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* '''[[1911]]''' - [[Felix Felton]], who would play [[Bilbo Baggins]], [[Witch-king|the Black Captain]] and [[Sauron]] in ''[[The Lord of the Rings (1955 radio series)]]'', is born. | |||
*'''[[1915]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 5]]. | *'''[[1915]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 5]]. | ||
* '''[[1944]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 78]]. | * '''[[1944]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 78]]. | ||
Revision as of 12:01, 11 April 2009
Events which occurred on 12 August.
On Earth
- 1911 - Felix Felton, who would play Bilbo Baggins, the Black Captain and Sauron in The Lord of the Rings (1955 radio series), is born.
- 1915 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 5.
- 1944 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 78.
- 1959 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 216.
- 2004 - Peter Woodthorpe, who voiced Gollum in both Ralph Bakshi's The Lord of the Rings as well as The Lord of the Rings 1981 radio series, dies.
