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* '''[[June 22|22]]''' - Voice acting legend [[Paul Frees]], who would voice several characters in the [[Rankin/Bass]] movies, is born. | * '''[[June 22|22]]''' - Voice acting legend [[Paul Frees]], who would voice several characters in the [[Rankin/Bass]] movies, is born. | ||
==July== | ==July== | ||
* '''[[July | * '''[[21 July|21]]''' - Tolkien is appointed to Readership in English Language at the [[University of Leeds]]. | ||
==August== | ==August== | ||
* '''[[August 16|16]]''' - [[Max Schuchart]], who would be the first to translate ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'', is born. | * '''[[August 16|16]]''' - [[Max Schuchart]], who would be the first to translate ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'', is born. | ||
Revision as of 22:36, 8 June 2011
Tolkien-related events that took place in 1920.
June
- 11 - German translator Walter Scherf is born.
- 22 - Voice acting legend Paul Frees, who would voice several characters in the Rankin/Bass movies, is born.
July
- 21 - Tolkien is appointed to Readership in English Language at the University of Leeds.
August
- 16 - Max Schuchart, who would be the first to translate The Lord of the Rings, is born.
September
- 27 - William Conrad, voice actor who portrayed Denethor in The Return of the King (1980 film), is born.
October
- 8 - Nils Werenskiold, the first Norwegian translator of The Lord of the Rings, is born.
- 10 - Victor Platt, who would voice Sam in The Lord of the Rings (1955 radio series), is born.
- 22 - Michael Tolkien, Tolkien's second son, is born.
- 30 - Norman Bird, who would voice Bilbo Baggins in The Lord of the Rings (1978 film), is born.
December
- 22 - Father Christmas writes a letter to J.R.R. Tolkien's children.
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- ? - The Book of Fairy Poetry is published.
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