] and rooms at Merton College. | ||
* '''?''' - Tolkien receives an honorary doctorate from Oxford University | * '''?''' - Tolkien receives an honorary doctorate from Oxford University. | ||
* '''?''' - The Swedish Tolkien Society [[Forodrim]] is founded. | * '''?''' - The Swedish Tolkien Society [[Forodrim]] is founded. | ||
{{Years|1969|1970|1971|1972|1973|1974|1975|}} | {{Years|1969|1970|1971|1972|1973|1974|1975|}} | ||
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Revision as of 21:45, 9 March 2009
Tolkien-related events that took place in 1972.
January
- 2 - In honour of his 80th birthday the following day, The Sunday Times runs an interview of William Cater with J.R.R. Tolkien, "The Lord of the Legends".
- 3 - J.R.R. Tolkien celebrates his 80th birthday.
- 24 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes Letter 332.
- 30 - Voice actress Jennifer Hale, who would play Galadriel and Lobelia in The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (video game), is born.
February
- 9 - Crispin Freeman, who voiced Faramir in EA's The Battle for Middle-earth Anthology, is born.
March
- 16 - Tolkien writes letter 333.
- 27 - Rayner Unwin organizes a party in celebration of J.R.R. Tolkien’s CBE the following day.
- 28 - At Buckingham Palace, J.R.R. Tolkien receives his CBE from Her Royal Highness, Queen Elisabeth II.
- 30 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 334.
May
- 18 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 335.
- 23 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 336.
- 25 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 337.
June
- 6 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 338.
- 7 - Karl Urban, who would play Éomer in Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings, is born.
- 30 - Mythcon III begins.
- 30 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 339.
July
- 4 - Mythcon III ends.
- 4 - Letter 339 is published in the Daily Telegraph.
- 11 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 340.
September
- 17 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 341.
November
- 9 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 342.
- 21 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 343.
- 23 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 344.
- 30 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 345.
December
- 13 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 346.
- 17 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 347.
?
- ? - J.R.R. Tolkien returns to Oxford and rooms at Merton College.
- ? - Tolkien receives an honorary doctorate from Oxford University.
- ? - The Swedish Tolkien Society Forodrim is founded.
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