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* '''[[1920]]''' - [[Max Schuchart]], who would be the first to translate ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'', is born. | * '''[[1920]]''' - [[Max Schuchart]], who would be the first to translate ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'', is born. | ||
* '''[[1943]]'' - [[Sharon Baird]], the character actor for [[Frodo Baggins|Frodo]] in ''[[Ralph Bakshi's The Lord of the Rings]]'', is born. | |||
* '''[[1964]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 260]]. | * '''[[1964]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 260]]. | ||
* '''[[1981]]''' - The twenty-fourth 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-fourth 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]]. |
Revision as of 18:30, 17 April 2009
Events which occurred on 16 August.
On Earth
- 1920 - Max Schuchart, who would be the first to translate The Lord of the Rings, is born.
- '1943 - Sharon Baird, the character actor for Frodo in Ralph Bakshi's The Lord of the Rings, is born.
- 1964 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 260.
- 1981 - The twenty-fourth episode of the radio adaptation of The Lord of the Rings is aired on BBC 4.
- 1992 - The first part of the radio adaptation of Farmer Giles of Ham is aired on BBC 5.