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* '''[[1973]]''' - The [[:Image:Jrrt 1972 tree.jpg|last photograph]] of J.R.R. Tolkien is taken, in front of his favourite tree, the [[Pines#Inspiration|''Pinus Nigra'']], at the botanic garden in [[Oxford]]. | * '''[[1973]]''' - The [[:Image:Jrrt 1972 tree.jpg|last photograph]] of J.R.R. Tolkien is taken, in front of his favourite tree, the [[Pines#Inspiration|''Pinus Nigra'']], at the botanic garden in [[Oxford]]. | ||
* '''[[1981]]''' - The twenty-third episode of the [[The Lord of the Rings (1981 radio series)|1981 radio series]] of ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'' is aired on [[BBC|BBC Radio 4]]. | * '''[[1981]]''' - The twenty-third episode of the [[The Lord of the Rings (1981 radio series)|1981 radio series]] of ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'' is aired on [[BBC|BBC Radio 4]]. | ||
* '''[[1981]]''' - [[Mythcon XII]]. | * '''[[1981]]''' - [[Mythcon XII]] at [[wikipedia:Mills College|Mills College]] in [[wikipedia:Oakland, California|Oakland]], [[wikipedia:California|California]]. | ||
* '''[[1986]]''' - [[Mythcon XVII]]. | * '''[[1986]]''' - [[Mythcon XVII]] at [[wikipedia:California State University|California State University]] in [[wikipedia:Long Beach, California|Long Beach]]. | ||
* '''[[1997]]''' - [[Mythcon XXVIII]]. | * '''[[1997]]''' - [[Mythcon XXVIII]] at [[wikipedia:Pepperdine University|Pepperdine University]] in [[wikipedia:Malibu, California|Malibu]], [[wikipedia:California|California]]. | ||
* '''[[2005]]''' - ''[[The Lord of the Rings Symphony]]'' plays in Herodion, Greece. | * '''[[2005]]''' - ''[[The Lord of the Rings Symphony]]'' plays in Herodion, [[wikipedia:Greece|Greece]]. | ||
* '''[[2007]]''' - [ | * '''[[2007]]''' - [http://omentielva.com/ Omentielva Tatya] - 2nd International Conference on [[J.R.R. Tolkien|Tolkien]]'s Invented Languages in [[wikipedia:Antwerp|Antwerp]], [[wikipedia:Belgium|Belgium]]. | ||
* '''[[2009]]''' - [ | * '''[[2009]]''' - [http://omentielva.com/ Omentielva Nelya] - 3rd International Conference on [[J.R.R. Tolkien|Tolkien]]'s Invented Languages in [[wikipedia:Whitehaven|Whitehaven]], [[wikipedia:England|England]]. | ||
==In Arda== | ==In Arda== | ||
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** {{Cal Prison-Gandalf}} | ** {{Cal Prison-Gandalf}} | ||
** {{Cal Travel-Boromir}}<noinclude>[[Category:Dates]]</noinclude> | ** {{Cal Travel-Boromir}}<noinclude>[[Category:Dates|222]]</noinclude> | ||
Revision as of 15:37, 22 July 2011
Events that occurred on 9 August
On Earth
- 1914 - Artist Tove Jansson is born.
- 1923 - Voice actor John Stephenson is born.
- 1945 – As the bombs are dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Tolkien denounces these tactics as "utter folly".
- 1973 - The last photograph of J.R.R. Tolkien is taken, in front of his favourite tree, the Pinus Nigra, at the botanic garden in Oxford.
- 1981 - The twenty-third episode of the 1981 radio series of The Lord of the Rings is aired on BBC Radio 4.
- 1981 - Mythcon XII at Mills College in Oakland, California.
- 1986 - Mythcon XVII at California State University in Long Beach.
- 1997 - Mythcon XXVIII at Pepperdine University in Malibu, California.
- 2005 - The Lord of the Rings Symphony plays in Herodion, Greece.
- 2007 - Omentielva Tatya - 2nd International Conference on Tolkien's Invented Languages in Antwerp, Belgium.
- 2009 - Omentielva Nelya - 3rd International Conference on Tolkien's Invented Languages in Whitehaven, England.
