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* '''[[1945]]''' – As [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atomic_bombings_of_Hiroshima_and_Nagasaki the bombs] are dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, [[J.R.R. Tolkien|Tolkien]] [[letter 102|denounces]] these tactics as "utter folly". | * '''[[1945]]''' – As [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atomic_bombings_of_Hiroshima_and_Nagasaki the bombs] are dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, [[J.R.R. Tolkien|Tolkien]] [[letter 102|denounces]] these tactics as "utter folly". | ||
* '''[[1973]]''' - The [[:Image:Jrrt 1972 tree.jpg|last photograph]] of J.R.R. Tolkien is taken, in front of his favourite tree, the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Black_Pine ''Pinus Nigra''], at the botanic garden in [[Oxford]]. | * '''[[1973]]''' - The [[:Image:Jrrt 1972 tree.jpg|last photograph]] of J.R.R. Tolkien is taken, in front of his favourite tree, the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Black_Pine ''Pinus Nigra''], at the botanic garden in [[Oxford]]. | ||
* '''[[1981]]''' - The twenty-third episode of the [[The Lord of the Rings (1981 radio series)|radio adaptation of ''The Lord of the Rings'']] is aired on [[BBC|BBC 4]]. | * '''[[1981]]''' - The twenty-third episode of the [[The Lord of the Rings (1981 radio series)|radio adaptation of ''The Lord of the Rings'']] is aired on [[BBC|BBC Radio 4]]. | ||
==In Arda== | ==In Arda== |
Revision as of 09:41, 9 August 2010
Events which occurred on 9 August.
On Earth
- 1914 - Artist Tove Jansson is born.
- 1923 - John Stephenson, who would voice Dori, the Great Goblin and Bard the Bowman in the animated version of The Hobbit, is born.
- 1945 – As the bombs are dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Tolkien denounces these tactics as "utter folly".
- 1973 - The last photograph of J.R.R. Tolkien is taken, in front of his favourite tree, the Pinus Nigra, at the botanic garden in Oxford.
- 1981 - The twenty-third episode of the radio adaptation of The Lord of the Rings is aired on BBC Radio 4.