1979

Latest revision as of 21:59, 23 December 2012

Tolkien-related events that took place in 1979. You may also be looking for Third Age 1979.

[edit] January

• ? - Minas Tirith Evening-Star Vol.8, No.2 is published.

[edit] March

• 25 - Actor Lee Pace is born.
• 31 - J.R.R. Tolkien: Scholar and Storyteller is published.

[edit] April

• 15 - Actor Luke Evans is born.
• ? - J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings Fotonovel is published.

[edit] June

• ? - Warren Special Edition: The Lord of the Rings is published.

[edit] July

• 12-15 - Mythcon X.

[edit] August

• 3 - Actress Evangeline Lilly is born.
• ? - Amon Hen 40 is published,

[edit] September

• 28-30 - Oxonmoot 1979.
• 29 - Scholars Humphrey Carpenter, George Sayer and Clyde S. Kilby deliver a public discussion on J.R.R. Tolkien at Wheaton College, Illinois (published as "A Dialogue: Discussion by Humphrey Carpenter, Professor George Sayer and Dr. Clyde S. Kilby").
• ? - The Individuated Hobbit is published.

[edit] October

• 1 - The Jackanory episode "An Unexpected Party" is aired on the BBC.
• 2 - The Jackanory episode "Over Hill and Under Hill" is aired on the BBC.
• 3 - The Jackanory episode "Riddles in the Dark" is aired on the BBC.
• 4 - The Jackanory episode "Out of the Frying-Pan and Into the Fire" is aired on the BBC.
• 5 - The Jackanory episode "Flies and Spiders" is aired on the BBC.
• 8 - The Jackanory episode "Barrels Out of Bond" is aired on the BBC.
• 9 - The Jackanory episode "Inside Information" is aired on the BBC.
• 10 - The Jackanory episode "Fire and Water" is aired on the BBC.
• 11 - The Jackanory episode "The Clouds Burst" is aired on the BBC.
• 12 - The Jackanory episode "The Last Stage" is aired on the BBC.
• 18 - The Middle-earth Quiz Book is published.

[edit] November

• 1 - Pictures by J.R.R. Tolkien is first published in the UK.
• 19 - Pictures by J.R.R. Tolkien is published in the US.

[edit] ?

• ? - National Public Radio airs The Lord of the Rings (1979 radio series)
• ? - National Public Radio airs The Hobbit (1979 radio series)
• ? - Tolkien's Art: A Mythology for England is published.
• ? - One Ring to Bind Them All: Tolkien's Mythology is published.
• ? - J.R.R. Tolkien: Scholar and Storyteller is published.
• ? - A Hobbit's Journal is published.
• ? - A Tolkien Bestiary is published.
• ? - The 1979 Calendar of J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings is released.
• ? - J.R.R. Tolkien Calendar 1979 is released.
• ? - The Silmarillion Desk Calendar 1979 is released.
• ? - Mallorn 13 is published.