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* '''[[1957]]''' - Professor [[William Craigie]] dies. | * '''[[1957]]''' - Professor [[William Craigie]] dies. | ||
* '''[[1973]] - After visiting friends in [[Bournemouth]], [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] becomes ill and dies, at the age of eighty-one. He is buried next to his wife, [[Edith Tolkien|Edith]].''' | * '''[[1973]] - After visiting friends in [[Bournemouth]], [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] becomes ill and dies, at the age of eighty-one. He is buried next to his wife, [[Edith Tolkien|Edith]].''' | ||
* '''[[1976]] - ''[[The Father Christmas Letters]]'' is published.''' | * '''[[1976]] - ''[[Letters from Father Christmas|The Father Christmas Letters]]'' is first published in the UK.''' | ||
* '''[[1996]]''' - ''[[A Tolkien Book of Days]]'' is published. | * '''[[1996]]''' - ''[[A Tolkien Book of Days]]'' is published. | ||
* '''[[1996]] - ''[[The Peoples of Middle-earth]]'' is published in the UK.''' | * '''[[1996]] - ''[[The Peoples of Middle-earth]]'' is published in the UK.''' |
Revision as of 22:20, 24 July 2011
Events that occurred on 2 September.
On Earth
- 1957 - Professor William Craigie dies.
- 1973 - After visiting friends in Bournemouth, J.R.R. Tolkien becomes ill and dies, at the age of eighty-one. He is buried next to his wife, Edith.
- 1976 - The Father Christmas Letters is first published in the UK.
- 1996 - A Tolkien Book of Days is published.
- 1996 - The Peoples of Middle-earth is published in the UK.
- 2004 - TheOneRing.net arranges for eleven commemorative trees to be planted in Willowbank Park, Wellington.
- 2010 - There and Back Again: The Map of the Hobbit is published.