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* '''[[27 November|27]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 157]]. | * '''[[27 November|27]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 157]]. | ||
==December== | ==December== | ||
* '''[[1 December|1]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] starts writing [[Rayner Heppenstall 1-2 December 1954|a letter to Rayner Heppenstall]]. | |||
* '''[[2 December|2]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 158]]. | * '''[[2 December|2]]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[letter 158]]. | ||
* '''[[2 December|2]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] finishes writing [[Rayner Heppenstall 1-2 December 1954|a letter to Rayner Heppenstall]]. | |||
* '''[[3 December|3]]''' - The [[BBC|BBC Third Programme]] broadcasts the radio play of ''[[The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth, Beorhthelm's Son (radio play)|The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth]]''. | * '''[[3 December|3]]''' - The [[BBC|BBC Third Programme]] broadcasts the radio play of ''[[The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth, Beorhthelm's Son (radio play)|The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth]]''. | ||
* '''[[13 December|13]''' - [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] writes [[Rayner Heppenstall 13 December 1954|a letter to Rayner Heppenstall]]. | |||
* '''[[14 December|14]]''' - [[James Horan]], who would voice several character in video games, is born. | * '''[[14 December|14]]''' - [[James Horan]], who would voice several character in video games, is born. | ||
* '''[[25 December|25]]''' - Singer [[Annie Lennox]] is born. | * '''[[25 December|25]]''' - Singer [[Annie Lennox]] is born. | ||
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Revision as of 23:41, 6 November 2013
Tolkien-related events that took place in 1954.
January
- 22 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes Letter 143.
- 29 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to the Rector of the University of Liège.
April
- 14 - Comics writer Charles Dixon is born.
- 25 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 144.
- 30 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to Stanley Unwin.
- 30 - Programmer Don Woods is born.
May
- 13 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 145.
- 17 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to Henry Willink.
June
- 4 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 146.
- 15 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 147.
July
- 20 - J.R.R. Tolkien receives a D. Litt. from the University of Dublin.
- 29 - The Fellowship of the Ring is published.
August
- 7 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 148.
September
- 9 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 149.
- 9 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to the Rector of the University of Liège.
- 18 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letters 150 and 151.
- 22 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 152.
- 25 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 154.
October
- 2 - J.R.R. Tolkien receives an honorary doctorate from the University of Liège.
- 18 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to the Rector of the University of Liège.
- 31 – "The Hero Is a Hobbit", a review by W.H. Auden of The Fellowship of the Ring, is published.
November
- 4 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 156.
- 6 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to R.W. Burchfield.
- 7 - Guy Gavriel Kay, who would assist Christopher Tolkien with the writing of The Silmarillion, is born.
- 11 - The Two Towers is published.
- 17 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to Rayner Heppenstall.
- 27 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 157.
December
- [[1 December|1] - J.R.R. Tolkien starts writing a letter to Rayner Heppenstall.
- 2 - J.R.R. Tolkien writes letter 158.
- [[2 December|2] - J.R.R. Tolkien finishes writing a letter to Rayner Heppenstall.
- 3 - The BBC Third Programme broadcasts the radio play of The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth.
- [[13 December|13] - J.R.R. Tolkien writes a letter to Rayner Heppenstall.
- 14 - James Horan, who would voice several character in video games, is born.
- 25 - Singer Annie Lennox is born.
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