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==January== | |||
* '''[[4 January|4]]''' - [[David Collings]], who would voice the part of [[Legolas]] in [[The Lord of the Rings (1981 radio series)|The Lord of the Rings 1981 radio series]], is born. | |||
* '''[[22 January|22]]''' - [[John Hurt]], who would voice [[Aragorn]] in [[The Lord of the Rings (1978 film)|''The Lord of the Rings'' (1978 film)]], is born. | |||
==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. | |||
* '''[[30 March|30]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter 38]]. | |||
==April== | |||
* '''[[16 April|16]]''' - Artist [[Margrethe II of Denmark]] is born. | |||
==July== | |||
* '''[[12 July|12]]''' - J.R.R. Tolkien writes [[Letter 38a]]. | |||
* '''[[16 July|16]]''' - ''[[Beowulf and the Finnsburg Fragment]]'', with contributions from [[J.R.R. Tolkien]], is published. | |||
* '''[[28 July|28]]''' - Actor [[Phil Proctor]] is born. | |||
==August== | |||
* '''[[26 August|26]]-[[27 August|27]]''' - After a hiatus, Tolkien evidently returns to the writing of ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'', writing a new outline for the "New Plot".<ref>{{HM|RC}}, p. xxiii</ref> | |||
==September== | |||
* '''[[29 September|29]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 39]]. | |||
==October== | |||
* '''[[6 October|6]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 40]]. | |||
* '''[[20 October|20]]''' - J.R.R. Tolkien writes [[Letter 40a]]. | |||
==December== | |||
* '''[[23 December|23]]''' - [[Father Christmas]] writes a [[Letters from Father Christmas|letter]] to [[J.R.R. Tolkien]]'s children. | |||
* '''[[24 December|24]]''' - Father Christmas writes a [[Letters from Father Christmas|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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Tolkien-related events that took place in 1940.
January[edit | edit source]
- 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[edit | edit source]
- 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[edit | edit source]
- 16 - Artist Margrethe II of Denmark is born.
July[edit | edit source]
- 12 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes Letter 38a.
- 16 - Beowulf and the Finnsburg Fragment, with contributions from J.R.R. Tolkien, is published.
- 28 - Actor Phil Proctor is born.
August[edit | edit source]
- 26-27 - After a hiatus, Tolkien evidently returns to the writing of The Lord of the Rings, writing a new outline for the "New Plot".[1]
September[edit | edit source]
- 29 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 39.
October[edit | edit source]
- 6 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 40.
- 20 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes Letter 40a.
December[edit | edit source]
- 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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References
- ↑ Wayne G. Hammond and Christina Scull (eds), The Lord of the Rings: A Reader's Companion, p. xxiii
