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* '''[[1914]]''' - Artist [[Tove Jansson]] is born. | * '''[[1914]]''' - Artist [[Tove Jansson]] is born. | ||
* '''[[1923]]''' - [[John Stephenson]] | * '''[[1923]]''' - Voice actor [[John Stephenson]] is born. | ||
* '''[[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]] [[ | * '''[[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 | * '''[[1981]]''' - The twenty-third episode of the [[The Lord of the Rings (1981 radio series)|1981 radio series]] of ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'' is aired on [[BBC|BBC Radio 4]]. | ||
* '''[[1981]]''' - [[Mythcon XII]]. | |||
* '''[[1986]]''' - [[Mythcon XVII]]. | |||
* '''[[1997]]''' - [[Mythcon XXVIII]]. | |||
* '''[[2005]]''' - ''[[The Lord of the Rings Symphony]]'' plays in Herodion, Greece. | |||
* '''[[2007]]''' - [[Omentielva Tatya]], the Second International Conference on [[J.R.R. Tolkien|Tolkien]]'s Invented Languages | |||
* '''[[2009]]''' - [[Omentielva Nelya]], the Third International Conference on [[J.R.R. Tolkien|Tolkien]]'s Invented Languages in Whitehaven, England. | |||
==In Arda== | ==In Arda== | ||
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Revision as of 16:10, 3 April 2011
Events which occurred on 9 August.
On Earth
- 1914 - Artist Tove Jansson is born.
- 1923 - Voice actor John Stephenson 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 1981 radio series of The Lord of the Rings is aired on BBC Radio 4.
- 1981 - Mythcon XII.
- 1986 - Mythcon XVII.
- 1997 - Mythcon XXVIII.
- 2005 - The Lord of the Rings Symphony plays in Herodion, Greece.
- 2007 - Omentielva Tatya, the Second International Conference on Tolkien's Invented Languages
- 2009 - Omentielva Nelya, the Third International Conference on Tolkien's Invented Languages in Whitehaven, England.
