1979
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Tolkien-related events that took place in 1979.
January
- ? - Minas Tirith Evening-Star Vol.8, No.2 is published.
March
- 25 - Actor Lee Pace is born.
- 31 - J.R.R. Tolkien: Scholar and Storyteller is published.
April
- 15 - Actor Luke Evans is born.
- ? - J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings Fotonovel is published.
June
- ? - Warren Special Edition: The Lord of the Rings is published.
July
August
- 3 - Actress Evangeline Lilly is born.
- ? - Amon Hen 40 is published,
September
- 28-30 - Oxonmoot 1979.
- 29 - Scholars Humphrey Carpenter, George Sayer and Clyde S. Kilby deliver a public discussion on J.R.R. Tolkien at Wheaton College, Illinois (published as "A Dialogue: Discussion by Humphrey Carpenter, Professor George Sayer and Dr. Clyde S. Kilby").
- ? - The Individuated Hobbit is published.
October
- 1 - The Jackanory episode "An Unexpected Party" is aired on the BBC.
- 2 - The Jackanory episode "Over Hill and Under Hill" is aired on the BBC.
- 3 - The Jackanory episode "Riddles in the Dark" is aired on the BBC.
- 4 - The Jackanory episode "Out of the Frying-Pan and Into the Fire" is aired on the BBC.
- 5 - The Jackanory episode "Flies and Spiders" is aired on the BBC.
- 8 - The Jackanory episode "Barrels Out of Bond" is aired on the BBC.
- 9 - The Jackanory episode "Inside Information" is aired on the BBC.
- 10 - The Jackanory episode "Fire and Water" is aired on the BBC.
- 11 - The Jackanory episode "The Clouds Burst" is aired on the BBC.
- 12 - The Jackanory episode "The Last Stage" is aired on the BBC.
- 18 - The Middle-earth Quiz Book is published.
November
- 1 - Pictures by J.R.R. Tolkien is first published in the UK.
- 19 - Pictures by J.R.R. Tolkien is published in the US.
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- ? - National Public Radio airs The Lord of the Rings (1979 radio series)
- ? - National Public Radio airs The Hobbit (1979 radio series)
- ? - Tolkien's Art: A Mythology for England is published.
- ? - One Ring to Bind Them All: Tolkien's Mythology is published.
- ? - J.R.R. Tolkien: Scholar and Storyteller is published.
- ? - A Hobbit's Journal is published.
- ? - A Tolkien Bestiary is published.
- ? - The 1979 Calendar of J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings is released.
- ? - J.R.R. Tolkien Calendar 1979 is released.
- ? - The Silmarillion Desk Calendar 1979 is released.
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