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* '''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. | * '''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== | ==February== | ||
* '''9''' - [[Crispin Freeman]], who voiced [[Faramir (son of Denethor II)|Faramir]] in ''[[EA's The Battle for Middle-earth Anthology]]'', is born. | * '''9''' - [[Crispin Freeman]], who voiced [[Faramir (son of Denethor II)|Faramir]] in ''[[EA's The Battle for Middle-earth Anthology]]'', is born. | ||
* '''26''' - Actor [[Keith Ferguson]] is born. | |||
==March== | ==March== | ||
* '''16''' - Tolkien writes [[letter 333]]. | * '''16''' - Tolkien writes [[letter 333]]. | ||
Revision as of 09:47, 31 May 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.
- 26 - Actor Keith Ferguson 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.
October
- 21 - Felix Felton, who played Bilbo Baggins, the Black Captain and Sauron in The Lord of the Rings (1955 radio series), dies.
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.
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- ? - 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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