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* '''[[1916]]''' - While in reserve, [[J.R.R. Tolkien]]'s battalion is inspected by [[wikipedia:Douglas Haig|Sir Doulgas Haig]], the British commander at the [[Battle of the Somme]]. | * '''[[1916]]''' - While in reserve, [[J.R.R. Tolkien]]'s battalion is inspected by [[wikipedia:Douglas Haig|Sir Doulgas Haig]], the British commander, at the [[Battle of the Somme]]. | ||
* '''[[1945]]''' - [[Jane Chance]] is born. | * '''[[1945]]''' - [[Jane Chance]] is born. | ||
* '''[[1958]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter to L.M. Cutts|a letter to L.M. Cutts]]. | * '''[[1958]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter to L.M. Cutts|a letter to L.M. Cutts]]. |
Revision as of 08:29, 26 October 2017
Events that occurred on 26 October.
On Earth
- 1916 - While in reserve, J.R.R. Tolkien's battalion is inspected by Sir Doulgas Haig, the British commander, at the Battle of the Somme.
- 1945 - Jane Chance is born.
- 1958 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to L.M. Cutts.
- 1966 - Finding himself short of a speech subject, J.R.R. Tolkien reads Smith of Wootton Major to a room of about 800 people.
- 1994 - Tyalië Tyelelliéva issue 2 is published.
- 2003 - RingCon III in Tacoma, Washington.
- 2005 - Scholar Angus McIntosh, pupil and friend of J.R.R. Tolkien, dies.