2020

Tolkien-related events that took place in 2020.

January

• 3 - Birthday Toast.
• 16 - Christopher Tolkien, third son of J.R.R. Tolkien, dies at the age of ninety-five.
• 23 - Barbara Remington, cover artist on some American editions, dies.
• ? - Amon Hen 281 is published.

February

• 7 - Actor Orson Bean dies.
• 16 - la BnF's exhibition "Tolkien, voyage en Terre du Milieu" closes.

March

• 14 - Filming for the first season of The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power begins.
• 25 - Tolkien Reading Day.
• ? - Amon Hen 282 is published.

April

• 16 - Animator Gene Deitch, director of The Hobbit (1966 film) dies.
• 23 - Actor Bruce Allpress dies.
• 30 - The deluxe edition of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: with Pearl and Sir Orfeo is published.

May

• ? - Amon Hen 283 is published.
• ? - Mallorn 60 is published.

June

• 9 - The Worlds of J.R.R. Tolkien is published.
• 19 - Ian Holm, actor who played Bilbo Baggins and voiced Frodo Baggins, dies.
• 25 - A new illustrated edition of The Lord of the Rings is published.

July

• 4 - The Tolkien Society Seminar is held online due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
• 19 - Middle-earth, or There and Back Again is published.
• ? - Amon Hen 284 is published.

September

• 1 - Tolkien Calendar 2021 is published.
• 4 - A second edition of The First and Second Ages is published.
• 18 - 20 - Oxonmoot 2020 held online due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
• ? - Amon Hen 285 is published.

October

• 1 - A new illustrated edition of Unfinished Tales is published.
• 20 - The Lord of the Rings Online: War of Three Peaks is released online.
• 22 - American author Richard A. Lupoff dies.
• 29 - The Centenary Edition of Letters from Father Christmas is published.

November

• ? - Amon Hen 286 is published.
• ? - Mallorn 61 is published.

December

• 2 - The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit film series are released in remastered 4k edition on Ultra HD Blu-ray.
• 15 - The Lambengolmor mailing list is closed down.

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