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* '''[[6 June|6]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] is [[The Meaning of Everything|invited to a dinner]] marking the completion of the ''[[Oxford English Dictionary]]''. | * '''[[6 June|6]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] is [[The Meaning of Everything|invited to a dinner]] marking the completion of the ''[[Oxford English Dictionary]]''. | ||
==July== | ==July== | ||
| − | *'''[[22 July|22]]''' - [[Orson Bean]], who would voice [[Bilbo Baggins]] in | + | *'''[[22 July|22]]''' - [[Orson Bean]], who would voice [[Bilbo Baggins]] in [[The Hobbit (1977 film)|''The Hobbit'' (1977 film)]] and [[Frodo Baggins]] (as well as Bilbo) in ''[[The Return of the King (1980 film)|The Return of the King]]'', is born. |
==September== | ==September== | ||
| − | *'''[[17 September|17]]''' - [[Roddy McDowall]], who would voice [[Samwise Gamgee]] in | + | *'''[[17 September|17]]''' - [[Roddy McDowall]], who would voice [[Samwise Gamgee]] in [[The Return of the King (1980 film)|''The Return of the King'' (1980 film)]], is born. |
==December== | ==December== | ||
* '''[[20 December|20]]''' - [[Father Christmas]] writes a [[Letters from Father Christmas|letter]] to [[J.R.R. Tolkien]]'s children. | * '''[[20 December|20]]''' - [[Father Christmas]] writes a [[Letters from Father Christmas|letter]] to [[J.R.R. Tolkien]]'s children. | ||
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* '''[[29 December|29]]''' - [[Bernard Cribbins]], who would narrate several episodes of [[Jackanory]]'s telling of ''[[The Hobbit]]'', is born. | * '''[[29 December|29]]''' - [[Bernard Cribbins]], who would narrate several episodes of [[Jackanory]]'s telling of ''[[The Hobbit]]'', is born. | ||
==?== | ==?== | ||
| − | * '''?''' - Tolkien assists Sir Mortimer Wheeler in the unearthing of a Roman Asclepieion at Lydney Park, Gloucestershire. | + | * '''?''' - Tolkien assists Sir Mortimer Wheeler in the unearthing of a Roman Asclepieion at Lydney Park, Gloucestershire. |
| + | * '''?''' - Tolkien draws an "[[Owls#Tolkien's life|Owlamoo]]". | ||
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Latest revision as of 18:13, 5 March 2013
Tolkien-related events that took place in 1928. You may also be looking for Third Age 1928.
[edit] January
- 12 - A New Glossary of the Dialect of the Huddersfield District, containing a Foreword by J.R.R. Tolkien, is published.
[edit] March
- 27-28 - Tolkien works on the latter part of Canto IV of Lay of Leithian.
[edit] June
- 6 - J.R.R. Tolkien is invited to a dinner marking the completion of the Oxford English Dictionary.
[edit] July
- 22 - Orson Bean, who would voice Bilbo Baggins in The Hobbit (1977 film) and Frodo Baggins (as well as Bilbo) in The Return of the King, is born.
[edit] September
- 17 - Roddy McDowall, who would voice Samwise Gamgee in The Return of the King (1980 film), is born.
[edit] December
- 20 - Father Christmas writes a letter to J.R.R. Tolkien's children.
- 25 - Father Christmas writes a letter to J.R.R. Tolkien's children.
- 29 - Bernard Cribbins, who would narrate several episodes of Jackanory's telling of The Hobbit, is born.
[edit] ?
- ? - Tolkien assists Sir Mortimer Wheeler in the unearthing of a Roman Asclepieion at Lydney Park, Gloucestershire.
- ? - Tolkien draws an "Owlamoo".
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