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* '''[[1905]]''' - Actor [[Lockwood West]] is born. | * '''[[1905]]''' - Actor [[Lockwood West]] is born. | ||
* '''[[1922]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] agrees to review ''[[Beowulf: An Introduction to the Study of the Poem]]''. | |||
* '''[[1939]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] performs [[Wikipedia:Geoffrey Chaucer|Chaucer]]'s ''[[Wikipedia:The Reeve's Tale|The Reeve's Tale]]'' at the 'Summer Diversions' - a festival of recitals, plays and ballet. | * '''[[1939]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] performs [[Wikipedia:Geoffrey Chaucer|Chaucer]]'s ''[[Wikipedia:The Reeve's Tale|The Reeve's Tale]]'' at the 'Summer Diversions' - a festival of recitals, plays and ballet. | ||
* '''[[1940]]''' - Actor [[Phil Proctor]] is born. | * '''[[1940]]''' - Actor [[Phil Proctor]] is born. | ||
Revision as of 22:23, 13 April 2014
Events that occurred on 28 July
On Earth
- 1905 - Actor Lockwood West is born.
- 1922 - J.R.R. Tolkien agrees to review Beowulf: An Introduction to the Study of the Poem.
- 1939 - J.R.R. Tolkien performs Chaucer's The Reeve's Tale at the 'Summer Diversions' - a festival of recitals, plays and ballet.
- 1940 - Actor Phil Proctor is born.
- 1944 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes Letter 76.
- 1947 – Rayner Unwin reports on the first version of The Fellowship of the Ring.
- 1955 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to Mrs Dixey.
- 1955 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to Jennifer Brookes-Smith.
- 1965 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes Letter 274.
- 1967 - The Ballad of Bilbo Baggins is performed by Leonard Nimoy in the TV-show Malibu U.
- 1980 - Mythcon XI at University of Nevada, Reno.
- 1985 - Mythcon XVI in Wheaton, Illinois.
- 1989 - Mythcon XX at University of British Columbia, Vancouver.
- 1991 - Mythcon XXII in San Diego, California.
- 1996 - Mythcon XXVII at University of Colorado in Boulder, Colorado.
- 2002 - Mythcon XXXIII in Boulder, Colorado.
- 2003 - Mythcon XXXIV in Nashville, Tennessee.
- 2006 - ELF 2006 in Secaucus, New Jersey.
- 2007 - MerpCon III in Spokane, Washington.
