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* '''[[1969]]''' – [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] is diagnosed with an inflamed or diseased gall-bladder. Dr. Denis Tolhurst forbids him the consummation of fats (notably butter) and, even worse, alcohol. | * '''[[1969]]''' – [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] is diagnosed with an inflamed or diseased gall-bladder. Dr. Denis Tolhurst forbids him the consummation of fats (notably butter) and, even worse, alcohol. | ||
* '''[[1973]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Norman Power 8 July 1973|a letter to Norman Power]]. | * '''[[1973]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Norman Power 8 July 1973|a letter to Norman Power]]. | ||
* '''[[1999]]''' - The first [[Tolkien Thing]] is held. | * '''[[1999]]''' - The first [[Tolkien Thing]] is held in [[wikipedia:Cologne|Cologne]]. | ||
* '''[[2010]]''' - ''[[Tolkien Calendar 2011]]'' is published. | * '''[[2010]]''' - ''[[Tolkien Calendar 2011]]'' is published. | ||
Revision as of 20:33, 24 June 2011
Events that occurred on 8 July.
On Earth
- 1915 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes the poem The Shores of Elfland.
- 1963 - J.R.R. Tolkien's paper "English and Welsh" is published in Angles and Britons: O'Donnell Lectures.
- 1969 – J.R.R. Tolkien is diagnosed with an inflamed or diseased gall-bladder. Dr. Denis Tolhurst forbids him the consummation of fats (notably butter) and, even worse, alcohol.
- 1973 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to Norman Power.
- 1999 - The first Tolkien Thing is held in Cologne.
- 2010 - Tolkien Calendar 2011 is published.
