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* '''[[1961]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter 227]]. | * '''[[1961]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Letter 227]]. | ||
* '''[[1982]]''' - [[Hans Conried]], who was the voice of [[Thorin Oakenshield]] in ''[[Rankin/Bass' The Hobbit]]'', dies. | * '''[[1982]]''' - [[Hans Conried]], who was the voice of [[Thorin Oakenshield]] in ''[[Rankin/Bass' The Hobbit]]'', dies. | ||
* '''[[1989]]''' - [[The Return of the Shadow]] is published. | * '''[[1989]]''' - ''[[The Return of the Shadow]]'' is published in the US. | ||
* '''[[2008]]''' - [http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/books/article3127837.ece The Times] ranks [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] the sixth-best post-war British writer. | * '''[[2008]]''' - [http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/books/article3127837.ece The Times] ranks [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] the sixth-best post-war British writer. | ||
Revision as of 13:00, 11 March 2009
Events which occurred on 5 January.
On Earth
- 1925 - Wolfe Morris, who would voice of Gollum in the 1968 radio series of The Hobbit, is born.
- 1961 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes Letter 227.
- 1982 - Hans Conried, who was the voice of Thorin Oakenshield in Rankin/Bass' The Hobbit, dies.
- 1989 - The Return of the Shadow is published in the US.
- 2008 - The Times ranks J.R.R. Tolkien the sixth-best post-war British writer.