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* '''[[22 January|22]]''' - [[John Hurt]], who would voice [[Aragorn]] in ''[[The Lord of the Rings (1978 film)]]'', is born. | * '''[[22 January|22]]''' - [[John Hurt]], who would voice [[Aragorn]] in ''[[The Lord of the Rings (1978 film)]]'', is born. | ||
==March== | ==March== | ||
* '''[[6 March|6]]''' - [[Hans-Jörg Modlmayr]] is born. | |||
* '''[[7 March|7]]''' - [[Richard O'Callaghan]], who would portray [[Meriadoc Brandybuck]] in [[The Lord of the Rings (1981 radio series)|The Lord of the Rings 1981 radio series]], is born. | * '''[[7 March|7]]''' - [[Richard O'Callaghan]], who would portray [[Meriadoc Brandybuck]] in [[The Lord of the Rings (1981 radio series)|The Lord of the Rings 1981 radio series]], is born. | ||
* '''[[30 March|30]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter 38]]. | * '''[[30 March|30]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter 38]]. | ||
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- You may also be looking for Third Age 1940.
Tolkien-related events that took place in 1940.
January
- 4 - David Collings, who would voice the part of Legolas in The Lord of the Rings 1981 radio series, is born.
- 22 - John Hurt, who would voice Aragorn in The Lord of the Rings (1978 film), is born.
March
- 6 - Hans-Jörg Modlmayr is born.
- 7 - Richard O'Callaghan, who would portray Meriadoc Brandybuck in The Lord of the Rings 1981 radio series, is born.
- 30 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes Letter 38.
April
- 16 - Artist Margrethe II of Denmark is born.
July
- 16 - Beowulf and the Finnsburg Fragment, with contributions from J.R.R. Tolkien, is published.
- 28 - Actor Phil Proctor is born.
September
- 29 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 39.
October
- 6 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 40.
December
- 23 - Father Christmas writes a letter to J.R.R. Tolkien's children.
- 24 - Father Christmas writes a letter to J.R.R. Tolkien's children.
- ? - Marjorie J. Burns, English professor and expert on J.R.R. Tolkien, is born.
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