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* '''[[28 March|28]]''' - Actor [[Stephen Ure]] is born. | * '''[[28 March|28]]''' - Actor [[Stephen Ure]] is born. | ||
* '''[[28 March|28]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] is invited by the Dutch publisher ''Het Spectrum'' to attend a "Hobbit Dinner" in Rotterdam. Tolkien is especially delighted by the "[[Mushrooms|maggot]] soup" and the three barrels of tobacco he receives. Author [[wikipedia:Hella Haasse|Hella Haasse]] gives a speech. | * '''[[28 March|28]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] is invited by the Dutch publisher ''Het Spectrum'' to attend a "Hobbit Dinner" in Rotterdam. Tolkien is especially delighted by the "[[Mushrooms|maggot]] soup" and the three barrels of tobacco he receives. Author [[wikipedia:Hella Haasse|Hella Haasse]] gives a speech. | ||
* '''[[30 March|30]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] and [[Edith Tolkien|Edith]] move to [[76 Sandfield Road]]. | |||
==April== | ==April== | ||
* '''[[8 April|8]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes letters [[letter 206|206]] and [[letter 207|207]]. | * '''[[8 April|8]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes letters [[letter 206|206]] and [[letter 207|207]]. |
Revision as of 20:39, 23 August 2012
Tolkien-related events that took place in 1958.
February
- 21 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes Letter 205.
March
- 28 - Actor Stephen Ure is born.
- 28 - J.R.R. Tolkien is invited by the Dutch publisher Het Spectrum to attend a "Hobbit Dinner" in Rotterdam. Tolkien is especially delighted by the "maggot soup" and the three barrels of tobacco he receives. Author Hella Haasse gives a speech.
- 30 - J.R.R. Tolkien and Edith move to 76 Sandfield Road.
April
- 8 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letters 206 and 207.
- 10 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 208.
- 12 - Tony Oliver, who would voice Merry in The Lord of the Rings: War of the Ring, is born.
May
- 4 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 209.
- 5 - Author James Branch Cabell dies.
June
- ? - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 210.
October
- 14 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 211.
- 20 - Viggo Mortensen, who would play Aragorn in The Lord of the Rings: The Motion Picture Trilogy, is born.
- 25 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 213.
- 26 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to L.M. Cutts.
November
- 30 - Actor Gareth Jones dies.
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- ? - Taum Santoski, Tolkien linguist, is born.
- ? - J.R.R. Tolkien writes two letters to Przemyslaw Mroczkowski.
- ? - The Old English Apollonius of Tyre, containing a prefatory note by J.R.R. Tolkien, is published.
- ? - John D. Rateliff, editor and author, is born.
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