28 July
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Events that occurred on 28 July
On Earth[edit]
- 1905 - Actor Lockwood West is born.
- 1922 - J.R.R. Tolkien agrees to review Beowulf: An Introduction to the Study of the Poem.
- 1939 - J.R.R. Tolkien performs Chaucer's The Reeve's Tale at the 'Summer Diversions' - a festival of recitals, plays and ballet.
- 1940 - Actor Phil Proctor is born.
- 1944 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes Letter 76.
- 1947 – Rayner Unwin reports on the first version of The Fellowship of the Ring.
- 1955 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to Mrs Dixey.
- 1955 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to Jennifer Brookes-Smith.
- 1965 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes Letter 274.
- 1967 - The Ballad of Bilbo Baggins is performed by Leonard Nimoy in the TV-show Malibu U.
- 1973 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes Letter to Campbell.
- 1980 - Mythcon 11 at University of Nevada, Reno.
- 1985 - Mythcon 16 in Wheaton, Illinois.
- 1989 - Mythcon 20 at University of British Columbia, Vancouver.
- 1991 - Mythcon 22 in San Diego, California.
- 1996 - Mythcon 27 at University of Colorado in Boulder, Colorado.
- 2002 - Mythcon 33 in Boulder, Colorado.
- 2003 - Mythcon 34 in Nashville, Tennessee.
- 2006 - ELF 2006 in Secaucus, New Jersey.
- 2007 - MerpCon III in Spokane, Washington.
- 2016 - Leaf by Niggle is published for the first time as a stand-alone volume.
- 2022 - Voice actor Bernard Cribbins dies
