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==January== | ==January== | ||
* '''18''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter 95]]. | * '''[[January 18|18]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter 95]]. | ||
* '''30''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter 96]]. | * '''[[January 30|30]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter 96]]. | ||
* '''?''' - ''[[Leaf by Niggle]]'' is published in the ''Dublin Review''. | * '''?''' - ''[[Leaf by Niggle]]'' is published in the ''Dublin Review''. | ||
==February== | ==February== | ||
* '''11''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter 97]]. | * '''[[February 11|11]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter 97]]. | ||
==April== | ==April== | ||
* '''18''' - [[Karen Wynn Fonstad]], amateur cartographer, is born. | * '''[[April 18|18]]''' - [[Karen Wynn Fonstad]], amateur cartographer, is born. | ||
==May== | ==May== | ||
* '''15''' - [[Charles Williams]], [[Inklings|Inkling]], dies. | * '''[[May 15|15]]''' - [[Charles Williams]], [[Inklings|Inkling]], dies. | ||
* '''15''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 99]]. | * '''[[May 15|15]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 99]]. | ||
* '''29''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 100]]. | * '''[[May 29|29]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 100]]. | ||
==June== | ==June== | ||
* '''3''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 101]]. | * '''[[June 3|3]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 101]]. | ||
==August== | ==August== | ||
* '''9''' - As [[wikipedia:Atomic_bombings_of_Hiroshima_and_Nagasaki|the bombs]] are dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, [[J.R.R. Tolkien|Tolkien]] [[letter 102|denounces]] these tactics as "utter folly". | * '''[[August 9|9]]''' - As [[wikipedia:Atomic_bombings_of_Hiroshima_and_Nagasaki|the bombs]] are dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, [[J.R.R. Tolkien|Tolkien]] [[letter 102|denounces]] these tactics as "utter folly". | ||
==September== | ==September== | ||
* '''17''' - [[Bruce Spence]], who would play the [[Mouth of Sauron]] in the extended edition of ''[[Peter Jackson's The Return of the King]]'', is born. | * '''[[September 17|17]]''' - [[Bruce Spence]], who would play the [[Mouth of Sauron]] in the extended edition of ''[[Peter Jackson's The Return of the King]]'', is born. | ||
==October== | ==October== | ||
* '''7''' - Author [[Hal Colebatch]] is born. | * '''[[October 7|7]]''' - Author [[Hal Colebatch]] is born. | ||
* '''11''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 103]]. | * '''[[October 11|11]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 103]]. | ||
* '''22''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 104]]. | * '''[[October 22|22]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 104]]. | ||
* '''26''' - [[Jane Chance]] is born. | * '''[[October 26|26]]''' - Author [[Jane Chance]] is born. | ||
==December== | ==December== | ||
* '''2''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] submits ''[[The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth, Beorhthelm's Son]]'' for publication. | * '''[[December 2|2]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] submits ''[[The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth, Beorhthelm's Son]]'' for publication. | ||
* '''?''' - ''[[The Lay of Aotrou and Itroun]]'' is published in the ''Welsh Review''. | * '''?''' - ''[[The Lay of Aotrou and Itroun]]'' is published in the ''Welsh Review''. | ||
==?== | ==?== | ||
Revision as of 11:51, 20 June 2010
- You may also be looking for Third Age 1945.
Tolkien-related events that took place in 1945.
January
- 18 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes Letter 95.
- 30 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes Letter 96.
- ? - Leaf by Niggle is published in the Dublin Review.
February
- 11 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes Letter 97.
April
- 18 - Karen Wynn Fonstad, amateur cartographer, is born.
May
- 15 - Charles Williams, Inkling, dies.
- 15 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 99.
- 29 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 100.
June
- 3 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 101.
August
- 9 - As the bombs are dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Tolkien denounces these tactics as "utter folly".
September
- 17 - Bruce Spence, who would play the Mouth of Sauron in the extended edition of Peter Jackson's The Return of the King, is born.
October
- 7 - Author Hal Colebatch is born.
- 11 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 103.
- 22 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 104.
- 26 - Author Jane Chance is born.
December
- 2 - J.R.R. Tolkien submits The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth, Beorhthelm's Son for publication.
- ? - The Lay of Aotrou and Itroun is published in the Welsh Review.
?
- ? - Tolkien is elected Merton Professor of English Language and Literature.
- ? - Tolkien states he is putting The Lord of the Rings "before all else".
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