20 January

1965JAN20

The BBC conducts a recorded interview with J.R.R. Tolkien

On Earth

1965 BBC Interview

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Events that occurred on 20 January.

On Earth

• 1912 - Vincent Trought, a member of the T.C.B.S., dies. He had been severely ill since the autumn.
• 1952 - J.R.R. Tolkien starts supervising Brian Miller's work on the Middle English Dame Sirith.
• 1964 - J.R.R. Tolkien starts writing a letter to Professor Przemyslaw Mroczkowski.
• 1965 - The 1965 BBC Interview with J.R.R. Tolkien is conducted.
• 1983 - Finn and Hengest is published.
• 2006 - The second "The One Ring Celebration" is held in Pasadena, California.
• 2010 - Cubicle 7 Entertainment announces the forth-coming release of The One Ring: The Lord of the Rings Role-playing Game.

In Arda

• T.A. 3019:
  • The Fellowship of the Ring rests in Lothlórien.