19 April

1972APR19

J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to Eva Heilborn

On Earth

Letter to Eva Heilborn

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Events that occurred on 19 April.

On Earth

• 1899 - Nevill Coghill, Inkling, is born.
• 1917 - J.R.R. Tolkien, in revalidation, is assigned to the Humber Garrison, but is not fit enough.
• 1966 - Rayner Unwin writes a letter to J.R.R. Tolkien.
• 1972 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to Eva Heilborn.
• 1981 - The seventh episode of the 1981 radio series of The Lord of the Rings is aired on BBC Radio 4.
• 1995 - Actor Patrick Gibson is born.
• 2009 - The first e-Book editions of The Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit and The Children of Húrin are published.
• 2012 - Tolkien in East Yorkshire 1917 - 1918 is published.

In Arda

There are no known events for this day.